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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1924)
^Only Thirteen Names Valid in Dunn Recall “Petitions Speak for Them selves,” Says Police Head; “We’ll See Our Attor ney,” Says Wheeler. A recall petition promoted by Ly man G. Wheeler against Police Com mlssloner Henry W. Dunn was found to contain only 13 legal signatures, according to a report submitted by City Clerk James Hoctor to city coun cil Tuesday morning. The report was approved by six members of the council, Cornmir sioner Dunn not voting. Under the law the petition will be held by the city clerk for 10 days, dur lng which time additional signatures may be filed by Wheeler and his as sociates. Mayor lo Investigate. A feature of the council proceed ings was an announcement by Mayor J. C. Dahlman that he will have an Investigation of alleged forgeries In the petition. “We will proceed according to the advice of our attorneys,” was the comment of Lyman G. Wheeler, for mer police captain ,who is seeking to succeed Commissioner Dunn through a recall eb-ctlon. "The check of the recall petition speaks for Itself. There Isn't much that I could add,” said Commissioner Dr.nn when the result of the check was disclosed. 9,531 Signatures. The recall petition promoted by Wheeler and sworn to by Homer E Ruan, contained 9,531 signatures which were carefully checked by the city clerk and assistants. After eliminating groups of names for various reasons, the city clerk re ported that out of the total of 9,531 signatures, he checked 2,738 as ap pearing upon the voters' register at the office of the election commission er. From 2,768 he deducted 726 names of electors who requested that their names be withdrawn from the petition and that they be counted as opposed to the object end purposes of the petition. The net total of 2,042 names of qualified voters appearing on the petition was subject to fur ther reduction of 2 029 names on ac count of neglect to insert a “genera! statement of the object and purposes of the petition” on the separate sheets; also neglect to append to the sections of the certificates of the vari ous circulators, attesting to the genu ineness of the signatures. , 39 Names Duplicated. “I, therefore, find," the city clerk reports, “that none of the names upon said petition, except those ap- i rearing upon the last sheet thereof, should be considered in determining the sufficiency of said petition.” The only sheet approved by the city clerk, on the advice of the city legal department, contains 33 names, of which 15 are not registered voters and only 13 are registered as signed. I , In his detailed report the city clerk state the followfrtg; Thirty-nine names were duplicated, 431 Illegible even under a magnifying glass, 4,849 do not appear on the books of the election commissioner as registered voters. 900 names do not appear on the voters' register In the same man ner as they appear on the petition, 486 names do not appear In the regis tration lists with the same addresses as on petition, 58 names do not ap pear registered In the same form and with same address as on petition, 68 signatures found to be not genuine, 23 Sign Affidavits. Of the 68 signatures reported not genuine, the cleric reported that he has received affidavits from 23 who stated under oath that the signatures were not signed by them. The clerk's report indicates that even If the petition sheets had been properly executed ns to statements of objects and certificates as to slgna tures, the best that could he made out of the 600 sheets would be a total of 2,042 signatures. Highest Vote Cast. John F. Morlarty of the city legal department advised city council that the signatures which checked proper ly with the lists of registered voters, but whic h are on sheets not proper as to form, may be reconciled only by the persons signing new petitions and those petitions properly executed as provided for by law. The city legal department further ruled that a recall petition to be suf ficlent should contain not less than 30 per cent of the highest vote cast at the last election on any proposl tion. For present purposes, a recall petition should contain not less than 10,425 signatures of qualified voters, Morlarty advised. The highest vote cast at the last election was the vote for and against the ''Police pension fund” amendment to city charter, which was 4,753. In a letter filed Tuesday with the city council Wheeler takes exception to methods which he says were used hy members of the police department In checking on the validity of signa tures to the petition. He asserts that members of the department Induced many signers to withdraw their names from the petition. IHIler.—Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wolken, farmers Just south of Diller, celebrat ed their 25th wedding anniversary Monday, a banquet being spread and 25 relatives being present, mostly from Wymore and Beatrice. Coroner’s Jurors Find Peklo Died From Body Blow Coroner’s Jury Satisfied Body Is That of Auditor; Clothes Diserepaney Revealed. Frank Peklo came to his death as a result of a blow at the base of the skull, delivered hy persons unknown. A coroner’s jury at Papllllon, Inves tigating the death of the Woodmen of the World auditor, whose supposed body was found Saturday in Pappio creek after it had been missing 11 months, brought In this verdict Tues day morning. “We are satisfied the body is that of Frank Peklo," the Jury’s verdict said. "We find thnt ho came to his death as a result of a blow from a blunt Instrument, which fractured the skull. We find that the blow was de livered by persons unknown." Members of the Peklo family were less certain of the Identification than were members of the jury. John Peklo, father of the dead man, could not identify the dead man’s dental work, nor Ills watch or knife as that of his son. Neither could Frank Peklo’s brother, Charles. The hand writing in a notebook found on the body, “looks something like Frank's,’’ Charles admitted. Insurance Firm Doubts. The verdict of the coroner's Jury will not satisfy the Travelers’ Acci dent Insurance company, in which Frank Peklo held a $7,5C0 policy, the company’s attorney, R. Keene, said after the inquest. The handwriting in the notebook found on the body will be compared by a handwriting expert with known specimens of the missing auditor’s script, Keene said, before the policy is paid. Other proofs of Identifies tlon, accepted by the Jury ns final, will- not be conclusive in the eyes of the insurance company. Owing to the condition of the body after its long exposure in the creek, the identification was based almost entirely on the clothing, the dental work and the notebook. The dental work was Identified by J)r. E. L. Soukop, who said he was "almost cer tain” he had done the brldgework for Frank Peklo on April 15, 1920. Anton Tondl. 5202 South Twentieth, positively identified the peculiar stitching of the clothing hb that of a suit he had made for Peklo 18 months ago. * Clothes Discrepancy. Peklo's father and brother testified that he had worn a blue suit and light hat when they Inst saw him. The body found Saturday was dressed in a blue suit, with a blue sweater under the coat. Edward Hrinkman, detective from the South Omaha police station, dis credited this testimony when he read from the police records the descrip tion whirh the family gave police on November ti, 1923, a week after he hart last been seen. According to this record, Peklo was wearnlng a brown suit and a black hat when he disappeared. Peklo's father, John Peklo, testi fied Tuesday morning that bo had last seen bis son as he was on his way to investigate the robbery In his father's store, which occurred on Oc tober 30, 1923, at /8 a. in. "The police called me to tel! me of the robbery," John Peklo said Tues day. “As I left the phone, I saw that Frank was dressing in his room. I told him the store was being robbed. 'I'll go right down,’ Frank said. He went out, and that’s the last I've ever seen of hint." Dr. Sam McCleneghan, coroner’s physician of Douglas county, testified to the cause of death, and said that I’ekio had undoubtedly been killed by a blow from a blunt Instrument, frac turing the skull. Charles Peklo, Frank’s brother, tes tlfied that he had last seen Funk three days before his disappearance. He denied that there could he any reason for suicide, as he Bald his brother earned $173 per month, had no one to support, and was not in financial difficulties. The coroner's Jury was compoaed of George Sleh, Charlea Pflug, Henry “Shall We Live on Earth Again?” A Lecture by Ernest Wood Of Manchester, England, International lecturer for the Thcoaophical Society. Wednesday, October 1, 7:15 P. M. Theosophical Hail, 4th floor Old Elka Club, 315 South 15th atreet Lecture over before electrical parade. No Admission Charge Collection y ■ S Bormann, U. A. Archer. M. J. Mc Coy and I. R. Carpenter. The Inquest was conducted by A. J. Collins, county attorney of Sarpy county. Gene O'Sullivan, attorney, represented the I’eklo family. W. C. T. U. in Convention. Geneva, Sept. 30.—Fillmore county W. C. T. U. convention was held at the Methodist church Tuesday. Rev. Ina Innis of Douglas, field work er of the state organization, gave ad dresses afternoon and .evening. 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