Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-02
INVESTIGATORS GROW WEARY
Inquiry Into Letting Of Public
Works Contracts Closes.
AFTER NAMES E. T. PETERSON
says Empioye of City EnEineer'S Of
flee Helped Promote Paving Dis
triets ~ Sunderland Not
Called Again.

DETECTED from the course Of the original
investigation By the charges Of promoters
against each other and the inability OF
the city council TO force important Wit.
nesses TO testify, tue special court OF
inquiry into the letting Of public works
contracts in the city brought its sessions
TO close yesterday. A committee Of three
consisting OF councllmen Sheldon. Kugel
and Bridges. was appointed to set down
the findings Of tho investigators and re-
tort to the committee Of the whole Feb
ruary Il. The committee Vas carefully IN.
structed to point out that nothing had
been discovered 10 lead any eloeior OF
other citizen 10 believe any city official
was guilty OF misconduct in office.
This action followed the testimony OF
A. A. AFTER, who charged Ed T. Peterson,
chief clerk In the city engineers office,
with improper conduct, in that he was
supposed to have promoted certain dis.
trlcts and received pay therefor from con
tractors. Mr.. Peterson denied the characs
and AFTER replied that he had Just come
from the court house. where he had ex-
amined records showing an indictment had
been returned against Mr.. Petersen by the
grand Jury'
Peterson Makes statement.
Peterson asked to be allowed to clear
the matter up with a statement lie desired
10 be made OF record. The worId-Hcr-
aid' ne declared kept calling attention
TO me as, the head clerk OF the engineer
Ing department who Is under Indictment
by . grand jury An examination OF the
Indictment ana the methods leading up 10
Il showed there was no specific reason
given for what was termed my 'malfeas-
ance' In office. The Indictment was made
when there was not fun session OF the
grand jury"
City Engineer Craig said rumors that
Peterson was promoting streets had come
TO him, but he couldn't fix the rumor and
after investigation had found there was
no basis for them.
lie said he had talked with Peterson
about the matter and with other employts
In his department, all OF whom under
stood that such an action meant dismissal
I
city Attorney Rine was called to pass
Judgment on the relative veracity OF Pc
y, 49, - - 80 ri non,dn,,
s ~ - 80 a,.,,a,,,.. ,n.,.noa :,
'sna,an sa,,,.,,s ~ 90, :, a. Dro
- - -. .a,,,,,p,,,.
49, ~. . s.,s, 49,
:. -. - ,.s,,,,s. -. -, :,
~ ~ - -, %, ~ ~. - -.
80 -. ,'.-,.s,-.s,. .,.,-
- ,'...s,z- .,,-,.,-.s..as,,. =, a.. A.
-.
pu.e . - -, a.
.aI -" a.,,n.,, $500 uso ,ro,,,s
M ...s ,l,,'..-,,rs.. ,s.,,, 30
- " N. -, ~. ~.
80 asp 80, -. -. -
A.'u 49, - !. - !.
- - v, ,,'Ss,.- = -. ..-,..s.... !,
-. -" .,,,. a,,,.,., IT,. =. IA
49, - A.. - -.
" . ~ 49, - -" 80. ~.
49,. 80. -. -. -. =.
'"' ' A@S Nop'e' ="
nis oi'iee.
ny oiern suue' uea .n". e"s
. aa'e ".N 49, - -,
-
p'AeeN Y" ''' a.#s
No Use Wasting Time.
Let the grand jury examine them and
any other affidavits." said Councilman
Lee Bridges. they haev more authority,
than we and there's no use Of US wasting
any more time. anyway"
Councilman Funkhouser agreed that
there was no use Continuing the investi-
cation any further; that everything had
been found shipshaoe and ready for pro-
traeted voyage. We can't always do
what the people want us to do he said,