Reward offers Monday rose to 16 hundred dollars for infomation leading to the arrest and coniciotn of the killer of taxicab driver Albert Alfred Anderson.
Inspector John Barnes requested that anyone in the Twenty-fourth and Cumming Streets area between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday and who could shed any ligth on th case contact the police detective bureau.
It was at that corner the rookie Checker cab driver, 27, of 1034 South Twenty-ninth Street, picked up a fare about 8:45 p.m. Less than 15 minutes later, at Twenty-ninth and Charles Streets, his body was found, a bullet hole in his back. The taxi motor running and headlights on, was 83 feet to the north with bot doors on the right side open.
Mr. Anderson's trip record indicated he had collected $15.65 in fares prior to the call. Detectives were unable to determine if he was carrying any additional money other than two dollars in change found in a pocket. His wallet and coin changer were missing.
Results were expected Monday from an autopsy performed Sunday. Two head wounds and a hammer which was found near the cab indicated Mr. Anderson was struck before being shot. Mr. Anderson weighted 260 pounds and was six feet, three inches tall. He may have attempted to thwart the robbery, detectives theorized.
Relatives said the hammer did not belon to the victim an company rules prohibit drivers from carrying any weapons, a Checker spokesman added.
The firm has offered a one-thousand-dollar rewared for information leading to th arrest of the killer. The Safeway Cab Company is offering a five-hundred-dollar reward, Emil J. Volcheck, president, announced. And Haulaway, Inc., put up one hundred dollars. One of the company's drivers was knocked down and threatened a week ago.
Inspector Barnes said all days off have been canceled for detectives working in the homicide devision.
Mr. Anderson's wife, Dorothy, seriously ill since the death of her child during birth last week, was not notified of her husband's death until Sunday. The couple had no children.
Omaha Evening World-Hearld Monday 11 December 1961
Contributor: AMalm (50576995)
Inspector John Barnes requested that anyone in the Twenty-fourth and Cumming Streets area between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday and who could shed any ligth on th case contact the police detective bureau.
It was at that corner the rookie Checker cab driver, 27, of 1034 South Twenty-ninth Street, picked up a fare about 8:45 p.m. Less than 15 minutes later, at Twenty-ninth and Charles Streets, his body was found, a bullet hole in his back. The taxi motor running and headlights on, was 83 feet to the north with bot doors on the right side open.
Mr. Anderson's trip record indicated he had collected $15.65 in fares prior to the call. Detectives were unable to determine if he was carrying any additional money other than two dollars in change found in a pocket. His wallet and coin changer were missing.
Results were expected Monday from an autopsy performed Sunday. Two head wounds and a hammer which was found near the cab indicated Mr. Anderson was struck before being shot. Mr. Anderson weighted 260 pounds and was six feet, three inches tall. He may have attempted to thwart the robbery, detectives theorized.
Relatives said the hammer did not belon to the victim an company rules prohibit drivers from carrying any weapons, a Checker spokesman added.
The firm has offered a one-thousand-dollar rewared for information leading to th arrest of the killer. The Safeway Cab Company is offering a five-hundred-dollar reward, Emil J. Volcheck, president, announced. And Haulaway, Inc., put up one hundred dollars. One of the company's drivers was knocked down and threatened a week ago.
Inspector Barnes said all days off have been canceled for detectives working in the homicide devision.
Mr. Anderson's wife, Dorothy, seriously ill since the death of her child during birth last week, was not notified of her husband's death until Sunday. The couple had no children.
Omaha Evening World-Hearld Monday 11 December 1961
Contributor: AMalm (50576995)
Reward offers Monday rose to 16 hundred dollars for infomation leading to the arrest and coniciotn of the killer of taxicab driver Albert Alfred Anderson.
Inspector John Barnes requested that anyone in the Twenty-fourth and Cumming Streets area between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday and who could shed any ligth on th case contact the police detective bureau.
It was at that corner the rookie Checker cab driver, 27, of 1034 South Twenty-ninth Street, picked up a fare about 8:45 p.m. Less than 15 minutes later, at Twenty-ninth and Charles Streets, his body was found, a bullet hole in his back. The taxi motor running and headlights on, was 83 feet to the north with bot doors on the right side open.
Mr. Anderson's trip record indicated he had collected $15.65 in fares prior to the call. Detectives were unable to determine if he was carrying any additional money other than two dollars in change found in a pocket. His wallet and coin changer were missing.
Results were expected Monday from an autopsy performed Sunday. Two head wounds and a hammer which was found near the cab indicated Mr. Anderson was struck before being shot. Mr. Anderson weighted 260 pounds and was six feet, three inches tall. He may have attempted to thwart the robbery, detectives theorized.
Relatives said the hammer did not belon to the victim an company rules prohibit drivers from carrying any weapons, a Checker spokesman added.
The firm has offered a one-thousand-dollar rewared for information leading to th arrest of the killer. The Safeway Cab Company is offering a five-hundred-dollar reward, Emil J. Volcheck, president, announced. And Haulaway, Inc., put up one hundred dollars. One of the company's drivers was knocked down and threatened a week ago.
Inspector Barnes said all days off have been canceled for detectives working in the homicide devision.
Mr. Anderson's wife, Dorothy, seriously ill since the death of her child during birth last week, was not notified of her husband's death until Sunday. The couple had no children.
Omaha Evening World-Hearld Monday 11 December 1961
Contributor: AMalm (50576995)
Inspector John Barnes requested that anyone in the Twenty-fourth and Cumming Streets area between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday and who could shed any ligth on th case contact the police detective bureau.
It was at that corner the rookie Checker cab driver, 27, of 1034 South Twenty-ninth Street, picked up a fare about 8:45 p.m. Less than 15 minutes later, at Twenty-ninth and Charles Streets, his body was found, a bullet hole in his back. The taxi motor running and headlights on, was 83 feet to the north with bot doors on the right side open.
Mr. Anderson's trip record indicated he had collected $15.65 in fares prior to the call. Detectives were unable to determine if he was carrying any additional money other than two dollars in change found in a pocket. His wallet and coin changer were missing.
Results were expected Monday from an autopsy performed Sunday. Two head wounds and a hammer which was found near the cab indicated Mr. Anderson was struck before being shot. Mr. Anderson weighted 260 pounds and was six feet, three inches tall. He may have attempted to thwart the robbery, detectives theorized.
Relatives said the hammer did not belon to the victim an company rules prohibit drivers from carrying any weapons, a Checker spokesman added.
The firm has offered a one-thousand-dollar rewared for information leading to th arrest of the killer. The Safeway Cab Company is offering a five-hundred-dollar reward, Emil J. Volcheck, president, announced. And Haulaway, Inc., put up one hundred dollars. One of the company's drivers was knocked down and threatened a week ago.
Inspector Barnes said all days off have been canceled for detectives working in the homicide devision.
Mr. Anderson's wife, Dorothy, seriously ill since the death of her child during birth last week, was not notified of her husband's death until Sunday. The couple had no children.
Omaha Evening World-Hearld Monday 11 December 1961
Contributor: AMalm (50576995)
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