Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-23
AFFAIRS AT SOLTH OMAHA
City Council Has Meeting in Which Nothing
But Routine Business is Transacted.
TWO DISCHARGED ON ROBBERY CHARGE
Confession of Men Involved In Murder
Case at Omaha Retrieves south
Omaha Prisoners Uader
suspicion.

The city council held q brief session last
night and passed on a few items, mostly
routine. A warrant was ordered issued
for Miss Minnie Vessel to the amount of
500. She was injured by falling on a
defective walk at Thirty-ninth and S
streets, her leg being broken just above
the ankle. She offered to settle for 500.
This being the probable cost of a suit II
was decided TO accept her proposition. L.
r. Leigh resigned as one of the appraisers
OF damages for Twenty-third street and
II. NJ. Christie was appointed in his place
A report was received from Frank A.
Brosdwell. clerk of the district court, 10
the effect that damages in favor Of the
city had been paid 20 him by the Omaha
Gas company amounting to s2,244.4o. as a
result of the Edward Burke case OF old
standing to whom Judgment was given
against the city for damages on. account
of injuries received in a gas trench which
was left open After the judgment was
SLOWED the city then sued the gas COM
pany TO recover the amount of the judg-
nent. twenty-five dollars was also re-
ceived from judgment in the case OF Ma
honey against the city. There are unpaid
foes due from the city to the district court
Of S55233 A motion was made to allow
the claim for fees and strike balance by
which there is coming 10 South Omaha
S.n7.6. @. z. De *, plumber, was allowed
3B.36 for excavations in the basement OF
the new fire hall. which were in exces'
of the specifications, made in order tC
secure the proper grade to the sewer con
nections.
Ordinances 1444-e were put on first read
ing They respectively provide for the
establishment of the grade from Twentieth
TO Twenty-second on o street, on Twenty
NTH between Q and S streets and OF
Twenty-eighth from A 10 C streets.
A warrant drawn in favor OF Treasurer
Il. l.. Howe was ordered in the sum o.
s2s2.94 for the purpose Of reimbursins
grading district No. IS. New steps wer'
ordered for the walk between Twelfth 9nC
Thirteenth streets Missouri avenue a
the point where Nathan Trego broke hi
leg yesterday. This stairway was fount
10 be defective. but IT is not stated tina
this was the cause of the accident. Thu
council then adjourned for one week.
Confession Clears Two.
Joe Patach and Wesley Moravec were re
leased from jail yesterday afternoon, wher
they had been confined since Saturday nigh
for the supposed robbery Of Herman Tom
brink at sixteenth and NJ streets. Tom
brink was so positive that these were IN
men who had robbed him that il wa
thought a good case would be developer
against them but one Of the Omaha holdu
men, Leo Angus, made confession of tina
robbery also and 80 Patach and Morsve
were released Angus says another ma
helped him with the job. which makes tn
fifth member OF the gang. four of whor
are now in the city Jail The police her
lrau his nsue and expect To locate hir
before long. II this is done this will max
the fourth out of the gang OF five whic
the South Omaha police will have captured