Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-15
10 LINE ON HOW IT CAME THERE
Mrs. Rustin Says She First Saw it in
the House Sunday.
OFFICERS DEMAND MORE LIGHT
Want to Know Where, When and bv
Whom Hat Was Found.
SAY TRAGEDY WAS BEFORE 8 M.
One Authority Insists Rustin Was
shot Prior to That HOur-chief
DORahue Says Truth Must
Come out.

The discovery Of the hat worn nv Dr.
Frederick T. Rustin the night or morning
OF his tragic death and the positive asser-
non by certain authorities that he was
shot before ; o'clock IN the morning" are
the latest developments in the mysterious
tragedy that has baffled the police and
county attorney since September /.
i am now convinced that DIT. RusIn
was shot before O'Clock"
This statement was made 10 The Bee by
an authority, who declines for the present
to have his name mentioned or give his
grounds for the statement
The hat that Or. Rustin last wore hangs
IN the han Of the Rustin home, slos Far
nam street, or at least It did hang there
Sunday and Monday. That is the straw
hat, turned down in front. which Mrs. Alb
bic Rice says was the hat the doctor wore
that night
How the hat came to be hanging in the
han or how, when and wh.re Il was diseov-
cred is not yet ascertained. To a nember
OF The Bees staff Monday afternoon Mrs.
Rustin. when asked II the hat had hc.3
found. said:
Yes; 1t hangs here in the hall now
How long has Il been hanging thers?"
That do not know"
You don't know who put 1t there, or
wheng"
NO. do not. do not even know ,h.,
this Is the hat my husband last wore
She was told that it had been stated IN
be the hat DIR. Rpstin had on the last nleht
of his life.
is that so? Well, didn't know IL" she
said Il didn't think OF hat that night
or early morning. Such a thought never
entered my mind"
This was the same statement Mrs. Rustin
made on the witness stand at the coroner,s
Inquest. She said her only thought was for
the welfare of her husband.
When was the first time you saw this
hat after your husband was shotY'' was
asked.
First Saw IL sunday.
i think yesterday, Sunday"
Doesn't anyone about Che house know
something Of where the hat has been and
how II came to be there in the hsii? WIN
picked IL up and put IL there? Isn't there
someone who can tell this7"
mo. ] simply saw the hat hanging thera
and that's all know or can tell about ~.
Mrs Rice at the city jail Monday said
ne doctor had pliahle straw hat turned
iown in front ON the night OF the tragedy.
she described exactly the nat that hangs
n the hall This hat is intact and has no
bullet hole in It.
Sunday Detective Maloney went to clsrk.
'on hospital TO look for DR. Rustip's hat
Which has been regarded as an important
INK In the chain Of circumstantIal evidence
'elns gathered by the police. From there
le went to the Rustin home and found the
AT IN the hall Chief OF Detectives Savage .
aSs ms department has not learned how,
Vhen or by whom the hat was recovered
County
'olice Donahue both said Monday that thew
'anted TO know more about the movs-
rents Of this hat, which failed TO show .un
arher in the Investigation. They both
egaroed II as an important point Detec-
We savage said he would endeavor TO get
he desired information this morning.
Thus Tar no trace OF the pistol with
'hich the death wound was inflicted has
cen found, though a most persistent effort
being made 70 unearth Il or information
) to It's disposition.
Chief DOnahue Talks.
Chief OF Police Donahue. before leaving
le city for couple Of days Monday. ssId.
You can say for me that it is my belief
ow that by the time of the preliminary
caring. September "a. we win have some
ore tangible evidence and win have
cared up this astounding mystery IL clear
. - - % Pos1tDie' can promise the
'opie OF Omaha one thing, that is that
'eryoody who knows anything about this
lse Is going 20 be made 70 tell t. I have
'ver. In my career beea more determiBed
get to the bottom OF any case. ara
hile l recognize and 50 does every man
orking on the case that the Omaha police
partment was never confronted with A
ore difficult task. the fact that IL is diffi
II is making me and all my assistants
ore determined. ] now have evidence in
possession which. when disclosed at the
oper time will satisfy any body and every
dy that the police department has COW
ga up OF shghted nothing. A great many
ings. you know, cannot be given TO tba
bile in such instances as this.'
,hief Donahue and County Attorney Eng
h are working together and the county
torney expresses the same feeling as the
ief. And both insist that some persons
ow more than they have yet disclosed
q that pressure Will be brought 10 bear
force them 20 tell everything.
r. >. stack Saw short Man.
F. J. Stack. or the undertaking firm OF
alley q DorTanee. says he saw a short
iekset man, such as Or. Lord described,
e morning Of the Rustin tragedy. com
: east at about Twenty-eighth and Far
m streets. He said. like Dr. LORD. that
man was walking with a fatigued
aYy step apparently throwing himself
ING. hr. Stack answered the ambulance
J from the Rustin home ana his driver
$ Don Moon.
didn't want 20 get into this case"
d Mr.. Stack yesterday. but the police
We had my information in their possess
n for several ways"
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