Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-28
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Police Have a Chase After Colored
Man Who Stabbed Companion.
TROUBLE OVER A CRAP GAME
Dns says Crowd wss Trying 20 Job
Him and Man Who t. stabbed says
"a Was because lie Laughed
when the other Lost.

..cter a hunt. which kept all the police
Ulcers in the city on the jump for several
hours. Detective p. VI. Shields and officer
I'd Lowery arrested j. T.. Reynolds, a
negro. who stabbed Charles Roberts in a
pool hall at Twepty-sixth and n streets
Saturday ate. noon TIE de ectiv in max rg
the rounds Of the rooms and fats occupied
10y negroes discovered his man In company
with Alice jackson on Twenty-seventh
erect. The officer cot into the room they
were %ctcupying before he was seen. lie
Immediately placed both under arrest,
charging the neEress with vagrancy.
At-tha jail r ynoIds made no den a. Of the
stabbins OF Roberts, but insisted that the
gang In the pool hall had been trying to
Job him and get his money in a "crap
game After he had lost heavily Roberts
jeered him and made him angry.
Roberts story OF the affair was con
sidersbly disconnected as to the causes and
most OF this was due to his fright. lie
believed tina; he had received a fatal stab.
lie ssid his brothers wife had been i'm
some way the object OF attentions from
Reynolds and a little bad blood was
aroused. lie said Reynolds was known as a
very bad niger He. himself, had no
weapons and was simply standing in the
pool hall watching the game. He mad
vertentiy laughed at Reynolds anger and
this caused Reynolds to spring his knife.
II was a long clasp knife Of dangerous
size, Roberts Immediately ran out and up
the street. shouting for help. When he got
20 Twenty-sixth and n Reynolds caught
him and, pressing the knife on the side Of
his neck. he forced him to walk back to
he pool hall. As soon as they were inside
he delivered the stab, which strucb; his
victim between the eighth and ninth ribs. a
sovere wound which bled freely. In the
meantime Mrs. Hanley, vino lived across
he street. seeing the knife and the row
opposite, seized a revolver and fired three
or four shots to attract the attention OF
the police. This shooting frightened Rey-
polds from his purpose Of finishing the job.
lie ran out the back door and hid on the
top OF the roof Of the building next to the
pool hall. He kept so close under cover
that the police hunted the whole district
over, searching for him. He finally slipped
down. but was spotted by some of Roberts
friends, who Immediately informed Shields
where he went.
At the jail, DR.. John Koutsky attended
Roberts, and said he had been saved. be-
cause the knife veered between the two
ribs and did not penetrate deeply into the
abdomen. The bleeding was due to the
superficial arteries. After his wound was
dressed he was able to go home.
Reynolds was charged with assault with
intent to commit great bodily injury.
The resort where the shooting was done
is the same place where Detective S. S
Drummy was shot by William Jones
February Is.
Rushing Work IN Beef House.
Swift and Company announced with con.
.Fl.maA1. AUTHORIZATION a. ~AAfI
being made in the construction Of theii
beef house. The building has been com
pleted TO the third story and the wall,
have been raised to. the height of this
fourth. The building is absolutely fire
proof. The floors are all of reinforced
concrete. This makes 1t necessary thai
the work should be completed before sever'
freezing sets in. From present indications
this Will be easily accomplished. The beef
killing beds and the hog-killIng floor will
he placed In this division OF the plant, anC
viii greatly increase the capacity. The new
division will be in operation by December /
Many Men
have saved their cents in buying on
"sTETSoN' shoes at IS a pair. Some pa!
others $3.50 and s. for shoes not having tn
quality or s~tyle-Cressy. The Shoeman.
steel Shod Is the name OF the best shoe
made for boys and girls. Sold only b.
Greasy. The Shoeman in South Omaha.
A Great Showing-Our line OF mems 8
shoes, They look In style and quality lik
most the other fellows show at IS. Fort.
styles to select from. Cressy. The Shoe
man.
Magic city Gossip.
Joseph Pavalik Is reported seriously III Il
Il. Joseph's hospital In Omaha.
A large number OF friends attended tn
funeral of Mrs. Ellen O'Keeffe yesterda,