The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-04
ONE OF GRANTS MARSHALS.
a COLORADO 0FFIoER's oPPoRTU-
MITES FOR sWIHDLING.
Pay Drawn FOR Arrests that were net made
Fictitious Indictments, and sports Of Pris-
sners and Juries tat had no Existence.


Fay Drawn Tor Arrests that were net Made
Fictitiou, Ind,et neuts. nd per,s Of Prt.-
.p.rs and Jurie, ts.t haa NO Rxiss~pc..
DENVER, Col, May N.-The case of ex-
rrn,,.d a,.,aa uarshai ah 1anhuro nos, In ,.,
on'.ou o.a'es maIsne onanenourR' no" 10 'aii
In default OF tl50VU ball, is exciting much
CONNER mt, and argument pro and ooo 10 rife on
IN. .nht.c, 7, has ha.n ,,.,,,.a hv IN. nr.s.
'"o '"o'o0" ~ ".' "oo" o'''ou y, 'uo pio''
and public generally, that the above ball 10 ex-
orbitant ; but wnen II 10 rem embered that Shat
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iennures pecuiatons during the seven years ne
held ofhoe amount to the snug little sum OF
$1,000 So. ',, ,o ~ 80. =. 80.
ia , ''n ~ a' unyu's !" o."o'"e oo"u' W '"o
above amount. sbanenbure's Indictment covers
~ s., - -. -,
An ep'to"o Oh inc ehsrRes VIII snow wnae op-
portunities . United States Marshal like Sbsf-
fenburo has NJ eating ricb Thu fo,lovin0 ara
-, a.. go. a.. a.
anew OF the fach In the case'
Shanenburg was appointed early in 1858, and
v.s yemoxed asr,v In 18Th Tn 1874 ha ont . hin
49,. =. v.,. .ns o".,,,aa 49," ~ ~. al,
spiurgo IN Europe, ana coming nome IN the thi
Of that year buried to nil his depleted Golfers
nv dra lin. i.r..,v an m. aovornm.nt He for
warded four accounts current to the depart
ment one for the luna term at Pueblo one for
the September term at Denver one for the No
vember term at Central, and one for the Decem-
counts had hardly passed the Comptroller be-
fore the others were In the hands OF the Audi
tor, and the enormous and impossible charges
m ado for the subsistence of United States pris-
oners attracted the attention Of the de ent,
and the matter was inquired into. The re-
suit was that the Pueblo account was discovered
to be fraud ulent In many respects. Sheriff Ellis
of Pueblo county, one Of ShanenburR's deputies,
whose signature was appended to one OF tho
vouchers OF this account, was arrested, snd pro-
nounced the signature Of his name a forgery.
Many of the prisoners claimed In the account to
have been sut sisted at the rate OF from t115 to
81 90 per day, had not even been arrested, and
the names Of respected Colorada ans were In many
instances registered and sworn to. For the June
rendered, t5,628.5O OF which Is alleged to be
fraudulent. 1he three other accounts for the
same wear we're brought on and investigated by
a special agent OF the dc partme mt, with the same
results. Prosecution was then commenced
against SnanenDurg. He was taken before
United States Commissioner Brooks, waived
examin alton. and was held for appearance at
the Septem Der term, 1875 At this term four in-
dictments were found against him, to all of
which he pleaded not guilty The cases were
continued. and bail liked AT f2O,OOO.
At tue April term, 1874, at Pueblo, o number of
Indictments had been found for alleged fraudu-
lent entries of land about eighty OF the IN
dicted parties were mythical, aud consequently
no warrants could be issued. Neyerthe less
ShaYe bure charged for the arrest OF thess par
ties, his own mileage to place Of arrest u iIeage
for himself and mythical guard from place Of
arrest To- nlace of connnement and them charged
for suosisting the mythioaI parties In iaiI Tor
terms OF various length AT Al 80 p.r dav per
man
For the November term 1874. At Central an
account of az b0l sS WAC rendered 81 vhich
40 6sS M 4. cir,med 10 he fraudulent Charass
are 10 sds for twelve United States prisoners in