Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-10
THE AUDlTORs.

The AUOlIORS,
Tho Colanbia Ju,e,os. q, IN. ...
Yesterday afternoon the county aud;-
tors resumed their Examination of W
Hayes Grier, justice of the peace of Co,um.
bia. They pointed out to him that he h.d
charged the county fees for search var.
rants, which clearly he had no right to do
and the auditors would not allow his claim
He answered that he was now at tho busi.
ness, and If he had made an error. and
charged for anything he was not entitled
to the auditors should strike it off. They
also pointed ont to him some duplicated
cases, and his answer again was strike
them of, they are mistakes"
The auditors told Squire Grier that they
found his record regularly and neatly kept
except that he was too brief in spreading
the proceeding of the cases upon his
record. He replied that he would know
better hereafter, and would try and con-
form strictly to the law. He was then
dismissed.
" "Rob-talled Sam" Under Fire.
The auditors next had under examina-
tiOn the accounts of Samuel Evans {" bob.
tailed SAM" as the New Err styles him.
also justice of the peace of Columbia.
On being sworn he answered all the
leading questions negatively, as all the
other witnesses had done, and said he had
been a justice of the peace % years.
Tho auditors told him that his bills for
the past five months showed that he had
charged for 2OS cases at a cost to the
county of $371 10 for JUSTICES fees and
1913 .38 for constables :; and that nearly all
his cases were returned ~ committed. He
was then asked whether these cases were
committed to the lookup or to the Jail.
He answered that most Of them were com.
mitted to the lookup.
lit should be noticed here that when
prisoner was committed to the lookup
Squire Evans charged 40 cents for max
ing out the commitment, and allowed tho
cOnstables so cents for committing him
and IL cents for mileage This is viola.
tiOn of the law that our Lancaster alder
men have not yet learned.-REr.]
Tho Squire, in response to other ques-
tiOns, answered that he made out the bills
for his constablcs made them out from
the entries in his docket and made up
his docket at tho time Of tho hearing, ex-
cept when other impOIt tant business pre-
vented. When search warrants are issued
he requires the complainant to pay for
them when the case is not made out.
In answer to another question he said
the cOnstables were entitled to mileage
where they are the prosecutors, and there
were no Other witnesses and the case is
dismissed. Ii any such charges were made
they wclo "c!erical errors"
When q constable took up vagrant
and brought him before tho squire he said
he charged % cents and allowed the con-
stable 25 cents whether the case was dis
charged or committed.
Examination Of Squire Young.
This morning tn, examination of George
Young, jr., 4 justice of the peace of the
First ward. Columbia, took place. He
answered the series Of leading questions
negatively as all the others had done. Last
year he disposed of 2J55 cases, at a cost for
the Justice Of $549. Is and for cOnstables of
s237.7. In reply to a question as to
whether there were not professional pros
ecutors in many cases he answered that he
did not know.
He was informed that his bills
showed that Robert Keech, q con-
stable was prosecutor in lis cases,
all Of which were dismissed, and
was asked whether he did not think that
looked like being professional prosecutor.
He replied that he did not think SO.
lilo .JuS6lC0 Wb0 d0ACu "u0tu0I . A1sb-
jOrity of the cases heard and dismissed by
him were not poor people who had sought
the shelter of the Lookup. He replied that
there might have been some such cases.
He was next asked who G. F.. Young was
who appeared as a witness in no less than
twelve cases in the July bill. He answered
that it was his son.
Mr.. ClarksOn told witness the auditors
had information that persons were picked
up on the streets by runners, who pilOted
then to the station house where COM
plants were trumped up against them,
and then they were taken before the favor
ite alderman Of the runner where after a
brief hearing they were dismissed with
county for costs. He wished to state that
hereafter the auditors would allow no
costs in such cases. The squire answered
that he was glad to hear it.
Mr.. Greider examined the 'squire'S bill
for November, which showed that there
were eighteen duplicated cases, and asked
him if he thought he had right to make
such cases. lie answered that he thought
he had. Some OF these cases were i'm
portant money had been stolen and he
and the officers had spent much time in
ferreting them out.
Mr. Greider called his attention to the
Shay case, where there are charges of
drunken and disorderly conduct and ma
licious mischief, where there was but one
hearing, but fees are charged by both con-
stable and justice. The squire answered
that there were certainly two offences COM
mitted, and therefore there should be two
complaints. Tho accused got drunk, mis-
behaved and broke the windows of citi-
zen.
Mr.. Clarkson-And yet you dismiss
both complaints, with county for costs.
In response to other questions witness
answered that he never allowed cOnstables
mileage for subpGnaing themselves ;
makes out cOnstables' bills from his
docket, and hears no cases of trespass on
the cars of the railroad companies do
not issue blank warrants to officers.
AN UNKNOWN VILLAIN.
Firing at u Man and Afterwards k1lllDg
HIS Horse.
One evening last week while son of
Jacob ZoOk, residing near Binkley's
Bridge, was crossing the bridge on his
way to the pOstOfiice, he was shot at by