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YEGGMEN BIND
17ATRHMFN AND
BLOW TWO SAFES
Secure $80,000 From Hayden
Bros. While Both Watch
men Are uaggea on
Lower Floors.
(Continued From Pace One.)
bound and gagged on the main
rr
The watchmen told Atkinson they
heard the robbers walking about on
the office floor and about three
U.nire Ut.r hiBfiri an .Ynmcirtn. In
about an hour later, they heard the
second explosion and two hours
later the third explosion was heard.
; The watchmen said that before
the first explosion the yeggmen re
moved their gags and asked thera
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wucrc 111c wm,ci idittis win. iiivj
, made several other inquiries as to
locations in the building, after which
. they were again gagged, the watch
men said.
Yeggmen Have Luncheon.
Before proceedingto blow open
the safes the robbers are saia to
have explored the grocery depart
ment of the stare and partook of
an expensive lunch, freely helping
themselves to the delicacies in the
Store and drinking several bottles of
grapejuice. ,
After the luncheon the yeggmen,
according to the watchmen, indulged
in dancing to the music of a phono
graph brought up from the music
department, and one of the burglars
remarked that they were attracted
to the store by the big electric sign,
"Try Hayden's First," which, they
After the safes had been blown
open, the watchmen tot"d Atkinson,
the trio of burglars sat down in
front of the watchmen and counted
the money taken trom tne saie,
handling large bundles of currency
as though it was mere waste paper.
Une ot tne Durgiars suppcu a v
bill in Leaders' sock and placed a
$20 bill in feaDer s vest pocicet, say-
ing that was a nine . present iui
llfTI
Indulge in Jokes.
They told the watchmen they
would send them $200 for Christmas
and would make the store another
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V1SII in auum a iuvuui.
ing, the two watchmerrwere carried
downstairs by tbe rubbers and
placed in the vegetable room. One
of the robbers is said to have re
marked: "Let us put them down in
1 the coal hole," and another re
marked: "No, that would be too
tough," when another of the bur
glars said: "We could leave them on
the soft coal.'! I ' . t.
According to the watchmen the
burglars continually swore at them
seeking to scare them and cautioned
them not to attempt to raise an
alarm. The watchmen said after be
ing released that they heard -the big
clock on the postoffke strike 6, when
the burglars left them.
f.. No Hourly Alarm.
''Engineer Atkinson said the store
did not have installed an hourly bur
glar alarm system, as it was con
tended that if burglars made an en
trance to a building equipped with an
hourly alarm, the watchman was
compelled to make an hourly report
: at the direction, of the robbers.
rThat the three men posed as cus
tomers early in the day and hid
themselves until after the store was
closed. is the opinion of Engineer
, ii i i i
A Tickler it The Beginning
of throat cold or painful cough. HATES'
HEALING HONEY Stop the Tickle by
Henling th Throat 85c pr bottle.
Atkinson and other employes of the
stored as no locks were found broken
to gain entrance. The men are said
to have left quietly, using keys taken
from the watchmen.
There was no indication that any
of the valuable merchandise, such as
costly furs or other goods, was
taken. Approximately $50,000 in gold
and silver was left behind, the burg
lars evidently not wanting to be
loaded down with silver. Unmolest
ed in the safe, checks and papers
were scattered all over the office, and
according to Miss Nellie Smith, 2532'
Chicago street, cashier, it wilf take
all day today to check up and find
cut the exact loss. ,
Saturday's Cash Taken.
"All of the cash taken in from
sales Saturday was in the safe," said
Miss Smith, "and there were also a
large number of checks from per
sons who had purchased merchan
dise during the day. Several of the
employes also had valuables, such
as jewelry and Liberty bonds, left
in safe keeping with the store
management. It will be necessary
to make a canvass of the employes
and a search of the books of the
firm, which are scattered all over the
office, before it can be ascertained
the amount of valuables lost by em
ployes. I should judge that at least
$30,000 in cash was taken, as the
store did a good business Saturday.
"This is the first time our store
has been the victim of robbers in
the 30 years I have been in busi
ness in Omaha," said Mr. Hayden.
"And it is the second time in my
life that I have been a victim, of a
burglar. - "
Hated to Lose Overcoat.
"In 1885 while in business in Chi
cago my store was broken into
and the loss was about $1,600. I
also lost a new overcoat in the
Chicago burglary that worried me
more than the loss of the $1,600, as
I had become, attached to that par
ticular overcoat.
"A peculiar incident brought to
mind by this particular burglary is
that my private secretary, Miss
May Henry, came to my rooms in
the Fontenelle Saturday evening,
saying she had a check payable to
me for $100,000, suggesting that she
take it to the store and put it in
the safe and T told her to keep it
until Monday. Probably if the
check had been placed in the safe
it would have been taken or de
stroyed and caused considerable
worry." ,
Joseph Hayden, president of Hay
den Bros. announced yesterday aft
ernoon that he would give a reward
of $10,000 for the arrest and convic
tion of the burglars who robbed his
safe, provided that one-third of the
loot, at least, was recovered. He
also stated he would give a propor
tionate sum for the conviction of
one or two of the robbers and a
proportionate amount of the valu
ables stolen recovered.
y List of Jewelry.
According to a statement given
out the stolen jewelry included the
following: One diamond dinner ring,
consisting of about 50 large and
small diamonds in a platinum set
ting, valued all $9,000 a solitary dia
mond set gold ring, Tiffany set
ting, 21-2 carats, valued at $450;
a 2-carat diamond ring of gold,
valued at $375: one brooch pin, dia
monds and pearls, pla,tinum setting,
fleur de lis design, valued at $550;
one gold mesh purse valued at $300;
one gold chain, with 11 $1 gold
pieces, with raised letters, valued
at $100; one gold blue enamel watch,
set with diamonds and pearls, valued
at $500; one long gold link chain,
valued at $75, and a five-link gold
chain, with slide, valued at $50.
J. Ralph Dykes, manager of the
O.maha branch of the Maryland
Casualty Co., which issued a policy
of burglary insurance, was one of
the first persons called to the scene
of the robbery.. Mr. Dykes sum
moned a photographer and several
scenes of the burglary were taken.
It was noted that during the ex-
Detectives at Work
On Clews of Robber
(Continued From Fare One.)
and wore a stubby mustache. Neither
of the crooks wore masks and were
cool in manner. Two of the men
wore dark overcoats, while the third
was dressed in neatly pressed gar
ments. The yeggs were not gruff
in talking to the night watchmen.
According to Henry Leaders,
night watchman, the first sight
caught of the yeggs was at the bot
tom of the front flight of stairs on
the first floor.
Story of Watchman.
"I was coming down the stairs,
when I saw them talking together'
Leaders said. "I hesitated and knew
something was up. I called to
Feaber, my partner. 1 Suddenly one
of the men called to me: 'Come on
down, we won't hurt you.' I came
down. All three men pulled guns
and played them at my head. 'Shut
up, that's all we ask of you,' one of
the men said. The others tied my
hands and feet and carried me down
in the basement and laid me behind
the counter in the vegetable depart
ment. One man stood over me with
a gun while the other two went back
to the stairway to find my partner.
Soon they brought my partner tied
hands and feet and laid him beside
me'. I didn't know what kind of a
rebbery they were pulling until sev
eral hours later I heard a muffled re
port. The man standing over us
with drawn guns remarked: 'It's
open now.' I knew they had blown
the safe, Shortly after, the other
two men came down in the basement
to get their accomplice. One of the
yeggmen took the keys of the build
ing out of my pocket, then all, three
left hurriedly. As hard as I tried,
I was unable to loosenthe rope
about my hands and feet."
Feaber Old and Crippled.
Henry Feaber, the other night
watchman, had a more harrowing
experience," owing to his advanced
age. Feaber is 56 years old and
is crippled by the loss of the fingers
of his right hand and the loss of
both feet. " .
"I had made the first rounds of
the building and was going to join
Leaders when I heard his call. No
sooner had I reached the bottom of
the stairway than a gun was pressed
against my head. I threw up my
lyrnds. A rope was tied about them,
and I was led to the basement where
two men tied my feet. I never was
frightened so much in my life. With
a gun against my head I was afraid
to yell for help. The robbers placed
citement of yesterday morning,
with people going in and out of the
Hayden store, not a police officer
was seen passing in front of the
store. '
The first the police knew of the
robbery was when employes of the
store called up the police depart
ment. The telephone wires entering the
Hayden building were not cut by
the burglars, but the telephone
switchboard in the building had
been 6piked, making it impossible
to get com uunication by telephone
to the outsiile.
Will Check Up Loss.
A force o clerks will be put to
work today checking up fur and
silk departments to ascertain if the
burglars took anything there, but
it is the consensus of opinion that
the men devoted their entire at
tention to the safes and fled.
Mr. Hayden also announced Sun
day that he would deem it a favor if
all persons who had checks cashed
at the store Saturday to notify the
cashier of the amounts of the checks
and on what panics drawn and to
also notify their respective banks on
which the checks were drawn of the
issuance of such checks.
me beside Leaders, whom I found
was also bound hand and foot.
"It was several hours later that I
heard a dull report. The whole in
terior of' the building seemed to
shake. 1 thought of the safe. ,
Might Attract Police. . ,
"It occurred to me that the lights
in the show windows being all on
might attract the attention
of the policemen on the beat, but
that thought was only a passing
one.
"It was not until Atkinson, the
engineer, found us that we discov
ered the safe had been blown. I
notified Joseph Hayden- and he
called the police."
v Detectives. Wavrin Knudson, Gra
ham and Franks made-a canvass of
alt the -hotels in the city in search
for clues to the identity of the three
yeggmen.
Destriptions of the robbers were
wired to police of all cities of the
middle west. Omaha police believe
the robbery was committed by the
same gang that -robbed a bank at
Dcs Moines, la., last Wednesday
night. Because of the clever tactics
used by the yeggmen . in drilling
about the combinations of both
safes and causing the explosion, de
tectives are of the opinion that the
robbery was committed by skilled
mechanics.
Exploded by Electricity.
The job was the first? one in
Omaha in which the explosion was
caused by electric light current, ac
cording to the police. Evidence of
the explosion partially showed the
methods used by the yeggmen in
blowing the safe.
After having drilled holes about
the combination wads of gun cot
ton were inserted, upon which was
poured nitro-glycerine, commonly
known as "soup." Soap was packed
over the holes and about the com
bination. From an electric light
L socket a cord was run to the com
bination, about which was coiled the
uninsulated end of the cord. The
turning of the lights switch caused
a spark against the steel combina
tion knob, thereby causing the ex
plosion, it was learned.
Detectives made a thorough
search of the premises to determine
whether the yeggmen ransacked any
other part of the building.
Find Gold Under Rugs.
Seven sacks of gold and silver,
containing approximately $50,000,
were found behind a pile of rugs
next to the elevator. Police believe
the yeggmen intended to return for
them. A safe on the second floor
was left untouched by the robbers.
The robbers placed rugs over the
railing about the office facing the
north' wind6ws of the building in
order to hide any possible view of
their workings from the postoffke
across the street.
MORR
Supreme
JOT dintieYsttve a Supreme
Ham, baked and flavored with
cloves. Yon are always sure of
its tenderness and fine flavor.
MORRIS 6i COMPANY
Anthracite Miners
May Join in Strike
(Continued From Face One.)
ices, were discussed but action
de-
JEALOUSY HANDS
HANDSOMEST PAIR
INTO THE COURTS
Beauty Match NRuined When
Beautiful Wife Asks Separa
From Adonis-Husband.
New, York, Nov. 30. Mrs. Estella
M. Schwarzkoff filed in the supreme
court of New York a suit for a sepa
ration from her husband, Louis
Schwarzkoff, alleging cruel and in
human treatment. The Schwarkoffs
have been described by their friends
as "the handsomest couple in New
York."
According to Mrs. Schwarzkoff.
she and the defendant were married
April 14, 1917, and their difficulties
were due largely to his jealousy
She stated she and her husband lived
in Los Angeles during July and Au
gust, 1917, and that his jealousy re
sulted in their having to leave their
hotel. '
He Was "Crabby."
In May. of the following year, she"
further sets forth, they were living
at Port Washington, L. I., and her
husband humiliated her before
friends, telling her, among other
things, that she must not go bathing.
"His conduct was boorish and
crabby," alleges Mrs. Schwarzkoff.
She says he was suspicious of her,
often picking quarrels and repeated
ly inquiring if she had received mail
or telephone messages during the
day. The plaintiff alleges that while
she and the defendant were living at
434 West One Hundred and Twenti
eth street, New-York, she went to
the Biltmore, hotel one night with
friends. That was November 11,
1918, and some time laater her hus
band pit in an appearance, she says,
and insisted on her returning home
with him.
Sent Her Telegrams.
The plaintiff and defendant sep
arated after this occurrence, were
reconciled later, and separated a
K)maha Enters Upon
Period of Heat Famine
(Continued From Face One.)
received by railroads here. Con
tinued cold in all parts of the state
adds to the seriousness of the situ
ation. Members of the fuel committee
say every effort will be made to keep'
the great packing houses on the
South Side, employing thousands of
people, running. W. M. Jeffers, gen
eral manager of the Union Pacific
railroad, expressed the hope that
sufficient coal for packing house
needs, could be secured from Chi
cago and other points to the east.
' Cut Cars in Slack Hours.
Curtailment of street cars will be
only during slack hours today. It
is planned to cut about one-fourth
of the street cars offMuring the mid
dle of the day. R. A. Leussler, gen
eral manager of the street car com
pany reported his coal supply to
be alarmingly short and predicted a
much" greater curtailment before the
end of the week ' There is a pos
sibility that service may be entirely
discontinued, unless more coal is
received shortly, he said.
The Omaha Retail Grocers' asso
ciation issued an appeal to the pub
lic this morning urging that every
one carry their own packages and
explaining that "on time" service in
deliveries could not be expected, dur
to shortening of hours.
No One to Be "Fired."
The shortening of hours in large
stores will not mean that help will
be dispensed, with, managers say,
but will make it impossible to take
second time because, the plaintiff
says, her husband resumed his old
course of conduct toward her. One
affidavit submitted sets forth that
the defendant sent telegram after
telegram to his wife, while he was
on the road as a salesman, urging
her to forgive him, and stating he
still loved her,, also that he repeat
edly wrote her letters asking her to
return to him.
cn extra
rush.
Public utilities of the city, aside
from the street car service, will con
tinue to function as usual, although
it is anticipated that there will be a
big decrease in the amount of light
ing power and gas used.
The Nebraska Power company
has equipped two of its large boilers
in the main generating plant for the
use of oil and will immediately equip
two more boilers in the same nian-
Save 200 Tons Daily.
"We will save 200 out of our usual
consumption of 450 tons of coal a
day." declared J. E. Davidson, vice
president and general manager.
"We have 5,000 tons of coal stored
which means that we will run at
least 20 days or more, even though
we get no more, coal."
The gas company reports that it
is well supplied with coal, and in an
emergency could burn tar.
The Metropolitan Water District
is well supplied with fuel, and there
will be no curtailment of water
service.
Wife's $45 in Bank Worries
Her Husband 0' Nights
San Francisco, Nov. 30. Divorce
was refused Mary Nielsen upon her
plea that husband "carries on at mid
night." s.What does, he do?" asked the
judge.
"He awakes shouting," said Mary.
"Why not have a policeman stand;
beside the bed and protect you?"
"That wouldn't be nice," she re
torted. "You see, I have $45 in the
bank and won't let him have it and
it worries him
Municipal Plant Only Is
Closed in David City
David City, Neb., Nov. 30. (Special.)-
On account of the shortage
of steam coal, David City's munici
pal light plant will discontinue its
night service to patrons. There is
plenty of coal for domestic use and
the schools have plenty to run thorn
through.
Brandeis Theater
Will Keep Open, Says
Manager Sutphen
i
T C . t . - f - 1.
joy jiuipnen, manager ii uic ,
Brandeis theater, reiterated his in- H
tention of remaining open in spite of
the order of the fuel committee to
close.
"1 believe it is the object of the
committee to save coal," he said. "If
we can run without burning coal or
using light power 1 can't see why we
should close."
Bluffs Business Men Take j ?
Situation Very Cheerfully j
The order closing all of the
schools of the city of Council Bluffs
until January 5 affects the Amer
icanization school Jhat was to be
opened in the public library build
ing today and also the night school, :
and the library building.
The drastic order shortening the ;
business day to one-half and c!im- ,;s
inating the evenings entirely will be
hard, but there was a general will
inghess expressed to comply with it -to
the letter.
The order closing all pool halls y
affects several cigar stores where
pool tables operated in connection
with the business and all in the same ,t n
room. It will pretty nearly wreck
the business to stop the tables and . ;
continue to heat the rooms, say the,,.,,,
proprietors. Several such places -57
announced that the courts might be M
appealed to. 7."
Coal was being hauled Sunday to v
some of the local manufacturing , ,
plants, including the big Woodward
Candy factory, which did not have- ,,,
enough coal on hand Saturday night
to start with Monday morning. i
Many other plants are in but little
better condition. J
Hangs Self After Quarrel.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 30. Follow-....
ing what the police said had been a'iti.
violent quarrel with his wife, Ro-y
miano Regito was found hanging,
from a tree in the back yard of hisj
home, dead. .
Mi
(erred.
Schools in Kansas City, Omaha
and Lincoln already have been or
dered closed and theaters and stores
and even industry reduced to shorter
hours, as well as in Indiana. The
University of Nebraska may be
closed. x- ;
The Chicago committee decided
that ctld storage plants were non
essential, but should have coal to
prevent food spoiling. The south
western regional committee at St.
Louis warned essentials that heating
and' lighting must be reduced or
more drastic, measures would be in
itiated. Actual Famine Feared. . .
Washington, Nov. 30. The pinch
of the coal shortage promised to
night to- force the adoption of
drastic measures to avert an actual
famine, ; A vacation of one month
by the soft coal miners has brought
on conditions like those prevailing
during the war in many sections, but
wartime restrictions have not alto
gether checked the drain on coal
piles.
Not much hope was held out by
officials tonight for early production
of bituminous coal in quantities suf
ficient to permit the maintenance
of the present reserves, under su
pervision of the railroad adminis
tration's central coal committee.
The latest authentic figures show
that last week's soft coal output did
not reach fifty per cent of normal
oroduction. This meant, omcials
explained, that local needs must be
met from the supplies being distrib
uted through the central committee,
whose stocks aggregated about 22,
000,000 tons when the miners quit
work. No figures were available to
day as to the exact amount now on
hand. '
While regional coal committees
acting under instructions from
Washington have been dealing out
coal sparingly, other drastic restric
tions have been agreed upon by the
central committee. They will be
put ihto effect whenever the regional
committes are unable to meet the
situation with local rgulations. De
tails have not been made public but
it is known that the plan provides
for a tremendous reduction in soft
coal consumption.
Hopes to. Operate Tuesday.
x Topeka, Kan., Nov. 30. The prob
able opening of coal mines in the
Osaee countv field, with a daily pro
duction estimated at between 400
and 500 tons, and the dispatch of
1,200 National Guardsmen and 350
volunteer coal miners to the Cherokee-Crawford
coal district, were
other developments in the coal
strike situation in Kansas today.
Gov. Henry J. Allen today con
ferred with operators from the
Osage county fields and afterward it
was indicated that he hoped to nave
the mines there in operation by
Tiiesnav. .
The governor also was notified to
night that brass fittings had been
removed from a steam shovel at the
Acme Coal company mine, -18 miles
north of Pittsburg. Regarding the
acts of sabotage, Governor Allen de
clared that the mines will be fully
protected and that with federal
troops already on the field it was
expected that no further trouble
would develop.
Guardsmen Entrain. -
During the day and early this
evening approximately 1,200 Na
tional Guardsmen, composing the
Fourth Kansas infantry, fully
equipped, entrained for the Pitts
burg district and are expected to
reach there early tomorrow. While
they were preparing to move Gov
ernor Allen wired the War depart
ment in Washington requesting
equipment for four companies of
"cavalry to be available if it was
found necessary to send mounted
troops into thi mining district
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