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


Chief among the developments in the
Rummelhart murder case Thursday was
the fr,iitless termination of the clue which
the South Omaha police, assisted by two
detectives from Omaha. followed wedues-
day and Wednesday night. The man they
trailed was finally located and arrested.
but he proved not TO he the man they
thought they were following.
The negro they searched for was sus-
pected Of being the one who terrorized the
women In the vicinity of Riverview park,
and aside from the fact that he was wanted
for the acts committed there the police
held the theory that he might know some
thing of the murder. Ernest Wilson was
arrested in tins connection Tuesday night
by Omaha officers. but he was not idcnti-
fed as the Riverview park fend. Then the
South Omaha police got a clue they thought
good one, The second arrest proving
mistake, the police are left to take an en-
tirely new start
Capture Looks Coed.
Detectives Mitchell and Shepherd Thurs
day morning made a capture that looked
interesting for time, but is not now con-
sdered very important. They found a
negro who answered reasonably well to the
description given by Mrs. Lynch of the
man who frightened her Saturday noon at
her home at Fprty-third and Dodge streets.
He wore no shirt, but I'm laundry package
under his arm he carried a shirt and vest.
Spots of blood were found on his under
shirt. A close examination failed to reveal
and blood stains on shirt or vest and u
talk with the Chinese laundryman who
washed the garments was fruitless of evi-
dence. This negro was arrested because a
Z ltiN Apt1D nd
a quart of milk Saturday noon not far from
the scene of the murder The detectives
! found that he worked for a sidewalk con-
! tractor, had gone to work Saturday morn
! ing without his dinner pail and was COM
PEELED to buy his lunch at store. He
! said he came month ago from Atlanta,
! Ga.
Uncertain as to Negro.
| In discussing The murder of Miss RUM
melhart Chief Donahue said:
/, eAs soon as the murder became known
II was the opinion Of the department and
of nine men out OF ten that a negro had
| committed It, but such may not be the
case We have no evidence a negro did
! commit the crime and until we are sure OF
it we will continue to investigate both
whites and blacks. Take the case oi
George Morgan. who hanged for the mur'
der and assault of 11-year-old Ida Gaskell
As soon as that crime was discovered We
thought the perpetrator a negro.
worked on that case myself and believed
the guilty man was a negro Through the
work of Charles s. Young, a Bee re
porter, we discovered that Morgan haC
given the girl penny and she had bought
candy with it, since which time she haC
not been seen. We caught Morgan in bee
TINT same night. and he was covered will
the blood OF his victim. So II may turn
out in this case. The fact that a man ant
his wife saw a black man pick up a clui
at Twenty-fifth and Farnsm streets is no
conclusive evidence that negro committed
the horrible crime. The clues we have ruI
down have resulted in the arrest. of {
dozen or more whites and blacks, but eacl
one has conclusively proven his innocence.
Clue TO Negro.
j Another clue the police are now followlnl
is that given by trainmen of the Cnior
Pacific Sunday night a negro. five fee
seven inches tall, with dark clothes, whit,
soft hat, smooth shaven and weighing IL
pounds, got on the Union Pacific train No
So which left Union station at $50 D. m
When he got to North Bend the trainmer
put him on, although the negro argued
for some time, saying he wanted TO go t.
Grand Island.
Chief Savage Of the detectives wired tt
Grand Island and all intermediate sta
tions, giving a description OF the negr,
and asking the authorities to keep a look
out for him Pas