Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

ance of their duty and the worst snag
encountered is interference. Every one ar
gymen, friends relatives and fellow GRIM
mails have gone to extreme ends to defeat
justice. The first move has usually been
ton. Criminals employ lawyers who are
obstructfngly technical II not worse. They
procure numerous. needless continuances
and in the meantime seek to lure witnesses
and even officers out of the way. An
noyances of all kinds are encountered by
prosecuting witnesses. They drop out at
various stages in disgust.
III the criminal is convicted the inter
ference still continues. Judges are i'm
portuned in the chambers OF the courts TO
be lenient or to grant new trial. II he
has money, his lawyers seem to secure
new trials without difficulty. until the
money is gone II finally sentenced and
is landed in the penitentiary, more money
is used, when II can be secured from mis-
guided friends and relatives to make the
proper representations before the governor
to nberate him. It appears often that
every department OF the machinery of Jus
tice is assailable by the Influences money
Highwaymen and murderers have been
| liberated when but a short portion OF their
sentence has been served, and some OF
these criminals are walking the streets
of South Omaha today and educating other
young men tc be criminal
The board is asked to recommend to the
legislature an Increase Of the salaries in
the South Omaha police department and
that the city ordinances be amended &c
conform with this increase.
Magic City Gossip.
Bridal Rose Silver Godfreys.
The board of Fire and Police commits
| sioners will hold its regular monthly meet
/ ing tonight.
| Mrs. Samuel Gosney returned last nigh
from Kansas City where she has beer
visiting with her sister.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered TO al
parts of the city. Telephone No. g.
Leo Roemer was tried yesterday for sell
Ing liquor on Sunday and the jury brough
In verdict, mot guilty"
South Omaha Country Club Spoons. God
frey's.
The Board of Education met and ad
Journed last night. Some of the member
were absent from the city.
Clover Leaf camp No. 6, Royal Neighbor
OF America, will give q high FIVE party an
oyster supper in Modern Woodmen hal
Thursday night, January 10
Arrangements have been made to sho,
moving pictures of the Gans-Nelson figh
at the Ancient Order OF United Workme
temple tive nights beginning with tonight
! James Devany, Joe Welsh, William Nc
Rein, Ned Nestrine, ]. B. Lyhene, Charlie
! Williams, John Dwyer and George Howar
were the mourners before Judge Kings ba
OF justice yesterday morning.
The Union Pacific has begun the cor
struction OF a stairway approach to Tn
new freight depot at the east end of tn
o street viaduct. They have also lately pu
up neat iron fence about the depC
grounds at NJ street
The death OF Mary Votroubek, aged 3
wife OF John Votroubek, 173 South Nine
teenth, occurred yesterday The funerS
viii be Wednesday at p. m. at the Be
hemian National hall. The burial will b
I In Laurel Hill cemetery.
The newly elected officers of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles will be Unstable
Tuesday at Eagle hall. Twenty-sixth an
| n streets A musical and literary prograI
has been prepared for the entertainment
members, their families and friends. We
men invited
Gans-Nelson moving pictures. The gres
and only moving pictures OF this contes
will be shown for the balance OF the wee
at the Workmen Temple, 18th and NJ ST
Evenings at and matinees Wednesday an
Saturday at 2:30.
The following births were reported yei
terday; Martin A. Anderson. lS6 Sout
Eighteenth. boy; Charles A Allen, TweI
ty-stxth and p, boy; James Parks, Se'
enth and Missouri avenue, a boy; John
Fosdick. 40 South Twentieth a cir
Charles Wright, a022 s. a boy; Nels Jokun
sen, Fifteenth and Harrison, boy; HarT
A. Wilder, Thirtieth and Harrison, a cir
ID. Erion, pos ID, a girl
Tickets OF admission to Hon 7. NJ. Ke
ties address at the Creighton Institute, 9
Home Rule for Ireland" January q, l90
may be procured at the following place
Red Cross pharmacy, Thirty-sixth and
Ed Gannon's, $3.50 O. p j. Barrett. c. .
Melcher, Sam Schrtgley, Kennedy a Tucke
| IWenty-fourth and N streets; Charles Fer
land, INA North Twenty-fourth and MOrga
} Heafey, AS North Twenty-fourth.