Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-13
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Nothing will be learned from Clark nor
VAIN concerning the third man. This man
has proven the banling proposition and
largely for the reason that the women who
gave the information against the other two
did not know the name of the third member
OF the gang He is the tall slim one In
this connection dozen men have been sus-
pected and their whereabouts on Wednes-
day night looked into and as often have
they been dropped. Nevertheless, one of
these suspects, Tom johnson. alias Alex
ander Warren, has been connected with
crimes which have been committed in
Omaha. The police also have been on the
lookout for Jim Garfield, a killer in the
sheep department at Armour & Company s
plant The reason for this was that within
half an hour after the arrest Of Clark by
oficer Joe Ballew, Garfield quit his job
and skipped the town. He also answered
the description Of the third man fairly we'll
and had been1seen with Clark on several
occasions, Research, however has shown
different reason for his sudden disap-
pearance. The Omaha police have a record
against his wife who with another wo-
man, robbed a man, in that city OF s125 In
the usual manner OF this. class OF criminals
He took alarm at 1he arrest OF Clark and
pose Of saving her, 10 s.-. l.
= susbected Nan skips. q r.
A slight tip tronii the made and 'circum-
stances of great suspicion have again, set
the dragnet Of the -police in motion, and
the tireless SOutieH0fnaha detective said he
would land his tnfn before morning, FL.
though At o'clock last night he was on
the Rock Island train speeding east as
fast as the wheels' could carry him, His
description and his destination are known
and It will be an easy matter to intercept
him on the road He is a married mar
and was soldier in the Philippines. His
wife is at a point in western Nebraska
but instead OF going TO her he started ir
the opposite direction. Before going hC
sold all his possessions. The detective
withheld the name of the suspect for the
reason that several times OF late theil
plans have been frustrated by prematur,
| publicity, but he agreed to give IL out al
soon as the man was in cuatody. He was
waiting the orders of Chief Briggs before
wiring the authorities in advance Of tn,
Rock Island train which the suspect tool
at $40 last night He is supposed TO hav,
reached his destination about O'Clock THU
morning. so it is surmised that RocE
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for.
| Throughout all the operations of tn,
police in this crime the star man Of tn,
police department has been Ofhcer 10,
Ballew. He arrested Clarke at the Armou
packing house after It had been tipped OF
TO him by Matte James, Afterward h,
made the trail hot behind Vain all da!
until he located him in South Omaha
where Shields, Elsfelder and Briggs ar
rested him. Ballew is the giant coloret
policeman of South Omaha. No one know
the ways OF his race better than he
BalleN>was a sergeant in the Ninth cavalr,
for seventeen years and spent twent!
years OF his life in the army. He can lear
more from the colored people than an,
other officer on the force. 1t is this ad
vantage which has made him so valuabl
In the present case.
Elsfelder wired the authorities in ad
vance of the Rock Island train at $3.50 t
be on the lookout for the man he has beei
watching for all day and who narrowl
eluded him by catching the train out o
town while the officers were hurrying dow
from the Omaha police station to intercep
him. ...t