People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — BOODLING IN OMAHA. [ARTICLE]

BOODLING IN OMAHA.

Grand .Jury Is Told that a Gambler l aid S.I coo for' Protection. Omaha, M •!>., Feb. 28.—The grand* jury lias struck a trail which promises sensational developments. A wellknown gambler, O. I>* ‘molly, confessed to the jury yesterday.that he had .paid SI,BOO for protection. This fact was reported to Judge Scott and lie at once went to the grand jury room and demanded to know the name of the official. Donnelly refused to tell, and Scott at once sentenced hi.n to jail, declaring that Donnelly would stay there forever unless ho conferred. It is believed Donnelly will weaken. He wishes to have time to c m. oU with his patron, but the court refused all compromises.