Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-24
Banker and.
Wife Held.
Up at Home
MIR. and Mrs. ID. p. Hogan
Shot at by Gunmen in Al.
tempted Robbery ON
Lawn Of Residence.
Bandits Bullets Wild

AIT anu Nls ~ - iiokan,
wealthy and prominent omahans,
were tbs victims OF a sensational
holdup and shooting on the lawn oi
their residence. liz South Thirty
eighth street, III the exclusive West
farnam district. early Sunday.
The shots. fired at Mr.. and Mrs.
Hogan BY two bandits. went wild.
Mrs. Hogan. police said. was shot
at as she lay on the lawn where she
stumbled and fell in attempting TO
, escape the bandits.
Diamonds and jewelry said to be
worth several thousands OF dollars.
and 10 have been worn by Mrs.
Hogan al party, are declared to
have furnished the motive for the
robbery. ."...
Were Guests at Function.
Mr.. Hogan is president OF the
Federal Land bank here. With Mrs.
Hogan he was a guest at function
They reached home in their car
about l2:I5. Mr.. Hogan drove the
car into the garaged and locked il.
Mrs. Hogan waited on the drive
way.
Swapping the lock, Mr.. Hogan
joined his wife and started toward
the house. Near the corner Of il
two men stepped from the shadows
with the stock command: Hands
upw Mrs. Hogan ran short dis
tancc. then stumbled and fell. In
tic excitement Mr.. Hogan neglect
ed to raise his hands and one Of
the robbers began shooting. Five
shots were fired. ..
1t is thought the bandits had but
one pistol between them and that
the five shots exhausted the supply
OF ammunition. They ran after the
fifth shot had been fired.
A big car drawn up at the curb
hall block away received them.
The driver shot the gears into mesh
as the two men jumped in and the
escape was made.
Wires Were Cut.
John J. Mcacham. manager OF the
United States Rubber company here.
whose home is the next one south OF
the Hogan residence, heard the
shooting and called police.
Other Omahans, all OF them social
ly prominent, or well-known in
business circles, rushed from their
beds and homes to discover the
cause OF the shooting. The F.
Cosd home is in the same block as
is the home OF Ben Baker, prominent
attorney.
In the house at the time of the at
tempted robbery was Miss Marie
Hogan, 20. niece. and Miss kather-
inc Shea, %. both well-known in the
younger social set, They told po-
lice they attempted to call num-
Der by telephone early in the eve
ming but found the line dead. Then
the wires were checked and were
discovered to have been cut. From
this circumstance police deduce that
the robbery was well planned and
that the robbers lurked in the neigh
borhood of the Hogan home most
of the evening.
Seen By Watchman.t
Gus Jackson, material watch
man for the city, whose duty it is
to guard piles OF sewer material in
the neighborhood, saw the two men
as they dashed from the lawn of the
Hogan residence to the waiting au-
tomobile. He told police there was
a third man. He had the wheel OF
the big car, Jackson said.
Several squads of police and de-
tectives in automobiles searched the
neighborhood for several hours aft
er they learned of the attempted
robbery, but were unable to find
suspects.
Mrs. Hogan recovered her COM
posure in few minutes after the
shooting and was able to give the
police connected account of it.
1t was first thought that she had
tainted when she fell in running
from the bandits, but she assured
police it was only stumble.
Grocer Is Beaten.
Two bandits beat c. Phorson, gro
Ger, at 2757 Webster street, and his
son. Henry, when they entered their
garage to put away their automo-
bile.
The elder man got out Of the car
to open the door when two armed
z.Iz Lo1I <tosS.
hands. Neither obeyed the command
and c. Phorson was badly beaten
The bandits then turned to the
man. struck him once and
ran. They did not obtain anything
Of value.