Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-19
Nebraska
GOVERNOR ACTED
UPON REQUESTS
Produces Letters from His Files
Showing What 0mahsns Desired
Clemency for Offenders.
MOSTLY IN OFFICIAL LIFE

bFrom a STAFF Correspondent
LINCOLN, Jan. is tSpccialD-"l wish
YOU would say said Governor Morehcad
this morning that the statements made
i'm The Bee Of yesterday regarding par
don of omaha convicts can hc backed up
by the records and I can stand on that
showing The governor has prepared the
record, which shows the party backing
the application and submits for. publica-
ton.
The records show, Ia all but possibly
one or two cases. whore the Investigation
was made over the long distance telc-
phone. letters are ON file recommending
pardons and signed by the Judge who
acted in the case, or by the prosecuting
attorney. the prosecuting witness or
Mayor Dahlmau. In some cases all of
these officials are ON record as recon-
mending the pardons.
city nardons Not Available.
The cases were mostly misdcmcanors
in which the offender had been commit
ted under state mittimus to the Doug
las county jail, such cases not being sub
! jet TO the purdoniug power of the mu-
ncipal authorities.
/ The governor said that in no case had
/ W. d'Ntu hhltbS TIC llAh AllEA illttht' IL
thorough investigation or had relied upon
TN eword of a county or city official who
| had handled the case and was familiar
| with its merits.
/ The article said that in many cases the
1 signature to the pardon had not been In
| the governors handwriting. The governor
said that he could recall no such cases,
although on a rare occasion. while absent
from his office, he might have instructed
his secretary to sign after having invcs-
tigated by telephone.
Dope Plays Part.
| 1t is thought that an article given by
! Warden Fenton of the penitentiary to the
press that many of the prisoners coming
down from Douglas county admitted that
! they had contracted the dope habit I'm the
| Jail there. might have influenced the
| governor somewhat in granting the par
dons
! Extracts CLEANED from tho letters on
! file in the governors office show that the
governor acted upon the recommendation
of Douglas county officials, as follows:
| Lewis j. Bronson. vagrancy-Pardon
sought by Daniel Morrison and request
| o. I'D. by Mayor Dahlman.
| Lille Brooks. drunkenness -- Pardon
sought by Mr.. Epstine, o. I'D. by County
Attorney Magney.
| Thomas Hughes. drunk and disorderly
I-lnterCedeu for by Police Judge James II.
| Callahan of South Omaha.
| Jens Jcnsen-lnterCeded for by Joe
| Wright, who Is vouched for by Mayor
| Dahlman.
| Walter RECONSIDERATION sought by City
| Prosecutor Fred w. Anheuser
/ ed Norris-Deputy County Attorney L.
j. Piatti asked for clcmenCy.
| jeanette Smith-Pardon recommended
| by Probation Officer Mogy Bernstein,
| city Prosecutor L. w. Anheuser, u. Hor-
| Tigan, Dan II. Butler, acting mayor.
! Ellen Bruton, observation-disclosures
sought by CN-City Prosecutor G. T. Dick
enson.
| Bertha Cameron, vagrancy and dis.
| orderly conduct-lnterceded for by Dis.
trict Judge James Il. English.
| Mrs. II. Evans, vagrancy--Intercedeo
for by NJ. AndTeason secretary Nebraska
Prison association, and the matron OF the
Douglas county Jail.
+. Pronunciation Agreeable to City
Prosecutor Anheuser and Mayor Dahlman
! opal Johnson and Emma MiIlener-
! Pardon O. kd by City Prosecutor An
heuser and Mayor Dahlman.
| John Kasah-Applfcation OF II. Harri-
gan, who says pardon recommended 10y
Tailor Cahill
! Harold Mller-Clemcncy agreeable Ia
Mayor Dahlman and Harry y. Fleharty.