The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-07
SALTMARSH SHORT.
1t May Also Be Said He Has Skipped.
Startling But Not Surprising Reve-
lations in Police Circles.
Day Station Keeper Charles 7. Salt
marsh Fugitive.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Short,
And the End Is Not Yet.
Only Fifteen Months of Six Years
Term Investigated.
Three Police Officers of Superior
Rank tho Examiners
Patrolman Chastaine, Colored, En-.
tiers the Opening Wedge.
Patrolman Chastaine, Colored, En-
ters the Opening Wedge.
An Uncredited Payment OF SO and
Its Disastrous Effect.
saltmarsh's Whereabouts Unknown,
Having Left His Homo-Is Anybody
Else Involvsdp--Defaio On
Mittimuses-He Had Time TO
Flee, and why3


Charles 'Tecumsel" Saltmarsh. for six
years past tho expert book keeper at he
police station. aud also day station.koepcr,
has gone wrong
His shortage is known 10 be between
S2,OOO aud 50, 600 and the investigation has
hardly begun.
In addition TO the further deficits likely to
be disclosed rs the examination progresses,
there are doubtless hundreds perhaps thou
sands OF dollars which he has enjoyed, but
which will never be placed In column
against him, at least In their entirety.
Tho latter presumption will be given lis
basis later on in this account
VI. saltmarsh has skipped and Is now no
. doubt beyond harms lightning.
About one month ago II suddenly dawned
rpon the clty's police authorities that IL
might prove good thing to have an
ovcrhauling Of books, papers, etc. Chief
Davis Capts. O'IIavcr aud IIackctt oonsti-
tutcd the examining board. The mtiimuses,
which had lain In the pigcon-holcs until the
dust almost entirely covered thcm were
taken up They were for period Of two
proper 10 explain at this point, for the bcnc.
III Of those who know nothing about police
Affairs what mittimus II, aud the beauties
of it, existence In Memphis police circles.
Whenever person II arrested the chances
ore eight 10 one that hc will be fined In
very great many instances some one viii be-
come responsible for the payment of the
fine. the man j. released and u miitinus Is
made out In the larger proportion uf these
instances fIH FqaUnuailln fHFItrs urp TUna
nccted with the Police Department from
the prtrolmcn up Ia President MADDEN,
hut usually IL lay between the Captains Of
Police aud detectives. These officers under
stand 81 course, what their act Imposes
upon them. yet the fact remains that great
stncks " them were found b. be- unsntisiei,
though some q them went back into iss1.
report came Ia the ears Of an ArrENL
reporter. from % reputable officer, that the
findings ~ the Examining Board vcrc very
greatly against some II the ranking police
men, Applicai ON WIS made by the reporter
o. Chief Davis for the respective numbers sp
found. but Dc was informed that no record
had been kept. hence the figures wen" not
forthcoming. The reporter then took nn.
other step. lie went 10 the mittimus books.
where alleged records Of such pipyis we're
found back To ISIS. Apparently uey were
straight enough up 10 1881 There be-.
Cnn peculiar entries and they continued
ON down 10 the time. Here another
point arises Tor explanation bciov proceed
ing further. Whenever n mittimus was un-
satisfied, there was pencil indprcmcnt ON
the back, 'Miitmns cut with ---, FOR &C.,
responsible" Tho reporter found on tie
records from 1881 ~ December -, ih3s
nearly every one " these pencil mark
erased, some only partially, Others entirely
but signs u The crasuc plainly visible, an'
the simple Endorsement in the proper culuml
a..
tions was written the date March 80, iNT
showing that u WIS the work ~ the exam
lining bnard Capt Ollaycr stated. in au
swcr t0 an inquiry. that the date iudune
meut was hl- writing and that u was don
% put everything IN regular and prupc
SHAPE hut there wcrc scores Of held Ups
bearing no date al an along with thos
~ indurscd, even alter The boar
had passed over them. Asked loot
IL came about that these dat,
wcw added Capt oilayer replied. "Mi
MADDEN either sent OF rave instructions Q
hold the mittimus up. bat fiilci o. siTu th
mitiimus aud 10 WAS done simply io CorrcC
the ifcrulanty" 10 this day b o. uncs
planned why ihr heroic task ot ousins al
iho.c pencil marks was undertaken mi 81
successfully gone through with. u Wns vcr
lahorous.
About that time Pair,lmnn Chasiniue. col
nrcd. gave the reporter puintrr That Do
proved The uprulng wedge tn this whole dh
rmcciul state ~ uilhlr. II was this Ahuu
two ycars,aeu De- became surciy fur COLON
woman whom he know, Who wns incl u
IN the Police Court The mitumus Wi
made out. and be was Given an The rcspuus
hliiy voluntarily assumed. The woun
went to work and In due course Of tim
handed the officer tG Of the amount N
Dc turned over o. slltmarh. Recently
was given the mtumua iur the Who
amount. Naturally be- kicked. Then cau
The intctiFation and the result Whaicv'
credit aitachC, 10 any one for g. fcrfchr
out Justly belong "a onlcrf rhnsih.ur WI
ia othrruis credited a. Boz one II the mo
tuclcnt conscientious patrulmcn.
The examination a. date has covered uul
The year isss. aud January February ar
Narh 81 the present year. II u thr iutcl
ton to continue it until the entire period
siimarhs stewardship h gone over.
Now 90 a point whore explanations n
souly needed According 90 Chief phyI
he lloarl of Examiners began dscoycr't
ihc shortage which climbed 10 such o. pa
pn.lnf hight five dhys ago. Instead
mailing the man aud then Collecting %
dhi0nnl evidence against him. hc las d
lowed iull liberty. aud also given inform
ton II what appeared against him. Thr
dayiacu be won't home under pfttrusr oil
mes. Tho discoveries continued. ACHUuii
20 The Chief again. when there was un dlu
oi biz guilt, we sent iur him. as We thuur
De- ought - be- there 10 explain" '',ilt
was ''iu0 III 10 appear. The onmln1tl
produced more oliuchirr and constantly
CnnFng evidences Of Systematic ruhhrf
and yesterday Chief Davis went after {
robbcr 10 bring him up Cor explanation OF
he was gonc' OF course De- was. aud Il
RAIDER will doubtless ask Why wasn't hc
rested NJ the proper lime and given u rhnu
20 explain before n trial court nni iury
ticad oi a board " his associates on thc foi
whose province was not 10 receive c1phi
tonR
AZ THE point, note what a member
the examining board, stated 30 an ArrE
reporter last night with especial rcfcrof
70 preceding discoveries and that s,l'sa
explanation.
''fhe books are IN a snd plight and u "
take time 10 sifaightcn them out We
come near the amount Of the dcidlCuu
after awhile, but We have only the honfa
60 BY and cannot get NJ the rknCt haui
You zee that about t5p0 per month could
misappropriated. and no Lookkseper
earth could find II out How Why. /
way. Say a man IL fined 90 be las