Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
oOronsfs Jury Holds ssbsstiau seidlik
Was Victim Of Murderer.
OFFICERS HOPE 10 LOCATE PERRY SOON
Collection of Paving Tax on Thirtieth
street Property e. EnJoined-
Twcnty-Fourth Likely
20 Follow.

street Property IL Enjoined-
Twcnty-Fourth Likely
TO Follow.
The coroner neld an inquest over the
body Of Steve" or Sebastian Seidlk yester-
day morning at a. m. After examining
the evidence In the case the jury brought
in verdict of murder. declaring that the
deceased came to his death as the direct
result OF a blow delivered at the hands OF
James Perry while the two were together
in the employ Of the Cudahy Packing COM
pany. The implement Of death was a meat
hook, such as is used for hanging carcasses
on. The date OF the assault was Septem-
Der Is.
The early efforts 10 locate Perry we're
fruitless he had gone from South Omaha
on the day of the assault. The belief Of
the police was that Perry had gone to
Kansas City. and such was reported by
his friends The police relaxed their eff
forts later. because little OF the seriousness
Of the mans condition reached their ears.
1t is reported to this department from
Kansas City that the authorities there
have located Perry and have direct line
to his apprehension. Acting on this report
Detective p. II. Shields left Thursday night
for Kansas City. He knows Perry and VIII
visit the packing houses and make the
arrest II IT prove correct that Perry is
working there.
The funeral arrangements have not been
made. awaiting the arrival of a brother
from Chicago II has been learned that
seidlk, who Ia q man of middle age, has
share in his fathers estate in Poland.
His share amounts to 5000. An admins
traitor has not yet been appointed.
Big Building Permits.
Several large building permits were taken
out yesterday by the Omaha Packing com
pany. The total valuation of the buildings
under construction is about $4,000. 1ne-e
buildings are already well under way. Inc
office, located at the north end of the ma N
/ building, is fixed at $4,000 storage
! building il contemplated which will cost
$4,000, and a pumping house and its equip
/ ment Of tanks will cost $4,000. The pump
! ing house is located just north of the new
stack and consists of about three stories of
frame building. Work on the plant has
been going on uninterruptedly, and the de-
partments essentials for. caring for the
J beef products are almost at the point of
completion. one Of these was the casing
department, which had not been enclosed
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plant. The men were obliged to work In
the open air and many of them caught
cold. This has been remedied now, The
hog killing and sheep slaughtering floors
have not been advanced far enough to pre-
pare for immediate use.
Paving Tax EnjOined.
The ever convenient injunction has again
landed on the city treasurer He is now
| enjoined from attempting TO collect special
| taxes to pay, for the paving of Thirteth
! street This pavement has been laid for
! two years, but only "a few dollars has ever
| been collected to reimburse the city for the
issue of bonds. 1t is understood that the
greater portion of the property along this
| street from Q to Y Is owned by the Jetter
| Brewing company Thursday seven or
eight property owners began an action be-
| fore the district court to prevent the col
lection of the special taxes. The grounds OF
the action Is that the petition for paving
was not legal and that many OF the names
were secured by fraud, either being at
tached by other than the property owners
or without their knowledge of it's force. 1t
is also asserted that some of the sgners
! claimed to have property along the street,
but in reality owned none. If the injunc-
ton holds 1t win put the cost Of the paving
on the city at large.
1t ID likely that similar injunction will
issue in the case of the Twenty fourth
street paving and that on South Twenty
fourth and Railroad avenue. The order of
the court is only temporary and the case
will probably come to trial at an early
date.
Registrars Fail to Qualify.
The city clerk complains that the recently
appointed registrars have largely failed to
qualify for the autumn registrations As
yet only eighteen have showed up anG
eleven OF that number have qualified.
There remain not many days until the
time of the first day of registration. which
10 october Il.
Cases In supreme Court.
L. C. Lambert. representing the city of
South Omaha in three cases which have
been appealed to the supreme court. stated
yesterday that ne was ready for the trials
which are to come next week. beginning
Tuesday. The first case is that of Nichol-
son against the city in which judgment was
rendered against the city for $500 1t is
O case of personal injury The second and
most important case of the three is the
case Of the Commonwealth Realty COM
pany against the city In which the court
decreed that the property of this company
was outside of the corporate limits of South
Omaha. The contention is that the court
had not the right TO make such a decree
The case involves a sum of money. but this
is thought to be the secondary consider
alton. The third case is that in which
segear won judgment against Westcott, one
of the licensed garbage haulers of the city.
Hence the city is holden for the amount OF
the damage. Westcott hauled garbage
over the east extension of Missouri avenue
for a year and was then sued by the plain
tin for damage arising from this source, II
being commended that the extension was H.
legal and therefore not a public thorough,
fare.
saloon Men TO See Governor.
The Local Liquor Dealers Protective as
ISOLATION held a meeting Thursday after
noon and appointed a committee to wait
on Governor Mickey 10 present the case Of
the South Omaha saloon men. They wish
10 influence the governor to compel tn,
drug stores which hold permits TO sci
liquors. 10 close up the same as the sa.
looms. Also to see to II that the inmates
of prescribed districts shall not be allowed