Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-28
Body Believed That of Miss
Massette-Waiter in Ahko's
Restaurant Served Her Din
ner With Suspect.
TWO GIRLS CERTAIN
VICTIM WAS WAITRESS
Man Fled Friday, Immediately
After Discovery Of Crime in
Ravine-Threatened to Kill
Former Common-LaW Wife,.

Alice Massetts, whose body is be-
lieved to be that found murde, ed
in ravine near Coffman station a.
week ago yesterday morning, dined
in Louie Ahko's cafe few days be-
fore the body was found with the
waiter now sought by the police in
connection with the murder.
An autopsy performed on the
dead girl revealed the fact that she
ate a chicken dinner with chop suey
on the day she was murdered.
Wife in Kansas City.
According to a waiter in Ahko's
cafe, Fifteenth and Harvey streets,
Miss Massetts and the man the po-
lice are looking for dined there a
few davs before the body was
found The waiter is unable to say
on what day he served Miss Mas
setts and her. friend dinner. They
left the place together and neither
has been seen about Ahko's place
since, although both were in the
habit of eating there often.
The man in the case is said to
have a wife in Kansas City. The
police have requested Kansas City
officials to watch for the mans ap-
pearance there.
Miss Massetts, as far as is known,
was employed last in the Harney
Hotel cafe.
Chop Suey Waiter.
The man, who until recently. was
employed in an Omaha chop suey
restaurant, is said to have left. the
city last Friday Immediately after
reading the newspaper accounts Of
the discovery of the body, which
friends believe to be that of Miss
Alice Massette, former waitress
here, whose parents are said to live
in Colfax, Ia.
Miss Florence Rathke, 2o18
North Twenty-seventh street, and
Miss Ethel Fletcher, 917 IL South
Thirteenth street, told detectives
Wednesday they were sure the
body was that of Miss Massette,
with whom they had been intimate
ly acquainted tor years.
-. Wires All Cities.
After obtaining the name of the
waiter, who is alleged to have
threatened many times to kill Miss
Massette. his former common-law
wife. if she did not desist in her
methods of annoying him, Chief
Dunn Immediately wired descrip-
ton of the fugitive to the police de-
partments of surrounding cities and
requested his arrest.
This action was taken following
the Identification of the body at the
John A. Gentleman undertaking es-
tablishment, 341l Farnam street, by
Miss Rathke and Miss Fletcher.
The theory that the body was that
of Miss Freda Walter of Kearney,
Neb., was one of several to be ex-
ploded Wednesday. A telegram was
received from the Kearney police
Wednesday night to the effect that
Miss Walter. was Located at her
home.
Body Placed in Vault.
The body of the mystery woman
was placed in vault in Prospect
Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon.
If friends or relatives of any other
missing women desire to learn
whether the body of the woman is
that of the person in regard to whom
they are seeking information, they
will be furnished with detailed
description of the dead woman. They
will also be shown photographs
of the corpse. Unless persons max
ing inquiries in the future are posi-
tive of the identity of the dead
woman, the body will not be re-
moved from the vault, it was said.
Not Mrs. Springer.
L. J. Springer, travelling salesman
for the Watkins Medical company,
Red Oak, was in the city Thursday
afternoon looking for his wife. who
fed from her home in Red Oak three
weeks ago, and only vague traces of
her have since been found. Springer
had a haunting fear that she might
be the unidentified murdered woman
found Is miles north of Omaha last
Thursday and went to the Gentle
man undertaking morgue yesterday
to dispel his fear. He was greatly
relieved to find that the mystery
woman was not his vile.