Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-10
ARRESTS IN THE FLURY CASE
south Omaha Police Have Two Men
whom They Believe Are
Implicated.

The police OF South Omaha yesterday aft
ernoon arrested two men whom they feel
confident are members Of the trio which
shot Conductor Flury Of the street railway
company and held UP two saloons in that
city Wednesday night They give the
names of Harry Clark and Cal Warren.
Both are colored. In the case of both men
the police received the tip which led to the
arrest from colored women. In the case of
Clark a colored woman told officer Ballew,
who is a colored man. that late Wednesday
night Clark came running into her house
all out OF breath and threw a quantity OF
nckes, dimes and other small change in
her lap and at the same time cautioned
her not to say anything about the affair.
She kept quiet about it until yesterday aft
ernoon, when she concluded TO tell. and as
a result officers went to the packing house
where Clark was working and arrested
him. The tip concerning Warren was given
in the same manner. This, together with
the fact that the two men are unable to
give satisfactory account of their where
abouts on Wednesday evening inclines the
police TO have great confidence that in this
pair they have two Of the robbers.
The South Omaha police never worked so
hard on case as they have on the rob-
berry and shooting case Of last Wednesday
night There is not one in the department
who has not put in hour after hour of
extra time Every hint and clue has been
run down. In order that they may lose no
chance OF catching the criminals the police
have rounded UP a number OF men. both
white and colorcd, who in any way an
swered the description Of the robbers. Pub
lie interest in the case has not diminished
i'm the least. In fact. the police telephone
is constantly ringing And many of these
calls are not merely idle curiosity. They
come from brakemen, yardmen and all
other classes. These men are faithfully re-
porting to the police the arrival or the at
tempted departure of any suspicious char
acters in the city
Flury was q good man and ono faithful
to the interests of his employers. loyal TO
his fellow workmen The presence of sew
eral gangs OF young toughs has come to
light and although there may he no con-
nection between most Of these little ciiques,
the police will know better than ever be-
fore how to make quick roundup OF all
Of the men likely to be engaged in the
| business.
strike a Likely Clue.
! During the day the police struck clue
which struck very close home as appeared
by the developments of the later evening.
| They arrested three negroes by the names
| of Harry Clark, L. Glymph and Cal War
| ren. After putting them through a severe
| line OF questioning the police became so
satisfied that they were willing to have It
understood that Clark and Warren COM
| posed two of the gang who shot Flury.
Clark is light colored while Warren is
much darker. The police are not certain
who the third man was but think they
will be able to get a line on him before
! long. II may be that he is lying somewhere
wounded, and ne might possibly have been
n white man. Clark is light enough to
have been taken for a wb.ite man by noon
light or colored man by a stronger light
If the third man should prove to be so, IL
is easy to see why a confusion could have
been made in the case
IT was noised about Omaha last evening
that the police Of South Omaha had these
men, and early in the evening it was tele-
/ phoned down that a crowd Of vigilantes
were gathering TO pay a visit to the jail
The source OF this information was con.
sidered so reliable that the chief and might
captain took their prisoners in a cab and
left South Omaha at about 9;45 D. m
| Where they went was not given out.
The police are beginning to feel that they
have won another triumph against Grim,
In South Omaha.
Late last night there were a number OF
men walking restessiy about the streets
and some had the uniforms of the stree
car men under their overcoats. If they haC
been sure that the right men were l.. thu
jail there might have been some trouble
last night These were not seen until aftei
Chief Briggs left with the prisoners.