Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-01
HAPPENINGS IN
| THE MAGIC CITY
Charles Webb Probably VIII
Die as Result Of CHANGING
Shot.
WAS FIRED BY DENNIS HILL

A hilarious "set-up" party among
colored folk of lower N street, South
Side, last night will probably END
fatally for Charles Webb, lunch
counter proprietor in a pool hall al
Twenty-seventh and N streets, who
lies near death at the South Side hos.
pital, victim of glancing bullet
from the gun of Dennis Hill, colored
24l7 M street.
The shooting occurred shortly be.
fore 6 o'clock. Hill is said to have in.
vited number of his friends to have
drink on him in celebration of $50
he said he had received the same day
The men, twenty or more in number,
after swallowing the drinks trans
fered their entertaining to the poll hall
of BROKER Henderson, next door.
Here Ben Talbot, otherwise known
as Danger" and Hill became mixed in
an argument. Hill laid some money
on the counter and Talbot is said to
have taken it up and slammed it down
again with force, arousing the enter
tainer's anger.
'Yo all CANT slam my money that
way" Hill said. an pick an eye O
your'n out first" AID with this re-
mark he drew long barreled Colt re-
volver, leveled and fired once at Tai
bot.
The latter ducked and the bullet
struck the wall glancing blow,
finally lodging in the upper left breast
of Webb, who was seated with his
wife before the lunch counter. Webb
was seen to topple over. The crowd
of men ran in all directions at the ap-
pearance of the police. Webb was
taken to the hospital, where he was
attended by Assistant City Physician
Shanahan, who said last evening that
h had but few hours to live.
Officer Scott arrested Hill,
Charles L. Hoover lead.
Charles L. Hoover, attorney here
tor the last twenty years, died sud-
denly Tuesday afternoon. Death was
due to heart trouble.
He was 81 years old. He was born
in Pennsylvania but came to Nebraska
and settled in Papillion shortly after
Coming of age. Twenty years ago he
took up the practice of law.
Surviving are a former wife and
son and daughter. Arrangements
have not been made for the funeral.
Walter Rukenbrod Dead.
Walter Rukenbrod, aged IS years,
uncle of Rev. S. H. Yerian, pastor of
St. Luke's Lutheran church, died at
the home of the latter, 4220 South
Twenty-ffth street, last evening. The
body will be sent from the Brewer
chapel to New Springfield, O., today.
The funeral will take place in SPRING
field.
Injured Teamster Dead.
Joseph Seidenglanz, teamster, IS
years, who sustained number of
compound fractures of the vertebrae
last week while driving from the
Rushforth hay barn at Twenty-fourth
and Q streets Friday noon, last, died
G. the injuries at the South Side hos
pital yesterday.
A widow and five children survive.
The family home is at Twenty-frst
and w streets.
The absence of attorneys featured
the first cas-. tried before the South
Side municipal court which convened
for the first time yesterday fternoon,
Judge Holmes presiding. All three
of the municipal judges were present,
Judges Brit. and Baldwin sitting in
close proximity to Judge Holmes.
Rudolph Dietz against William S.
Kline was the first Of two cases on
the docket. Clerk of Court Roach
announced the matter at hand and the
court proceeded Dietz got a default
The next case, which was
presented by Jack Baldwin, a North
Side attorney, representing the de-
PENDANT, was continued week.
The court plans to convene on the