Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Case Of Sadly Begso,ed Child Brought 70
Attention Of the Police.
uTTLE ONE WAY 81 SENT TO HOSPITAL
Collision on stock Yards Tracks
Results in Engine and Number
of Cars Being BADLY
Smashed Up.

- sad case Of neglect came to light in the
Jneighborhood ar Tweuty-afth and streets
yesterday The first intlmation OF the affair
was given to the police by the neiehb1rs
VINO reported that a little 2-year-old child
was being left by It's parents day after day
alone IN a house at 1903 q street. when the
representatives o. Tho, police and the pa pers
arrived the boy was found alone in a room
which had the appearance Of never being
swept 1t contained a mattress with no bed
clothing big basket fun OF clothes sat
on q chair and rubbish Of all kinds was in
every corner Files were there by horde
crawling on the child's head. which showed
marks Of their rayages. The infant il
afflicted by spinal trouble ana cannot walk,
which DR.. Delaney declared was the result
Of neglect and lack Of proper nourishment.
In second room things were in worse
condition Here the remains Of the baby g
breakfast ana dinner we're found on the
floor. Distingushabe IN the mess, through
which II had rolled, were stewed potatoes
and big chunk OF boiled beef which would
be worth the life OF an ordinary child to eat
The child had been left to feed itself. the
dish being set on the floor and left there
In the make-shift kitchen was a mess OF
partially prepared fruit and dishpan full
Of green appleS AT that point OF the in
the child arrived having learned that the
police we're examining the house, The
mother, whose name was Mrs. John j
Painter, broke down and wept while she
put up a defense for the conditions She
said her husband worked at the Rowland
Lumber company and earned $40 a week
that he was not a drinking man. She said
she was working for her mother. Mrs
squires, who runs the, New Home restau
rant At Twenty sixth and streets Shit
said they were trying to get money enough
together to pay for having a doctor attend
the child. It was the expressed opinion o.
the police that II the father earned as mucl
4 as he didi there was no reason why tn,
" mother might not attend to her child, es
~ pecislly since II was sick with spinal dis
ease and helpless. Steps will likely be takei
to have the child placed In the state insti
tute for crippled children, where II ma!
have proper nourishment and medical atten
tion. A more thorough examination will b.
made this morning. and Il is likely that tn
Juvenile authorities will be called on 4
.. take charge.
New system, of Tax Accounts.
The city treasurer is about to institute
"a new plan for handling the personal tai
lists. Heretofore when any party wishe,
to pay personal taxes the heavy book
were hauled out and the accounts gon
over. The process led to many errors an,
mistakes, especially on the. part of tn
people themselves, who often thought the,
were. paying up all the arrears of thei
taxes when in truth they were paying onl
one year. The plan contemplated is ex
actly similar 10 the card catalogues o
any public library, Each resident will hav
card on which will be placed the exac
condition Of his personal taxes for all tn
years in which they are unpaid. Thes
cards Will be filed in cases alphabetically
arranged This system Is in vogue in man
places
zee LEG 13F0IreH in R=asway
James Dossettss had his leg broken q
two places in d runaway accident yssterda
morning. Lossetts is a boy about 16 year
of age and was coming to town with hi
father with q load of hogs As the tear
was passing Fittieth and Q, streets 1t too
fright at a tractiou engine and ran dow
the. steep hill at that point. landing in
gulch at the bottom, There the wagon wa
overturned. the hogs liberated. a horse
neck broken. and the boy. falling amid tn
wreokaEe. broke his right leg in two places
The father suffered no serious injury. tn
boy was brought to the city where h
injuries were attended by Dr. Grosman.
ConisIoI In stock Yards.
small railroad accident occurred
the South Omaha yards early yesterda
morning. A switch engine with ten cal
. OF ice ran into a string of stock cars vi
loading at the chutes near the L sire,
- vaduct at about a, m. The engine b,
longed to the Burlington and the stoc
TO the Northwestern. The accident occurre
because the engine crew thought II had Il
right of way in the yards and the graz
was too steep to avoid the collision aft,
the mistake was discovered. The engir
was derailed. but in the meantime Il
crew had Jumped on and saved themselve
The engine Is nt for the junk pile 1t WI
reversed and continued to run after beir
" overturned, and the big drivers dug
hole In the ground big enough to let Il
engine fall In. The ice cars in the fro
Of the string were damaged and coup
OF the stock cars were upset. The catt
and hogs had to, be let out by cuttiI
through the roofs, Fortunately none of Il
stock was injured, The amount OF q
damage viii be about 5000 or $1,000
Police Court DOinES.
Frank Mooney was arrested this morniI
charged with assault on a boy near II
Duffy base ball park The nature OF Il
assault was such that a state compIai
will be tiled against him It is report
that crowd gathered on hearing the boy
story and chased Mooney into the countr
The time Of the. alleged assault was abb
dusk Tuesday evening.
Joe Daltow, caused the arrest OF Ed A
ron and he also has warrant out for /
wife Mrs. Mary Daltow charging the ty
with adultery Daltow was himself q
rested on the charge of assault and bs
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