Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-20
TRIPLE MURDER
is RE-ENACTED AT
PLACE OF CRIME
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police now have. and the jug OF beer
I saw only the three men Had there
been more. am sure I could have seen
them
The night Of the tragedy was Just
such one as last nignt. The heavens
were studded with stars and an arc light
half block away gave just enough
light 10 enable one to see plainly, where
the shooting took place. At the con.
cluslon OF their acting the reporters
scampcred across the road, They could
be seen plainly by the watching police.
III there was anyone else there, We
could have seen him too said chief
Dunn
From the descriptions given by Selix,
Fred Schroeder is the man who wore the
straw hat and the light shirt and who
shot at the man in the road. The man
in the road with the light shirt was Rapp.
Pete Schroeder was at his brothers side.
This is ascertained from the clothing the
men were wearing when found.
Those OF the several witnesses who
claim to have heard swiftly falling foot
steps Immediately after the shooting and
those who even said they saw men run
ming have altered their stories several
times selix, Mrs. Quade and Mrs. Con-
molly alone remain mistaken. Detectives
have canvassed every house in the neigh
borhood In a search for witnesses. Police
officers have searched everywhere for the
missing revolvers or revolver, but to no
avail.
Chief Dunn's view.
My conception Of this matter is this"
declared Chief Dunn last night after he
had considered every theory yet brought
up and quizzod most OF the witnesses:
After Humphry Lynch had licked
Pete Schroeder in the rough-and-tumble
fight. Lynch went away and left the
Schroeders and Rapp to their own de-
vices. Pete Schroeder. by his own ad-
mission after the fist fight, had a re-
volver in his hip pocket.
"Rapp was indebted TO Humphry Lynch
and his brother Johnnie. for many favors
In the past. Johnnie had obtained a Job
for him and once had gotten him out OF
jail. Humphry had obligated him further.
Now bear all this in mind while digress.
"Rapp and his wife had been separated
for a long period until about two weeks
ago, and Rapp, II ls said. had accused
Pete Schroeder OF being too intimate with
his wife.
HRpD sides with Friends.
Presumably, after Pete Schroeder had
been licked by Humphry Lynch, the three
sat down for their jug of beer and the
Schroeders began 20 pan or abuse the
Lynches Probably Rapp took up the
cause of his friends against the schroe-
ders. and in the argument that followed
the matter OF the domestic trouble in
Rapp's family was brought up. Then a
fight started.
From the position they were in" Mr.
SelN says, Il can see how Il would be
easy for Ropp 10 snatch Pete SchrOeder's
pistol from his pocket and shoot aboth
Schroeders with II. The powder marks
on the latter's clothing show that they
were shot at short range. Then the
sehroeders grappled with Rapp and got
the. gun. lie retreated to the street ana
was shot down. The wounds were all
made by the same caiber gun.
II think there was only one pistol used.
though there may have been two, but
these have been effectively hidden"
About the statements regarding the
Italians: Possibly Rapp feared the
Schrosders would die and he would live
to be prosecuted for their murder. SO he
concocted the story, The Schroeders
feared the same thing and when they
were asked II Rapp's story OF the Italians
was true they affirmed II. I am DOS
itive the Calabrias had nothing to do
with the affair and / don't think any
one else did either, for that matter"
Two
rest
The Views OF Chief Dunn coincide ex-
actly with those of haloney, Dempsey
and Fleming
Two Suspects Yet Held.
Carl Carello and John Grassa, both aged
23 iliterate Italians. who were arrested
Saturday as suspects, were given a severe
sweating at the station last night and
gave every appearance of knowing Moth
ing whatsoever about the shooting affray.
Tho Italians were arrested on the
strength OF a story told the police by
Mrs. Fred Schroeder. wife OF one OF the
dead men, who says that the pair called
at her home Tuesday night and demanded
pay for six hours work that they had
done for tho schroeders. She says they
were told that the payday was Saturday
and that they could not get their money
until then. Leaving the house. she con-
tinued, they sestieulated wildly and were
evidently making threats in the italian
language. htt
Know Nothing of Crime.
Saturday. the day the men were told
to return for their pay, they showed up
and were placed under arrest by waiting
officers. After being placed in custody
they told tho police they did not even
know that the triple murder haa been
committed. F's<r
The grocery boy who caused a little
furore Saturday afternoon by claiming
that he knew something OF the crime and
had actually seen the shooting. told de-
tectives a different story when an