Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-21
! "Frame-Up," Declares Pretty Divorces;
Just Wait Until All Is known, Says Late
: Hubby's Attorney, Who Promises Scandal

| lice in bringing about the raid and
the arrest Of Mrs. Blakely. The
three men represented themselves
as being connected with the United
States revenue department, accord
ing to the police.
Tuesday afternoon Rothe is said
to have gone to Mrs. Blakely's
apartment and told her he had
letter of introduction from mutual
friend in St. Joseph, according to
Mrs. Blakeley's statement Tuesday.
He also said he had 5000 which he
wanted to spend on some woman in
couple of days. Following these
remarks Mrs. Blakely said he asked
her to permit him to leave a pint
OF whisky in her rooms and he
would call for it later in the after
noon.
II told him he could leave the
whisky in my room," declared Mrs.
Blakely. "He took the bottle out Of
his pocket and set it on the table
and left"
Following the deposit of the
liquor, w. A. Wilson, one Of the trio,
went to United States Revenue Of
ficer Larry Flynn and told him he
had found out where a person was
selling liquor and asked for assist
ance in raiding the place. Flynn
said he was not in a position to
give the assistance and is said to
have called the police department
and asked for a sufficient number
of officers to go to the Blakely
rooms and make the raid.
Took Whisky With Him.
Rothe, Wilson and Kruger are re-
ported to have left Immediately and
went to Mrs. Blakeley's rooms.
When the morals squad arrived the
three men left the apartment and
went to the street where they were
arrested by the officers. Kruger
was found to have the pint of
whisky in his pocket which was said
to have been left in care of Mrs.
Blakely by Rothe.
They were taken to Jail and a
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Mrs. Blakely, the officers refusing
to arrest her without warrant.
Mrs. Blakely was taken to the sta
ton
When the four persons were
taken to the police station Captain
of Police Haze said he could not
tell heads from tails" and booked
all of them. They were afterwards
released on bonds.
Il could not understand the case
at the time, so | thought the safest
thing to do was to arrest them all, !"
declared Captain Haze. Il am posi-
tive that this is a case of frame
up pure and simple on Mrs. Blakely.
| feel sure that they are working
for Charles Blakely and that they
secured the services of the revenue
and police departments without their
knowing the full status of the case.
If it were to do over | would not
take cognizance of it.
Asks More Alimony.
Larry Flynn, revenue officer, said
w. A. Wilson was i'll his Office and
wanted to secure the arrest of Mrs.
Blakely, saying she was selling liq-
uor. Flynn said Wilson had been
connected with the revenue depart
ment years ago, but was not at this
time, neither were his companions
Il am bringing suit against my
former husband for $1,000 and he is
trying to show that | have rotten
character so he will not 1aF, to pay
the sum-" said Mrs. Blakeley. "EIe is
worth at least 100000 and wants to
rob me of my just alimony."
Mrs. Blakely secured divorce
from her husband on June IS, 1917,
and was given alimony Of $4,000. She
says that sum was not just and is
now bringing suit for $1,000 addi-
tional alimony.