Police Aldrich, were already on guard in the railroad
yards when the message came, and soon the train arrived. Sheriff
Fenton searched the train and came upon an empty car in which were
three men. He ordered them to come out, but they refused. Then at
the risk of his life, he jumped into the car; with a pistol in his
hand. He ordered the three men to holdup, their hands and get out,
of the car, Which they did. While two of them answered the description
of Shorty Gray and Dowd, they, however were not the dynamiters. Together
with Sheriffs Fisher of Otoe and Quinton of Cass county, Sheriff
Fenton organized a posse to follow up the desperadoes, and they left
for Sarpy county on, a special train.
I was glad indeed that the office came to Mr. Fenton, for I have
known him for several years and found him to be a kind man and a
gentleman. I knew that he would give the boys a square deal and keep
up the good work commenced by Warden Melick. He
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started in fighting the "dope" traffic. In
this he was aided by the new law passed, making the bringing of "dope" into
the prison a felony, and now the use of dope is reduced to the minimum.
Hitherto
the warden had been in supreme command, but on July 1, 1913 came the board
of commissioners for state institutions. They are to the warden what the duma
is to the once mighty czar of Russia. The warden's hands, as well as those
at the head of the other state institutions, are tied by this board.
A mighty good thing for the taxpayers of the state is this board,
that is, when it comes to spending the coin. Domiciled in luxurious
quarters in our ready-to-fall statehouse, are the offices of these
three distinguished gentlemen, who are to save their own and their
employees' salaries, and office supplies amounting to about fourteen
thousand dollars per annum, by careful buying of supplies for the
state institutions, as well as preventing graft at the different
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