Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-08

police cases 1t has ever been my lot to be
engaged in"
II IL the theory OF several OF the Of
GERS that the crime was committed BY n
negro and that Miss Rummeihart was
criminaily assaulted by the brute In the
ward al the rear Of the house where she
was found and that the unspeakable
crime followed the death blow, The po-
lice are working on this theory and sew
ersl colored men OF doubtful reputation
were carefully cross questioned by the de-
tectives Sunday afternoon and evening
Discovery of the BODY.
The body was found by w. 3. Hughes,
secretary OF the Nebraska Bankers as
ISOLATION. and Paul Lowe at time which
Paul loves mother says was 1880 MIR
Hughes tells the story Of the discovery
this:
1T was around 1880 and / was sitting
reading in bed. having taken of nay clothes
and retired for the night The window
was open. heard a strange sound that
disturbed me and as | lay down my book
and listened closely / recognized 1t as n
faint moaning, like the sound made by
some animal in distress. arose and
raised the curtain aud put my head from
the window. The means became more dts
tinct and feeling sure that some horse or
cat or some other animal was sick on the
back end OF the lots, put on my clothes
when I got outdoors / found the sounds
came from the rear of ] +. loves house
which is separated by one lot from where
1--we
II went to the door and called young
Lowe, who came downstairs and went to
the rear with me barefooted and in his
night clothes. As we were about to en-
ter the barn We heard the moan to our
right and saw sdmthing lying in a low
place near a bunch OF rubbish We APP
preached very carefully. for We yet thought
II was an animal.
Revolving sight Before Them.
III was a woman. Ming with her skirts
turned over her head and in a pool OF
blood. We pulled the clothing down and
found the head terribly mashed and blood
all over the face and clothing. It's
case ~ murder. | said to Lowe, and told
him to stay with the woman until
came back.
Il ran to my house told my sister what
it was and told her to telephone to the
doctors and the police station. Then 7
came back 20 Lowe.
We tried in vain to get her to speak
We raised her head and found 1t had
been lying on a broken brick, which when
We examined II later, gave all the appear
ance Of having been used to crush her
head
Thinking that the telephone calls might
mlscarry. told Lowe TO hurry over to Dr.
Ralph's aud get him. Just after he left
she made a struggle and finally raised
herself on her elbow until her head rested
on her arm and hand. 1t was but a mo-
ment and she fell back. After that
never saw her make movement except
when she seemed TO try to talk
Two Doctors and Many Others.
DIR. ]. B. Ralph and Or. W. o. Henry
came together in a short time, for 1t
seems DR.. Henry had been calling at the
other physicians house BY that time
dozen or more people were there. In
fact, had been left but a moment alone
with the woman after Lowe left.
After the doctors came we carried her
out of the low place to the walk at the
back Of the house. 1t was then that the
cash in her throat was found. We asked
her questions and told her to shake or nod
her head in reply, but we got no response
from her. There was constant gurgling
in her throat and her lips kept moving.
thought, they tried to frame the words.
Tn murdered 1t was not very long UNI
her In II.
The detectives and several other peo-
pie got lamps and lanterns and began TO
examine the ground all around the neigh
borhood and ] went back to bed
Paul loves version.
ut was the first Saturday night in two
years that had been home" said Paul
Lowe, "and 1t was the first night this
fall / had closed my window. If my win
dow had been open l might have heard 1t
before Mr.. Hughes. as my window is so
much closer the spot where she was found
than his.
Hughes called me and l went down In
my pyjamas, My mother told nue. after
wards she looked at the clock az I left
the house and II was ten minutes TO II.
thought as Hughes did. that IL was a.,
horse or some other animal and was on
tirely unprepared for the sight OF a hui
man body in blood.
I'VE telephoned for the officers and |
dressed and got the doctors and when
they came We moved her to where we
could get a better light on her face. 1t
might have been imagination, but Mr..
Hughes and ! both thought she tried to
say Tn murdered
when We looked ovec he ground with
lanterns we decided she TAD been dragged
from a tree In our front yard. just to
one side of the hc,iss. Under the tree
found a waist and a mans handkerchief,
both with spots OF blood on them, and a
side comb. Near by was a paper which
looked as though It might have been used
as wrapper for the waist"
Telephone to Police
As soon as possible after the discovery
of the body a telephone call was sent
to the police station and the patrol wagon
responded with Emergency Officer Nc
Carthy and Patrolmen Rim and Lahey
Drs. Henry and Ralph administered
emergency measures after which the
woman was taken to the Omaha General
hospital in a patrol wagon.
With Captain Dunn In command the
officers made thorough search of the
streets and alleys for II distance of sew
eral blocks from the scene of the MUIR
der with the hope of finding a possible
clue in the way of a knife or other in
strument. Lanterns were obtained and
painstaking search made of the ground
between the house Of Mr.. Lowe and the
adjoining house, but with little success.
With daylight pine stick about three
feet long and nearly an inch thick was
found. 1t was spotted with blood at one
end and had hanging TO IL a long dark