, 1876-04-30

| emolument account. Tho witness had made
demand upon j. Russell Jones. the Marsha
1t that time. for money, aud his auswer Wa.
that ne VAS surprised that the demand
should be maae upon him. When Jones
was getting ready to 20 as Nln1eter to Belgium,
| he sent for the nitness, and told him that. as
they had no settlement. be had instructed Mr..
Cotes to give witness 81, 2U0 for the first year,
nun for the balance OF the time. aud asked the
Witness II that would ba satisfactory. The Wit
mesa said it would, if he onlv got the money, but
1t had never been paid. The witness wrote INN
letter. four mouths ago. asking him il ha "as
going to stand to his agreement, and Jones said
he was surprised st such . question.
STATEMENT BY TIE HON. J. RUSSELL JONES.
4 TRIBUNE reporter called upon the Hon. J.
Russell Jones last night, and, during n long con-
versation, Mr.. Jones made the following state
ment:
..Dnring the carly part OF my incumbenoy as
Marshal, Mr. George L. Webb Was my Chief
Deputy. Afterwards Mr. Coies. now dead. took
bis place. When / lett in 1869, turned the Of
fee over to Marshal Campbell, WHO retained my
Cotes Is reliable and trustworthy man.
Il didn't suppose when 1 left. aud don't
suppose now, that I owed any man, woman, or
child dollar, or that I had any outstanding
obligations or promise OF any kind, namo. or
nature whatever. Sir. Webb is nov in the city.
aud is man Of unquestidned capacity, and l
have yet to hear OF the first thing against his
honor. belie:e him to be as honest 3 man as
there is in Cook County. He bad entire charge
OF the Office business. prepared ali the returns
aud settlements With the department for my sE-
nature, and It WAS impossible for any crooked
ness to have occurred without bis knowing it,
and regard it rs utterly impossible for him to
have been part. to anything that Was not per-
fectly straight The same. think. may be said
Of Mr: cotes. who had charge OF the Office after
Mr. Webb left me- up to tho t.mo I went abroad
in 1869.
'The statement that my deputies earned
larger Sums than were paid them ls true. Tho
salary Of = Marshal is fixed BY law 1t $500 Per
that is by serving processes himself, OF by get
ting portion Of his Deputies earnings. For in
stance, the law authorizes the Marshal to allow \
daputy IS per cent OF the fees earned By such
deputy. Ths difference between the rs per
cent and the amount allowed the deputy goes to
make up the Marshal's compensation, which can
in no event exceed 5000 per year. The gross
sum received bv me during the eight years Was
Marshal (from 1861 to 1869 VAS S43,042.43,
equal to IS. 5.330.30 per year, OF 81, 955 less than
vRs entitled by law to receive.
MIR. Caulheld is fully apprised Of the char
Acter OF his wituess Tourteilotte- There is prob
ablp not more uumitigated scoundrei in this
community. No one who knows anything about
starting to Washington be Was asked what WAS
taking him On there, and bis reply was. There
are men here who can q great deal better afford
to pay me $4,000 or 5, 1000 than have me 60 On
to Washington
~ am credib1y informed that be lives princi-
pally on blacsmail. There are plenty Of people
in town who know Of this mans performances.
aud it is not improbable shat the vhole CON-
munity Hill knoH OF them before he il much
older.
AFTER hearing the testimony OF Mr. Nun
son, Who was my deputy for eight years. Afr.
caulfeld told Chicago gentleman q few DAYS
ago that the only evidence OF irreEularity he
Marshal's Office was the custom had OF send
ing wr1ts out to bs served oy special deputy,
and charging mileage where the writ was sent |
and returned by mail. NY understanding is that !
this is done by ali Marshals and she1ifs. The |
mileage allowed by law is but cents mile |
Zach way, which is less than the average railroad
rates in these days"