Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-19
sLEuNAN WATCHES v1crrM DIE
In Notes He states His Reasons for
the Double Crime.


God gave me time for aIi-Good bye-s
Sieuman,t'
sewell sieuman a grain dealer with
offices in the Brandsis building. shot and
killed Miss Eva Hart and then killed him
self at the home OF Miss Hart. 1904 Burdette
street. ta
The above message was written by Mr..
sleumsn as he sat. in the sitting room OF
the home Of Miss Eva Hart and waited
for her to die in the bed room. While thus
w%aiting he also wrot the following mes
sage:
Eva turned a food man down, you know
the rest. Life no good to me without her
NOW. Eva SIM alive-wstching for her 70
do-obout gune.-Phone rang so will sure
finish both OF u.s."
The bodies Of Mr.. slueman and Miss Hart
w.re both lying on the bed In Miss Harris
room at her home, Miss Hart clothed in a
nightrobe with the bedcIothes over her. and
MIR. slueman lying half on the foot Of the
bed, with his feet on the floor. He had all
HIS clothes on but his coat.
Both were killed with a small 22-caliber
vest pocket revolver and both were killed
by a bullet in the temple. The revolver lay
on the floor Just where II had dropped from
the hand Of MFR. sluenRn, Blood marks on
the sheets indicated that Mr.. Slueman had
shot Miss Hart az she lay on the bed and
then moved her around and pulled the
covers over her. "
Cats Up Presents.
Indications are from the appearance OF
things that Mr.. Slueman had shot Miss
Hart and then walked into the other room
to wait to be certain she was dead. Before
writing the notes given above he secured
Il heavy butcher knife from the kitchen
and deliberately cut TO pieces everything
around the house which he had given Miss
Hart. The heavy carpets were slashed
from one side of the room to the other.
Inc leather couch was punctured full OF
holes. as was also a large leather chair.
Expensive pictures were torn from the
walls and demolished. Miss Harris coat
ana picture hat. lying on the sofa, were
pierced through with the knife. Even the
sofa pillows were slashed. The broken
glass and picture frames were strewn all
over the sitting room and parlor and from
the way the carpet was cut It showed that
slueman had spent considerable time in
demolishing the place.
Miss Harris diamond earrings had been
taken from her ears. The gold setting.
were found, but the diamonds were miss
iLg. ~
another note was found on the sitting
room table which sleuman had evidently
written earlier in the evening. It was adj
dressed to j. p. { .ustock and was;
J' +. c. II anything happens notify
George Close all trades opening MONDAY
with best wishes II gone to great beyond
which have planned to do for a week. 8
sleuman.
Notifies COmstSck by Phone.
The tragedy occurred about 1l:15 o'clock
and was discovered an hour later bv
speciall officer who was sent to the Hart
nome at the request OF J. p. Comstock.
mr.. office manager.
About II o'clock Comstock received q
telephone message from Slueman in which
the latter requested Comstock to COM
muhtcate with his brother In Hastings,
Neb.' and inform him that a "terr,hls
Tragedy was about to occur. Comstock
quickly called up the police station and told
them of what he had heard. The nivbt
sergeant attempted to reach the Hart boms
oy telephone, but was told by the telepbona
centrai oftlce that the receiver was off the
nook ana that the place could not he raisad
emergency OFFICER Harry Ulmer was sspt
10 the Hart home as soon as the no,,oa
heard an inklins of the tragedy from, NJ
Comstock. On reaching the house Tunar
was unable to enter 1t, and spent soms tIma
at the place before Byron Hart, the bro,hsr
OF the dead woman. came home from =
theater performance and opened the door
The two entered the house together and
found sleuman and Miss Hart living ON The
bed In Miss Harris room, both dead.
sleuman has an invalid wife in Hastings
Neo' He has become well known in tbe
west because of his defiance OF the cbicag 90
Board of Trade. which has tried in many
ways to preYent him from using Its quota.
lions on grain and provisions. He had two
offices in this city, where his headouarter,
are located. and about twenty branch
offices scattered over Nebraska, Kansas
and Missouri, and was reported to be
wealthy. 80.
Mr.. Slueman was about SO years of age
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