Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-23
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Policeman Small Suspended for Ten
Days by Briggs.
ALLEeE AssAuLr on PRIsoNERs
II Evidence Il Found TO subatantiate
Charge Case win Go Before
Board tor TRIAL az Early
Date.

hNAHu AAN ANNAA ~ aANAN
Date.
Police officer Jacob Small vas sus-
pended Tor ten days yesterday morning
By Chief Briggs for alleged cruelty %
Nick Salistren, a prisoner. The action
Of the chief followed a complaint made
by salistren, who alleged that Small
struck him over the head with a bunch
Of keys. The man put a wounded head
into evidence in support Of his assertion.
Officer small when called up on the
carpet BY the chief denied that he had
struck salistren Other officers about
the station admit that officer Small did
60 down into the cell rooms. but fur
Their than that they knew nothing Of the
affair.
Pending Investigation Chief Briggs sus-
pended Small for ten days.
Officer Small has been In trouble re-
Gently and his case became more or
less a cause "celebre" because Of the di-
vision caused by Il among the members
Of the fire and police board The case
OF Small was in fact the last straw
that provoked the opposition TO force the
issue upon the two members OF the board
now under fire. At that time the board
after trial rsinstatsd Small, although
the period Of suspension imposed on him
! by the chief had not elapsed
The present case may eventuate in a
reunion OF the board members. For
some days there has been talk Of a get
together movement among the members
OF the board for the purpose Of nullify-
/ ing the imminent custer proceedings
brought against Members Ryan and Pr
vonka- An effort looking toward the re-
union was made Wednesday evening, but
/ no results came out Of the movement.
/ There Is a feeling among the friends of
/ the commissioners that a quiet compro-
mise will effect a great deal, and among
other things there was talk of sus-
pension OF thirty days for Small.
| II evidence tending TO prove the charges
Of salistren is found the matter viii
probably go before the board and Small
/ will again have TO make q fight to re-
tain his star
May BE white slave Case.
| Mrs. Mary Clark, white woman re-
siding on L street between Twenty-first
and Twenty-second street, was arrested
last night by Captain Hank Ensfelder and
a squad Of police on the charge Of run
ming a disorderly house. An investiga-
ton by the police created a suspicion
that the place was being made the head
quarters OF a white SLAYER.
Yesterday morning Probation officer
G. 3. Carver brought TO the local police
station Mrs Mile Barton. a sixtasn-year-
old white girl, taken in company with a
negro in Omaha. The Barton girl. who
Is white said shs had been married at
fourteen. She told the police that the
Clark woman had introduced negro men
to herself and another white girl named
/ Virgie Marks.
/ The police. after having considered a
plan, went TO the place last night about
Q o'clock. They found the Clark woman
and two negro men in the place In
vestigation may warrant the placing Of
a more serious charge against the woman.
The negroes arrested with her were Frank
Grow and Henry May.
squee9ed Goose TO Death.
Three sarpy county farmers coming un-
der the general designation of John Doe
and Richard Roe. are wanted badly by
the constable attached to Justice CaId-
wells court. Also Mrs. Toney Salensd
Of Thirty-sixth and W street wants the
same farmers and value in coin for
dead goose that passed over through
the ministrations Of the sons of the soil.
| Mrs. Salensld told the court that on last
Monday she was the owner Of a dozen
geese The three reubens returning from
a days outing in the city engaged in a
discussion as to the comparative amount
OF strength possessed by them. The Ions
| farmer made a bet that he was the
| strongest. The short man called his bet
and made a pot OF twenty dollars to go
10 the winner. The thin man not TO be
! outdone contributed another ten spot and
agreed that the whole should go to the
strongest man. The test was to squeeze
a goose TO death with the naked hands
Mrs. salenski unwilling and unwillingly
supplied the goose. The short man won
and collected the thirty from Peter Sam
] oakt. who was the holder Of the bet.
They left the dead goose but no money
10 pay Mrs. Salsnski. Now Mrs. Sal
enski wants damages and the court and
constable viii aid her in getting the three
strong farmers. The only trouble, said
the Justice, is that It will be difficult
70 get a constable to arrest three strong
men.
Moffitt Under Arrest.