Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-05

napid rransis la New York City
NEw YoRx. October 5.-Tho Rapit
Transit Commissioners expect TO MAXI
their report to the Mayor to-day. Tit
road will DO called the Manhattan Rail
way Company. and tho capital stock Il
axed at $40. coo. 900. divided into l0o.'
0OO shares ut 500 sach-ths road being
from fifteen TO twenty miles long. AMI
TO cost at least s4OO. 900 per mile.
Miseeliaseeus.
DosroS. October 5.--Gsorgs Millel
and William Smith. convicted OF murder
OF the first and second mates Of th,
schooner Jefferson Borden, were SEN
fenced to DO hung on January l4th next,
The prisoners did not appear to be a.
focted BY the sentence.
Nkw YoRx. October 5.-The body oil
]. p. Benjamin. the companion Of Rev.
DR.. Portens who was drowned with him
OH Tuesday last at Glen River. was
washed ashore upon the beach at 5
o'clock this morning. The Coronsr's
Jury viewed the body and rendered q
verdict OF accidental drowning.
Democratic Iafiatisn club % be Or
Eanised.
NEW Yonx, October 5.-The United
States Legal Tender Club has called q
meeting at Cooper Institute on the 18th
to form a Democratic Legal Tender cen.
trail organization.
A Thrifty Govsrnmsas Omeiai-
How United states harshal sehaf'
fenburg became Rich.
CHICAGO. October 5.-A Washington
special says the Treasury Agent, Fornsy,
who was sent out TO investigate the
charges against Schaffenbu re. former
Marshal OF Colorado. gives q graphic
picture Of the enormous operations Of
the Denver Ring. Forney left here
with four accounts that had been sub
mitted by Schaffenburg at the close Of
his Marshal's term. Foansy went out
for the purpose Of comparing these &C
counts rs submitted to the Treasury
Department with the original 70.
cords Of the Court In order to discover
their falssness or correctness. he
found tho four accounts fraudulent, and
that they had secured the payment OF
large sums Of money to Schaffsnburg
that amounted to practical robbery.
One Of the principal swindling features
Of this mans style Of keeping accounts
with the Government. was In charges for
keeping prisoners. Every man who was
arrested was made to figure as q prison.
or In the accounts. whether he saw the
inside OF o Jail or not. A responsible
citizen would be arrested for some tn.
vial iufraction OF United States law, and
would be perhaps released on his
own recognizancc; yet such cases
as that were mado to figure
under Schafrsnburg's manipulations. rs
prisoners in Jail from three to six
months requiring the payment OF 81 20
per day for their subsistence. II. q.
Alderman, District Attorney at tho timo
Sc~hsfenburg was Marshal. made him.
self very unpopular by his persistent
arresting Of men for tribes and carrying
the cases up for the fees; yet no level
arrested o man bnt that Schaffonbucg
mado a Jail bird Of him. and made out q
bill for subsistence. Some OF the best
men In Colorado. without their knowl-
edge. havo been placed In Sohaffsnberg's
accounts to the Treasury Department on
n par with thieves and murdcrers. Dur
ing tho last six years thorc have not
been over 200 prisoners confined by the
United States authorities, and yet schaf.
fsnburg. during his reign, sent In no
counts charging for the sutsistoncs Of
over 1900 prisoners. Another means
Of stealing from the Government was to
overchargo for mileage. This was done
to such a preposterous extent that were
II not for the importance Of the crime 1t
could but excite lovity on account Of the
barsfacedness OF the steal. He would
send out a Deputy Marshal to arrest q
man. aud whether the Deputy succeeded
In finding his man or not, Schaicnburg
would take the name In the warrant
and enter Il up as prisoner
for whom he not only charged subsis-
tenoo at tho rate Of SLIGO per day. but
he also added mileage for the transpor-
tation Of tho mythical prisoners from
whatever point the wandering deputy
saw ft to select. One Of the most
original why's Is where schaffenburg ar.
rests himself and charges the Govern.
ment for subsistence. Al one time he.
in company with some ring spectators
Of Denver. went south Of that city and,
through collision with the then Register
Of the Land Office. took up twsnty.thres
sections Of homcstsads. through Hctiti-
Gus names being used on tho entrees.
All these lands were after sold to David
Moffatt Il Co. by the ring. Then tho
Government GOT wind Of this and began
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