Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-19
POLICE RECORD
SHOWS NO LOOT
ON DEAD BANDIT
Mystery Surrounds Disap-
pearance Of Money Taken
by HighWayman From
Three Victims.

what became of the $24.60 hich
Bandit Judd Tobias took from
three of his victims a short while
before he was shot to death be-
tween $50 and 3 o'clock Wednes-
day morning at Twentieth and
Dodge streets?
The police reports show that
there was but. $l.37 taken from the
dead mans pocket by the detectives
who searched him.
Harry Little, Twenty-sixth street
and Dewey avenue, was held up by
the bandit on Twenty-sixth, be-
tween Harvey and Farnam streets,
at lis and relieved of $3.50
William Gorum, 2622 North
Twenty-ffth street, was held up by
Tobias at 2:20 at Twenty-iourth
and Douglas streets and robbed of
$4.10.
A. J. Tanner Loses So.
A. J. Tanner, 53s Park avenue,
faced the bandits revolver at LIS,
while So was taken from his pockets
by Tobias at the door of his home.
Mr.. Gorum, Mr.. Little and Mr..
Tanner viewed the highwayman's
body at the Hoffman Funeral home
and positively identified it as that
of the man who held them up. Each
of the victims declared they had
been robbed by Tobias Of the
amounts named.
Detectives searched the bandits
pockets before the body was placed
into the ambulance which conveyed
it to the undertaking establishment,
according to witnesses.
Second Time 1t Occurred.
This is the second time within 10
days that money has been taken
from the pockets of dead persons
while they were under the care OF
members of the police department.
A little over week ago $33 dis
appeared mysteriously from the
pockets of John A. Rhedin, who lost
his life as a result of an accidental
plunge into a cistern on the rear of
his lot at 1906 B street. Detectives
John Herdzina and Thestrup were
in charge of the body when the
money disappeared.
just a short while before Mr.,
Rhedin met with the accident which,
together with the stupidity of the
police and the neglect of the police
physician. caused his death, he
showed Mrs. Rhedin, his helpmate
for a quarter of a century the roll
of bills.
Saved for Long Time.
"Anna, ! have been saving this
for a long while" he said. Il am
going to buy you present with II
when we celebrate our silver ami
versary."
The old couple had planned to OBJ
serve their silver wedding within a
few days.
The last words he spoke to his
wife gave expression to the joy with
which he was looking forward to
the celebration of their Is years OF
married life.
He rolled the money up ana
placed it back in his pocket. He
walked into the back yard and Mrs.
Rhedin still was seated at the table
when her daughter rushed into the
room with the news that her father
had fallen into the cistern.
Detectives Arrive on Scene.
Neighbors were trying to revive
the man when Detectives Herdzina
and Thestrup arrived an hour later.
Mr.. Rhedin died short while after
he was taken to the hospital. by
the officers. No money was found
in the mans pockets at the hospital,
it was said. Neither was there any
money found in the cistern when
it was pumped out Mrs. Rhedin de-
clared the money was taken out of
her husbands pocket by some one
who was not member of the fam
lily and after the arrival of the po-
lice.
She is looking to the police de-
partment to -eturn the $50, which
was nearly all the money she had
The three victims who were robbed
by Tobias early Wednesday morn
ing also are looking to the police
for their money back.