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

day morning by ahe Bee without
city council, believing that pronipt ao-
ton was necessary in such an extreme
case. The other nine business men OF
Arms asked 60 subscribe responded on
the very nrst suggestion and without
seconds hesitation.
The murderer OF neither Miss Josephins
Rummelhart nor Herbert C. Burke has
been captured.
The police have a clue which they believe
will lead to the capture OF tho Rummel-
hart murderer. Evidence IS in their
hands pointing from several directions
to one individual whom they believe Is
q negro.
The sheriff has complete charge of the
Burke case. Searches of the scene Of
death bafie the officers looking for clues.
The coroner will hold an inquest In the
Rummelhart case Thursday aftern BON. Hs
held one IN the Burke case yesterday att
ernoon. the verdict being purely per
functOry.
Miss Rummelhart was buried at Prospect
Hill yesterday afternoon and Mr.. A. Jrk'
will be buried at Forest Lawn this aft
ernoon.
Negro. black, shiny face; about % years
of age; weight about 40 pounds; feet
dark oda so ba nsse eoor Snd stsra
not certain.
The third day since the murder of Jo-
sephine Rummelhart at Twenty sixth and
Dodge streets last Saturday night closed
last night with only slight progress madc
by the poica IN discovering the perpe-
traitor of the deed, one which has not for
many years been equalled for brutality
in Omaha.
The one greatest hope held out that the
murde .er will be apprehended. as stated
by Chief of Police Donahue TUESDAY
evening, when, tired after many hours If
duty and continued walking. he went homC
! early TO get some rest. lies in the offer of
!
ing this statement Chief Donahue did not
mean to admit helplessness on the part OF
the police department, but meant to 'con-
vey his confidence in the good influence Of
the rewards toward the betrayal of the
brute.
| All of Tuesday was spent in running
down the numerous rumors and stories
| told the police, many uniformed men be-
| ing placed in citizens clothes to aid tho
detectives. Ten men In plain clothes
! continued the Sc arch during the night, and
at midnight nothing had been discovered
! 70 bring the police nearer the goal. but
many stories had been run down. and found
! to be groundless, so that when the go
10 work this morning their efforts will be
directed along more concerted lines.
II is a practical certainty the crime was
committed by negro and all officers weie
! instructed to look carefully for colored
men answering the description. During
the night a number of suspicious-looking
| negroes were sent to the city jail and
| locked up. but there were none upon whom
any strong suspicion could rest after they
had been examined. The news that re-
wards to the extent of 81 900 had been Of
fered was received with Joy by the police
and they are now more confident of early
| results.
Referring to the matter OF reward. Chief
Chief of Police Donahue said he felt sure
that AN offer OF money would excite the
cupdity of someone who could name the
murderer. Had il not been for the rewards
offered. he said, the murderers of Con-
ductor Flury might never have been appre-
I hended
! The description of tn, negro seen In
the act of taking from the pile of rubbish
: at Twenty-ffth and Farnam streets the
club which is supposed to be the same
one that killed the woman. has been given
out by the police. Chief Donahue would
not make the description public Monday.
but now that the same description OF
suspicious looking negroes has Deen given
by two other persons, the chief Is led 10
believe IL is reasonably correct.
The negro described was seen gettin.
| the club at Twenty fifth and Farnam l.,
| a man and his wife. The time has beer
definitely settled at 1905. He was per
haps 25 years of age. was five feet SIX o
seven inches in height weighed about l4t
pounds, wore neat dark clothes and
black hat, probably soft. At about 1886
Frank L. Delaware of III South Twenty
seventh street says he saw negro hght
ing a dog in the rear of ]. IL HanNs
house at 11s South Twenty seventh
street He describes the man as above
except that he had high-crowned straw
hat and might have been heavier thar
40 pounds
Mrs. John Lynch was badly friEhtene,
Saturday afternoon at her homo at IL.
North Forty-third avenue by a black man
Her description tallies with that OF a.,
man seen at Twenty-dfth and Farnan
streets, with tho exception OF the hat
None OF these people. at the timc theA
were interviewed by the police. had bepi
told OF the description gwen by tn,
others.
Time no Longer In Doubt.
The tine the man was seen at Twenty.
NTH and Farnam has been definitely set
tied by ". r. Chambers owner Of Cham.
bcrs academy, The man and wife who saN
the negro also saw Nh. Chamhers The
nesro picked up the club aud walked east
toward the hall just as Mr.. Chambers cam,