Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-18
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Bee Repeats Charge That
Detention Home Was Used
For Contemplate Graft

Through other Omaha papers "self- appointed COM
they have made thorough investigation and found all
charges against the management OF the Detention nome
But this committee which is composed of F. D. Wead
w. T. Graham Lyse Abbott, R. M swzler. A. A. Lamor
eaux c. Harrison the Rev Titus Lowe and John Bekins
forgot or purposely passed the most important and
serious exposures by The Bee. It confined itself to the
generality that everyting this had published about
This self-appointed committee in it's alleged nvesga
ton called on The Bee the only paper making any
attempt to improve conditions in connection with the nome IN
an effort to get at the real facts in the
For the benefit of this committee, Commissioner Ringer
justice the public The Bee repeats the facts has
uncovered and challenges Commissioner Ringer Dr. Palmer
Fndey or the selfappointed committee of eight to make
a thorough and impartial investigation of same.
.~-~.-...-.--- Some of the Charges
The Bee charges that the Detention home instead of full
filling the high purpose for which established has
been used as means of petty contemplate grating on the
part of the police.
The Bee charges that police officers and at least doc
of the street with the threat that they did not
they would be thrown in the Detention home.
The Bee charges that another method of cheap graft
the part of the police in connection with the home to
arrest women who did not for exemption conne them
in the hoe and then allow them to for from $25
to $50
This practice at the old home and thrived
until The Bee exposed and forced the arrest of the special
policeman on guard at the home.
The Bee charges that neither the of the De-
enton home the committee of eight can point to one
single where drug addict has been cured by the treat
they got the homethe treatment which consisted of
morphine and then some more morphine.
The Bee charged and still charges that the admnistra
on of morphine to these drug addcs in the Detention home
illegal and in direct violation of the state law which
de that all such patients should be taken and treated in the
state asylum for the insane
....>,5..e.. Would Improve Home.
The Bee charges that Commissioner Ringer and Dr. Pal
Fndey have been either very negligent their duties by
not knowing what going connection with this nst
tuton else they knew of and tried to hush up instead
of bringing out the TRUTH The Bee has tried to do the
sole interest of improving the home and not aboshng it, as
The Bee charges that DR.. Palmer Fndey in the pres
of witnesses notified of the practice of of the
assistant city physicians in collecting money from
rested by the police for examination to determine whether
they diseased when he paid by the city for that
The Bee charges that Dr. Findley instead of showing
inclination verify the truth of this charge became very
indignant and declared that the charge absolutely false
The Bee charges that this same assistant city, physician
admitted he took the money despite the defense of Dr. Find
e bang his right to do 50 on the plea that he was
amiaed women outside of that hour he NATURALLY collected
fee."
The Bee charges that of the women of the street,
who able and wise enough to the ehca side of
this city empoye being paid nice salary for hours
work each day rarely sent to the Detention
home.
Record OF Home.
The Bee charges that there from 1000 to 5000
sioner Ringers administration and that at time in the his
tory of the Detention home has there been than 80
12 or 15 Last week there IL and nine Of them
drug adcts who instead of being cured of the habit
daily given their shots OF morphine.
Grand Jury Vindcates Bee.
The Bee charges that Chief of Police Ebersten in his
frantic efforts to discred the expose of the drug traffic in
Omaha in this paper two weeks ago. forced woman
of the e1word to repudate her statement to The Bee
two adavs he made her sign and the very day
ahdavts given out denying the existence of drug
ring in this city, the chief instructed the moral squad
"clean out of the dope joints"
AS direct result of the efforts of The Bee the police
forced to aid the Federal authorities in their campaign
against the drug pedders and ID indictments were returned
by the recent federal grand jury.
None, however, against the "higher-ups"
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