Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
GRAND JURY HOLDS EIGHTEEN
Federal Cases to Be Tried at Next
Session of District Court.
ONLY SIX ARE MADE PUBLIC
nd Rothery H. Held On Four Counts
Charged with Having Refiied
bonded bottles Of whisky
In His Possession,

Eighteen indictments were returned by
the federal grand jury. when It reported
TO the clerk % the United states district
court. at II O'Clock Saturday morning. out
OF about thirty cases heard by II the jury
returned indictments against four cases
from the Chadron division. two from Grand
Island one from North Platte and eleven
from the Omaha division
All indictments called for trials at the
next session Of the United states district
court, which will be held Immediately fol-
lowing the present session Of the United
states circuit court.
But six Of the indictments returned were
made public. the others to remain secret
until the cases are taken up for trial
Although indictments we're returned IN
several land cases they were net made
public. Two Of these land cases are said
to be in the Chadron division and one IN
North Platte. One deportation case was
taken up from the Chadron division, but
the jury made no report on II.
The jury has been in session since Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock. A partial re-
port was made to the district court clerk
Friday night I'm order TO relieve three mem
bers from jury duty TO return to their
homes.
Charged with Assault.
NJ. L, Cain Of the Omaha division was
indicted for the alleged assault upon mail
carrier
Frank Ellington. alias big Liz" was
indicted for having in his possession with
intent TO use same, bills in likeness of true
obligations of the United States Infor-
nation presented to the grand jury, and
corroborated by witnesses, alleged that
a Cd 70
Christopherson of Omaha by passing coun-
terfeit $40 bills The bills were phot',
graphs OF United States currency. pro-
duced on paper similar to that used by
the government. These were pasted back
to back The bills were presented to the
jury, and we're purported to be on the
Bank of Commerce of Savannah.
For refilling bottles. In bond, and raising
revenue stamps, Ed Rothery was indicted
on four counts. Information alleges that
Rothery had on February q. 1911, in his
possession several bottles Of whisky
which had been refilled by him, and also
had revenue stamps In his possession which
he had obtained from other bottles and
were intended for use by him in the IN
ture
John ID. McCrea Of Omaha was indicted
on three counts for impersonating a gov.
eminent OFFICER It Is alleged that on No
vember 1. 1911, McCrea appeared at the
home Of Minnie Livingston IN Omaha and
represented himself TO be a secret service
officer, and by such impersOnation Is said
to have swindled Freda Livingston. a sis
ter, out Of $3.50 The father Of the two
girls is alleged to have been swindled OUT
of 1851 by McCrea. For room and board.
Minnie Livingston claims McCrea owes her
SIS. So
Perhaps one Of the hardest cases for the
jury to work on was that of Frank Smith.
who was indicted for the transportation OF
girls for immoral purposes. He was in
dicted on thirteen counts
II was alleged by the information tia,
Smith on November 10 imported 70 c)unaha
from Kansas City girl by the name o.
Eva Latham Smith, according To tins rs
umony. was prior TO his arrest. In me
white slave business, bringing prostitutes
from Missouri TO Omaha The mother a,
Eva Latham appeared before the Jury ana
testified as to the girls character previous
to the time she met Smith.
Louis Snyder was indicted for man,n,
non-mailab BILE matter.