Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-11-13
u. S. Grand
Jury Here.
Indicts ll8.
Violation of Harrison Drug
Act Charged in l0l of
These-Two Rum
Indictments.
Three Bank Men Indicted

Violation OF the Harrison narcotic
drug act was charged in 10Y OF th'
ll8 indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury in the United States
district court OF Judge Joseph w
Woodrough yesterday. after a ses
: sion starting last Monday,
Other indictments returned were
Liquor violation, two; violation ol
the Mann act, three: impersonatinp
federal secret service officer. one
interstate traffic in stolen auto.
mobiles, two; robbery Of interstate
freight shipments, three; using the
mails to detraud, two; stealing from
the mails, two; altering government
securities, two.
These indictments were in addition
to the indictment returned during
the week against nine officials OF the
Missouri Valley Cattle Loan COM
pany.
Negro Prisoner Indicted.
Lew F. Unger, arrested last week
at the Arcade hotel and alleged to
have had $3s,000 worth of narcotics
in his possession, was indicted on
two counts under the Harrison act.
His bond was placed at $4,000.
Harry Rudolph, negro, now serv-
ing year in the Grand Island Jail,
was indicted again on two counts for
drug law violation. Hans Morten-
sen, formerly member Of the Oma-
ha police force, was another named
under dope Indictment
Alva f. Smith, alias d. S. Young,
of Tulsa, Okl., caught in New York
after a nationwide chase, was in
dicted for alleged sale of forged Lib
crty bonds. His bond was placed at
$4,000. 1t is charged Smith bought
an automobile here and gave the
bonds III payment.
Thefts From Letters.
Charles A. Pastner, former Omaha
postal clerk. was indicted OIL charge
OF stealing 81 from letter. George
w. Pittengcr Of Hooper, Neb., was
named in three counts, charging theft
OF money orders from the mail OF
Nels A. Nelson Of Hooper.
Three counts Of using the mails to
defraud were returned against Wiz
bur |. Cramer and Fred w. Swain.
High school boys. who are alleged
to have operated under the name OF
the C. & S. Radio Electro company.
and advertised fraudulently concern
ing tne sale Of wireless telegraph
outfits.
Albert r. Rawls, formerly a sales
man for an Omaha soda fountain
supply company, vas indicted undes
,.:c Mann act tor the illegal trans
DO. ;at;Lu of ANA Hawthorne TO
Omaha from Council Bluffs.
Arrested at Omaha.
Rawls, it is charged, started with
the girl from Wichita Falls, Tex,
and travelled about the country with
her for several months until he was
arrested here.
Frank Heating is charged in an
indictment under federal automobile
theft law with having taken a stolen
car from Omaha to Minot, N. D.
Another Indictment under the
same law charges Lawrence Coble
and Ted Tenant with taking stolen
machine from Omaha to Elk Point,
S. D.
One indictment returned is effec-
tive in the Norfolk division of the
federal court. 1t is against Harvey
/. Babcock, vice president of the
First National bank at Chappell,
Neb.; Frank Burling, the banks
cashier, and Joseph w. Johnson.
They are charged with having is
sued and sold false certificates OF
deposit.
Real Action" To Follow.
Finding of l20 indictments return
ed by the federal grand jury yester-
day is only clearing OF the decks,
preliminary to real action" ]. {.
Kinsler. United States district attor-
ney, announces.
THE grand jury will continue to
serve until the end OF the present
court year.
Dismissal until call was ordered
only because federal agents, who are
working night and day, are not yet
through with their Investigations,
Kinsler declared.
1--WE have at least dozen blue
sky cases under investigation, be-
sides many others. As soon as one
is ready fer Indictment, the jury will
be recalled, as needed"
kinsler made this statement to 1ull
any false sense of security on the
part OF those who might believe the
government rested on the indict-
ments returned last week.
The same thing is true of the Lin
coin grand jury and any other that
may be called in this state from now |
on, kinsier emphasized.