Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-17
PARDONS STILL COME EASY
Thirty -Four Prisoner, Turned Out Of Jail
by Mayer in October.
FINES OF THREE ARE RENTED, TOO
Mayor Jumps onto city Prosecutor
Daniel for saying Tie Pnr-
doned Two Certain
Characters.


Thirty-four prisoners IN the city and
county jails benefited by the executive
clemency Of Mayor Dahlman during the
month Of October. for It was that number
OF pardons the mayor issued shown by
tho ohicial records at the police headquar-
ters and sherins office.
The records which reveal this state Of
affairs relative 70 the lavish exercise Of
the pardon power also dscloses the fact
that his honor the mayor has venturcd
to remit fines imposed upon offenders Of
the law by the police Judge, the same Of
tenders being pardoned by Colonel Dahl
man. This has been done in at least three
cases, those Of Richard Joyce, Ed Thomas
and ]. G. Lindsey. where the fines were
$3.50 each.
That Mayor Dahlman's magnanimous at
tltude toward the erring is not exactly TO
the liking OF all his party associates has
come to light from several different
crevices ia the uncertain house of demo-
cracy.
The mayor has not undertaken to re-
flute the records in the sherifs office nor
those held against him by the clerk Of the
polios court, but he did take violent ex-
ceptions to the publication of the state
ment that he pardoned Mamie Williams
aiA0 NtAlld Nial ~ ANb Nildl dtNti0 VIII BuA
out Of Jail on bonds. Both he and Chief
Donahue aver the mayor did not pardon
the women, though The Bee obtained its
information on which the story was pub
| ished from City Prosecutor Daniel who
| asserted the mayors pardon of these
women was told him by the desk sergeant
at the police station The desk sergeant
/ says Il didn't, either.''
Dhhlmnn Jumps ON Daniel.
! Friday morning Mayor Dahlman called
UP City Prosecutor Daniel over the tele-
| phone, and while Mr.. Daniels end Of the
| conversation was not audible In the mayor :
office to those listening. what Mr. Dahman
said to Mr.. Daniel fell upon the ears Of
! all with no uncertain sound
But for this little string of pardons Bir.
Daniel is not responsible; it comes from
the official records and only covers the
month Of October;
+. Goble, drunkenness; Ella Harris
vagrancy; Lulu Wright, prostitution;
James Delaney. drunkenness; John ONeil
i drunkenness; Percy Truelove. drunkenness
Richard Joyce drunkenness; Ed Thomas
assault and battery; ]. c. Lindsay as.
sault and battery; May Snow drunken.
ness; F. l.. smith, vagrancy: c. G
ketchum and Clara Ketchum, vagrancy
Jessie Curry, vagrancy; Roy Owens
vagrancy; Joe McDcrmott, drunkenness
Walter Taylor disturbing the peace; Issi,
and Ernest Custer cruelty to children
Ernest Jopp. vagrancy; Nellie Graham
drunkenness; Mabel Clark, drunkenness
Peter Carroll. drunkenness; William IIar
mon, drunkenness; Ed Jones. vagrancy
Harry Martin, vagrancy; Ed Kelly drunk
enness: Frank McVey. vagrancy; Georg,
, z. Brewer. vagrancy; Clarence Gilmore
vsgrancy; Lulu Howard, disturbing tn,
: peace; James Woodum. disordery conduct
Sam Anthony vagrancy; Katie Baker in
mate of opium joint.
The pardon for Frank McVey, who wa
charged with vagrancy, was secured from
the mayor by Frank Duffy, who was ais
, in Jail charged with vagrancy When Duf
fN's sentence was out he went TO tn
mayors office and returned n a short tim
with pardon for McVey. Both are wei
known chracters. Roy Owens. another ben
ehcary Of the mayor is back in jail again
Two others c. c. Ketchem and Clar;
Ketchem, are a colored man and whit
, woman, who were found living togethc
! and sent up on a vagrancy charge.
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