Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-21

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tionable character OF the Melso
place on South Nineteenth street. a
testified to by Unger Tuesday after
noon.
He also denied giving any irregu
lar orders to Sutton and Unger a
the Owl club, but admitted that o
one occasion he did meet these de
tectives at the club and told them tha
a saloon man had complained of per
secution by the morals squad an,
suggested that they should not dis
turb women if they were merely eat
ing in a restaurant annex OF the sa
loon il they wore habilaments ap
proved by polite society.
The inside workings Of Kugeps spe
cial Investigators were brought ou
in detail by Attorney Baker, wht
questioned one item of $237 which
Kugel explained was for cigars, bee
and other expenses. The superintend
ent of police explained that his spe
cial men took companions with then
to visit places as regular patrons ant
thus obtain evidence upon which the
morals squad later worked.
Sutton Travelled Fast"
Kugel could not tell Attorney Ba'
ker whether 5l4-l6 South Nineteenth
street had been raided. Officer I'm
ger testified Sutton took him there
ostensibly for investigation, but he
left Sutton when he observed certain
local amenities being INDUCED in by
Sutton, his detective leader.
Mrs. Fred Allen OF 25l0 Hickory
street testified she frequented the
Nelson place and knew of its char
acter and inadvertently, through a
process of fne-tooth combing by At
torney Baker, admitted that her Wis
its to this house were not approved
by her husband when he learned OF
them.
Mrs. Allen testified that during tel
ephone conversations with Mrs. Mar
garet Rohr OF Florence the latter re-
lated that Mrs. Nelson said she was
being urged to stick to her Sutton
story by Spike" adding that she
was to receive $500 for her testimony,
and in one instance specified that
the amount was to be $l00. The ap-
pearance OF Mrs. Allen was to dis
credit the testimony of Mrs. Rohr,
who testified she had no recollection
of having mentioned to anybody any
reference to a money consideration
for Mrs. Nelson's testimony.
Mrs. Bird Leaves Town.
Charles Bird, negro, husband Of 10.
sephine Bird. was the first witness
called at this mornings session of
the Maloney hearing.
Attorney Elmer Thomas questioned
the witness regarding the departure
Of Mrs. Bird to Kansas City last Sum-
at is very evident that Mrs. Bird
eft Omaha to avoid being called as
| witness in this case" stated Mr.,
Thomas.
Bird said: my wife and l had a
quarrel last Sunday and she went to
Kansas City. She may stay there for
EVER or she may stay a day." .
Thomas offered in evidence
charges filed last December by 10.
'ephine Bird against the city detec-
i've department, charging payment
If money The mayor explained that
when the charges were, filed by the
Bird woman the council offered to
rave hearing, but the complainants
allied to appear. Attorney Thomas
added that he had Mrs. Bird sum-
noned as q witness, but she disap-
,eared.
Kugel Contradicts Unger.
Commissioner Kugel recalled by
Attorney Thomas: "You recall that
Officer Unger said he met you in
Pete Loch's saloon in June, 1916, and
mad lunch there with you. Is that
, fact?"
Never met Unger at Loch's place"
did Unger ever complain to you
-egarding Mrs. Nelson's placer"
"fIe did not"
did he ever speak to you of SUIT
:on and Mrs. Phelps having been at
he Nelson placer"
He never spoke OF that to me-"
The superintendent OF police en-
cred a direct denial of Unger's testi-
nony regarding having met his boss
It Pete Loch's place. Kugel denied
my knowledge of the Nelson place
having been brought to his notice as
! disorderly house. Attorney Thomas
lid not question Kugel regarding Un-
yer's testimony on the Owl club or
<ugers reference OF Unger to Johnny
lynch.
Money for Testimony.
Mrs. Fred Allen, 2Sl0 Hickory
treet, related a telephone conversa-
ion with Mrs. Margaret Rohr over
"Mrs. Rohr told me she heard Mrs.
Margaret Nelson was urged to tes-
ify by Spike" and that she would
eceive $500 for her testimony and
he said Spike told her to stick to
Ter Sutton story. Once she said it
vas $780,
Different on Tuesday.
On Tuesday Mrs. Rohr testified she
lad no recollection OF having spoken
o anybody regarding Mrs. Nelson's
of receiving money for
Ter testimony in this airing. Mrs.
sohr said Mrs. Nelson spoke OF new
lress, but not of any money, and she
ould not even connect the dress with
he testimony. "Sr ike referred to
" Mrs. Allen, has been referred to
t the hearing as the husband OF Mrs.
Nelson, the woman VIII, testified re-
,arding the alleged ildiscretions at
he Nelson home. SIC South Nine
eenth street.
Attorney Baker asked Mrs. Allen:
"Were you ever at Mrs. Nelson's |
llace at 5l6 South Nineteenth street% |
yes"
"Day or night?"
Both"
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