Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-16
Attorney Rine asked

Attorney Rine asked;
How do you account for the fact
you never were pullcd!
Cant account for it"
"You ran the house for assignation
purposes before Sutton went there"
"YeS."
The witness created furore by
referring by name to a man who was
in the council chamber, and by relat-
ing his hasty exit from her place on
a certain occasion last year.
Officer Unger knew you were SELL
ing beer?"
"He did"
"When Sutton first went to your
house, did he say he was an officer"
81 knew he was"
at was impressed upon you that he
was a police oificer?'
"He wouldn't be in a house long
before he would LET you know"
Every pay protection money"
"No. But Sutton said he was work
ing out of Kugel's office and if |
treated him right would not be ar
rested, but the side might and when
they did, he would quit.
Got Into Case By Talking.
"Were you in an automobile the
other evening and followed Sutton
and Elsie Phelps?'
81 was not"
"How did you get into this case"
"Just by talking too much. | tod
woman friend and l suppose she
told Mr.. Dolan"
did you see Dolan?"
"Yes, he came to see me and
brought Mr.. Wolf with him"
When did you last see Elsie
Phelps?"
Last April, at my house"
"How many times did Sutton and
Elsie Phelps go to you house?"
About fifteen times"
You were rather chummy with
Mrs. Phelps?"
Hardly"
"Did Elsie ever speak to you of SUIT
tons position i'll the police depart
ment?"
"Yes, she said the was going to be
one OF the head fellows"
Honeywell Takes Stand.
w. R. Honeywell, bricklayer and
erstwhile sociological worker, was the
star witness at yesterday mornings
session of the trial. The witness un-
Willingly furnished as much merri-
ment as an average audience could alb
sorb at one sitting.
Honeywell was placed on the stand
to refute charges made by Detective
Paul Sutton on Thursday that the
witness had been released by Ma
loney after Sutton made the arrest,
and that Maloney neglectfully failed
to give the Honeywell case the atten-
ton justice seemed to demand.
In his testimony Sutton explained
that the arrest was made at the in
stance of Mrs. Honeywell, who
charged her husband with having been
implicated in suitcase robbery in
Omaha seven years ago, when dia
monds, bonds and valuable papers
were stolen.
Pad Graft Money.
The Honeywell case was cited by
Sutton as one of series to show that
Maloney had usurped the functions of
a court in his disposal of some of the
cases made by detectives.
Honeywell related that he paid Sut-
ton SIS on or about December IS,
1916, because he feared the detectives
would harrass him with knowledge Of
the suitcase matter and thereby cause
him to lose his job. He said that
"Red" Villains had been sent by Sut-
ton to him to serve as go-between;
that he prepared an oration which he
was to have delivered in the Audito-
rum under auspices of the ministers;
that he submitted a manuscript of the
address to Tom Dennison through
Henry Pollock, serving as special
messenger; that he worked with Rev.
John F. Hawk, pastor of First Re-
formed church. and Rev. Earl Bo-
wen, pastor of Pearl Memorial church,
and with Ezra Fields of the court
house in his city government uplift
work.
"Cleanup" Campaign.
Going into details of his city-wide
cleanup activities, he declared he had
made some Investigations on his own
account and found that Mayor Dahl
man was "honest. but enjoyed a good
time now and then"
mot since May l." corrected the
mayor.
His exception of the mayor in his
general charges of official neglect
aroused much laughter. Pinned down
by City Attorney Rine, the witness
admitted he knew of no specific
act of misconduct on the part of any
city official, but declared that Com
missioner Kugel knew OF general con-
ditions in Omaha and the other COM
missioners were jointly responsible
for such conditions.
Attorney Had Cold Feet.
Honeywell explained that his career
as an uplifter was cut short because
w. L. Baughan, his attorney, had cold
feet and failed to go through with
which was to have been held
with the executive committee of the
Ministerial union at the Young Mems
Christian association, to arrange for
his (Honeywell's) appearance at the
to deliver his Grafton, de-
scribed as his masterpiece. He added
that Paul Sutton put few finishing
touches on the manuscript and he in