Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-03
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Mar in City Jail Thought to Be a
LOng-Sought Fugitive.
MURDER CHARGE AGAINST HIN
Memphis Authorities Communicated
with for More Complete Descrip-
ton, and Meantime Accused
VIII he Held.

John Markch. a prisoner in the South
Omaha jail since Wednesday, is suspected
of being a man who escaped from his
keepers eight years ago and who has since
been a fugitive from justice. He was put
through a sweating process yesterday by
the chief of police and intimated that he
had a story to tell but did not admit his
connection with the case for which he is
suspected. The story Of that case Is that
he killed a police officer in Memphis and
escaped from Jail before being transferred
to the state peniteutiary. The man was
never recaptured. The South Omaha police
have the description of the man and a
Photographic likeness which is strikingly
near the present appearance. The South
Omaha authorities are comforting with the
Memphis officials to see II the man is still
wanted and to get a better description.
One Arrest at Taft Meeting.
The South Omaha police arrested one
man last night at the Taft rally for dis
orderly conduct. He was in the crowd,
and while in a state of thorough intoxica-
ton insisted in trying to out-talk the
speaker. Captain j. c. Trouton placed him
under arrest and the noise from his corner
Of the crowd ceased. At the Jail he re-
fused to give his name and was booked
under the name of John Doe. No other dis
turbance called for the action Of the police,
although the whole department was dis
persed through the crowd.
Drinks Cut on.
John Kempotich was arrested yesterday
morning for trying to smuggle whisky
into the city jail. He came to the jail
and asked to see a friend named Joe
Kovvaie. Both are Austr.ans. He asked
vAry-4aos,n 20 1naVr. 1fa mat with hte
friend, who complained of being cold. The
officer in charge discovered the whisky
and at once placed the man under arrest.
He was given a lecture by Police Judge
Callahan, but was allowed to go, as he
was a recent Immigrant and pleaded igno-
rance OF the regulations of the Jail.
Close Call for bad Wreck.
A wreck occurred in the Burlington
yards Wednesday night which came near
being fatal to the train crew. The switch
engine working in the upper yards was
derailed at Thirty-sixth and 1 street, near
the Omaha Cooperage company's building.
The derailment occurred on a culvert and
the engine pitched over the grade and
hung suspended by the coupling with a
heavy string of freight cars behind. This
was called the most remarkable accident
and this suspension alone saved a drop of
thirty feet or more. The engineer and
fireman jumped off before receiving any
injury. The steam is said to have scalded
the engineers arm slightly. The tracks
were blocked for several hours. If the
train had been under Roadway the re-
suits must have been serious.
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs. l.. Gordon is the guest of her
brother, e f. Scarf.
Services will be held in st. Edward
chapel this evening at 1880.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part OF the city. Telephone No. s.
Mrs. Fannie e. Hale of Chicago is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Broadwell.
Coal! Try Howland's celebrated Silver
Creek lump and nut. Office 43S n. oath st
Phone South Z.
Heyman & Berry, sellers of quality
meats. oath and e, telephone 800; Gath and
A, telephone III.
Dana Morrill, and Chief Briggs expect tc
go to Dallas, S. D., Sunday to enter a
chance in the Trip county land drawing.
Government land drawing, October 5 e
II. at Dallas, s. D. Have your registration
papers made out by Gall Hamill of Dallas
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Palmer of German.
town, Neb., were the guests Of Mrs. c.. e
Scarr during the week until Thursday
evening.
The latest reports Of births are as fol
lows: Joseph Matusek, Twenty-eighth and
c, a boy; Patrick O'Dea, 2614 Jefferson. a
girl; George Cunningham. 563 North Tween.
tieth, a girl; Carl Bartule, S4 South Tween
ty-fourth, a girl.