Show A GREAT FIZZLE The Investigation of the hail roads at Omaha Ended Evidence Was lacklnR The United States Attorney Admits the Cases Have Failed No likelihood Reopening Them OMAHA Neb Dee 2Speclal telegram to THE HERALDTho Tho Interstate commerce commission prosecution of western railroad officials was a grand flzzlo and today the whole matter was dropped The whole business has been dismissed abandoned or thrown overboard over-board said a gentleman last night who la on the Inside The charges will never come before be-fore thft fprtprnl crmnfl Inr tViot fa a + oM i When pressed era definite answer as to the actual status of the charges United States Attorney Baker gave It out cold that the charges were practically dropped for want of evidence Mr Kretschmer became convinced that the companies could not be prosecuted upon the evidence In reach and he requested that the matter be dropped rather than an unsuccessful effort to prosecute Special Agent Kretsohmer of the Interstate commerce commission was In the city again this afternoon and in rpcaking of the complaints com-plaints against the railroads said An impression im-pression seems to have gone ont that these cases have been abandoned That is a mistakeat least so far as my complaint is concerned which is that against the Missouri Pacific It has merely been postponed until we can get the witnesses we need This is no unusual experience ex-perience In the Swift cases in Chicago in dictments were returned about two weeks ago The examination was postponed once and in the Memphis cases there wero two postponements postpone-ments But this statement Is overshadowed by the United States attorneys contrary remarks |