The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-10-30
reasons T,ls NOT SUPPORTING !. 4.


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Our readers are we'll aware that ]. a.
Town is up for a third term as. Sheriff
Of Mobiles county, having put himself
on the slate and then manipulated the
delegates so as to secure his owl nomi-
nation. We, in common with scores
of other voters, are opposed to his
reelection, (D because he las held
the Office two terms and should stand
aside for better man; (2) because he is
one of the old Ring combination, form
ed of Worthingtoll men to feather their
own nests and control the county; ~
because lie is unfit to hold the Office by
reoson of his gross partially in favor
icg friends and furnishing enemies, his
bitter prejudices and enmities, his fav-
oring one attorney as against another
in the discharge OF his duties; his noto-
RIOTS attempts to pack juries and his
disregard of Inv in his official c0ndnct.
Let us give few facts showing his un-
fitness for the position:
l. III October, 1876, he levied on 40
barrels Of flour, $50 bushels OF wheat
and 8 tons Of shorts in AL execution a.
gainst G. Z. Sutton s. co.. and delivered
it all to Peter Thompson and G. Luck
ey rs receiptors, but when the day Of sale
came the receiptors failed to produce the
flour, wheat and shorts and never deli
vered it up, and Town suffered it to pass
without.an effort to regain it, but re-
turned the execution without making
any part of the money, it being for So
2SG,75 in favor ofMiller, Humiston &
Co.. and Walter Mann.
But i'll the following December he
levied Oh 5000 pounds Of flour in an ex.
ecntion against G. y. Sutton II Co., for
$500 in favor Of Auerbacl,, Finch,
Culbertson & Co., wherein D. Rohrer
was attorney, and sold the -four and
made the full amount ofthe debt. The
reason for this difference WAS that Town
was bitter enemy of Miller, Humistoa
Il Co., and Rnhrer was the attorney IL
gainSt them, while in the secOhd in
stance, lie was friendly to the ST. Paul
house and Rolrer was their attorney.
9. There are many instances in which
executions have been placed in his hands
for service and he would wait till the
expiration Of the GU days, given by law
as the extent of time, before collecting
it and without making amy levy at all,
but there are others in which a levy
would be made at once, with H. great
flourish and the property be advertised
for sale in the shortest possible time
| 3. AS further illustrating his bitter
ness toward enemies and his favor TO
friends, take this case: lie attached
some fix and barley belonging to one
of his enemies and hired two bins of
| Peter Thompson to store it in for six
ard half months, paying therefor out
of the property attached the enormous
sum Of $500. Also in the same case, he
paid D. Shell $39t for keeping four head
Of stock less than five months. In that
one case the sheriff,s fees and the a.
mount so paid out by him amounted to
over $500.
1. AS showing disregard of law in
his official conduct, take the case of the
closing out of c. st. John Cole, where
he allowed the St. Paul creditors to Sc
lect and put up goods in such quanti-
ties as suited their wishes, aud ut whole
sale, ard continued the sale to 10 and
IL O'Clock at night. The law says that
the sale shall he between 8 O'Clock in
tie morning and sunset. In The sale of
the property of Bennett & GrissclI
goods were bid off by his deputies and
for himself and some were afterwards
sold ut private sale. The law says,
neither the officer holding tt execu-
tnn nor his deputy can purchase, ":.nd
that mo officer shall directly or indi-
rec,ly purchase any goods and chatt tells
at any sale made by him upon execu-
tion.'
In the case of Kimball & Distad some
OF the goods were sold at private sale
by Il son OF Dan Rohrer, when the law
says 1.-THE sale shall he made by auction"
The two cases last mentioned also
furnish capital illustration of the one.
sidedness of the Sheriff Everything
that he could do to worry and ]lumiii-
ate Bennett was done, while on the 9TH
er hand. everything that he could TO as
Sheriff to let his friend Lon Kimball
down easy was done.
At the time of these two sales. it was
hotoriously report ed that he hal his
deputies stationed about the rooms to
bid the goods up on tie people, and one
OF his best friends renal krd that if y
Sheriff would 10 that where lie came
from: that wonld be the last S:,eriTs
term for him.
S. Town is a collecting agent also,
and it is claimed that he uses lis posi-
ton as Sheriff to compel payment,
where he has 40 process. The FARMERS
throughout the county are we'll aware
That Their notes tor machinery are in
his hands. They also can answer
whether they are fniluenced in their ac
ton us debtors when called upon bv the
Sheriff of the county to pay their notes.
The law says, no sheriff, deputy sher-
if or coroner Shall, with intent to be
employed in the collection of ANY de-
nland, advise or counsel any person to
commence ATTY action or lr1,ed;ng. -
Can he bea collecting agent without
violating this statute? 1t he could. it
can very easy be seen how improper it
is to so act except III his official cal,aci-
ty with IL process. how many have
surrendered to him their property. sup
. posing he took it bysvrtue Of his o.1ict,
AS sheriff, when he WAS acting merely
rs suO-agent under me cut-thrOat
, chattel mortgage. No doubt Nj. Pot
ter. of Westside, can answer for one.
Had his official boud been Walk re-
dress might have been had III the courts