Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-08
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Charles Bailey Arrested At home Of Bis
Father After Hard Fight
BOOKED AS A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
He was Recently FaroIed from Iowa
Penftentiary and Police say he
f. Implicated In Several
Crimes.

Of late. He was arrested by Captain Nels
Turnquist and p. II. Shields The officers
visited the place during the afternoon, hav-
ing learned that Bailey was there with
his parents. When the officers approached
Bailey hid behind a dresser. and the whole
family made a desperate attempt to keep
the officers out of the house. The mother
stood In the door until it became necessary
to push her out of the way. When dis
covered Bailey put up vicious fight for a
few minutes until he could be overpowered.
Then he kept calling on the family to bring
him weapons to fight with. At last he
consented to accompany the officers without
the forTnality OF warrant which he at
first demanded. He was lodged in jail as
a suspicious character
Bailey is a young man of strong build
and is said 20 have been sentenced to the
Iowa penitentlary for a year under the
vagrancy law. He was sent up from Sioux
City. Lately by the aid of his father he
was paroled. He came to South Omaha
under promise to get work and keep
straight. He has since lived with his par
ents. few weeks ago he repaid the graft
tude Of his father by giving him beating.
The crimes for which he is suspected are
the robbing of j. N. Burkes saloon at 1906
Julius Grimm at Thirtieth and u streets.
II is also suspected that he assisted Ralph,
OF Boots" Piper, in making way with a
$50 diamond brooch belonging to Mrs. G. A.
lenent. Twl1ty-fifth and sire Ito. TIE
police claim to have strong evidence against
him in these cases. There are several
witnesses who say they can identify the
man who was concerned in these robberies
and they will be brought to the Jail to
testify as to the identity OF Bailey. The
fat hAr Aarld 10 h.. 49,.
the beating received at his hands
A Bloomquist, who lives at Forty-fourth
and w streets. reported TO the police yes
terday that his residence was entered Sat
urday night and a quantity of meat stolen.
This meat was cured hams and amounted
In value to $40. gold ring was also taken.
This has a mark of Identification II it can
in any way come before the eyes of the
pohce. AS yet no one has fallen under
suspicion for this work.
Commercial Club Takes Action.
Following is a copy of resolutions adopted
by the South Omaha Commercial club Sat
urday afternoon, bearing on the strike
situations;
Whereas, Information through the press
and other sources announce the pending
motive Firemen and the Union Pacific
railroad. which trouble Is practically SYM
pathetic, rejecting a disagreement else
where and at the same time threatens to
seriously interrupt and interfere with the
prompt and satisfactory handling of live
stock to this market
Whereas, The demand for fuel for indus.
trial and domestic requirements is so great
as Is also the demand for. cars to move
the hands Of the ' producers 9 4 the st n
be II
Resolved, by the members of the Com
mercial club of South Omaha, That a
sympathetic strike at this time is unusually
severe. unwarranted and disastrous to the
west in general; therefore,
Resolved, We sincerely. ask all inter-
ested parties to leave nothing in their
peaceful methods, be II by arbitration or
otherwise, and thereby prevent the in
nocent from suffering, who certainly de-
Resolved. BY peaceful means that good
fellowship may be retained to the happi-
1t was ordered that copy Of the resolu-
tons be sent to the local committee OF the
locomotive hremen at Omaha. to the gem
eral superintendent of the Union Pacific
railroad, to Governor Sheldon OF Nebraska
and to ]. ]. Hannahan, grand master of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen, at
Peoria. III.
Telephone Company Moves.
The Nebraska Telephone company moved
into its new exchange Saturday night. All
of the systems Of wiring, Including the
conduit system of the business district,
were completed before that time. A large
force OF men has been employed in this
work for several weeks. The new exchange
has been In the process of erection all
summer and fall. II has cost the company
in the neighborhood OF $4,000, and the inn
provements in the city amount to nearly
100000 more. Many people who heard the
tinkling OF their bells duriRg the last week
OF two will probably be less troubled now
that the tampering with the wires is done.
Magic City Gossip.
Bridal Rose Silver. Godfrey's.
Miss Katherine Rowley entertained a
number OF friends Saturday evening.
| @. r. McCill. Twenty-sixth and NJ streets
has returned from bushes strip to Colo
RADIO.
Miss Pearl Dunn of Fremont has been the
guest of friends In the city during the last
| week.
Emmett Harmon left last evening for
| Davenport, Ia, where he is attending
school.
South Omaha Country Club Spoons. God
frey's.
The South Omaha High school basket bali
team defeated the Dennison team Saturday
| evening, 20 to ~.
| Joe Walker is laid up with an attack
| OF congestion OF the lungs, Pneumonia
was much feared.
Clifford Thompson has returned from
| Wyoming. where he has been in business at
| Cheyenne for year or two.
Miss Sophia Nelson, 4022 w street. was
| able TO return to her home yesterday from
the Omaha General hospiSu.
| The Temple quartet win give the third
entertainment OF the Young Mems Chris
tian association lecture course tonight.
| letters Gold Top Beer delivered TO all
parts OF the city. Telephone No, s.
| w. Dement, a lodger in Mrs. Burke's
| rooming house. has reported the loss OF
his suit case and articles valued at 1880.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the First Pres
| bytertan church VIII meet this week with
Mrs. Frank Houseman Wednesday after
| noon.
| A window pane was broken in the grocery
OF ], l.. Graham. GlS North Twentieth So eet
Friday night A shovel was found under
the windows which had been used to pry
| up the frame, the springanE OF which
caused the broken glass. This frightened
the intruders away, as nothing was missed
| from the store.
skaters I'm Crowds.
. Superintendent Adams OF the Park board
| reports that the skaters are this year TAX
ing an unprecedented Interest IN skating