Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-27
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Boy on Black Horse on an Innocent
Efrand Starts a Trail.
WAS OUT AFTER MUSHROOMS
Detective Shields stin Undecided az
20 Takine Position Offered Him
at Lincoln - Luncheon
TO Winchell.

The interest OF the pubic In the Union
Pacific robbery Of Saturday night and the
care with which every possible clue Is run
down by the officers is well illustrated by
the solving Of the identity of a young man
on a black horse. who was seen by J. j.
Hurt riding up and down the Union Pa
cific right-of-way Friday morning. Mr..
Hurt grew suspicious and drove the. boy
off the right-of-way. After he. robbery
he remembered the case and the fine black
horse and sent word to Detective. Elsfelder.
The latter thought the clue worth following
and worked for a day or two on that line.
Superintendent J. S. walters of the Union
Stock Yard company furnished the final
solution. Manager Buckingham wanted
some real fresh mushrooms for a dinner
party and, to oblige him, Walters sent one
of the boys at the yards. Joe Miller. out on
the black horse in the direction tof Hurts
ranch. He did not give him an Introduction
to Hurt, who has plenty of mushrooms, so
the suspicious Of the latter we're aroused.
Walters sent Miller to a place he had in
mind but the boy discovered that some
there ahead and picked the delleacy
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and down the Union Pacific tracks and
even over the Northwestern railroad right
of-way until Hurt met him and told him
to leave.
Elsfelder has visited the scene OF the
robbery at night since the robbery and
watched the Overland Limited come In to
get an idea OF the ordinary circumstance
He says anyone acquainted with the cut
off need not nave boarded the train al
Fremont, which was the last regular stop
of the Overland Limited. At the bridge
over the Little Psppio, which is met by a
high grade, the frost has heaved the grade
and It has REQUIRED some new baliasting.
in coming onto the bridge the Overland
Limited slowed down to not more than five
or ten miles an hour at the most. Al
that point two men could very easily have
boarded the train without being seen by
the men in the cab. They could have hidden
behind the beams of the t~restlework hand
ny until the engine had passed.
Shields Undecided.
Detective p. II. Shields said last night
that about the only thing in the way Of
his accepting the position Of chief of police
in Lincoln seemed to be the action of
the recent democratic legislature in hold
ing up the Lincoln charter. He said this
kept the salary of the chief at the old
figure, while the new charter had provided
for a salary Of 81. 800. He said he did not
know whether the old salary would please
him, and hat, in fact. is the point yet to
be decided before he promises to accept.
He appeared before the excise board Mon
day to discuss this and other phases of the
offer. Judging from the usual activities of
the Lincoln police, Detective Shields would
find it pretty anne there compared TO the
duty he is used TO in South Omaha. He
said he told the board he had more to do
In thirty days in South Omaha thar would
be required OF him in a year in Lincoln,
Two More saloon Licenses.
The board Of fire and police cuSnmiA-
sioners of South Omaha met in a brief
session last night In the police court room.
The business consisted in passing on n
number of belated saloon licenses, Thomas
Hogan was granted a license at the north
east corner Of Railroad avenue and Mad
ison streets and Thomas Lukowski at SOS
North Thirty-third street.
The board will issue an order to tho
chief of police soon making a change IN
the night patrol service which is not to
be announced, but which is thought for
the best.
The chief of the fire department and the
board and the member of the fire com.
mittee Of the city council win meet this
morning ats O'Clock TO examine a new
fire team.
Magic city Gossip.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part of the city. Telephone No. s..
The funeral of Frances Uvick was con-
Quoted yesterday morning from. st. An
thongs church.
The funeral service over the body of
Joseph Mayfield was held at 10 a. m. Tues.
day at St. Clements mission.
The South Omaha High School Alumni
association held a meeting last evening tO
arrange for the spring commencement func-
lions.
Mrs. o. ]. Ames will entertain the Pres
byterian Missionary societies Thursday aft
ernoon at her home S25 North Twenty-thir
street.
Prices paid for hogs are UP again. and
yesterdays receipts were among the best
of the year. The best grades went as high
as S7.35 per hundred.
Nasturtium, camp. Royal Neighbors of
South Omaha. will entertain the camps of
Omaha, Fort Crook, Bellevue, FLORENCE
and Benson this evening.
The Willing Workers Of the Christian
church are TO give a musical this evening
at the home OF Mrs. Frank\E. Jones. 5e
North Nineteenth street.
Many inquiries have come to the police
station IN South Omaha concerning the