Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-18
JONES BANDIT FROM OMAHA
Hat and Shoes Contain Names Of
Omaha Firms.
HAD AT LEAST THREE PARTNERS
Evidence Of Deep scheme Behind At
semPted Robbery of Kansas City
Mfllionafre 10 Unearthea
by the 0mcerA-

KANSAS CITY. Fer. zs.--hat &C H
GarDeft" the man who yesterdsy at
tempted 10 extort x7.eo0 from Lawrence NJ.
Jones a mfTiunaire dry goods merchant.
by the display Of dynamite bor'h. had ao-
complies was ssssrsaaa positively by the
police today. The tzf1e2ss are rulorktng ON
the theory that two or more men. and
possibly woman. were concerned in the
plot
house which Garnett had fitted up with
chains with which 10 imprison Mr.. Jones
asserts that an elderly. well dressed man
engaged the place. The future tenant said
he ana his brother were stockrre= and
both lived in Omaha The day after Gar
nett rented the house neighbor saw two
men and a woman walking about the sec
ond story as II inspecting the floor.
Garnett. in hls usual suriy manner. re-
fused again today 10 tell his real name or
anything OF his past
Garnetts black slouch hat was stamped
on the sNeHtband as follows: -. L. Bran
4 deis q Sons. Boston Store. Omaha" A
small letter IS" is perforated on the
hand ''Kirkendall" was the one word
stamped on the inside Of his shoes An
oVercoat had the makers Label torn
from IT,
GarBett PLEADS Guilty.
carnett was srraigned in Justice shep-
I herds court today on charges Of robbery
/ and attempt 10 ron. He entered pleas OF
guilty to both charges and waived prelim-
mary haaring. Justice Shepherd then bound
I him over 10 the criminal court
/ Garnet still refused today 10 talk OF his
/ family. or tell where he made the bomb.
He was sorTy, he said, that he did not
/ kin himself before he went 10 the Jones
home In fact. he regretted his connection
with the whole thing. GErnett said he
had no intention Of killing anyone. he was
out Of work out Of money and suffering
/ from tuberculosis. GRrnett said today that
I he had no Accomplioss and she police this
afternoon were inclined 10 give up their
/ early IDEA that Garnett Was assisted by
anyone
I DIES MONIES. Ia, Fen. I7.-Ehfor-s 70
/ trace the past history Of the man IN jan
/ al Kansas City accused Of holding up Law
renee NJ Jones the dry goods merchant.
! and connect him with the name OF Lester
Z Van Amberg have been fruitless in this
city SO far. The Bankers Life association
state thai they have no such man on their
/ list OF agents az ever having worked for
them or working for them now As TO be-
/ ins employed by the firm Of Wright q Sons.
the CITY. Inquiries at each Of the marble
works here fan TO get any trane Of such
! person. Telephons connection with Sac
I city failed 10 elicit anything concerning
( such q man
Family Locking for Van AnbanE.
SIOUX CITY. Ia Feb. I7.-Issster Van
AmburE. writing from Council Bluffs. Ia.
I 10 his wife and four children AZ WashtA.
Ia. on January .. toid them he Was about
I IN vain since then 70 secure a trace Of him
However they doubt that he has droEned
himself. as ne threatened 10 de- Van Am
burg formerly was a travelling salesman
( Tor Sioux CITY marble works According
10 a description secured here he is almost
feet % inches tai. weighs Ia pounds and
1 is S years old
DBs MONIES. Ia. Feb- IT.-Lesier Van
AnberE. who Re believed 10 be In the Kan
sas City jan accused Of holding up Law
renee Jones. was reared In Cherokee
county, Iowa from infancy His father
Was a prominent farmer OF the southern
portion Of the county and died six years
agn. Van Amberg's wife is lirtng IN
! WaEhta- and when seen today Mas in
clined 20 believe that the man al Kansas
City Was her husband she says that her
HUSBAND is 20 years Of 1se. thai he weighs
IEz pounds ana that he iE five feet seven
inches in height. that has eyes are br0Nn
ana that ne iE Slightly cross-eyed Hts
hair IL Hghf IN color He left home two
weeks EE0 and the izst that she had heard