Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-05
CLEMENTS GIVES HIMSELF UP
South Omaha Man Tells Of Trouble Over
Cow, but Denies Shooting.
SURRtNDtRs TO sARPY COUNTY OFFICIALS
Man said TO Have Fatally shot
Lew GoIdie Admits 20 PnpilliOn
Authorities Being In TrOu-
BILE, but Not shooting.

Fritz Clements. said to have fred
the shot that caused the death OF
Lew ,ro,die Friday evening In South
Omaha, surrendered himself to the Sarpy
county authorities Saturday and Is now In
Jail at Papillion Clements reached the
sarpy county seat at midnight. Immedi-
ately on reaching Paplllion Clements told
Of the trouble with Goldie over COW and
in the morning reiterated the story, but
stoutly denied doing any shooting. He
said he Kew Goldie had been shot.
Carl, his eldest son. was with Clements.
The other two sons, William and Henry
have not been apprehended
The police, assisted by Sheriff McAvoy
of sarpy county and his deputy, spent a
large part of the last evening trying to
run down Henry and william Clements. the
two sons Of FNrantz Clements, still wanted
for the shooting Of Lew Golde. Five Of
the boys have been working at Armour's
hacking house. Since the shooting the
two larger Of the sons left at home re
mained in hiding. 1t was tipped on by
the neighbors that the two returned home
at dusk last night and search party
was hurried out. 1t is thought that small
boys warned the older ones Of the approach
Of the officers and they slipped away into
the tall weeds and the cornhelds in tine
vicinity. After search Of several hours
the police returned. The police expect
eventually to round UP the whole family
Stories are told about the packing houses
OF the cratic temper and the outbursts OF
passion to which Fritz Clements is subject
Not over four days ago he had some words
with a colored man by the name OF
Texas" as he is commonly called In
telling of the affair afterward Clements
/ h,I
name Soon after, as Texts" was going
down the stairs, so Clements boasted, the
latter picked up a lard box. made of inch
lumber, about four feet square and two
| and a half deep and dropped II over the
| banisters on the unprotected head of
Texas" The man roared with laughter
at the way Texas" rolled down the stairs.
| He said, I'D kill man who called me
| that name" Clements was Armour's hide
inspector.
GoIdie Dies at Hospital.
! Lew Goldie the victim of the fatal
| Sarpy county shooting, died at the South
Omaha hospital at 1886 a m. Saturday
| During the night he had periods of con-
| sciousness or semi-consciousness. The
| fatal wound was from a 3s-caliOer rife
ball, passing in at the left side in direc-
ton to strike the heart. 1t was DETECTED
downward by rib, passing through the
| large intestine and the kidney into the
spine. His body lies at the undertaking
rooms OF Heafey & Heafey. where an in.
quest was arranged for during the morn
| ing by Coroner Armstrong of Sarpy county
Goldie is survived by a wife and small
child. He appears to have been in rather
poor circumstances, as a subscription list
was circulated to meet the burial eX'
! penses.
The remark CT Goldie. which drew or
him the fire of the Clement family, after
| hearing from Mrs. Bacchus how her sou
j.. Bacchus, had been beaten by the Gle
| ment boys, was. We'll. II I'd been here
that kind of a fight wouldn't have beer
pulled or" This the Clements heard, oil
he repeated 1t to them The family, ther
excited to the pitch of murder, began, &C
cording to all present testimony, the fats.
fusillade.
A jury OF Sarpy county residents was
sworn in at 1 p. m. and the inquest will
be held at Papilion at l p. m. Monday
The funeral has not been arranged.