Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-07-31
Sheriff kinney.
HE RESIGNS UNDER THREATS OF
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION,
HIS Reports Prove Him In Drfaul,
Over $1,000 for April, Nay and
June-The Shortage tn b. Ascer.
taiutd-NO Successor Appoiutrl.

The County Commissioners met at
half past Z O'Clock last evening, to re-
ce've the resignation Of Patsy Kin.
n-y. The resignation being accept
ell, the Office was declared vacant.
The cause for this action is, 81
course. deficit OF deficits il license
moneys. What the shortage is will
not be ascertsin-d until the hook
and accounts OF the Sheriff's Office
can be compared with those of the
Auditors office. But from Sher fl
Sheriff ki"n-y's own reports for April,
May aud June. 1890, hi is som-
1890 in arrears IN the collections for
those months.
The matter has been long time in
coming to head. owing t. several
causes. The District Attorney, Com
mis,ioners, and even the grand jury
have shown strange and unaccouut
able reluctance to take hold of it..
Then, too, many persons believed
that the Sheriff could pull through
and balance his accounts, if given n
chance TO do so. Instead If this, how.
ever, ma,tsrs kept gong from bad to
worse, until it became evident that
nothing else could happen than what
did happen.
Yesterday morning the following
was drawn up AID adopted, but not
incorporated IN the minutes of pro-
ceedngs, rs it was hoped that the
Sheriff would thereby be spurrrd to
his best Efforts to paw the money:
1t appearing to the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Aturas county
that 2. H. Kinney, Sheriff of :A;tura-
county, is in default {, the said county
IF Alturas in the sum OF $3.50 for
moneys shown to be IN his hands as
Collector of Lie. n>rs by his ON II re-
ports tor April, May and June, 1890,
aud that there are other sums of
money collected by said F. II. Kin
ney in his official capacity and be
longing to Alturas county; it Is there
fore
ORDERED, That the Clerk Of the
Board If equity Commissioners do
notify the several sureties on the
official bond; and that said suret'rs
shall make good said deficiency rs
shown by the reports of said Sheriff
on file in the County Auditors office.
or suit will for same be brought.
The District Attorney is hereby
directed to commence criminal pro.
ceeaings against P. T. Kinney, She.
riff and Collector of Licenses; and
pending the d. termination of the case
said Kline! is hereby suspended as
Collector of Licenses, and
is hereby appointed to
perform the duties of License Col
lec,or for AIturas County.
This was read to Kinney, Who there
unon promised t. fix the matter up
before night. He applied to John
Murphy for ASST t.nce, but that
gentleman could n respond. j. H.
Van Ness was next called upon. H.
made cursory examination of the ac
counts, with the view OF taking charge
of the Office; bat the job proved too
risky one even for the man who sue
ceeded in s'rait-ning out the Assessor
and Tax Collect,r's otfice when Yeates
confessed to shortage Of several
thousand dollars. aud who saved the
county the last cent of its dues AMI
pulled the bondsmen out without the
loss Of dollar.
Baffled at every turn Kinney con.
cluded to resign.
At the meeting of the Board last
night, John Condro: was proposed As
successor to Kinney He would
have got the appointment, but just rs
the Board were about to vote Mr.
Condron said that he could positively
not accept. The Board thcr-upon al
journ.d, and T. NJ. F-rguson, Of Era.
was thin pu, in the field. Friends of
Mr.. Condron went 81 work, circulating
a petition praying for his appointment.
This petition was presented this morn
ing. 1t contained a long list OF names
of Republicans and Democrats, and
must have been signed by aImis'
everybody to WON il was presented
After Mr. Condron's refusal, last
night, however, MIR. Newman en-
coursged 7. NJ. Ferguson. of Era, TO
become a candidate. When Mr.. Con-
dron's petition was received, it there.
fore complicated matters. If Mr..
Conlron had accepted, last night,