The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-28
COCHRANE'S CHEEK.
The County Commissioners VIII
Not ALLOW It--Coehrxne Says He
win see tho County Amer Election
what Democrat szy.

TIE county con nssSssrers aaes vesfer
day and daring The dAy Sheriff co<krsae
haaaacd in bis biz s.sr heard of priponer.
for the quarter ending JEiy 81 TIE sr-
c@sat amounts 10 sl7sa, bss the co-arass-
sioners viii nos slisr more than half OF Il.
The statement ia n2s1e out a. the rate Of n
per dav per head. while s. q matter 81 fac.
he Is entitled 20 pay for only one prisoner
for . days at that rate. Th3s man. william.
Glover. was confined f.5r that length Of
time prior to February Il. when the counsy
commissioners served notice on the sheriff
that they would only pay 90 Gems DAY
thereafter. al OF the balance Of the eiasra
Is suaseq ueat 30 thar date and viii oniy he
audited AZ the rate % eaeenis q isy There
Is also q claim for SIS f0- the hoard
Of Daa. AID Roger Teeumseh. the Ren,on
indians wH0 were accused of murder II
viii be remembered thai the coroner's Jury
decided that The crime could no. be fast
eued upon any enc. Prosecuting Aftorney
Ronald accordingly or1ered them dis
charged. This Cochrane refused 10 do and
Mr. Ronald advised the county commits
saorers TO allow no bills for the prisoners
board At the trial OF the Tecunseh's at
the last terra Of ca1rt, they were dis
charged, after the testimony wss all In. on
notion of Attorney General Netcaife. whe
conducted the prosecution. The board
viii not allow cOckrane's claim for their
support aud this viii leave the account as
follows:
Original claim si7S9 90
Differ. BY reduction to coc coo .
feeuscuseh bill disaliowed ~ % So -
Balance .... 1856 81
WILL STE THE COUNTY
The sheriff told friend that he did not
expect that the board would allow the
clalm. bus that be would wait until after
election and then begin suit for its coll
lection; He viii apparently aequiesce in
the action OF the board AZ present. so as
not TO fnIure his chance of reelection, bat
VIII sue the coHnty after the campaign,
whether elected OF not. Que Of the many
Democrats who have bnlfed the county
ticket. sad yesterday: That's Bill cocil-
rane all through. and such greed ought to
settle him forever politically. He wants
the ONCE again so that he can squeeze
some more iacney out of the county, and
for nothing else. II Is rather surprising
however, that he has the cheek TO present
such an account just as he is entering a
canvas for re election. think he probably
realizes that he has NOT ghost Of q shcw.
and that King county has had enough of
him. say. when Bill cochrane dis s some
one VIII have 10 kill his gail with q club %
ERROR IN THE ASSESSMENT.
An error of s.ss5l was found in Assessor
CUTTERS footing of the total valuations in
the list Of unknown owners. The board
ordered the auditor to go through the en-.
tire roll and see whether other errors ex-
lsted. The ruil shows some pecnliarities
There is column set apart for total valua-
ti9ns Of each individual, but il has not
been used, and as consequence there is
no way of proving the roll except by foot
ing il ell mp.
A petition from c. c. Dubois for a road
in district No. - was granted. This is the
Green river road which the court recently
ordered vacated. on account OF Irregularf.
tics In the original petition.