Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-25
Nebraska
MULLEN FILES REPLY BRIEF
Special Attorney for State Replies in
Donahue Custer Case.
REFEREE REPORTS NEXT MONTH
Mullen Makes Statement that Chief
Does Not Intend to Enforce the
Law In the Future-Uses
own JUDGMENT.
(From a Sad Correspondentl


LINCOLN, May 24-(Special. ARTHUR
Mullen, attorney for the state in the mat
ter Of the Donohue custer proceedings at
Omaha, today filed his reply brief of the
complainant. Referee r. r. Evans will
submit his report in the proceedings to the
state supreme court before the summer
vacation, which will occur either in June
or July at the discretion of the members
Of the court. The reply in part reads:
The chief OF police has not intended and
does not intend to enforce the laws Of the
state and the ordinances Of the city with
reference to the things complained of in
the Information. He intends in the future.
as he has in the past, to use his own judg-
ment about the enforcement OF certain
laws OF the state and the city. He first
contends that he did not know Of these
violations and then after he had notice
maintains that he had no evidence of the
violations. Evidence OF these violations were
presented In the form Of sworn testimony
| In the month Of December, 1910, and the
names of the persons the nature of the
violations and the dates Of the violations
was testified to by oath by worthy and
responsible witnesses. Although months
have elapsed since then nothing has been
I done by the police department to prose
cute the offenders or to suppress the UNI
lawful conduct complained Of These wit
nesses are within the reach of the police
department.; the evidence Is uncontradicted;
the department knows of all the facts In
this record, and still nothing is done. Be
cause of this, the conditions In the city Of
/ Omaha, the largest in our state, are deplor-
able. Business men are shot down on the
one of the most prominent men In the city
| Is kidnapped. no arrests are made, and
when the father makes attempts to have
the police department ferret out the kid
napers he is told, and the charge Is MADE
public, that the boy kidnapped himself. The
city attorney and his companion are held
up and robbed on the way home. A former
county attorney is robbed by footpads. No
report has yet been made that the city
attorney or the former county attorney
have made complaint to the police depart
ment of the wrongs inflicted upon them
and perhaps II they did they would be told
that they robbed themselves. These things
are matters of common knowledge and are
only referred to here for the purpose OF
calling your honor s attention TO the serious
condition now existing In Omaha.
May Pick school site Soon.
The state Board Of Public Lands and
buildings may select the location for the
new southwestern agricultural school this
week according to the members. Chair
man Cowles declared today that the matter
would not be kept In the air much longer
as the members were practically all de
cided individually and the only thing re-
naming was for them to get together ant
make the decision as a board.
Morehend DOdgeS Politics.
John II. Morehead of Falls Citl, acting
lieutenant governor, who has been in tn
city the last day or SO, today declared
that he did not care to discuss the posi-
bilities of his making fight for the demo
cratic nomination for governor Their
are too many things intervening between
now and the gubernatorial election to come
. out with anything definite Just now" h
said. Besides" he continued. there is
fail election in sight, at which supreme
court judges, university regents and rail
way commissioner must be elected. Al
democrats. we want to attend to thos
things first"
OEley Wilson Dead.
Owsley Wilson, the well known Ancoli
patent lawyer who died last evening, wa;
! one of the most famous hunters in thu
! Colorado mountains when he was younl
man. For years he was in charge of hunt
: ing parties and spent his time shooting
J deer and other wild game for the Denve'
) market.
l Mr.. Wilson came to Lincoln nineteei
Y years ago, and studied law here. He hai
been a practitioner for six teen years, spe
> cializing in the patent branch of the pro
4 fession. He has handled a number of case
; for Nebraska invetors and for inventor
in other states, some OF the inventions
having proved to be big money makers
E Though he had a romantic and adventur
. Gus career, Wilson was still a compare
=, lively young man, being within three day
: Of fifty years old when he died.
, GUS HYERS OUT FOR SHERIFF