Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
MAYOR OBJECTS 10 BREWERY
ordinsnoS Providing for Its Establishment
Meets with Veto.
OPPONENTS DID NOT HAVE 4 FAIR SHOW
Man who was Arrested on Suspicion
of Being Implicated I'm GriswoId
Murder and Then Released
now BEING Searched For.
fFrom a stnff correspondentl


oEs MONIES, Ia. Sept. B-Cspecial Tel
egram,)--Mayor Mattern tonight vetoed the
brewery ordinance on the grounds that the
opposition to the petition had not been
given fair chance and on the grounds
that II was against the best interest of the
city. An attempt VIII be made to pass II
over his veto.
May Have Let Criminal Go.
A man, supposed for time to be con-
neeted in some way with the murder OF
George r. Griswold, the insurance man
whose body was taken from the river hero,
was arrested last week and subsequently
released for lack OF evidence. The man was
a negro employed in a barber shop and
was heard to make remarks that led the
ofhcers to believe that he knew considerable
about the crime. Since his release he has
left the city and his whereabouts are I'M
known and now the officers are again look
ing for him. After his arrest he was put
through the sweat box. but nothing ascer-
tained from him. Since the discovery of
the body OF Frank Callahan, whose death
In all important details corresponds to
that OF Griswold, there is a strong belief
that one person committed both murders
Frank Callahan lived at Peosota, Ia. and
came to this city over a week ago. He was
last seen at the Rock Island depot here
Tuesday night. September 10, near the same
depot where Griswold was last seen Just
one week before. His father came here
the latter part OF last week to search for
him and the search was rewarded by the
discovery OF his body in the Des Moinss
river last night, a little farther down the
stream than where Griswold's was found
One pocket was slit open and his watch,
two pocketbooks and s2b and all his valu-
ables were gone. The. police claim It was
suicide. -
Ex-TreasuFer Dead.
Hon. George w; Benis az Independence
state treasurer from 1876 to 1880 and at one
time a member OF the state senate. died
today at his home in independence of old
age. He was 70 years old. -.,'. 80
VIII introduce LaSFOIIette. .,@
Governor Cummins has telegraphed that
he viii reach home Wednesday. He will
30 to Ames next Saturday evening to in
troduce Governor La Toilette Of wisoon.
sin. who speaks there at a harvest festi'
val.
EiEhty and a sport.
In the district court today Francis H
Ahern charged that his father, NJ. H.
Ahern. was too fond of wine and women
and has squandered all but $500 of his
Moines few years ago, in that manner
The father is so. years old and the son
asks that a guardian be appointed for him.
May visit Grand Jury.
There~is report here that Bankers Fed
erson and Heiny of the Luton bank may
be brought to Des Moines to testify before
the grand jury here as to Griswold and
what they. know OF his transactions in
order to get as much light as possible on
the case
witnesses in Discrimination Case.
Deputy United States Marshal Ed John.
son yesterday and today subpoenaed Off
GERS OF the Western Beef Producers asso-
citation to appear befope the Interstate
Cemmercs commission in Chicago 20 ties
tfy IN the case of discrimination brought
against, the ChicaGo-Great Western rail
way. Mayor John M. Mccarthy of Jeffer
son. James Cox OF Boone and s. ]. Wheeler
OF Boone are the three officers and they
left tonisht for Chicago.