New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
.e,.ice docs the Sheriff give for this A-summonns

w. BOurke Cochran lnterlcreu anu pic'cH'"
the witness from uttering the yes thac was
apparently on the tip of his tongue
Thomas Boese, clerk Of the Superior Court SAID
that in 1855 he paid the Sheriff $0o'. IN iooo
| SG2l, in 1887 $3.50, in 1888 5000, ana III io0'
$644. a round total of $SO,1s2 J..
| Mr. Ivins-Does the Sheriff perform any service 10
your knowledge for which this is paid' A.-Nohe 10
Mr. Cochran dndienantly)-But the fees are pre-
scrbcd by statutel A-les. A., c,o,,1 e ra,d tvrice
aa By The oxGns wms # the Ine eo@mee
wish TO nas Mr. M COCHRAN a Won't his
post of friendship daugh'er9 r will, Get on better in
thai rclafion ! don't know how we would get on
with him as counsel. Uaughter)
Joel O. Stevens. the veteran OF the Sheriil
office. next took h. seat in the witness-chair
and said. in answe' to the question what Is
vour occupaton :" Il can safely say. sir. l have
no occupation at present
But he said he had been deputy sheriff until
,ho resicnation of Flack He served during
Flack's occupancy Of the Office, during Grant
and during a portion of Mr.. Davidsons. lie
first went into the Sherffs Office in August 1Sol
Since then he had only been out" two terms, ana
| he had been undcr-sherilf during the terms OF
Sherifis Kelly, O'Bren, Bowe and Davidson
Mr. Ivins asked him about his experience in
| regard to bookkeeping i'll the Sheriifs Office lie
said that in Sheriff Davidsons term that the Red
Book played general utility" 1t was as a rule.
an entire "epitomc of the receipts of the Sheriff.
outside of the county bills. But he said that he
| didn't mean to include the receipts of deputy
shcriiis nor of auctioneers, nor Of keepers lees
| The Red Book was as a cash book 1t was footed
| up monthly, but he did not think it was footed
| up yearly. He didn't know anything about the
| manner in which that book was kept during the
| term of Mr.. Grant.
Mr. Ivins-What books, if any, were kept by sherin
Davidson TO show the condition OF his accounts WIN
| the cityl A.-The city bill book. in which all the
| bills were copied. They were made out and then
Odd the sheriff keep any book of disbursements
by him against those items ana receipts from 'e oit9
ANo Sir rot to my sn9Tsdge @ o6S .s maid in one wear
to the sheriff for sending the names Oh conH,v'S 81
the secretary of state how much dld II actually coso
sheriff AL do not know emrvdG 1nnE leTe re TeaG aSa
! work You should subpoena them 49,.
You DO not imagine that the three OF 1 iour men so'
S24 O00l A. ,smine) no, sir: 90 not, not, ,oruo,v IN
Q.Was not the sum of 30 cents heaa iarfc dor, ~,
excess Of the aetna soS, GGi' ot to 6a 5f scf Oo
os per head for the of prisoners IS
exGess Of the e aftpai m % sSs csc s maer impression
c. How much OF pron anr,ie e. r for tec snecal
mus! have been six or seven deputies iOr INC
o.~rlcy were paid saariesl A-lcs, an average
u o'DWere not they general deputies well A.
No. they were only for that specific purpose ..,o,,
Q-1hey consequently got no other compcrSai,on mon
| than their salary A.-so far as KNOW" s'r' 'ios
Gin the year SIS sheriff Grant got $1,000 for
rcporting names to the Secretary OF state Judslhs
from your lnowedse OF the cost wnep on os yoH prSS
| 10 the cncrinl A.-Wcn, should imagine perhaps
/ a half or twothirds o..o ..o
senior employc in the ShcriiI's Office Al tmhh
outrankct them ale age a well as scrVi'e q, -, -,
Q.-l ask your opinion with regard 10 IN" pOssluI',N
NJ conducting the business Of the sherih's oicc satls
factoiily and thoroughly were that Office made saai,
Office were The deputies also salared, ana asssHcu W
specific localitlesl Any impression Is. Sir that
the time has now when IL can b. madc saArI,'
The sheriff has been relieved Of vast amount @ o.
responsibility that he used 70 have. but thcN ar
st certain responsibilities which hc cannot get H'
senator Fassc-t-IIow much would he adequate
salary A.-Weli don think $1,000 Won" DO
o~How much !. the Sheriff making nowi Al
'o'-wouid hc 5000 be more than he IS getting
or Iessl A.-Wcn. should hate 70 chanr,-l should
pFer the rrSs1 system II weGe Gsr sne %eri, for Mr.
Davidson lad You an idea @, his inconcl A.
nearly as can recoec s-o snood So6 say 1t was all ID.
o-Don't YOU think the income is as much a. thai
now Nv own % 81 conr.o IS ye know no,Gina 9Sn
abou, this / AN only giving You my impression
Frederick j. Brctt1nan. examiner of claims in
the Controllers ohoe said tat lie examined
the bills of the Sheriff. lie was asked:
Q-what course do YOU pursue FOR The purpose Of
checking the accuracy of the shcriirs billSl An
regard TO the ja bills ! first SEE that have an oath
from every prisoner unable TO support himself Ihei
examine the register OF the County JAN ana ma the
date, of receiving u prisoner and Of his discharg'
| Q-Ilow long have you been examining The bills
A.since the time that Mr Davis got into trout ths'
was In 1873 1o-4-cle time that he wa indicted
Q.-What precautions do you take for the purpo- OF
| A-Ihose that are conveyed from the City Prison H.
the Court Of General sessions ascertain by cxamn
ing acquisitions from the District Attorney. In tn
case Of those taken to the Pcnit ntary examine The
| rsccfpts of the warden, ana then tncrc ore "a i-N
others who g the House Of Refuge and the Catholic
Irotcctory and l have a receipt from the warden OF
the Keeper OF these institutions,
O.-iiow do yOu check the bill for the return Of
! eonvclions7 Al examine the registers in the
courts if the table compares with the i'll Of tn
sheriff am pretty well satisfied that the Sheriff Il
correct In many cases the Sheriff has not charged for
o-Do You know whether the Sheriff keep.
nv' t'H' Linn 10 The civ and Count. 70.
which services those bills are charged which sho~
the cost Of the services to him; which show The
amounts Of receipts from said billsl A.-No, have
o-Do you know Of any reason why the sheriff a
public officer in the receipt Of appropriations for th'
performance Of specific duties should not keep books
/ mean far as the appropriations Of the cit,
and county concerned. leaving a-ds altOs theI
The matter Of bis relations 10 litlgatonsl ? A-Wc!l,
think should keep book for my own safeguard
have "a ,c Of public books. to belong the city and
county, the all other Offices OF this kind Whcr
funds OF this sort arc rcceivedl Al do not know O
any.
Do you know of any reason why the Sheriff
should keep those bocks?' cried Mr.. Cockrar
impaticntly Il do not was the reply.
Then Mr. Cochran went on to make out thai
the funds are private property when they are
put into the Shcrin's hands; and that, In eIec;
after they had been paid out Of the public fund
and registered, nobody had any business 20 asl
the Sheriff for books in which account Of thf
sums was kept
Mr. lIOardman asked how the prisoners were con
vcyed 10 their destinations
Nir Cochran remarked that they were conveyed
in various ways, in street-cars, handcuifcd ant
H., tu,ec- If neSr Ia
that expense But from the witness it. asccr
tancd that the favorite vehicle for the convey
ancc of fhc prisoners what is called the Blac
Maria"
Mr. Boardman asked if there was more thar
; one Black Maria" lLaughter.) No. there wa
only orc Maria, and it was the hereditary prop
ertv Of the line Of sheriis
Mr. WINS said 81 understand that the Blacl
| Maria has been bought by one Sheriff. and tina
IL has been handed down by the ShcrGs TO thci
succcssoiS?"
rcl ~ IL. o. con.