Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-25
Try to Follow the Scent to Find the
Perpetrators.
Loss PLACED AT SIX THOUSAND
Police Say the Job is the Work of
Amateurs
ANOTHER PLANT Is DAMAGED
Dynamite ~ ENpioAcd la the Indiana
Plant of Caldwell ~ Drake, Com
tractors of Building, at the
Same Hour.

Suspected Of being implicated in the
dvnamiting Of the new court house. George
Bishop alias Bert Thomas. a plumber.
was arrested at 7:i5 o'clock last night.
lie was put through the sweating
process three times last night and was un-
able to give clear account OF himself
significance is attached to the fact that
he admits having slept in n boxcar In
South Omaha last night, FOR the blood
hounds on the trail yesterday led the de-
tective to car in the lower railroad
yards.
He claims TO have lived in Louisville.
Ky, up to seven years ago. 1t is in Louis
vile that George W. Caldwell is located
at the present time. Bishop says that he
has been in Omaha for four years, though
he is not able to account for any length
of residence. When pressed he claims to
have been in Kansas city recently. When
arrested he had some clothes wrapped up
| in Denver paper
what Caused Arrest.
Bishops arrest followed a conversation
he had with A. J. Adler of n5 South
| Nineteenth street, at Seventeenth and
| Harney. lie accosted Adler and asked
him where he could get a battery to fiji
his searchlight. insisting that he needed
it Immediately
His actions were so suspicious that Adler
called for the police and this caused
Bishop to take flight OFFICER McDougai
went in pursuit and located the suspect at
Sixteenth and Howard streets.
Bishop Is a rough appearing fellow and is
judged to be between q and 30 years old.
/ though he claims to be plumber his
hands are as soft as a womans. When
searched a revolver was found on his per
son.
Practically simultaneous explosions did
damage TO the new Douglas county court
house in Omaha and wrecked the offices OF
Caldwell & Drake. the constructing con-
tractors in Columbus, Ind, yesterday m jrn-
ing.
Reward of $1,000 Offered.
A reward Of 81 900 has been offered by
the county commissioners for the arrest
and conviction of the perpetrators Of ths
dynamite explosion. This action was taken
at a committee meeting yesterday after
noon. The resolution as drawn is unani-
mously favored by the board and is sure
Of passage at the regular meeting today.
BIoOdhOunds ON Trail.
Bloodhounds we're put on the trail of the
dynamiters at $50 o'clock In the morning.
! After a series OF trails the dogs followed
the scent about the city to point in
Riverview park.
Estimates of damage vary from 5000 TO
116OOO A rigid examination of the steel
work will be necessary before accurate
estimates can be made
Two Separate Charges,
Two charges Oh the explosive placed
in the south and southwest parts Of
the basement OF the building blew out
tour partitions on the urst and second
floors and caved in fifty square feet OF
floor space, causing a damage estimated
last night on hasty examination, at from
$4,000 to $4,000
witnesses 10 second Shock.
The first explosion came at 1856 o'clock.
Firemen from the No. fire station
, across the street west OF the court house
ran 20 the street and stood for a second
before the proximity Of the explosion could
, be learned. They hurried to the basement
OF the court house from which a light
; smoke, smelling OF dynamite, emanated
and were searching for the damaged part
Z when the second charge at l:lO exploded
: Fearing that a fuse to a third was burn
ing, they ran from the building and stood