The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-21
OMAHA OFFICER
SAYS HE KNOWS
State Relies Upon Former PO-
Iiceman in 0'Dell and
Lewis Cases.
HEARD OMIN0US WORDS
WITH EAR TO KEYH0LE
Authorities Go to Boise in Hope
of Obtaining Additional
Evidence.
Spec;al TO The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
OGDEN. Jan. 20.-That the state will
rely mainly on the testimony OF a for
n,er Omaha policeman In the hope OF
convicting Thomas O'Dell and William
Lewis on charges of murder in the hrst
degree for the killing of William N
Davis. negro porter on the Overland Linn
tied train. which was held up at Reese.
january ., was admitted today by an Of
fcer who has been working on the case.
Ii is also said that the arrest oil Lewis
and O'DelL as we'll as that OF Harry
Shafcr and Peter Murphy. came about as
a result of the information furnished the
officers by the Omaha man who occu-
pied room adjoining the room OF the
alleged bandits the night of the robbery
The name OF the Omaha man and
companion who occupied the room with
him is being closely guarded by the
officers.
According TO the story. the Omaha
man and his companion entered their
room early in the evening. Hearing low
voices In the adjoining room the Omaha
man became curious TO Know what me
conversation was about and listened with
his ear at the keyhoie. How Will We
get back to Osden?'' was one OF the
Questions the man at the keyhole is said
10 have heard The words automobile
and motorcycle" were used in the re-
py. all of which was not heard.
Hears ominous Words.
Becoming more curious the caves
dropper pccred through small hole In
the door and saw two men. roughly
dressed. examining their revolvers. One
of the wcapon was distinctly heard in the
next room. Listening inrently. the
Omaha lodger heard the words rob
berry" and Limited" frequently used Sew
cr,l daNs after The train had hpeN
robbed The nformatl tlon thus Obtained was
given TO the police by the Omaha man.
Although Chief of Police Browning and
the other officers who have been work.
Ing on the case are confident that the
men under arrest arc the ones who
porter. il Is admitted that it will be nee
essary To obtain more evidence against
them. With this purpose in view, Cap
tain of Police c. C. Brown and Detective
Joe Jones OF the Oregon Short Line Rail-
road company have gone To Boise. Ida,
where. IL Is believed, the four men under
arrest lived for several months last sum-
mer No word was received from the Off
GERS today,
Names Lead to Confusion.
That the men under arrest at Ogden
not the same men referred to In a
series OF kilograms which have been sent
10 local officers By United States Deputy
Marshal II. Hughes OF Gooding. Ida. is
apparent from recent developments The
names of the men suspected by the Ida
no officer are George Long, A. Leeper
and Harry Shafer. a com bination OF mis-
leading circumstances in which il appears
that there are two Harry Shafers who
have been at Gooding IN the past year
led TO the confusion.
Harry Shafer. TO whom the Cooling
officer referred. was seen in Ogden with
Leeper and J. Robinson several weeks
ago. II. A, Cleveland, an Ogden man.
who knows Skaters brothers, identified
Robinson at a local bank, where he
cashed draft for $50 before going to
Salt Lake.
When the four men were arrested at
the Model rooming house and Harry Sha :
fer was one OF the names given in the
dispatches leaving Ogden. the Gooding Of
deer supposed this was the same man
II now appears that the TWO Shafers aN
not related and are unknown to eacI
other.