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THE OMAHA DAILY TWT.i "WEDNESDAY, A TRIE 1. 1003.
POLICE REFORM IS A SHAM
How Broatch Board Knowingly Restores
Unfit Men to the Service.
A UNSAVORY RECORDS OF IIA7F AND SI fi WART
Affidavits Show that Haze Prevented Re
formation of Wayward Girl
OTHER SlIADtV TRANSACTIONS ARE DISCLOSED
Desp
ite the F;t that Proof of Their Disqualification for Police
Work is Given to ths Broatch Commissioners, Hazs
and Slgwart Are Put Back on the Force
in Responsible Positions.
It la 6'ow nearly eight months since Ezra
P. Bang, acting governor of Nebraska,
appointed the ao-called reform police and
1r commission for Omaha. It will be re
mnbered that the governor gave It out
'aid that he had apurned the tender of a
rlbe amounting to tnanjr thousands of dol
ours from parttea that were presumed to
"be Interested In securing the appointment
of men that would favor the wide open
town.
Savage, In talking publicly of his refusal
to be bribed, said that he had decided to
appoint Hroatch. gpratlen. Wright anl
, Thomas because he waa determined to
purify tbe city of Omaha by giving to It a
police administration that would not tol
erate vice in any form. It was the gov
t rrnor'a boast, also, that his appointments
kwould have the effect of divorcing the po
f Jlce department from politics.
As a matter of fact, vice In Omaha has
been more flaunting since the Incoming of
the Broatch police board than ever before
and ths polloe club In tbe bands of Wil
liam J. Broatch has become a menace to
good order.
Flee Demoralisation Begins.
Tbe demoralization of tba police force
bosan -arlv In the ofTlulal life of the new
boari. by placing back Into the department
-fficpB whose previous service had been
everything but creditable and wUone police
records were known to the public to be
v.y bad.
At the very outset of the new police ad
Tnlnlntrattun the following correspondent
took plaoe:
OMAHA, Aug. 7. 1902, Mr. C. C. Wrlht,
Fire and Police Commissioner. Dear Sir:
Your attention la respectfully called to
l he enclosed affidavits. Most of the in
formation eiuhodlod therein waa public
property yeirrs ago and wis well known to
Captain Broatch during his former term on
lhe prllce board.
Re.iorls of similar behavior on the part
of . lorn.er Chief Swlgart are also In my
possession. Yours very truly,
E. ROSE WATER.
Duplicates of this letter were also mailed
to Police Commissioners Spratlen and
Thomms. . v
Krrim Girl from Iteform.
Following are copies of the affidavits ri -tarred
to:
Sialfl of Nebraska. Douglaa County as.
("arnllna H Cummin tteln dulv sworn.
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deposes and says that abe Is now and has ; tQe
been for four years last paet police
matron, by appointment of the fire and
Police commission of tho cl'y of Omaha,
ttt about two years ago Bertha Reich
Mibaok, a German girl who had bce) an
Said Bertha Relcbenback waa at the time
of her arrest In February, 1893, less than
16 years of age.
Affiant further alleges that the said Haze
did and does yet refuse to pay said Bertha
Relchenback the wages earned by her while
In his employ. Affiant further alleges that
V. O. Strlckler has not asked her any
thing about the case In question.
FREDA REICIIENBACK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 24th day of June, ISPS.
WM. 8IMERAL,
Notary Public.
Hate Collect a Hundred.
A copy of the following letter was also
sent to the new police commissioners:
OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 27, 18!9 To the
Honorable the Board cf Fire and Police
Commissioners, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen.
It baa been brought to my attention that
during ths month of October, 1838, ex-Cap-taln
H. P. Haze, while acting chief of
police, collected $100 reward money, the
same having been paid him by Mr. Shukert
nf this city, Mr. Sbukert eome time prior
having agreed to give the police force of
this rlty said amount if they would ap
prehend and Incarcerate one J, Martin,
alias J, Smith, he being wanted here on
the charge of grand larceny. The said
Martin, alias Smith, was arrested In Seat
tle and returned to Omaha through the
efforts of ex-Chief of Police C. V. Gal
lagher, Detective M. Dempsey and the Se
attle officers, and the $100, as per agree
ment, was paid Mr. Haze. I am Informed
that the laws of Nebraska provide that
25 per cent of all reward moneys, etc., shall
be turned Into the city treasury to be
credited to the Police Relief association,
but upon Investigation I find that Mr. Haae
neglected so to do In the above case. Re
spectfully yours, MARTIN WHITE,
Chief of Police.
P. S. Mr. Haze performed no service In
connection with the arrest of said party.
Commissioner Wrlght'a reply to Mr.
Rosewater follows:
WrlKht Replies Cortlr.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 9, ;902. Hon. E.
Roaewater, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir:
' Your favor enclosing copies of affidavits
in regard to Captain H. P. Haze" received.
I desire to say that these charges were
Investigated by each member of the board
before the appointment and we were sat
isfied that the chargea had been maliciously
made and were untrue. We found that
police board at that time, composed
of men known for fairness and probity, had
completely exonerated Captain Haze.
I wish to suggest that if you desire the
good government of this city It would bo
entirely snnmnrlitn (K.i ..-(. . v. i
, . i, , ' ' ii- -r . jm no i o l luia
mmaie or a nouse oi in-uuu... w j board In its efforts to place the police de
btors the police court on complaint of nBrtmn, n. ,h ,, . .,, ....
- - l . .1 . I. . 1. . . Ih. h nl 1. . rf 1 waio.
rr RIPIVIV, luu lug rorjini isl mv, "uuuv
prost iiu.lon was prosecuted, convicted and
fined, for keeping a minor; that said
r.ertha Relchenback, then and there signed
papers, agreolog to go to the Ml ford Home
iar' fallen women: thnt affiant procured
funsportktWn for her from Omaha to Mil
ford, but while said Bortna Relcneuback
was at. tho police station alio was talked
Into Kfualng to go by Henry P. Hase,
rhici of detective, and through hla lnter
pjftitton whs persuaded to go to his
Alum's) home and within a week later
again resumed ber residence In the house
of Ill-fame. Said Bertha Relchenback sub
sequently waa arreated and finally aent
lo the Mllford Home. Affiant further states
'aj tald Haze had a short time previously
sfTso Induced Laura Day. a l-year-old girl
who had agreed to go to tho M:ifcrd Home,
to decline going after all arrangements
had been made for her transportation to
Mllford by said matron and said parent
of the said Laura Day. who thirty days
later was shot and killed In an assignation
bouse In Omaha. Affiant further deposes
and says that all of these facta and par
ticulars known to her were related to Com
missioner V. O. 8trlckler In the summer of
18S4 and that said Strlckler promised to
further Investigate the matter personally
and make Inquiry concerning their truth
fulness, but never thereafter made mention
or reference thereto. Further deponent
ssyeth not. (Signed.)
MRS. CAROLINE M. CXMM1NG3.
Subscribed and aworn to before ma this
$Sd day of July. 1896. E. P. ROGGEN,
Notary Publls.
Hase False Hla Promise.
Stat of Nebraska. Douglaa County aa.
Freda Relcbenback, of lawful age, deposes
and says: She Is a sister of Beriha Relch
enback. That on the 28tn day of February,
181)3, th 'aid Bertha Relcbenback was ar
reated In a house of HI repute In the city
of Omaha and waa taken to the police sta
tion In .said city and was there persuaded
by tba police matron, Mrs. Cutnmlngs, and
Others to t to the Nebraska Industrial
home at Mllford. Tba affiant visited said
Bertha Relchenback at tba police station
and remained with ber during the night.
After the tranaportatlon had been secured
for aald Bertha Relchenback Chief of De
tective Has visited the said affiant and
th aald Bertha Relchenback In th police
station and said to th said Bar tba Relch
enback that sh need not go to th reform
school at Mllford unless ah wished to do
so. H told her that ah could go to hla
house and work for wage and that no on
need know anything about her former life
or bar trouble. Th affiant alleges that th
said Bertha Relchenback then, upon the
rBrntatlona of aald Has, decided not
t'l to Mllford, but to go to th reatdeoe
of aald Haaa and enter his employ as a
domestic Th aald Has promised to tak
car of Bertha and to tell affiant if her sis
ter, Bertha Relchenback, should leave his
em'plor Several weeks later th aald
Bertha Relchenback waa arreated In a
uoua of 111 repute In Council Bluff. 8b
' td left th koua of said Hase, but he
failed ad refused to notify the affiant aa
h had promised to do. Affiant further al
l"t tn Mld Bertn Rlrhenbark
wa the takes to th reform school at Mil
teti and U bo Uvls U Boutk Dakota.
formed. Is not a bit better. If not worse
than Haze. He was th leader of the
famous Blair can-can dance that dis
graced the police force, and an account
of which I enclose aa It appeared In the
Blair Pilot.
If you will take the trouble to examine
the police cnmmltiMon rocords you will dis
cover that, durlntr the Incumbency of
Oeorge P. Bemle, Haze and Slgwart were
directed to round up the town, outside of
the proscribed district, and report how
many houses of assignation and women of
111 repute were to be found. They reported
over their official signatures that only one
house of asslrnatlon and no women of bad
repute could be found outside of the dis
trict. Police officers who will Indulge In sue
deliberate .representations are totally
unfit for any position In the public service.
You say that If I desire the good govern
ment of this city It would bo appropriate
to assist your board In Its efforts to place
the police department on a business basis.
This Is precisely what I hsve been trying;
to do In wsrning you against the employ
ment of officers who have disgraced the
service and are too vulnerable altogether
for an honest and efficient discharge of
the duties devolving on them. Yours very
truly, E. ROSEWATER.
The I'ollre Orgr at Blnlr.
The clipping from the Blair Pilot about
the police picnic, which was managed by
Haze and Slgwart. Is as follows:
The Omaha police picnic has come and
gone; fifteen coach loads of people came
yesterday morning and such another deluge
of drunkenness and debauchery has never
disgraced Bialr before. There may have
been probably was some respectable, well
behaved people in the crowd, but they were
the exception. The rule was a rush and
constant occupancy of the ealoona, where
men and women indulged In scenes too
ImlrciMit to ilencrlle in print, and with
which the Black Crook and can-can were
faint comparisons. Not only this, but
licentlojHness flaunted Itself upon the
afreets, ns the drunken prostitutes of
Omaha, both male and female, practiced
their mld-dny orgies, such as If concealed
by the blackest ehades of night would still
htive been most outrageously disgraceful.
It seems to have been the outpouring of the
slums of Omaha, who came here to have
"n, high old time" undisturbed by moral
or legal restraint anil they had It. For
her own reputation Omaha should pjt a
quietus on future police picnics. Surely
Ululr wants no more of them here
After all this showing of the unfitness of
Haze and Sigwart for duty on the police
force, the Broatch board appointed Haze
a captain and put Slgwart on as a patrol
man and soon advanced him to sergeant.
AT THE PLAYHOUSES
"Trip to Chinatown" at the Boyd.
It Is Mr. Jack Campbell as "Welland
Strong," frisky invalid, and Mis Sylvia
Starr aa "Mrs. Geyer," willing widow, who
thii season lead the Saylor-Mlller come
dians In Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown." They
opened at Boyd's last night to a receptive
audienco that applauded the bright, non
sensical lines and absurd "business" suffi
ciently to keep folks feeling good both
sides the footlights. From a musical stand
point Mr. Campbell's singing Is rather a sad
memory, but from any old standpoint hi
funmaking la not to be criticised, and he
rarely reaches for a laugh that he doesn't
get It. Miss Starr, as the "Cynthia" of the
Quaker duo and as his first lieutenant at all
other timea. Is a real likeable entertainer,
good to look upon and good to listen to.
Miss Nellie Sennet Miller as "Flirt," the
maid, get In on her voice and pleasant be
havior. The other members of the company
are largely In on their voices, too, and th
result Is that the few solos and several
choruses sandwiched into the piece are
handled very capably and pleasingly
The engagement closes with th matinee
this afternoon and performance tonight.
TABLE AND KITCHEN
and that you reserve youf strictures' until
It has an opportunity to enforce Its pol
icy. Very respectfully,
C. C. WRIGHT.
Inveatlsatlon Not Sincere.
Mr. Rosewater then wrote to Commis
sioner Wright as follows:
OMAHA, Aug. 14, 1902. Mr. C. C. Wright,
Member Fire and Police Commission!
Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: On re
ceipt of your letter of August 9,
assuring me that you and each member of
the Board of Fire and Police Cuinmlaslcners
had Investigated the charges against Cap
tain H. P. Haze, embodied In the affidavits
transmitted to you by me, before bis ap
pointment and were satisfied that the
chargea had been maliciously mado and,
were untrue, i made an effort, personally,
and through members of our reportorlai
staff, to ascertain how far your Investiga
tions had proceeded, and from whom you
obtained the Information that satisfied you
mat. in cnarges against Haze were un
true and malicious.
You did not Inquire of Judge Berka,
who, aa police judge, sentenced the Relch
enback girl to tbe Mllford home, but you
confined your Inquiry to Mr. Haze and
former Tollc Commissioner Strlckler, to
whom some of the charge brought against
Haze had been referred by the police board
of 194-189!, and who had made a white
washing report that caused me to prefer
charges against Strlckler with Governor
Holcomb, of which I enclose exhibit. Mr.
Strlckler did not meet theae charges be
fore the governor, but secured repeated de
lays uutil his term had expired, when, of
course, no further Investigation was pos
sible. Some Perjured Testimony.
In dealing with the Relchenback and
Laura Day casea the other members of the
board almply adopted Stickler's report on
the assurance that he had made a diligent
and Impartial inquiry. But the Relchen
back and Day cases are by no means the
only Instances of scandalous behavior. The
affidavits enclosed in my former letter
showed that Mrs. Emma Smith had filed
chargea against him, and that he waa ac
quitted only by securing tbe perjured 'tes
timony of live witnesses charging her with
being a bad character, tor which testi
mony he (Haze) paid various sums. I am
In possession of memoranda covering a
half dozen caaes each equally disgraceful,
which I do not deem It necessary to add.
The last disreputable and dishonest
transaction wit hi which Haze va charged
was in 1898, when he collected (100 from an
Omaha merchant as a reward, of which $25
belonged to th police funA. When de
mand was mad upon htm bylMty Attorney
Connell for th payment of Shi money he
told him to go to a very hot place, and
he has kept that money to, this day.
Surely wher there Is, so much smoke
there must be some 'Jr. All of these
chargea could not h been both false
and malicious. If tbrar had been why did
h not aeek vindication In tha courts? No
other officer in the a rvic baa had so many
similar complaints Aled against him.
As atated in ray former letter, former
Chief Slgwart, Vom you ar about to ap.
point t a asrraJit'a position, to I aa lo-
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central figure of the book, was born and
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is something about her that reminds one
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In the city through no fault of her own and
In her story we catch glimpses of th? de
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streets, the not always uuhappy
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shame, dire poverty grinding its victim to
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The picture Is not all sad; here and there
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hopefulness of youth. The author of this
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Harper A Brothers have put into book
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reader Is completely absorbed In watching
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time of temptation. Tbe end Is a most
happy one.
"Tho Stumbling Block," by Edwin Fugh,
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It Is a book which takes a great hold on
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American life from Florida . to Oregon,
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were drawn upon In the making of th April
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our warmest sympathy goes out to the
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COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
Resolution Protesting Acalnst Pas
sage of "Adulteration" Bill
la Adopted.
Omaha wholesale merchants and manu
facturers of food products have, through
the Commercial club, entered a protest
against the proposed law intended to re
quire all 'adulterations" to bear a atamp
showing that they are not thfc- goods which
they ara represented to ba for the purpose
of sale. The Commercial club took this
action after the Matter had been presented
to it in tha form of a resolution by Charles
H. Pickens, who is pushing the matter.
In support of the resolution Mr. Pickens
aald:
"I did not know that Governor Mickey
was taking auch an active interest in the
matter as he seems to be doing until this
morning. The governor aeems to desire
tbe enactment of the law above all others
and I think we should adopt the resolu
tion. Under the common meaning of the
word, adulteration does not mean some
thing deleterloua to health, nor doea it
even mean something less valuable than
that for which It stands, but It does mean
that the original article has become so
firmly fixed In the minds of the people
that a aubatltute must be understood to be
something similar to the original goods
so that it will sell."
The resolution adopted calls the atten
tion of the governor to the fact that Ne
braska manufactures a large quantity of
food products, which are sold not only In
this state, but in tho surrounding states
and as far west as the Pacific coast; that
If the proposed law Is passed and a large
part of these products are required to bear
a brand which will raise a question aa to
their purity, the same products made after
the same formula In other states will
drive the Nebraska-made goods out of the
market, aa they can be aold without the
SOKTIMES it's hard 10 select Juat the
took you'd like to become Interested
worms know all about them. keeD in
touch with tne writings of every author
tell you the- good ones the ones most popu-
iur, nit) kiiiu we carry.
questionable atamp. Tha petlttonera claim
that they favor a national pure food law,
but not one which will discriminate be
tween tbe producta of the several atates.
In addition to adopting the resolution mem
bers of the executive committee and other
members of the club signed It.
The "restaurant problem" Is to be taken
up again by a committee consisting of the
regular house committee of the club, the
president, the secretary, R. S. Wilcox, H.
J. Penfold and C. T. Kountse. Mr. Buthorn
submitted a statement yesterday, which was
referred to this committee with Instructions
to act.
Wod waa received from the promoters
of the cattlemen'a excursion to Belle
fourche saying that the party will leave
April 8 for a trip of eight days, spending
part of the time at Deadwood and Hot
Springs, and the fare will be $21.
The Oerman commission will arrive In
Omaha May 14 at 9:50 a. m., and will spend
the day at south Omaha inspecting the
stock yards.
New members elected were: J. M. 011
lan, L. O. Simons, R. L. DeLong, Oliver
Gerhart, F. D. Wead, S. E. Howell, H. E.
Fredrlckson and O. T. Glacoralnl.
Mortality Statistics.
The following births and deaths have
been reported to the Board of Health:
Births U Kure. 1251 South Thirteenth
street, girl: John Martin, 1429 Pierce street,
boy; Ord Talhert, Fifth and Locust street,
boy; Oliver Drlskell, 2460 Bouth Nineteenth
street, boy; Ora Finney, Eighth and Martha
streets, boy; Joa Bundy, 1SU O-ilfomlt
street, girl.
Deaths Kara M. Crandall, J741 North
Thirty-seventh street, aged 18; Harry C.
Jorgeiieen, 3403 Parker street, aged 7; John
V. Stutser, 34i South Fifteenth street,
aged T9; Anna (Jewell, 1S06 North Tw'enty
fourth street, aged 27.
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Wants Alley Kept Clean.
Emma O. Sthuants has sent a communi
cation to the city council complaining of
the condition of the alley between I.eav
enworth and Mason streets and Nineteenth
and Twentieth. According to the com
municant this piece of by-way Is In "the
worst possible condition, hygienlcally as
well as aesthetically so to aeak." It
seems that he haa been In the habit of
having the alley behind her house regu
larly cleaned, while certain of the neigh
bors have Invariably selected the clean
part of the alley as a depository for their
rubblah. It 1h desired that the offenders
be dissuaded from this course by a general
cleaning up of the alley by the city. A
vacant lot near the Schuants home In used
as an overflow for the rubbish, according
to the letter, and It is requested that thin
be stopped in soma way.
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