Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-25
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Tally Injunction Involves the Missouri
Avenue Paving Material.
CASE OF UNUSUAL OfPaAWN REPORTtD
John simms Accused of Criminal
Assault on an EiRht-Year-Old
Child-PoIice Are Unable
TO Locate Him.


the city officials or the police force from
interfering with him In The penovaI u
paving material along the course Of Mis-
souri, avenue He alleged IN his petition
that the South Omaha officials had wrong
fully threatened to Use the police depart
ment to prevent his removing material
which he had delivered on the ground last
winter before the REIMBURSEMENT Of his
contract. The city had paid to him above
5000 before any paving was laid. Il is adj
mitted that the material on the ground IL
valued more than the amount that Murphy
received by over 1900. The way the matter
is tied up at the present time the paving
cannot proceed and the city is Just as
determined that the material shall not be
removed.
AS soon as the restraining order was
served the city attorney went to Omaha
and secured a modification of the order
of the court which also prevents Hugh
Murphy or his employees from attempting
20 remove the material from the street in
controversy Affairs are therefore in the
same state of rest as they have been for
the last year or so in that section OF the
, city The only difference is that the courts
viii try the merits OF the contentious be-
tween the city and the contractor Then
1t may be possible for one or the other to
take some more definite action.
Case of Exceptional Deprnvity.
A story Of human depravity developed in
police circles yesterday The man whose
name is connected with the atrocity Is
John simms. His victim is a little girl,
the daughter of Edward W. Stephens a,
mechanic at the Omaha Cooperage COM
pany. The family lives at the corner OF
Twenty-seventh and NJ streets and Simms
has been a boarder in the household The
time of his last offense was n week ago
Tuesday night. Stephens and his wife
went out during the evening with their
other children. leaving simms alone with
the little girl While they were gone he
Is said to have committed criminal as
sault This the little girl concealed from
her parents because the man had prom
ised her a doll and some candy. Later an
Infectious disease forced the little child
to reveal her pain to her mother The
child, who Is scarcely years Of age, was
taken to Or. Davis, who suspected, that
she had been the victim of depraved and
vicious maltreatment and he told his sus-
piclons to the parents. FWhen they md
taken the child home they questioned her
and with many tears she confessed that It
was smms who had been guilty. She
story, that Simms had been guilty for
over year and that she had kept still
because of his presents and promises. on
learning the truth Stephens drove smms
out Of the house at the point of a knife,
having. IL is said first broken a chair over
his back. He declared that ne would have
killed the man if he had been able to
catch him. After the man had gone they
waited day or two before deciding what
they would do. They shesitated because
he man had in former years been kind to
Nhe family and had helped them during
] Hard times; but at last the pain the little
daughter suffered impelled them to appeal
to the law. AT first they went to Judge
p. c. Caldwell. who advised them to go
before the county attorney, the case
was out Of his jurisdiction. II was In this
Mariner that the police first learned of the
AFFAIR
An effort was made TO locate slmms last
night. description was sent to surround
ing points by the chief, who says he will
bring him TO justice II possible If the
parents Of the child are reluctant to prose
cute it IS likely that the Juvenile authorities
will have no such scruples Such depravity
has been receiving special attention at
their hands, several cases having been in
vestigated lately simms was in the city
Thursday. 1t is now thought that he went
to Nebraska City.
Defends the Greeks.
Albert S, Russell sends the following COM
munication. which is self explanatory:
The writer in reading of a recent Exodus
OF the Greeks In an issue Of March ~, no
ueed the phrase, Giving place 70 more de-
slrable classes of worKingmen." This ]
think is hardly fair since there are found
botn desirable and undesirable people IN all
who are able and worthy iaborers among
the Greeks. / have seen many who would
M the Bill and be benefit both to
their employers and themselves
ALBERT S. RUSSELL.
Per Cent.
Cash discount on all wall paper purchases
until April /. Prices range from Sc per
AToli. All new and up-to-date patterns,
Atost styles, at Koutsiy's. az N. gath st,
Magic City Gossip.
Jake schliva was fined IS and costs for
petit larceny yesterday.
Mrs. Patch OF Roseville. ILL.,. Is visiting
her son, o. A. Tucker, this week.
Eliza Spriggins was sentenced to thirty
days for vagTaney by Judge King
letters Gold Top Beer delivered TO al
parts OF the city. Telephone No. s.
+. c, Caldwell, justice OF the peace, notary
public, real estate IRE insurance. 26l7 n.
Ceorge b. Smith returned Thursday from
Chicago. He goes again TO that city today
Mrs. IL. Lovely announces her sprinl
opening Tuesday ana Wednesday Of thii
week.
G. W. Warren. 1895 North Twenty eighth
reports that a little child OF the family
Is seriously III.
Nebraska lodge No. "a, Ancient order o
United Morkmen, will give a ball at th'
temple April A. 1907.
Senator c. A. Randall and wife Of New
man Grtve We're the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
=. h. Campbell yesterday.
ME- South haxr -
celved their new base ball suits They ar,
red, with gray trimmings.
The funeral OF George Katsehampanii
will be held at St. Martins church thii
In Laurel Hill.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the Presby