Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-27
THE oGNVIcrsD TLSoAs.
Their sentence Deferred Until Fra
day guprning-Tbe Prisoners wore

this morning to nnlurblb vi cutiou9 Wa
nesses who were eager TO witness ING IN
,,rscadenTtd spectaole OF sheriff OF the
county OF Nav York, his son md hereto.
fore reputable and respectable member OF
the bar arraigned as convicted conspirA-
tors. Few Of those who sought aumittance
sllceeeieCi In obtaining 1t, but thoss lew
were sufficient ia numbers 10 MI every seat
in the court room. Their curiosity, now
ever, WAS fqted to remain unsatlenen as
sentencs was postponed until Friday next,
1T 10. 80 O'Clock.
Sheriff Flaok and his son william entered
the court room ut 10 O'Clock accompanied
ty Judge Russell. Flaek looked stollu hs
usual and II his position Was felt there was
no Indication In his tSpres'tonless race OF
tho fact. The son look more composer
than on Saturday night when he heard inc
verdict OF the Jury.
few minutes Inter Lawyer Joseph
Maeks entered In company with his lawyer,
MIR. Bird. Mr.. Weeks seemed cheerful and
ut once got into conversation with num-
bar OF friends. Judge Barrett took his seat
Mt 1O.l5 O'Clock.
Sheriff Fiack OF New York waston Mon
day served with papers from Governor Hi
requiring him to show cause whyhe should
not ba removed from office.
New YoIK, March 25.-The sheritf's ofllee
OF kaw TX got a terrible raking over the
coal to-day ~ the hands OF the grand Jury.
| At noon, amid perfect silence, Foreman
RhuAdea o. the grand jury, arose In Judge
Fiizgerald's court, Part |, general sessions,
and tnade the ptasentment. II Affects the
conduct oi the oifioo during this past nye
| years.
'tThe prssentment would have been con-
siderably shorter, your honor" the foreman
said, "but the further We probed the mat
ter the more material We found rfil 3cting
| on the conduct OF affairs In the sherl1s
office. There Is not one single element OF
redeeming feature about 1t. II is BLACK
| record OF violated law, tardy justice, cor
| ruption aud bribery, Something must be
done, and that quickly.
| "Tho grand i0ry requests that you order
a copy OF the pr.sentment sent to the gov
ernor and legislature, in order that proper
legislation may bs mad. The whole husi-
mess "a 4 standing disgrace to thu alt7 %
New York and the aga ia which We liye."
Judge Fitzgerald accepted the present.
menr and thanked the JUICY.
The presantment starts with the propo-
sition that during the past five yehrs, aside
from other sources cf the SherlH'5 reve-
uue4. IN. county Of New Yo'k has paid him
n $2lT,25 "a "a teaI and oInpensatlon, and
yet tue ely has expended during the came
perlod for the support Of p'isoners con-
llned In Ludlow Street jalt on civil process
si3 S04 II. Then he Grhnd jury says the
f4~s allowed thus by the board OF estimate
and apporti1nment Is entirety 100 large,
aud thaae fees nettei the sheriff last year
sl6,64S.50 Tor carrying prisoners only a
qlatter OF mile 10 LUDLOW Street jait;
4 SIS 6G1.70 for reporting criminal convic-
tions, and &a,f27 20 for snmmontng jurors +;
IL addit on to which there was apprppri ted
fI2,0OO for other shetfif's fees, and 100000
for support OF prisoners nj the ilil. Then
the abuses In connection with the sheriff q
snes are attacked as being viG.ou-ly let TO
the unprinciplei practices Of political aue.
tioneers. Thus, ia tho past uc years,
there haya been appropriated by the
sheriff. S!S 1853 50 for this very purpose-to
pay these aue1iOuenrs.
H. Il sho WI that thu sharin's clear profits
last year, over and above all possible leglt.
imats expenses, were 100000, hut how
much mora profit hs derived from extra
compensation" cannot b. a3certained, for,
as the presentment adds: ellis accounts
have been so loosely Eept that very little
satisfactory information can ba obtained
from them. Eatrles Of payments made aud
moneys received for private and ofiiela
purpo o. are iudiscfimlnately Mingled. By
chance or design, 30 THAT hi private EeCre
tary may claim with apparent truth that hC
Is unnhln to testify rs to tho nature OF th'
ydriuus entries. But greater abuses thar
these exist aud have existed almost unin
terrupteily for many years past. For q
years, over which the evidence taken b!
the grand Jury spreads, tae affairs of thu
shBnff's office In this county have besn ad
minister Ell with an entire disregard OF tn
obligations imposed by law upon TIT
sheriff"
The "Order OF Arrest Department" 1
summarily disposed OF In the presentment
|, says "the employees of the dep irtmen
n IN f4t VAN FFuI oil on IN a
money in consideration OF performing tn
duties BIZ law Gevolving npon them, II |
u degrading spectacle. The sherifi's office
at the present time, and for a long tim
past. Is AMI has been talntet 4 md corrupt
For the purpose OF gaining advantage Ia
consistent with official sworn duty, an,
the legal rights OF Others, at ofn1e ha
, been br usht into public scandal an
: ipfamy."
Fixed salaries for tho sheriff and all hi
sub0rdlnatss constitute the final recom
m"ndattou OF the presentment.
Ia connection with the slaughter OF IN
nnetnts" in tao fgmrRnv organic AtiOn
above outlAeh, u gentleman VINO Is gansr
, ally considered wrlllnf0fmsd on polttica
matters told a reporter this morning thu
! RtrhA,d Croker, the TAmmauy chieftRiu
was on his way back from Europe. MI
! GHfoy said hn expected Mi. Croker Woul
ratlrn very soon. II b" did not come bac
9 shortly Mr., Gtlroy said ne would call
. nesting OF the committee Of "a and cleo
9 another leader.
: "Ta iofca fammanY into an eInbRrrassIn
! porlri5n," SAID prominent Republican
7 land TO punish the organization Tor ha
, political faith In parceing out police ia,
tica patronage thu Faasott investigate
. was star ed, with theresult thst the Leader
D Of the org tnizatiol are now only TO
I anxious to make their peace with thei
Q prosecutors"
. FLkCK ~ FEAR OF THE WORST.
!. Whil4 Il Il admitted that sheriff. Flnek
!. conviction does not carry with II renew
y from oflice, ~ 1t l. only nisdemsHnc
aud noE an "infAmlus crime" under IN
!, statutory definition, Sill the governor
citation for him TO show cause or bs n
moved Is locked upon quite seriously /
: Flheg and other nolitipians.
l Mrs. ARIy A. Flaek's bona tlde suit ia
r divorce from her husband, Sheriff FlacE
u watch was down for trial to-day Was pos
!. poned to the second Mon ay in April.
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