Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-28
JULIAN MEN ARE IDENTIFIED
Thsir Atbi Proven by Missouri Pa
cifio Railroad Employees.
EEvOLvER Is ONLY CLUE LEFT
Description Given by Dead Mans
Is Not Satisfactory. u
UAsE STILL REMAINS MYS.
Hsnnuh - Being Made at Local p
shops In an EndeavOF to Iden'
tffy Men VINO NIight Have
Bought Revolver.

fg6sbinE more than the old revolver cast
haids By the hRhwayman who murdered
Harnan b. Cohn is lett as a Glue upon
tyhidh the police can work, the two sus-
osota, John Leahy and Henry Mignery
having been released from custody last
evening hf $50 o'clock.
TbAy were identified by Conductor A. W.
Baicer and Brakeman Keller Of the Mis-
so1zi Pacfna, who declared that Lsahy
and AnrnerT were the two persons who
boarded their train for Fort Crook before
ths hour OF tho murder, Saturday night
Immediately after they came In from
their pun last evening the railroad men
wsnA 90 the police station. They look
IKE shs two men, said conductor Baker
brakeman oIlsler was moro positive. Il
am sure that they are the mon who left
tho train at Fort Crook. remember dis
tinotlv that one Of them had light hat
ana wore corduroy trousers. The conduc-
tos had told me that thsy were two pas
songerB for Fort Crook. I am sure these
are the two mon.'
ImmediaAsiy aftsP the identification OF
ths two suspects By the train Grew rela-
tfvuS OF Leahy were notified. The result
h NOT q Burpqiss 30 the polica, who have
hald from the first examination Of the men
that they were Innocent of any connection
with the murder.
Uass stdII = MyHteFy.
Th9R1isaaa OF Lsoahy and AIigneFy leaves
the o0as sa much a mystery a. Sver. d.
ts0efves AEaionsy and Van Dusen were
busy sn day Monday running down possi-
bla uluas. n was reported that Randall
Brown oR 10t South Thirty-second avenue,
had soan Two Suspicious characters in the
nssghborhood Of the Cobn residence. Upon
Investigation II turned out that Mr.. Brown
had sean a young man leaving the home
Of q family whore he had been visiting.
Alfrod CroiRh, another resident of the
vicinity, was also mentioned as having
seen two men proving about the Cohn
homo. Mr.. CrsiEh whom questioned upon
ths matter, told tho detectives that he had
seen a suspicious character near the corner
Of Twenty-sevsnth and FaTnam streets.
The polioe DO not attach. any importanoe
TO this statement They say that the place
mentioned was too far removed from the
scene Of tho crime,
The only clue that remains is the chear
revolver with which the killing was done
A search OF pawnshops will be made in the
hope OF tracing the owner OF the weapon.
when the prisoners had been identified
by the train crow as passengers Of Sat.
urday night a look OF relief passed over
their faces. That the men were under q
severe strain was apparent from the mo
ment they were captured. A number OF
people called to see them at the station
Loahy, who IL OF a good family in Julian
aad visitor Monday afternoon in the per
son OF John CulbertsOn an oId-tlme resi-
dent OF Peru, who said that he had knowr
Leahy from boyhood and that the only
trouble that Leahy had ever been in wa,
an occasional spree. Ieahy also has rela
tives in Omaha.
Search Of PawnshOps.
In investigation of the case the polio
are proceeding on the assumption that tn
shooting was the bungling work of 1
hold-up man. Because the revolver Is no
OF the type used by persons experienced Il
tho use Of reliable firearms. the polio
think II fair to assume that Il was pur
chased at a second hand shop by a dow
and OUT bandit for the use Of one Job.
Search Is being made OF all the paw
shops and secondhand stores. The indentl
fication Of the purchaser of the gun WI
be difficult task. The revolver is of a.
extremely cheap and common pattern q
which there are hundreds In every CITY
The fact that It was loaded with cartridge