Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-04
jim CANNOT EXPLAIN II
Mayor Falls Down on Excusing Those
Maybray Letters.
KNEW HIS FRIEND WAS CROOKED
Five Months After He Discovered
"Friend Ma~ybray' Was n Bunco
Man Tie Had "Deniings"
with Him.

Here once more ton Page Twob are Jims
letters to the star swindier Of the May
bray gang.
Mayor Jim has tried to explain away the
first letter he wrote to Friend Maybray, -
but though it is understood that leading
Jimocrats have even tried to get him TO
tell why he wrote the last letter the mayor
has failed TO give any satisfactory eXplana-
ton.
The letter of April, 1908, still stands
against him and the connection OF the
mayor is all the more potent by reason OF
the former saying that he wrote the letter
Of November. 1907. 20 warn Maybray when
he learned that he tMaybray) was not the
man that he thought him to be- The
mayor t~estifies to finding out in November,
1907. that Maybray was crooked and not
ION the square" but five months later he
continued his intimate relations with the
CRATER.
Last year when I learned that Maybray
was not the man ! thought him to be;
when learned that he was not the square
man that I had known for thirty years, l
wrote him a letter of warning, the same
as l would do for any old friend
Had Date with Him.
This is Mayor Dahlman's explanation Of
the November. 1907, letter. Yet in April,
1908. he writes another letter to Friend
Maybray" to say that he has been unable
to get the money he owed him. He had
an appointment with Maybray at 3 o'clock.
but wrote that he could not be there until
between s and 6 and that Maybray would
have to get along without 1t 0he money!
until I get back"-at 5 or s o'clock. He was
to make the raise during the afternoon.
The may or's letters to Friend Maybray''
were written on executive stationery and
by his own hand. the correspondence being
too intimate to be trusted to his private
secretary. How many other letters were
written by the mayor to his dear friend
is not known, as Maybray may have de-
stroyed them. However, the mayor was in
close touch with the leader of the Mixers
as he even knew the ~latter's postoffice box
number in New Orleans.
In a recent address to the VOTERS, Car
F.. Herring, called attention to some oI
these slips in the mayors explanation
OF his connection with Maybray. Mr.. Herr,
ing also answered the answers given by
the democratic committee to the question
why should you vote for Jim Dahlmar
for mayor" as follows:
Is That a Causef
""Because he's no hypocrite! Would YOU
vote for a self-confessed criminal fo
mayor because he did not commit tn
hypocrisy OF denying his offense? 'Becaus
he believes in personal liberty in keeping
with good and liberal laws That does no
mean 'gpod' laws, it means what II says
good and liberal just as you say you CAV,
a man a good and sound beating. BE
cause he's generous to a fault but II de
ponds on whose money is being spent hoy
generous is the spender.
Because he's a typical western man
and l suppose the mayor really believe
he typifies the west. but ] hope not. BE
cause he's approachable. kindly, generous
charitable, systematic Yes Maybra,
approached him, he treated Friend May
bray kindly, he was generous to him
charitable, and now sympathizes with tn
CRATER over his plight.
Because he can deliver the goods &C
cording to contract as Friend MaybraS
can testify. Because you know him an
you like him. which reads like a bee
sign. Because, he's honest, there's not
crooked hair in his head OF course, 20
know the mayor knows how many hair
he has on his head