Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
THE SHERIFF EXP, AIMS.
HE DOESN'T OWE JERAtJ1,Dc o11N
TY THIRTY DOLLARS.g

TY THIRTY DOI.LARs.Y
several Voters Can Now See An Ex-
PLANTATION In Print, That Exon
crates The Sheriff And
Shows His
Honesty.
Under the heading"A Delicious NOR
sci for the Taxpayers to digest" the
True Republican of July, ID, says;
By referring to the commissioners
proceedings Oh the local page, among
bills allowed will be found one to J. NJ.
Spears OF $l75 for boarding the three
horses taken on attachment with other
property OF w. j. Williams. Now.
when we stop to consider the value of
the horses in question (Which has been
placed at an average of not over $50
each by competent judges it can be
seen at once that they have already
cost the county more than they are
worth-simply for their keeping; and
that, too, when they might have been
LEFT with Messrs y. E. and E.G. Will
liams, who were perfectly responsible
for their safe keeping. And this is
not all: 1t will be seen that Sheriff
Spears bill was for $3.50, and Commits
sloner Sickler is our authority for the
statement that MIR. Spears offered to
turn over. to the county treasurer
sum of about $50, costs in certain
case in which the late L. H. Tarble was
interested, which were paid by the
county, but some months ago RENTED
by said L. H. Tarble to him (Spears)
provided the commissioners would al
low his bill in full! How is this? The
Republican endeavors never to make a
statement regarding matters of serious
Importance without authority, and the
above are the sources given. Tax-pay-
er, how do you like it? Do you call
this efficient and honest conduct?
The True Republican has hashed up
Delicious Morsel for the Taxpayers
to digest Truly it is a delicious NOR
sci, but who is to blame? Some one
please explain.
On the 2Sth day of June 1887, a war
rant of attachment was put into my
hands in the case Of Jerauld county VS..
WI. Williams, ct al. Said attach
ment reads thus:
Now, you are Hereby Commanded
and Required to attach and SAFELY
KEEP all the property of SAID defend
ant. within your County, not exempt
from execution; or 80 much thereof as
may be sufficient to satisfy the Plain
tiff's demand above stated, together
with costs and expenses, as security
for the satisfaction of such Judgement
as said plaintiff may recover in said
action; unless the defendant give you
security by the undertaking Of at least
two sufficient sureties, in an amount
sufficient to satisfy said plaintiffs de-
mand, besides costs, or IN an amount
equal to the value of the property
which has been or is about to be at
tached, in which case you will take
such undertaking; and when this war
rant shall be fully executed or dis
charged, you are required to return the
same, with your proceedings thereon,
to this Court.
Now, you see, this attachment did
not say to attach all of said defendants
property, except his horses, neither
did it say to knock the horses in the
head; but to safely keep, etc. Could
they be safely kept without care and
feed? Would any taxpayer in the
county be compelled to keep three hor-
ses forty-two weeks without pay? 1
say compelled because [ was ready at
any time to turn said horses over upon
proper authority. It was not my bus
mess to run after any one to have them
give bonds in the case, yet did go to
the bondsmen and tell them would
turn the horses over to E. Williams if
they would receipt for them, which
they declined to do. Now if, as the
True Republican says, Messrs O. E.
and E. G. Williams were so perfectly
responsible for. their safe keeping, why
did they not come up to the require
ments of the attachment and save the
taxpayers the trouble of digesting
this delicious morsel. Then the True
Republican says; "And this is not all;
it will bes that Sheriff Spears bill
was for $4,000 etc., as much as to say
1 was to blame for this expense on the
county. I know that $4,000 is a big
bill, but forty-two weeks is quite a
while to keep three horses. Tax-pay-
ers, reckon it up at $3.50 per head each
week, or 211s cents per head a day, and
then add $1.0O for condition powders,
and you will have the bill that makes
this delicious morsel" for the tax-pay-
ers to digest. The TRUE Republican
then makes false, statement and
quotes ME-. Seeker as his authority.
After reading this false statement
called on Mr.. Blosser in company with
(Mr Sickler, who said that he had not
made such a statement. [ then ex-'
planned to Mr.. Blosser how it was and
asked him to rectify it, but instead Of
doing 50 he says in the True Republi-
can of July, 9th;
Inquiry at the treasurer's Office re-
yeaIs the fact that Sheriff Spears has