Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-15
aloney Refers Kuge That Dirty Rat Omaha Police Probe

"When you returned from Chadron
you took Elsie TO your home?"
Yes"
"She there YETI"
"Yes."
you say you never occupied
room with Mrs. Phelps at Sl6 South
Nineteenth street,"
Never was there in ny life|
Where were you week ago last
Sunday night?'
With Mrs. Phelps lodging your
private detectives"
DO you know Mrs, Wilson"
(Which one"
The one you wanted to go to
Chadron."
Il do"
What kint of place does she
conduct"
We'll. we had reports about it,"
DO you know Nina Whitney at
1910 Webster street,"
Yes"
'"You know Barta and Walker?"
Eyes"
Did you ever tell them that they
should not disturb Bessie Wilson, 707
South Sixteenth street; Stella Mar
quette, on SoL.h Thirteenth street, or
Nina Whitney. at 1915 Webster street.
because you could make good
money!"
"I did not"
"When the Ford saloon was raded
did you tell Barta and Walker to
stay off or they would go back to a
beat?"
Il did not"
Lets Woman Go.
"On the occasion of the raid at
Ninth and Pacific streets did you
find a woman in the back room, and
you let her go when Walker wanted
to hold her with the rest?'
"The captain released her at the
station. She was housekeeper for
Emil Tolblatt and carried a basket OF
dishes"
"What do you know personally of
the garbage matter you referred to-"
Nothing personally. | intend to
bring in witnesses"
"Who told you Maloney had an in
terest in the hog ranch"
Says Dwyer Told Him.
"Larry Dwyer of Sixteenth and
Nicholas streets"
'He is quite good many people,
isn't he?"
"Ycs, he is a large man"
"What else?"
agent of the Belt line found
hogs stolen from the cars at the hog
ranch"
"Dwyer is brother-in-law of Johnny
Lynch?"
81 believe So"
How do they get along"
Like a couple of strange bulldogs"
Referring to the Honeywell case.
did you say Maloney' discharged
him"
Did not even look him up. Let
him n go an hour after | brought him
Isn't it a fact Honeywell was in
week and the county attorney in
vestigated the case and said there was
not enough evidence to hold him."
"He may have investigated the case
after Honeywell was turned loose
Citizens View Suspect.
"How long was the man arrested
for the Smith murder heidi"
1.-TWO days"
"What had Maloney TO do with
that?"
"He had the prisoner in his Office
and had some citizens in to see him.
"Did Captain Dempsey order him
discharged"
mo; he sent me a block up the
streets to get him after Maloney had
turned him loose
Would Not Raid Owl Club.
DO you remember going with
Barta, Walker and Cunningham to
raid the Owl club and you said you
would not go and you told Cunning
ham not to go?
THAT is fact, but I want to tell 1t
my way. Captain sent us all to Bes-
sic Woods place first and then to
split up and do anything we had.
| had the Dunbar club to investigate,
and so told Cunningham. Cunning
ham would not go with me to Dunbar
club because he said had been on force
seventeen years and had three years
to go to get a pension, and he could
not afford to buck Dennison and
Wolf, so | went to Dunbar club alone.
I did not go to Owl club that night,
but have gone through Owl club vari-
Gus times
Did you go to Owl club to get or
ders?"
81 don't think the chief was a mcm-
ber of Owl club. Never saw him
there"
Saw Kugel at Owl Club.
"Ever see Kugel at Owl club?'
"Saw him at dance there"
Take any orders from anybody at
Owl club?"
81 did not"
"Any poker games or gambling at
Owl c1ub?"
~"No."
The mayor asked if Owl and Dun
bar clubs recognized as social clubs
and Sutton said "Yes."
Baker resumed:
Gambling at most of the social
c1ubs?"
Il guess so"
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