Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-07
SHELTON AND WOMAN ARRIVE
Man Charged with Being Fourth Rob-
her of Overland in Omaha.
WOMAN WILL TELL A FEW THINGS
Lillian Stephenson, Companion of
shelton, brought to Omaha rs,
witness, Says She'll Tell
"what She Knows"

Jack Shelton, the fourth suspect In the
Overland Limited holdup case, and Lillian
Stephenson, the woman who is expected to
be one of the principal witnesses against
the prisoners arrived in Omaha from Den
yer Sunday Afternoon and are now con-
fined in the county Jail. sheltols pre-
liminary hearing has been set for this
morning at 10 o'clock.
The arrival of the man and woman from
Denver in charge OF Deputy Marshals
Thomas Clark and w. II. Robinson and
Postoffice inspectors c. L. Patterson and
Thompson was to be kept a secret, only the
Omaha police and the government and rail-
way officials being told OF It. large
crowd soon gathered at the depot when
Shelton and the women were taken from a
Union Pacific train at o'clock and accom-
panied to the street. They were evidently
recognized by their pictures and because
Shelton was handcuffed.
The police auto patrol was waiting and
took the male prisoner8 with the Denver
deputies, United States Marshal Warner,
Chief Canada of the Union Pacific and
Police Captain Mostyn to the federal build
ing. The postoffice inspectors followed in
street car with the woman
First the man and then the woman were
taken before United States Commissioner
Anderson in his private office Shelton
said mis- name was Jack Shelton, although
he was brought here on warrant which
designated him as Jack Gordon. G'ias Shell
ton
1t was explained that as the day was
Sunday, no examination could be made, SO
| Commissioner Anderson fixed the bond at
sos, 900. in default of which Shelton was
committed TO the care of Marshal Warner
to be placed in the county jail.
Lillian is Going to Talk.
Lillian Stephenson was taken before the
commissioner later, and was told that she
was wanted by the government as a wit
ness against Shelton. Asked II she could
furnish bail, she replied in the negative
so no bond was fixed. She was committed
to the custody of the marshal who was
told to provide her with the best comforts
available in the matron's department OF
the county Jail, give her the best OF treat.
ment and produce her this morning FOL
| Sheltons preliminary hearing.
She seemed willing to follow the course
| laid out for her by the authorities.
Are you going to throw down Shelter
| and the other men and testify against
| them" she was asked while waiting at thS
| federal building.
I'm going to tell what I know" she
said.
1t is said she claims to have known Shell
ton and the other prisoners only a shor
time, yet 1t is known TO the officers tina
she has been living off and on with She
ton for six weeks and knew him and th'
others before that time in Spokane. from
which city she went to Denver
Shelton told me when we last met II
Denver a short time ago, that he hat
been east" she said Sunday. IL heart
nothing whatever about a hold-up and 1
he was in it. it was not with my knowl
edge"
In answer to questions by the officer
Shelton said he was a barber by trade
had been closely watching the hold-ul
news In the Omaha papers. had been fl
Omaha lately" and liked the city al
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