Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-24
GRAND JURY NAMES SCORE
Federal Body Indicts Nineteen Men
and One Woman.
CARRIE M. KENzrE IS HELD
Letter to CoIored Friend Too Lively
for MaiIs-Carnival Promoters
Company Never Got on
Road.

Twenty indictments were found by the
federal grand jury. which completed tis
work Friday afternoon, having been in
session since Tuesday. The most important
indictments returned are gains the fol-
Lowing:
Carrie Mckenzie Of Omaha, for mailing
improper matter in the form Of a rather
vivid letter addressed to "a masculine
colored friend. She is out on bail.
II. Raynor. alias II. Bennett, alias w.
Bennett, accused Of using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. 1t is charged that
Raynor advertised that he was about to
start a carnival company and wanted to
hire special talent. Then. the accusation
was, he secured a couple of actors ambi-
tious to join his "karnivsl krewe" and
mulcted them Of several dollars each as
an advance, and absorbed the proceeds,
without starting the company. But he did
succeed in starting trouble with the United
states Postoffice department.
Therese Kricboom Of Crawford was in
dlcted on a charge OF violating section 3
Of the act Of congress of February %, 1907.
which prohibits the importation Of women
toto the United States Off immoral pur-
poses. She is charged with importing a
girl named Louise Floree for such purpose
from Belgium. Therese Kricboom is now
out on 1850 bond.
John p. Kelley of North Platte Is in
dioted on the charge OF perjury in a bank
suptcy case. It is alleged that he sought
to secrete a cash register belonging to the
bankrupt estate of C1oe Luellia Landon,
doing business az the United states Grocery
company. Kelley was a witness before the
referee in bankruptcy, w. V. Hoagland,
and the alleged perjury was committed dur
ing his testimony before the referee. He
is out on bond.
Peter T. Unruh, alias r. r Thomas,
alias C. @. Benneke, alias b. b. Thomas,
alias T. p. Unruh, is indicted for alleged
use Of the mails for fraudulent purposes.
He Is now in the Douglas county jail. The
particular offense with which he Is charged
is in fraudulently promoting the "Mennon-
tie Aid association. through the mails,
claiming that he was the agent and sec
rotary of the company, which had its head
quarters somewhere in Minnesota. He
operated in the vicinity Of Anoka and EN-
met, Holt county, and induced a number
OF Mennonites In that vicinity to invest IN
the enterprise. Unruh was formerly post
master of the town Of Tyndal, s. D., and
was for one term treasurer, and for two
terms recorder of deeds OF Bonhomme
county, South Dakota. At the time Of his
arrest last winter he attributed his down.
fall to the excessive use of liquor. Two
Indictments were found against Unruh.
John Sidel Of Omaha is charged with
breaking a lock on a bonded warehouse,
the warehouse of the Standard Distilling
and Distributing company In Omaha. The
offense was committed last winter. He,
too, is out on bond.
Harvey Montgomery Of Logan county Is
accused of impersonating a government
officer. He is alleged to have represented
himself as a special agent of the land de-
partment out on a tour looking up land
frauds. He is charged with having de-
frauded w. r. Gift of 81 and Frank Suk-
raw of North Platte, q llveryman, of $SS
worth of livery hire and M. X. Brtmcomo
Of the same locality out Of a $40 overcoat,
all through his pretensions Of being a
government officer. ell Is in Jail at North
Platte.
Thomas Gallagher of South Omaha, 10
charged with selling tobacco without first
having the necessary stamps required by
the government affixed thereto. He is said
to have done a thriving trade In selling
government tobacco obtained from soldiers
at Fort Crook. He is out on bond.
The other eleven indictments are for mis-
cellaneous minor offenses against the
postal laws and for bootlegging. None OF
these eleven parties Is yet under arrest
and their names will not be given out
until they are placed under arrest or have
given bond.