Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
John Sidel Bound Over for Stabbing
G. M. Tracy During Saloon Row.
JUDGE LECTURES WITNESS
f. A. Agnew Summoned to Sioux CitS
to Testify efOre Immigration
Commission I'm
investigation.

John sidel was bound over to the dis
trict court yesterday afternoon under $500
bond. He was charged with stabbing with
intent to wound c. M. Tracy. This wound
ing took place at Charles Carlson's saloon,
Monday, October IL. Tracy received a Sc
we're cut in the arm from which he mar
rowly escaped death from bleeding. The
cutting was done during a free-for-all-fight
in which Peter Green, Frank Hatfield,
August Christianson and John Sidel each
received wounds. Sidel, is said to have been
the only man armed. Tracy testified that
he entered the back door of the saloon
while the fight was in progress and had
Just got inside when Sidel attacked him.
The row is said to nave been the result
Of a quarrel between Christianson and
Green. Green was severely cut also.
Judge Callahan was enraged at the wit
nesses in this case who made every effort
to evade direct testimony as to what they
saw. They claimed to have forgotten most
Of the things which occurred The judge
gave a number Of them a scoring for their
forgetfulness.
Admits Stealing POcketbOOk.
w. A. Meyers and Frank Green were ar
rested yesterday and are held under the
CHdIkG VI AdhlAl6 Il ppShNAbCSh ANo
to Ewald Schultz. Green confessed to the
crime when questioned at the police station
and his story implicated Meyers. The
pocketbook contained $S7, which Schultz
had laid down on the counter of the Union
Pacific depot while he closed his suit case
near by. While doing this the two young
men entered and took the pocketbook.
Schultz accused them of having the money,
-. At A u ,n.s,h.a NAav, aa
they left and put the police on their trail.
They were arrested Friday morning. After
the confession of Green, the officers took
him TO Omaha under the Twentieth street
viaduct and there they found the pocket
Book where the boys had thrown it on the
night before. Green is said to have con-
fessed after his mother had told the police
that he had only IS cents Thursday night.
and it was found that he had about $40
Friday morning! The boys had spent part
Of the money, but between them they had
over $50 still.
Bets Charged with ~swindling.
F. NJ. Bets was arrested yesterday by
Detective p. II. Shields in connection with
a swindle practiced on M. b. Maynes Of
Red Oak. la. Maynes is a horseman Of
Iowa and well known at the South Omaha
market. He cashed a check for $50 to
accommodate Bets and also took up a
$40 check given to the proprietor of the
MhIard hotel in Omaha. Finally he be-
came suspicious Of the stranger and after
a complication with the management Of
MlIer's hotel in South Omaha Bets landed
in Jail. Maynes says he will prosecute
Bets for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Bets signed his name as II. NJ.
Bets at South Omaha and as f. NJ. Bets
on the check,
investigating Charge.
F. A. Agnew of South Omaha has been
mmoned TO appear before John L.. Bur
nett, the immigration commissioner DC
tober 2, 1903. at Sioux City. The object
OF the investigation is to discover II a
system Of peonage exists among the i'm
migrants Of southern Europe. Regarding
his Mr.. Agnew said:
II was told by the United States mar
shall that Mayor Dahlman and / are the
only ones who have been subpoenaed from
Omaha and South Omaha. The investiga-
ton is In connection with the immigra-
ton of Greeks into this country. / do
not know much about It except from COM
mon rumors. An agent OF the immigra-
ton commission from Washington called on
me last summer and told me that he was
OF the opinion from what he could learn
that the Greeks. both men and boys, were
here under a practical system OF slavery.
I told him l did not know anything about
Il except from street talk, but they have