Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-12

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J. l.. Brandeis q sons. .....,.. 5000
The Bennett Company ....... 5000
q. W. WastleS. S................ 5O'oo
Thomas fitzpatrick 3 Co. 5000
Byrns-Hammer Dry Goods Co. 5000
Lse-Cslaas -Andreessn 90. ..".,., 5000
M. y. Smith n Co. ......s..... S0.Oo
City of Omaha. .............. 10000
County of Douglas .......,.. 10000
State Of Nebraska, ,..........., soo'oo
si,5OO Reward.
Five hundred dollars reward viii be
paid by the relatives Of the late Her-
bert q. Burke for information lead
ing to arrest and conviction of the
parties who killed him at OF near
Florence Pumping Station, Sunday
evening, ootober 2, 1906 Address
George Burke Company, South oman@
Neb.
This, with John steers $500 ana the
oounsy's $500, make $1,000 reward
ousrsa for Ins murderer OF Burke.
Another promising clue has gone wrong.
For time yesterday 1t was thought ofi-
GERS were on the road 10 detecting the muir
dercrs Of young Burke in two men who
applied to Dr. Adams Of Florence sunday
evening to have their injuries dressed
| Another clue has been picked up which
| may lead to something. \ party OF young
toughs who have frequented Florence all
summer and were there Saturday night
/ have disappeared from their usual haunts
since then.
| The two young men who were injured
came to the residence OF DIR. y. b. Adams
between 8 and o'clock Sunday night al
Florence to be treated for injuries, and
whiio their actions were In All respects very
suspicious IN view os the mysterious death
Of Herbert c. Burke. Il is now clear thai
+, the young, men were not implicated In ere
,,xiy.. fYaf, no fuaa u1an xvhc
came 10 DR.. Adams residence were of .
party of four who had been hunting ur
about KeIly's lake and on their way home
down tho PoncR road through the hills,
their team became frightened at an auto
mobile and In the lungtng OF the horses the
vehicle was upset. the tongue broken and
the four young mon were thrown out and
all more or less injured. The team got
away from them and was finally caught at
the home of Charles Meyers, about three
miles north of Florence. This was about
s o'clock in the evening. The accident
happened near the Meyers home and Mr..
Meyers helped repair the tongue of the
vehicle by wrapping it with wire. The
party then proceeded on to Florence. reach
ing there about o'clock. The entire
party was more or less under the influence
Of liquor and ell OF them were scratched
and bruised and their clothing torn
Doctor Called In.
Arriving at steuben's saloon. it was dis
covered that one OF the young men
badly hurt about the shoulders and arms
and Dr. Adams was telephoned for at his
residence, and two of the young men went
there to have the worst injured OF them
treated. DR.. Adams treated but the one
with the injured shoulder. which was found
to be badly sprained, but not broken. No
treatment was administered TO the other
party. In the meanwhile the other two
went down to Anderson's saloon and waited
there until the first two came from DIR.
Adams house, and then the whole party
came to Omaha in their wrecked vehicle.
The young men were accounted for all the
time they remained in Florence. having
visited and drank at both saloons.
Charles Meyers was seen at Eloreuce
Thursday evening and confirms the state
ment that the young men were IN a bad
buggy wreck and all were bruised more or
less and their clothing considerably torn.
He stated that they came from the vicinity
OF Fort Calhoun and were at his house
about 8 o'clock, and that he caught the
team and repaired the buggy tongue for
them. He lives three miles from Florence
toward Fort Calhoun, and would readily
/ recognize all OF the party, he says They
! were all under the influence of liquor. and
tod him that their team had got scared
at an automobile and dumped them out
IN Hays sticks to Accident.
. Captain Haze, deputy sheriff. who IL
j. working on the Burke murder case a.
Florence, was on the ground and In the
vicinity of Florence most all OF Thursday.
, and found no clues that were OF any im-
portance. He made some measurements
at the cinder dump and found that the
! head of young Burke lay just hstoen feet
from the cinder car and hts feet thirteen
? feet from the ear. which gives some
plausibility TO the theory that Burke may
have fallen from the car and broke his
neck
This theory 10 not concurred In by Others
who were on the ground Thursday after
noon, including DR.. Adams and ex-County
Attorney J. p. English. The people OF
Florence, with hardly an exception, still
adhere to the murder theory and believ.
4 that the body of young Burke was carried
to the place where II was found, by his
murdsrers. The theory OF accidental kill
, ing as a result OF a scuffie is being gradu-
ally dlssipated at Florence, and II is nov
, thought that there is no woman In the
I case at all. but that young Burke was
4 assaulted within few moments after
leaving the car with the intent OF robbery
and that two or three persons were con-
cerned IN the AFFAIR. and that in thelT
: gaIroting him broke his neck and did not
\ have time to complete the robbery but
A carried the body down with the intention
: OF throwing Il into the river and. reaching
the dump platform. thinking IL vaS ths