Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-25
TWO LENlS, ONE CASH ORDER
Postmaster Thomas Again Called On
for soIomon-BabT Decision.
JUST LIKE BESSIE BROWN CASE
lena Of Onawa aRd Lena OF Omaha
Both claim $3.50, Proceeds Of
sale OF Former Horse
and Bugss.
JUST LIKE BESSIE BROWN CASE

Through the solomon-ike wisdom ot
Postmaster Thomas Lena Oieson. formerly
Of Ouawa, Ia. viii enjoy the u~sufruct u
the sale lf her horse and buggy at Ouawa
after all
she came mighty nsaE losing cut. through
the fact thai there vas another Lena Ole
sen m Omaha, who managed to attach her
self 70 a money order TOR E.59 righufuIy
belonging to Lena OK Ouawa- It's very
much Ike the two Bessie Browns money
order Ease.
When Lena Of Ouawa left Omaha a few
weeks ago she authorized a friend to dis
pose OF her horse and buggy Tor $50, 4
nothing more c. uld be obtained. The SD
was secured and the friend sent Lena a
postal money order Tor the E.@ But Lena
OK Onawa was a rifle ate. and Lena Of
Omaha had the letter containing the money
order delivered to her. and she proceeded
70 Use the proceeds m her Christmas shop
ping
Lena Of Onawa waited patiently Cor the
remittance. and. finally. wrote her friend
IN Ouawa to send on the sim0ieous, as
she needed the money"
The Onawa friend was indignant. Il
sent you the money some time ago. he
wrote.
Then Lena OF Ouawa jumped onto the
Omaha postmaster. demanding an sxpiana-
ton. An Investigation WAS at once nsu-
tuted and il was found hat a money order
had been received lrUm OuHwa. directed %
Lena Oieson, and clat iU had been cashed
BY A Lena Oieson. TraCers we're At once
sent 1ut and Lena Of Omaha was found.
and was invited % meet IN the sanctum
sanctorum OF the Omaha POSSIBILITIES Thurs
. 10 - -am. aE- q A-. - -
to explain matters
OmHha Lena on Griu.
Lena OF Omaha was first put on The
rack and insisted that the money order
had come into her possession legltimately
IN that she had directed a friend In Omaha
to sell her horse and buggy for $40 and
that he had done 50, but that ne had to
20 To Onawa immediately thereafter, and
mad forwarded the money order to her
from that point.
solomon Thomas bit his mustache FOR
Il moment or two and then asked Lena
OF Onawa to tell her story. Il was IN
effect that she had inurusted the SAFE oi
her horse and buggy n Onawa to the
Onawa friend, bearing the same name
OF the alleged friend Of the Lena oi
Omaha. Both woman were absolute su-ang.
r-@ ~ ~ NNaAaA anu oAAAAAA AAAAAAAu-
could not analyze the coincidence.
Finally he proceeded to read the riot act
TO the two women in this manner
one OF you two women is lying. n,
money has been paid to Lena Oleson.
shall at once call in a post0ffi-e Inspector
who is familiar with just SUCH cases, ant
he win decide which Of you IS the righrfI
owner OF this S.50. The other will De SEN
to the penitenuary at Sioux Falls for TWO
or more years. The government never re.
Ients OF forgets."
Lena OF Omaha paled a little. and FINALLY
admitted that she possibly had made a mis-
take. Lena Of Onawa sdll asserted hel
rights to the simoleons.
7 do not wish 20 be hard with either vi
you, said Solomon. But to you, Lena OF
Omaha. ali I can say is that you pay 0vei
10 Lena Of Onawa the $50. and the mattel
will be ended here and now"
sObs "a Little. Then Gives Up.
Lena Of Omaha Went down into her purs,
and after a few sobs and some hesiranc,
produced the $50, and it was turned ovel
10 Lena Of Onawa as the rfshtfuI owner.
Then the two women got acquainted wiz
each other and it developed that both cam,
originally from the same town in Den
mark, ana both bore the same name.
When asked 20 produce the letters trans
hitting the money order or referencl
thereto, Lena Of Ouawa stated mat sine IA,
destroyed the letter containing the infor
nation that the money had been sent her
Lena OF Omaha declared that she Ia,
lost the letter OF uransmittaI accompanying.
the money order
Solomon" Thomas concluded that Len,
Q ~ DFuaFru h4H rhraFwaT Ea- gr,-F,Vr- .
the horse anu buggy deal through the let
ter transmitting the money order.