Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-08
THE AUDITORS AGAIN
SrU kEi Eis', SPURIOUS CASES FUR
TIER CONSiDJEED-
MIR. Rash, the Constables and Alderman
Spurrier Recalied-Tne alderman
Brought In by tile Sheriff Iefu-es
to Testify.

Brought In by tile Sheriff Iefu-es
to Testify.
The county auditors in the course OF
their investigation into the crOokedhess OF
the lhirty-three cases and 1tty-One COM
m;tments made by Alderman Spurrier out
OF the arrest Of fifteen tramps Lear New
Danyille, last August, discovered q "cliOGS
disagreement between the co:ninit:!:cntS
in The hands of the prison officials and the
cons;ables' bills, made out by Alderman
SDurricr. and now in the hands Of the
auditors. That more light might be
thrown upon these apparently dark way :,
the auditors recalled several OF The pa
tics Interested.
Farmer i:ush's Testimony.
Mr.. Henry G.. Rush being recalled yes
tcrday afternoon was examined and testi-
fled substantially as follows, the cxamila
ton being conducted principally By Audi
tor G;eider
Q.-You stated in your folmcr tcs. i
mony that you signed lG or /. complaints
against the .ramps an. stCd in your woods,
and you signed these complaints as for
.Lem hcing tramis only, after the hear
ing : Ayes ; | canIiot say positively,
but think signed one complaint for each
tramp.
O.-Mr. Srurricr testified hero that You
made The con- plants charged i'll bis ellis,
So in all, against the II men, and thai b."
prepared them and you signed then: ali,
and that you did not complain against ANY
Of them Tor being tramps? A. made 10
ccnrla:nt ether than as tramps made 40
complaint iG- drunken and li>uidciIy con
duct, malicious mischief or larceny.
Q.-Iuu testified that !hcre WAS buS
one hearing III all tL"se cases, and MIR.
Spurritr testified that they were heard al
different times: A. Was present at only
one hearing, when all the tlamps were
present an;! disposed of.
Owe have the commitments here
lrom the lisun. Your name appears on
two complaints only {; whereas on the al
derman' ; bill !onr name appears ;%' times
as prosecutor A.-After the iramps
pear before Alderman Spurrrr the
tramps were standing there i'll . row ]
had no, thrr made a complaint aga!iss
any of them tn :,lji.ruian as1ea II"
whether r'crgniZch these .Hen - bei:i :
the tramps in NY woods answered yes;
he then asked several of the witnesses if
they recognized them, and toy s,i, ;hey
did. The trami,s were then i&kei' 10 jail.
The alderman then handed rae III "r | t;
papers /" sign .is complement, a";,,nst the
trimIE.
O.-Did these tr:tmi,i commit larceny
On yu,ir prcmiS:s OF malicious mischief,
or were they dunk :iII ISnrdcrly in Ia"
neighbcrliood A.-Thcy did not st2,.i
anything from H... !; they wer.: not drunk
nuv disoldcrly nor dad tncy G"ln..jS any
malicious mischief. T.,ey annrEch the
neighbors by going 10 .hclr E"'lSH:', a>iii'i.;
for Heais, &c.
Q.-lou stated tia, y'l! lave iivc> miles
from the city and thai :,::,.!,: Gi the vii
ncsscs were men who worked on yi'il
farm can you furnish s,s Ill the name., ~;
witnesses Subpunacd? A.-IcS all the
Witnesses live within five mites o! the city;
(witme,S NAMED them, Is II. aHl the vi;
messes were not IL! r,rs"n. III the heat'-
ing.
The auditors say they ii, not object Ia
tho arrest and coinmiitii ii t!,cnc men IL
tramps. but they do ohjcc: to the tru;ni
ing up of charges against: them thar Mc'''
not made Tho charge: against thc'n
warC evidently made for tho purpose q"
making costs for the alderman and c"A
stables, not to meto Oh; justice. / ~
coi.siaaIes charged 263 miles Travelled III
arrcstins these II tramps five miles from
tho city, and they served ;S9S subpnna>
and Travelled 4lS miles to serve the s;.i,
,rnas Oh the witnesses aId 1o2 miles IL
committing them to ijail-Sl3 miles II
al--at = cost TO the county Tor aldermen
fees of al02 and cOnStabies' fees Si:j'.
Thc CoI,s.ablcs' Testimony.
COnstables Lcman, Cramcr ani SHAY
were before the auditors sevcra! days ago
but it was thought best not To putli:!
their testimony until Mr.. Rush and IL
dermaa Spurricr had been heard. i.!'it
testimony was substantially IA follows:
Police Officer B. +. Leman being CALI,
was questioned in regard to the :,rrcs: .
the tramps and answered substantially a
follows | assisted in a:icStih;: ;iiG::
tramnS | went three o. four times IL al
rest them made no complaints :s.s:ii.';
any of them Mr.. Rush (witO made lii'
coinpIints) lives l.! miles below Ne"
Dauyi:.a all these tramps were arrested
there | assisted in taking them TO ia
and also in returning them on final coGi
mitmcnt. They were arrested withou
warrants and taken to the station Ecusc
cant say wl,ethcrt they remained there al
night | do not rccolect the charges
named in tho commitments ; do not rc
member taking out other commitment
after delivering the prisoners and com
mitmcnts to the lallOrS cau:o
name any Of the men rs being drunk an
disoricrly MIR. Rush complained OF hi
loss of rails and cOrdwoOd can't give tii
names of witnesses On whom L Serve'
subpuuas / subpu,naed ono of Kush
men and there may have been more
never made any arran cement with any OH
tD Day Coz information that wOui lead I
the arrest Of tramps : l was present at tn
hearing which was put off Cnce; do nc
know for what cause tho milcag, charge
is for Tic distance calculated rs travelled
| suI;c.naed all tho witnesses on my bi
twic. When mako complaint | sig
Tie complaint: know nothing Of havin
complai...l against these parties tno
nothing Of The 21 cases in which appaa
Us prosecutor on the commitments for
hearing.
Constable George Cramcf testified sui
staniially to the same fac:s-asS'stcd
She arrest, had no warrant, made 10 con
plants asainstt TIC men, and lever ollcrc
30 cents a head for information that wuli.
lead to the arrest Of tho tlampS.
Constable George Shay testified to I'll
same facts, adding that the mileage char:
ed was all correct, but did rot know no
it was computed. The auditors called IL
witness attention to the fact that t!
commitments at the prison showed th
bills showed that Mr.. Rush had made t!
cnmplaints--how is that? Witness a,
swc!esi that he signed 10 ctmp'lints
any of these cases to tho ir.: Of l.
knowledge