Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29

IT became a genuine by thrilling event for
the boys before the night was far ad-
vanced.
They did their work like veterans. About
1880 p. m. some of the boys at a sand pit
at Eighteenth and u street saw a man rise
out of the pit and look around. He crept
TO the edge at another point and saw one
man lying on the sand and three just
slipping away. They told the other boys,
passing the word.
About $50 p. m. Joe Tesnohlidek. whose
home is near the draw, saw the tall man,
Woods slipping along the draw and beckon-
ing to the men behind him. Every few
moments he would advance a few yards,
while the other bandits remained crouched
and then he would turn and beckon them
to follow. The boys on watch were wide
awake.
Next the men visited a saloon and
separated, while the boys still kept watch.
The bandits did not get very close to the
place where the guns were hidden this
time. Later they came back and the boys
were still watching.
1t was then the alarm was turned in and
Officers Elstelder, Mawhinney and Turn
quist went to the spot.1
Mawhinney and Turnquist were together
when Woods walked up out of the gulch.
They halted him at once and the boys de-
clared that he was me of the four men
whom they had seen coming out OF the
same gulch earlier in the evening and in
fact several times seen.
Mawhinney was sent to the station with
Woods. A little later, while Turnquist lay
In wait in the draw. the boys came and
said two men were in the shadow of the
school. Turnquist and Elsfelder arrested
these and caught a fleeing glimpse of a
third man, the fourth bandit, who slid
into the underwood.
In the meantime Chief John Briggs and
Detective p. II. Shields we're notified and
hurried to the police station. The bandits
at first put on a bold front and apparently
refused to believe the police had discov-
| cred anything against them. Woods
laughed and joked in a quiet way. He said
he had just brought two young women
from Omaha who lived there. He said
the young women were not Of good charac-
ter and he did not want his name to get
In the papers under such q disgrace. as
he had an uncle in Omaha who was worth
$50. 600 or more.
The Omaha police were notified at mid
night and within twenty minutes Captain
Mostyn arrived in the police automobile
They took Torgensen and Gordon TO
Omaha. Torgensen said he could find his
lodging house. He led the police on sew
| eral false lines, but at last, after passing
entirely around Jefferson square, he landed
in the apartment house OF Mrs. Jerome
Seibert, S24 North Fifteenth street. The
police searched the room and found the
clothing Of d. w. Woods, so marked, in
his grips and in the dresser.
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his had left town two days be-
fore. He insisted many times that such
was the case. He refused to believe it
when the police told him that Woods was
In Jail and faltered slightly when the po-
lice discovered all the clothing belonging
to Woods.
TIT South Omaha Jail Immediately be-
came the point of interest for all the
government men who were in Omaha
work ng up the case. They flocked to
Omaha by Tours and fives and skies all
the morning, At first some doubt was
expressed of the Significance OF the cache,
but later all agreed that IL was one of
the greatest finds possible.
Confession Looked For.
There Is a strong belief by the federal
authorities that Gordn will come over
and confess. He was put through the
sweat boN by ChleI brlggs, the ,tederal
inspectors, Pinkerton men and the post
office inspectors last evening and began
10 manifest some signs OF whiting.
The evidence meanwhile Is piling up.
The finding OF several exploded cartridge,
among the ammunition Of the cache and
the fact that the guns were used recently
adds another point, the arrival OF United
States Marshal Warner with cartridge,
from the hold-up completing the link. 7
was discovered that one gun at the hold-uI