Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
BEFORE THE PEOPLES BAR.
Greedy Thief works Endless Chain Racket
on A. Fsror Once Too Often
SLIPS COG AND FALLS INTO A HOPPER
Steals junk Dealers Goods az
Rear and Sells Them at
Front of Honest Mer-
chants store,


chants store.
At first blush It appeared Friday after
noon that A. Ferer. junk dealer at sn
Douglas street. was doing a landoffiee
business. Pedestrians under the Douglas
street bridge stopped In the heat of
busy day, mopped their brows and re-
marked that the tide Of fortune had turned
toward Ferer and that before many moons
he would be sleeping until monday and
riding down from his country seat in an
automobile; also drinking cooling bever-
ages through straws and winking at the
fates which are supposed to control mans
destiny
1t just seemed that way. The man who
created the wrong impression and got him
self entangled in the tentacles Of the law
was A. Puckegger Of the Ivy lodging
house on North Sixteenth street Puck
egger kept Ferer as busy as a monkey on
stills until Detective Ferris got his run
ming shoes on; then Puckegger went TO
Jail.
While cogitating over the unequal dis
tribution of wealth and ice, Puckegger hit
on the happy idea of entering the rear Of
the Ferer junk depository, filling his arms
with old copper and brass and walking
around to the front Of the establishment
as a regular client. The scheme worked
we'll for several rounds. Having a large
business. Ferer did not at first realize he
was buying back his own wares and read
lily bought all Puckegger brought along,
being particularly pleased with the mans
terms Of barter. But Puckegger could not
stand prosperity; he got too strong" as
the police would say. He forgot to burn
his bridges behind him and was thus
'hoisted by his own petard." While
flushed with victory and pelf Puckegger
got a boy to help him. Ferer at last
thought Puckegger was coming little
fast for him, so started an investiga-
ton. Detective Ferris arrived and ar
rested Puckegger. Ferer received his
money back Puckegger was "vagged"
before the peoples bar Saturday morn
ing and was sentenced ten days by the
police Judge.
The moral Puckegger drew from his ex-
perience was that it is always well to
stop before reaching the end of the string.
Carlson wept.
Gustavus Adolphus Carlson Of Belgrade,
Neb., wept copious, gushing tears Satur-
day morning before the peoples bar
There was touch OF genuine remorse
in Carlsons actions. He made noise
like man who had been to town, in
cinerated the dip at both ends and had
played both ends against the center.
Carlson was ready to run back to Bel
grade. City life, with all-night lunch
wagons and electric light bugs, was too
much for Carlson.
After thinking it all over the man cried
when ba
Saturday morning
The police Judge discharged the man
and told him to hurry back to that dear
old Belgrade
Herman Ekloff Of Burlington, Ia, and
E. r. Richardson of Philadelphia went TO
sleep on the Grove reservation Friday
afternoon Translated from police parlance
to English Grove reservation" means JEFF
ferson square, over which precinct patrol
man Mike Grove has special espionage
By making the novel plea that they fell
asleep while reading the male help
wanted" columns, the young men were
discharged by the police judge Saturday
morning when they were arraigned on
charges Of vagrancy.
John Harrington, arrested by Patrolman
NlO"N' was Hleu 20 ana COStS saturday
morning by the police judge. The charge
| against Harrington was that he washed a
lot of dirty pans and dishes in a watering
trough at Sixteenth and Cunning streets,
rendering the water unit for equine use.
Bonnie Vedinsky, charged by Wolf Sigal
with stabbing with intend to wound, was
discharged Saturday morning by Police
Judge Crawford after a long and tedious
trial of the case. Sigal maintained that
while riding on Nineteenth street in a
buggy Monday evening Vedinsky cut him
four times with butcher knife Vedinsky
| pleaded not guilty and stood for a pre-
| liminary hearing. The defendant formerly
worked at Sigals bakery.
| Miss Marie Clark OF the Eagle restaurant
pleaded not guilty to stealing three waists
and two skirts from Ethel Murray. The
case was set for hearing Monday morning.
| When arrested Miss Clark was wearing
Miss Murray's garments. but the prisoner
claimed she bought the clothes from a
| stranger.
Frank Smith of South McAIister, Tex
and Council BLUFFS. Ia, was discharged
Saturday morning by the police Judge
Smith had his nose split open Friday even
ing while arguing the rate bill matter with
Reddy Gallagher, who managed to gel
away. Smith was attended by Police Sur,
geon Flynn. who sewed the injured mans
proboscis and sent him on his way rejoic
ing.