Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-17
\ TRIBUTE TO BRAVE SERVICE
Simply to Show Appreciation and
Sympathy of Citizens.
FUNERAL OF OFFICER TUESDAY
Four Platoons of Police to Escort
Cortege to st. Cecilia's Church,
CHIEF TELLS OF HIS WORK
Every Omcer of the Department Has
n Good word for the Murdered
Detective and Wears MOurn-
ing for Him.

While the whole police department. of
Omaha is in mourning for Detective mo1
S. Drummy, who was shot to death y
negro desperado Saturday night Police
Commissioner Cowell win head movement
to show the appreciation of Drummy's
long service, and give the family of the
officer a substantial sum from the citizens
of Omaha.
Commissioner Cowen was one OF the first
callers at the Drummy home Sunday. He
spent some time there with the family, eX-
pressing the sympathy which he and all
the city feel in the death of the officer,
II am shocked beyond measure" he saii
to reporter Il had the highest Aegord
for Mr.. Drummy. He was a man Of high
courage and devoted to his duty.
For that reason, l will be glad to con-
tribute to a fund for the family and he-
lieve the citizens of Omaha should raise
such fund to show their appreciation Of
the services of brave officer.
mot that the family is in need of the
money which would be contributed, but It
is the only way we have of showing our
feeling in the matter"
Funeral Tuesday.
The funeral of Detective Simon Drummy
will be held Tuesday morning at 9 O'Clock
from st. Cecelia's Catholic church, Fortieth
and Burt streets, Father Harrington Off
ciatng. Interment will be in Holy
Sepulchre cemetery The funeral cortege
will leave the residence, 1926 Harvey street,
at about $50 o'clock 1t will be led by
four platoons Of olee and all the detect es
and policemen and officers that can be
| spared from duty will attend. The rail-
! bearers will probably be selected from the
| lodges to which Mr.. Drummy belonged.
| The police station at Eleventh and Dodgs
streets is draped inside and out with black
and every officer wears a broad band of
| black ribbon pinned under his shield In
memory of Simon Drummy, who met his
death In the brave performance of his duty.
The body was taken from the undertaking
rooms of Heafey & Heafey to the mouse
Sunday afternoon where Chief of Police
| Donahue and other members Of the police
! department did what they could to alleviate
the distress Of the family. Mrs. Drummy
was bearing up braveiy. but the grief OF
| the children was pitiable
! Detective Steve Maloney who was Drum
my's partner. and Detective Sullivan. WHO
was with him at the time OF the tragedy
have been assigned to duty at the house
until the funeral TO do anything they car
! for the family.
| All of the detectives and police Officers
and most of the policemen, many accom-
| panied by their wives, called at the house
| Sunday and a great crowd Of others a'so
viewed the body. Friends can see the body
at the house any time today.
A postmortem examination was made by
Coroner's Physician w. r. Lavender yes
terday morning The bullet had entered at
the point of the nose. gone under the left
eye and near the left ear, lodging at the
/ has nF s6n hra
Inquest VIII he Necessary.
County Attorney English asked for an in
quest and Coroner Davis will hold tbs
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock; in police
court. The jury will be sworn in today and
taken to the house to view the body.
Detective Drummy was one of the be0
officers we had" said Chief of Police Dona
hue. 'I can't say anything too good for
him. He was good in every respect. Ha
wore his rough side out, but know from
close friendship during sixteen years, that
Ithere was never a bigger hearted man. H
was man who took the lead In things
and he seemed fearless in the pursuit oil
bad men. He was domestic man and ar
all around good citizen. Though he raised
q large family, he also lived frugaly snd
had some money saved. The police de-
partment and his family have sustained 8
great loss"
Chief of Detectives Savage. under whom
Detective Drummy worked, is very deeply
affected by the tragedy
"I can scarcely realize that Il has hap
pened," he said. "Drummy was one Of the
best men l have. He had courage of tho
highest order. In fact, he did not know
what fear meant This negro was a des-
perate man with bad record but Drummy
walked right up to him fearlessly. He was
a good officer, pleasant companion. a
firm friend. He was always at work and
II you look through the rogues' gallery you
will find the name of Drummy as the ar
resting officer on the back OF many of the
photographs of the most desperate GRIM
inals who have been arrested"
Captain Mostyn spoke I'm the highest
terms OF Detective Drummy, both person
ally and as an officer. He said the record
of the detective on the Omaha police de-
partment is an enviable one.
Men Caught by Drummy.
The following are some of the desperate
fugtives from justice arrested during the
last year by Detective Drummy They are
taken from the annual report Of Chief OF
Police Donahue:
Walter Harrison, desperado and highway
man, Carthage, Mo-; ], s. Morris, burglary.
Ames, Ia; e. NJ Bowlby. forgery, Denver,
Colo; Oscar Magbie, burglary, Joliet. Ill. /;
, b. F. Winston, grand larceny Cedar Rap
, ids, Ia; Fred Barkey forgery. Kansas
, City, MO; Bud Brooks, burglary. Chester,
, ILL.,; Ernest Wilson, burglary, South Omaha:
A. f. Alden. highway robbery. South
Omaha. Detective Drummy also captured
, B. Cartwright In 1904 Cartwright was
wanted in Belle Fourche, s. D.. for cattle
rustling Drummy surprised him in his
i room where he was living In Omaha. The
desperate made dash for his bed. where
, he had brace OF pistols. but the detective
beat him to the bed, secured the weapons
, and placed his man under arrest
: Drummy also arrested Charles Pun
! phrey last fall in Ravenden Springs,
, Ark. He brought him back and Pumphrey
was sentenced 10 life Imprisonment for
= the murder Of the Chinaman, Ham PAX
! Detective Steve Maioney was the usual
partner Of Detective Drummy. Ths fsnA