Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-19

the "furlough" was drawn up by
Senator Peterson in his Office, on
plain paper. He said he did not
remember that it had an official
seal, or seal OF any description, and
| that to his knowledge no copy of
it was kept. He said he made no
| record of it in the governors Of
| fee, and in fact, had made no record
of any of the business he had trans
acted in the governors Office, not
knowing of any that required no.
tations to be among the governors
records.
Reason for Delay.
Questioned as to the reason for
the delay in presenting the EUR
lough," Senator Bushee stated that
Senator Peterson had told him there
was no especial hurry about pre-
senting the furlough, that they
wanted to be certain first that Kirk
would be placed in proper hands
after his release.
"He also stated" said Senator
Bushee, that he desired to take
the matter up further with the gov
ernor, to be certain that it was all
right. In fact, I made that sug-
gestion to him.
I'm signing the furlough I thought
that l was relieving the governor of
a burden. l felt convinced that my
action was proper one, and still
think so, and under the same con-
dtions I would do again as l did
at that time"
Reported Against Parole.
State Parole Officer E. M. John
son then took the stand and pro-
duced a copy of his now famous re-
port, which is alleged to have dis
appeared from the governors Of
fee. He stated that he had been
ordered to investigate the rquest
for parole and had done so, 60
ing to Omaha, where he consulted
Detective Dolan, County Attorney
Shotwell and Mrs. Kirk. He had
reported against granting the parole,
he said. He had been delegated to |
make the investigation August /,
and made his report to the secre-
tary of the governor August 8, he |
said. He then read a copy of his |
report, and it was introduced into |
the record, after protest by Attorney |
Strobe had been overruled.
The inquiry then adjourned un-
til Friday morning at 9.
Many Subpoenas Issued.
Attorney General Davis announced
that subpoenas had been issued for
Judge Ben Baker and Attorney
Harry Fleharty, attorneys for Kirk,
for Attorney Ray ]. Abbott and the
Warden w. T. Fenton of the
state penitentiary; c. Petrus Peter
son and Robert w. Devoe of Lin
coin; E. G. Maggi, member of
the pardon board; H. H. Antics of
the public welfare board; Phil H.
Bross, former private secretary to
the governor; ]. H. Presson, ac-
counting clerk in the governors Of
fee; H. 0. Parsons. Lincoln rep
resentative of the Omaha World
Victor B. Smith of the
World Herald; Harry Dobbins
If the Lincoln State Journal; Rob-
,rt E. Smith, clerk Of the district
:ourt Of Douglas county; H. B.
lindsay, clerk of the supreme court.
Orders were issued for three or
our others whose names were not
made public. The name of Kirk, the
,andit who was released on the !
Questioned "furlough" order, was
lot included in the public list.
Efforts of Warden Fenton or
lis deputies to locate the MOTOR
Gus bandit continue futile. Mr..
)evoe, through whom Kirk was
instructed to report to the warden
# the penitentiary at irregular in.
ervals, is reported as seemingly I'M
over the inability of the
authorities to locate his ward"
He continually denies reports
rom Omaha credited to Kinks
riends that the bandit is already
afe in Mexico.
A "Furlough" Record.
What is believed to be a record in
he issue of Burroughs" from the