Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-21
DANIEL FREES ice TRUST
New City Prosecutor Dismissss Drivers 90
His First Official Act.
FINDS NO LAW THAT WILL HOLD THEM
Meanwhile Victims of Trusts venGe-
ance Are stiII Unable to hay
This Prime Necessity
of Life.

H. S. Daniel. democratic successor Of
Tom Lee. celebrated his advent az city
prosecutor Thursday morning by dismiss
ing in police court Robert Evans. Otis II.
Plummer and Z. s. Coates, drivers for the
Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company, ar
rested at Mayor Dahlmans instigation for
refusing to sell ice to c. w. Eckerman and
G. l.. Ransom of Bemis Park in obedience
to orders of their employers, the head Of
the Ice trust. 1t was remarked as the
men were dismissed that the mayor and
prosecutor ought to get together or one
might be constantly undoing the work of
the other. While It was the general i'm
precision the drivers were not criminals, II
had been thought their arrest offered an
opportunity of seizing the Ice trust
The men were arrested at the order of
the mayor and booked as being suspicious
characters. When their case was called
Tuesday morning It was continued until
Thursday to give the city authorities time
to file complaint against them in the ice
case. Mr.. Daniel the new city prosecutor.
who dismissed the case, said that careful
investigation had revealed that there was
no ordinance or statute covering the Of
Tense under which the men could be con-
victed.
the Eckermans and Ransons are still
without ice. Mr.. Daniel does not signify
whether he intends to try to prosecute the
Ice magnates or not.
Lee Aids His Successor.
Thursday morning Mr.. Lee and Mr.. Dan
Tel came to the police court together and
the ONCE and records of the city prosecu-
tors office were turned over to Mr.. Daniel,
who Immediately entered upon his duties
of clearing the docket of the unfortunates.
Mr.. Lee stood by part of the time and
assisted the new city prosecutor in the
details of the work. Everything went OF
as smoothly as in the days of the regime
of Mr.. Lee. the dove of peace being
greatly In evidence.
Mr.. Lee said he did not regret leaving
the office as the work had vastly increased
during the last year and it had kept him
busy with his private business. He said
he had no Immediate plans for the future.
Dahlmnn VIII Not Cult.
Regarding the ice situation, Mayor Dahl
man declared Thursday morning that his
conferences with the county attorney and
city prosecutor did not produce the result
of finding a specific law to cover the case
OF the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage COM
pany refusing to deliver ice to c. w
Eckerman, but the mayor affirmed that
| feature of the case would not cause him
to let up in his campaign for pure ice
and correct weights Convictions have al
ready been secured in the police court or
the weight proposition and now the mayor
is going to determine whether ice sold FIR
Omaha is pure or not.
The mayor declared Thursday mornIns
that in cases where impure Ice Is beinr
sold the officers Of the company sellins
the Ice will be arrested.
There is a city ordinance providing tina
ice companies shall make monthly tests o,
their ice. the samples to be selected by tn,
health commissioner and the expense to b,
paid for by the Ice companies.
! County Attorney Slsbaugh said he ha,
I nothing more to say on the ice question
further than he is gathering his evidenc
to present to the grand Jury October /
The county attorney said he would then e
after the alleged ice and coal trusts will
| all the evidence at hand.
Prof. Crowley's September report. show