Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-08
GRAIN MEN BADLY SCARED
Fear Developments in Injunction Case
Brought by Attorney General
COAL AND LUMBER MEN ALSO UNEASY
Contracts Let for Improvement at
Norfolk Asylum, AmopE Them
one for Building the
Burned wing.



LINCOLN. Aug. 7.-(special Advises
reaching the city indicate there is a pan
icky feeling among the grain men who are
the defendants in the injunction suit filed
by Attorney General Brown. The disclos-
ures which will be made at the hearing
before the supreme court are believed 20
be responsible for this feeling and there
are some who have already reached the
condition Of mind where they are willing
20 turn states evidence.
They are scared. and Just about ready
TO run" said man wno is pretty close
In touch with the situation. They realize
g. Attorney General Brown has them
in a corner from which they cannot es-
cape. Their attorneys are just beginning
TO realize the extent Of his coup in bring
ing the injunction suit in the supreme court
instead OF institutinE criminal proceedings.
He has now at his command the most sum-
mary process known to law for the punish
ment Of those who violate the order and
thero will be no dilatory procedure and
appeals to bar his way"
IL is known that sors of the dealers
are so badly frightened that they will
help the state with evidence, that they
will confess misdemeanors under the Grim
inal code and divulge the entire extent
OF their dealings to secure immunity from
criminal prosecution which It Is seen the
attorney general will have in store when
he has secured his evidence and secured
his final writ from the supreme court 1t
IS pointed out that all the dealers who
are implicated will be liable to heavy fines
and imprisonment and Brown will have
all the evidence he needs at his right
hand This is the condition Of mind which
is counted on to make for careful OBJ
pf al no pf the order
issued by Judge Barnes.
Coal and Lumber Dealers Anxious.
Ths coal and lumber dealers are very anx-
ious, too Reports reaching the statehouse
Indicate that there are dealers in these two
commodities who fear that the present suit
by the attorney general is a mere prelude
70 what is coming and they are correspond
ingly alarmed. The state law officer, on the
other hand, maintains such absolute, sphinx
8 like silence that the very absence of COM
- ment from him serves only to add to their
uncertainty To those who predict that
further suits will be started against the
business men alleged to be in the various
other combinations, this very secrecy OF
the attorney general is significant, in view
of the dearth Of any disclosures before the
present suit was started.
Still mora important in this connection Is
men will bring out damaging evidence
against the alleged coal and lumber COM
hRoines since many in the former business
y also carry lines OF coal and lumber and
\ their books will show all their accounts
thus giving the clues needed by the state as
the basis OF any suit The petition filed by
the attorney general is a veritable bill Of
discovery, which will bring all of this mat
ter before the court for use as evidence.
Making Room for DIpsOmaniacs.
The State Board OF Public Lands and
Buildings took steps today to have the
cottage buildings at the Norfolk asylum
equipped with sewerage. plumbing ant
lighting nStures,. which viii make the in.
stitutlon habitable for about 100 inmates
OF the Lncoln hospital for the insane, thu
making the additional room needed fol-
the accommodation OF dipsomaniacs com
mitted under the terms of the EppersoI
law. At the present time the institution
is badly overcrowded and the insane pa
tients are in some instances required t
sleep in the Railways. For this reason
the trial of dipsomaniacs under the Law
has been discouraged until adequate facili
ties could be provided. The contracts lie
for the completion OF the new building
follow: Plumbing. F. c. Phillips, Lincoln
1927; electric wiring, E. c. Westcott
Plattsmouth, $6SS.7O. In addition, a con
tract was let to ]. b. Herman OF Norfoll
for the restoration OF the burned building
at the Norfolk asylum. The total amour
OF his contract is f17.169. The last legisla
ture made an appropriation for the recon
struction OF the building, after consider
able discussion, during which 1t wa