Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-11

lived at Thrty-sixth and Grover streets,
near the vacant house, testified as to q
man who had come to him a week or two
before the kidnapping to ask him about rent
ing the house. He had referred the man
to James Schneiderwind, the owner. He
was given the collection of pictures of
Grove and picked out three OF them as
photographs of the man who had asked
about the house. In response to ques-
ton, he pointed out the defendant as, In his
best judgment, the same man. He said the
man wore black hat and overalls. He
saw woman with the man. He described
him as straight with no stoop to his
shoulders, fairly stout. with short. sandy
mustache.
On Tuesday evening. the night of the
kidnapping, he said the dogs in the neigh
borhood began barking about o'clock and
he went out to his corn crib to If
anyone was trying to steal his corn, but
he saw no one
Pat Looks Like the Man.
James s. Collins, who lives at Thirty
sixth and Valley. about 200 feet north OF
the Grover street house, testified to seeing
, a man and woman drive up to the house
the Sunday before the kidnapping. He looked
at the defendant and declared he looked
+ like the man, but he might be mistaken.
He had brown mustache.
On December -, the day young Cudahy
was confined In the house, the witness said
he saw curtain over the upper window
of the Grover street house. This was
unusual, as ne had never seen it there
before nor since He remembers the date
because on that day he began building a
barn for DR.. Ayres and it was on his way
there he saw the curtain. He did not
testify in the Callahan case, but hts wife
J did. He was unable to describe the Yoman
he had seen at the place, but he thought
she had light hair. She had a girl about
. years old with her.
Mrs. Collins. his wife, was placed on
the stand next and told Of seeing a man
come down the north steps of the Grover
street house about 10 O'Clock on the 10Th.
He got on pony which was tied near the
house and rode away. She had also noticed
the curtain aud paid particular attention
to ii, because she had never seen it before
nor since.
COrrOborRtes Fathers word.
Mrs. Maud Eberl. daughter of b. X.
Munshaw and unmarried at that time,
corroborated her fathers testimony about
the dogs barking ON the night of the kid
mapping. MIR. Eberl was calling on her at
the time and both noticed II, Sometime
during the forenoon Of the next day she
saw bay pony standing in front of the
Grover street house She was not sure
whether IL was saddled or not. Mr.. Eberl
supplemented her testimony by stating that
as he was leaving the Munshaw house d
little after midnight he passed within about
thirty feet of the Grover street house and
saw a small pony, as near he could tell
Of a hay color, standing tied to the porch
O'Clock II some one was around.
James Scn!ederwind. the owner of the
Grover street house, testified as to the
renting of the place. The deal was made
with his wife and he did not see the men
That there was a light in the window
of the Grover street house on the nigh
of the kidnapping the interesting poin
brought out by sir, Slabaugh in the eX
animation OF George Whittum. an attorney
who lived at 264l Boulevard avenue
I short distance from the Grover stree
, house. on that night he went to Soutl
Omaha and he noticed what at the tim,
he supposed was a reflection from tn,
electric lights on the upper window o
the house. He afterward investigated an,
found there was no light at the prope
angle to throw a reflection on the win
dow. He had not seen a light at the win
dow before this nor has he since.
a Saw Callahan at the House.
RI December H. two days before the kid
mapping. he saw a man ne afterward identi
fed as James Callahan at the house A
n other times he saw from one 10 tire
e men around the place, but he could ao
Z say that Callahan was among them. I'll
3 examination of Mr.. Whittum closed tn
proceedings for tbs day and al 4 o'cloc