Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-22
Prisoner Goes lutte Minute Details Of the
Plans Of he Gang.
lad NUMEROUS VICTIMS ON THEIR LIST
Several Places Were Passed Because Of the
Presence Of Patrons.
-FOUR KNOWN MEMBERS or GANG IAKtN
Oldest is ~. Youngest m. snd the Al-
legged Leader. Jay o'tIcnrn. Has
wife-was CoId-Blooded
Campaign.

Leo Angus Of ns North Twenty fourth
street jay OHearn of Fifteenth and NJ
streets. Joe Warren OF sl2 South Twenty
fourth street. all OF South Omaha and
Raymond Nelson Of 24C North Eighteenth
street Omaha. are booked at the city jail
with the charge OF murder against their
names They are held for the murder OF
Nels Lausten. salnonkeeper at 2l0 Cunning
street Saturday night.
Nelson made complete confession Of the
whole thing to Chief Of Police Donahue
Sunday afternoon and Angus and Warren
told Of their implication in the holdup and
murder. OHearn would not talk OF the
AFFAIR. Nelson also confessed TO number
of holdups committed in Omaha and South
Omaha during the last few days and told
Of plans made by himself and companions
to rob other places, the most daring job
TO have been the street car barn ut Twenty
fourth and Vinton streets Saturday night.
Angus and Warren. the less experienced
Of the four prisoners, said they Were glad
the whole thing was over with far as
the arrests were concerned. They cried
like children when talked to by Chief
Donahue and Captain Dunn. The ages of
Angus, Warren, OHearn and Nelson are
1s, %, % and -, respectively. All but
! OHearn single The best known to
/ the police is Nelson. who has been arrested
! on numerous occasions for till tapping and
who but recently finished sentence Of six
| months in the county Jail for stealing n
watch and $50 from the store Of Tom Strib-
| ling at ga South Twentieth street last July.
Nelson's story of the Crime.
In substance Nelson's confession to Chief
| Donahue follows:
Il met o'Hearn for the first time last
! Friday. being introduced TO him by Angus.
N....l
county jail We were together all that
afternoon, but / cannot Just recall who
first suggested the holdups. We went 10
/ the Collins barn on Cunning street hired
{ rig drove down TO the King Wing
laundry al 1905 jackson street and held up
! the Chinaman for a small amount Of money.
| ! stayed outside in the rig while Angus
and oHearn did the job We drove around
and camo 10 a Chinese laundry at Six
| teenth and Chicago Streets but seeing two
! men in the place we called that deal on.
| q sent the RIG back by boy and
walked to Chinese restaurant at Fifteenth
and Webster streets with the intention
Of making a holdup. but found the place
locked. We next went TO nearby cigar
store. but there were too many men in the
! place for our liking 50 we proceeded 10
the cigar store of @. r. Peterson at 521
North Sixteenth street and made a touch
there.
From that place We went TO Robinson'E
drug store 61s South Sixteenth street. ana
got slS At the drug store ] took the money
while O'Hearn told Robinson and his wife
10 sit still. We agreed meet again on
Saturday evening and hold up the car barn
nj Twenty-fourth street. the grocery store
of Frank Swoboda at sixteenth and VIII
liam streets. the drug store Of j. Tuchek
at 2413 South Thirteenth street and the
saloon at the northwest corner of Nine
teenth and Cunning streets.
I'VE were TO meet AT Nineteenth and
Cunning streets. but on the car met
son Of Sheriff Mcdonald. who recognized
me so ] rode a ways and walked back
, and met the other boys. who said there
were twelve men in the saloon at Nine
teenth street, so we decided 10 holA -
the Lausten place.
Slaughter of Lnusten.
i and O'Hearn went inside, Angus took
the front door. while Warren watched the
side door. OHearn ordered three glasses
OF beer and as The beer was being served
said, Throw W your hands or III shoot
YOU, yuu.
'Lausten said ne would not throw up
his hands. OHearn fired al him, and
! walked around inside the bar and took
the money from the drawer while o Hearn
htlo ms Gun on a man VINO happened 10
be standing at the bar.
= I'VE went 70 Washington hau and di-
: vided, OHearn going 10 South Omaha.
while ] and Warren went 10 the Dewey
hotel, where we spent the night in room
- No. 81. Warren and ] left the hotel al
= O'Clock, ! giving MIN $50 his and
. Angus shares OF the robbery. l then went
E to OHearns house al South Omaha ana
D gave Mrs. OHearn 45O 10 give 70 her
P husband.
AIsO Held Up EckermAn.
- Upon being questioned further Nelson
% confessed 10 the robbery OF the drug store
E of II. +. L. Eckernan at South Onla ma
, shortly after clock Saturday epenlas
Two shots were fired a, the retreating
} druggist and his revolver was taken
I Eckerman's gun was brought 10 the police
station Sunday afternoon by William Hy-
land Of 1222la South Thirteenth street. Nv
land told the police Angus gave him the
weapon al Washington hail Saturday night
Nelson was visibly affected after hii
lengthy interview with Chief DOnahue and
Captain Dunn The boys father was wait
ing on the outside OF the room and whom
: father and son met both cried. Then the
father turned away in sorrow ms son
2 was led 10 q cell.
. Police Had Tip" in Advance
The arrests OF the four youthful outluvf
! was attended by much hard work by every
\ member Of the police department. Tn,
. feature of the apprehension OF the usen
!, was that they were being looked for hours
!. ! before the commission Of the murder anu
: robbery al the Lausten saloon
The poLce had tip Saturday that tbs
= men now under arrest We're implicated Sal
! the hoidups FRIDAY night and they were ad-
= vised Of the car barn and grocery st0ie
, holduPs Planned FOR Saturday night. the ~
suit being that the swODOda grocery was
guarded Saturday evening, and nearly ea-ers
2 business place IN the southern portion OF
d the city called on and the proprietors tciu
I 10 be on their =usTd