Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-10
TO FILE CHARGES
AGAINST POLICE.
FOR RAID ON HOME.
N. A. Neh|een, Whose Wife
Was Inundated by City
Detectives, Retains Ser
vices of Attorney.

Charges will be filed against the
three city detectives for their illega1
and unwarranted invasion of N. A
Nehleen's home, 1923 Patrick ave.
nue., Saturday night, when with
drawn revolvers and without author.
lty or provocation, they forced their
way into the house. searched it from
cellar to roof, subjected Mrs. Neh.
leen to bitter humiliation and de.
stroyed a quantity of provisions.
Mr.. Nehleen made this declaration
Monday night. He asserted that he
not only would instruct his attorney
to file complaints against the Off
GERS with the, city commission, but
information would be filed again Il
them with the county attorney.
Confined to Bed.
Mrs. Nehleen has been confined to
her bed ever since the brutal treat
ment she received at the hands oil
the lawless policemen who were
headed by Paul Sutton and Guy
knudtson. Detective Stolley and
another man, who was unknown to
the members of the household made
up the rest of the party.
While Mrs. Nehleen was taking a
bath the officers surrounded the
house and were seen by neighbors
to peer in through the windows for
! 10 minutes before the Nehleens
knew they were on the premises.
Mrs. John Cravens, $500 Patrick
3 avenue, saw the policemen prepar-
ing to enter the house. She saw
them draw their revolvers on the
front porch after they had finished
peeping in the windows. Two of
the men made their way to the rear
and walked boldly through the door,
which was opened by Adolph Paul
sen, boarder in the Nehleen home.
Say Pockets Searched.
Sutton is said to have pushed his
revolver into Mr.. Paulsen's stom-
: ach. commanded the man to stand
with his hand in the air while an
other policeman searched his peck
cts. 4
Mrs. Nchleen leaped from the
bath tub when the policemen threat
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room, threw a bath robe over her
shoulders and fed into the front
room, where her husband sat read
ing.
When the policemen entered the
room in which Mrs. Nehleen sought
! refuge, the woman was compelled
to hide behind a hanging portiere to
ehro,J h.. ,,,,da hod,, for poa VI,, \
half hour, while the room was being
searched.
; The house then was ransacked
from top to bottom. Jars of pre-
serves were overturned in the cellar,
and pile of potatoes deliberately
were destroyed, it was said by Mrs.
Nehleen.
Had No Warrant.
The officers assigned no reason
for the unwarranted intrusion. They
offered nothing in the way OF war
rant to show authority for their out
rageous conduct in turning the
house literally upside down.
The raid was made in fragrant
violation of Chief Eberstein's or
ders issued recently. Special in
structions were issued by the police
sschief, following disclosures by The
Bee of numerous violations of per-
sonal rights by the now extinct NOR
ais squad that no private residence
was to be raided without warrant.
Chief Eberstein also instructed his
men that no warrant was to be is
sued against house until police
sergeant had made thorough inves-
t:gation and made his report to the
police captain. The police judges
also were requested not to issue
search warrants until this course
had been followed and the captain
had stamped the application for a
warrant with his O. X.
The Nehleens have lived in their
coy, well-appointed home for Is
years. The property was bequeath-
ed Mrs. Nehleen by her parents.
Mr.. Nehlecn is able expert for the
Western Electric company, is es-
tcemed by his employers and held
in high regard by his neighbors. who
are incensed at the lawless and
rough tactics of the police.
Mr.. Paulson recently lost thumb
while working at an emery wheel
for the Drake, Williams, Mount Con-
struction company, where he is
spoken of highly. =
"Other than the fact that there
was a grocer boy held up in front
of our house early Saturday after
noon, / can assign no reason for the
outrages committed against our
home by these policemen" declared
Mrs. Nehleen.
One of the officers asked Mr.. Neh-
leen for drink of whisky before he
left the house, Mrs. Nehleen de-
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