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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Mr.. Springer. of Illinois. is veXed
because McMiliin, OF Tennessee, has
been made the Democratic leader on
the floor of the House. Mr.. Springer
should not be surprised at that: The
Southern people think they have Il
natuaral and indcfeasible right to
govern this country, and look on the
thirty years which have elapsed since
1860 as so much time unju.tlv taken
from them. If Nj. Springer expects
to get anything from the Democratic
party. he should migrate to some
southern state. The true Southern
idea is that all persons living north Of
the Ohio and Missouri rivers are
Northern mudsilIs." whose only po-
litical mission in life is 10 Keep the
Democratic party in power: and they
assume the privilege by divine right
to be governing class. sal."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

The expression "CiriS R0mHaHS
Sum"-"I am a Roman citiZen-Cic-
ero declares. has often brought As
sistance and safety. even among bar
barians in The remotest part Of tho
EARTH In one notable and familiar
instance a Roman citizen had been
bound and was 10 have been scourgcd.
When the official in charge learned
tina: his prisoner a 5 Roman he
warned his superior: Take heed
what you do: for this MA is a R0-
man." Similar things may be said Of
English citizenship. Il am an English
citizen" is a safe conduct the world
over: for all the world recognizes The
fact that behind the English citizen
are the English ironclads. But il the
Nugwumps and scntimentali>ts were
IL be needed. it would moi be long
before the statement Il am an Amer
lean citizen; would excite ridiculc
than respect abroad. and even
the uniform of the United States
would only increase the chances of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

How far the criminal law was Vi. =
lated, and how far it was avenged. in
regard 10 murder, during 1891 is
shown by the following figures winch
relate TO the United States. The
number of murders in h 5
country last year amounted to 1906
or 1915 more than in 1890, and 3.339
more than in 1889. The executions
in 1891, numbered only l23. of which
twenty-scven took place in the North,
and n~incty-six in the South. That i.
II murderer in forty-eight received
capital punishment. During the
same period, the lynchings which out
ragged instead of avenged the law.
numbered 1875, or siXty-eight mere
than in any previous wear.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

There have been so far s47 bills for
the benefit Of Southern wal claimants
Introduced in the present Congress.
CLAIMS for damages done during the
war, and all other similar claims,
should be barred by the statute of
limitations. The war has been over
for ~ years, and a great many of
those cognizant of the facts in any or
all of these cases are dead, and il is
impossible to determine The facts.
The door is thus open 20 fraud.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

GAc OF The most a:"il-iaE p"cEli@ritios
Of female prisoners i, s2iito lie TIE
stro@" personal vanity whi-h remains
with most Of them until the last, 70
matter what other traits prison life
crusics ont. Ihc Wearing Of prison
Uniform is 4 great bloH to them. 1t
ncvcr occurred to them Tat thr.r would
have - take Of all their pretty lit:lc
trinl.cts ard ornaments ard wcar taa
uEl; con";ct csth. and ti:,.y plead for Il
ribbon or i rim more pitiiullr than
they would FIR food. Eat when it
coI.aa - cropping their ha!" close, that
!, tie .ili.h.i9g toEch; yoGG tAin,; their
heart; would b.ca,:. They r.."? h@ve
rcnainc! stot:i Az .~taitai Ill t.-oC=h
the:.. trial. received :u.r .c&;c@c2 even
il silence; but v".en Il co;1,, to crop
ping cG their ~trea@nrvd l'c,.S, their
r~leaGin's, and prayyr5 md t,"rs and
cries ulcid :-D"C = heart c. tie.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

a Girl Who Can Shoot" is getting
to be a chestnut in our exchanges.
says the Chicago Blade. She is heard
of in every section of the country.
There is not much demand for her
however, except in dime museums.
What the country really needs is
large quantities of girls who can
shoot biscuits scross the table to their
hungry parents. help their mothers
clean up the house and get the
younger children off to school, make
their own clothes, talk common sense,
and who expect TO get married TO
sober men who can support them
girls who will know how to properly
manage homes of their own if they
have them. That's the kind o.
shooting for the girls to learn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

About the most certain thing in
life" remarks a contemporary, lis lis
uncertainty. King Death allows no
Que to call the turn on his cards. \
workman down in Los Angeles, Cal.
fell from a building a distance of sixty
feet TO Il sidewalk the other day: he
was but Slightly injured. On the same
dav a nan over in Nevada fell from a
walk to the ground, a dist"nce OF tOnr
feet: lee broke his neck and died i'm
meliately." Following up the an
tithes, says the Los Angeles Times. We
may say that the other night a young
man fell down the elevator shaft of a
siN-stOry building in San Francisco
and he lives to tell the tale. while over
in New Mexico a couple of cowboys
standing il a bar-room fell out and
both are dead.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Congressman Arnold has intro
duced a bill in Congress asking for
IN appropriation for the improve
ment of the Mississippi River at
New Madrid. Mr.. Arnold is taking
a lively interest in the welfare of his
constituents and he has the ability to
de something for a long neglected
section of Missouri. He is. in fact,
:he ablest representative this District
has ever had in Congress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

l.; rHr&rl - the i'r1> II reel fam
lily there i, IL excellent liI: which.
had it existed here, would have saved
MS much monr.-. No r"v2l prince IS
allowed to borrow. and TO = Is al
lowed to LEM raonc.y t. him. If "ar-
ono does lend Re cannot 2co@yr. At
ing On this XIV. Frederick the Great
eve rcpaid any pru.,ina no lent lin
raonoy when IL w. heir t. the throne.
for hc deemed that suc, person had
not Only vicl2tcd the la"", bat ought 70
i",c h, lIo2eY for havi2" done N i'm
proper ac;:oa. Ecra one Of our princes
- borrow Iac;-ey. s2.ys an English
Journal, and N application - be made
to parliament t. ri K, Tic strong
probability is 81; tie !.yus2 If CON
iaons would f-l!ov! lie example q
Frederick Tie ;;-"@:.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Wanted, at this Office, a big cane
must be good sound hickory and
about the size OF the one carried bv
the prlze-iighter who was promenad-
ing the streets Tuesday evening look
ing for the editor of the DEMOCRAT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

GoLD is no longer the PRINCIPAL prod
uct of California Though 81, =. in
portant one, it has given place TO G-ri-
cultural products. The wheat OK
ported from that stat this year viii
amount in value to t.:irty-scvcn million
dollars There Will also bc exported
twenty mi lion gallons of WING, worth
as many millions of dollars. This ~ocs
to show that after all the principal
source Of wealth il this country, even
in the states richest in mineral re-
sources, is in the soil, rather than be-
meath it. This is the ease in California
and also in Michigan. who's mines are
among the most renowned in the unicn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

II" "~corcnnc-a,al to-rist' who Row
war:dcrs do."a into the Lone &ts: a,,-e
had better nal.c su.c tla. :'.af. is
nothing ga"GT it Lis makeup. ! rcus-
Der Of the fraternity was ta5.osi ,ro,a Il
railway tr-il there t. ";.Ier ',ay be-
carsc L uor'a red nee!:;i'. The COW
driver u'.o ere tLc toss,.s troE that
method e c~oariactGg the .cssea that
they objected to thr style.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

1 Dt:INE~TEATDI:'S NOTICE Notice Is
a h"-ohy give tina: letter Of !lmiai-:-ati"a
mon the e.t&.c Of Edward Maa,, q .'c"i~ri.
HGr. bees -ra-t"l - -" Il s.!"T i-sil h -"
FTnra-' GuUT: 81 { ar' CiT1ri"aI car y, bear
."t 't.," the aisi GIE oi I'rS.,lh'- i-rt-
Ali = r~ui~ aaHiaE claims UE=s Il sal c-ia''
az .uid..ui 20 sNGI".t ,'s-a 20 IT, % irTlrr,l
'"~ a. '"#' G.. Ui-Gi: .'.c -.:r tl,tN -" A:ir-
81 e:''l letter. 81 Hoy may d" ~-"cir.iai .r"r:
a'v l'rlCrt rt .".h estate. &i II .9:l claim.
he Lot 'sh.'ut wi'ni" tro yea, :r'ia tie date
al t. Frin'icatlo!. OF shI- ..is.. TN a.ii lc
io.yyrT barred CHARLES UAGiEL~.
gGI.i .ttIli i~-tTa.sr-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Two HUNDRED doi!aTs a word for
legal ad:icc is { pretty high fare, bat
it w@s recently paid in Indianapolis,
according 10 4 Paper Of that lily. Tie
advice was contained il one word
"E2ns&s"-anI vas ~G12r2i- TIC reply
to = question asked a lawyer, yet the
bill contained a charge % two hundred
dollar fer legal services. Speech was
golden in that case.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

A DEADLY enemy Of the small boy Of
America is the dime novel 1t Vas SO
when the middle-aged men of to-day
were in their teens. and. it is safe to
say, u generation before that. Hardly
a day passes without a fresh demand
being made upon the vigilance Of the
police to prevent the wholesale slaugli-
ter of the few remaining redskins OF
the remote west by some sanguinary
dimc-lo-el younGstcr with 4 gun
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

O.. the "-&.il7 divorce granted in tae
U.itrd .;tatea for t'lc2ts yaa",, -.i,I.i,
or GS.3 per cent. OF The whole.
granted to wires On their petitions for
divorce frorn their husbands, and H.
SO were -ran:Sd husband, for :ae al
led mutt OF tic wire. lci=- - per
cc&;. OF t!c "E.oie number; that j. 10
say, in IT, proportion Of n"1gl~ two -
oue it i, tie wife w;:o a"o,, 1 di7.r;:
rather t!l&n the l;.ahaui.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Mr.. Gladstone is correcting the
proofs of the first volume of the series
in which his speeches are to be pub
lished. This volume deals with his
later uttcranccs on the subject OF
home rule. There will be six volumes
in all, and they are TO be published in
inverse order, from now back to the
beginning OF his career. 1t is expect
ed that a perfacc by Mr.. Gladstone
will be one of the most interesting
features of the publication.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

STEII. with friedrich ard tile lining
has superseded tie uli-stylc brick in
the construction cflnrse buildings in our
cities. II Is said The new iaa;cr:al is
cheaper, easier handled and is not SO
bulky as the cd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Western farmers apparently have n
mania for imposing all sorts of i'm
proper obligations on the United
States Government. the State or the
county in which they reside. The
latest example is the proposition of
the Rain Convention, which Just met
at MilIers, S. d., that twenty counties
Of that State pay $500 each to a Kan
sas r~ain-making company TO produce
rain during the coming crop season.
Why do not the farmers offer to foot
the bills themselves?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

In view of the pre-eminent impar.
lance of The approaching national
campaign to the Republican party,
everything should be done. aud done
ut once, TO free it from every embar-
rasment- calculated TO handicap IFS en-
'ergies and activity in behalf of good
government and sound principles.
Above all. let every inefficient and in
capable Republican leader be request
ell t o resign, and let every leader who
is disqualified for so important and
conspicuous a position, by either his
record, business, or affiliations which
render him objectionable to MANY loyal
and conscitious Republicans, prove
his genuine devotion to the interest
of the Republican party by resigning
without being requested. Those
who, in defiance of the feelings and
wishes of others, persist in holding on
to leadership in the party, afford suf-
iicient justification for the suspicion
that they are more Interested in
political spoils than in party success
Geatlcnien, resign. Aad resign at
.onGc!
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Congressman Arnold need not feel
uneasy about the boom of a would-bc
competitor who is just now receiving
Il little cheap "taffy" from a few weak
newspapers in this district. The
boom is nothing more nor less than
an attempt of a shallow man trying to
blow himself into prominence. His
candidancy will be OF short duration.
In other words he is of the family Of
the pretty birds that feather their nest
aud fly away before nesting time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Thirty degrees below zero WAS
registered at Cascade Springs, 5. d..
last week. The dense cold revealed
the fact that huge volumes of steam
were issuing from holes in the noun
tain sides 800 feet above the town.
Parties who have returned from there
say that the mountain side is honey
combed with holes made by the
steam. 1t is thought the mountain
contains q subtcrranean lake of hot
water and a shaft will probably be
driven to test the matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30
SATURDAY. JANUARY 80. 1892
The Southeastern States keep righ'

The Southeastern States keep right
on building monuments 10 the Lost
Cause" The Virginia Legislature
has just unanimously appropriated
$4,000 for q capstone to the conted-
crate soldiers monument atIsichmond,
although the State is too poor TO pay
her debts or provide schools Tor her
children.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

What is this We hear from Topeka,
Kan, about an assassination society
which has been organized in that
State, the members of which swear TO
obey the orders of their inner council,
even to the taking of life, and arc
suspected of killing n man aud con-
spring to kill Judge Botkir? The
United States is not the place for
either foreign or native societies of
the Malta striI e. But, worst Of all, it
is reported that the members of this
Kansas murder club are all drawn
from the Alliance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

y tie NOW silver h1tf-!o'lar. Tie
enter 81 the "l:r"l IL q u, coin
extends beyond Tie r;is. 50 -: two
halves when rlsc"l to-ntrcr touch
only in the ccrtcr. I, Is in = e t.
sack Mp aach CHS. IS To- II" !, M
steady and torTlcs cvcr viii ~ with
OFT the sii&ht@:. rrovoca.i,-.. El:"9
the rc": c-iHs become y:c.a is ~c,jcc-
ton viii I've rcIIovcG. [. corr:n, lat at
present the: arc TOO Ur;sls .aI tie
cas.iors IRE doing Trc.t deal ofswcar
ing on TIC Sid>.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

Cira.s That depend 81 natural @@s for
liz. md hc.t arc il constant ,aug.rof
hcing rira-ad into fr"2.a darkness
The people of i'es'. Ind. Icy had he
truth of this forced aon> - thu. The
city has rir:.i2ca :as wells riacd = dis.
t~ncc Ct ictoc2 t. t.:c.t%-t ~ mics.
The min pipe I2aGin; - the city h&rsJ
and tore q @:>"t @&p n t-.2 earth. Inc
Gas VS. turned eli wLel - t~.:crGl5ra-
c:ar stood firv Gcgrc@s h>lov zero. Ia
Tie morning b":e>, boards aai worn
Ont fr:a:iCv" we're used TO keep the
peo?l2 from freezing. i:r. 4 many ~2s
stow weed c:2!.o; L. tiraci md lUn-
dre..s % pc3ol., lay il led - keep
wGril.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

The Boston NeJdld-a newspaper
which we have always regarded As
The fairest of the Mugwump organs
of the conntry-in a discussion of
the nomination TO be made at Min
neaPolis next June, sums up by say
ing: "lIarrison, to our mind. has
made An able President. The only
fault that we have been able TO find
with him is that he is a strongly par
tisau President: from q Republican
standpoint, we see not how a posi-
BILE objection to him could be made"
The whole nation will endorse the
.H.rald's opinion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30
Probate Docket.

List of Executors. Administrators, Guardians
h!lit their accounts for settlement on the dnv
aid date below named, at the February Term,
ls92, OF said court, to he begun ard held at the
court house In the city OF JACKSON, Cape Girar-
deau county, Missouri, commencing on Mon
day, February sth. Isg2.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30

The grand jury at Jackson, Mich.
found a true bill against the Southern
Exchange Company tor receiving and
forwarding money to the Louisiana
Lottery and returning tickets to rur.
chasers. The indictment is found on
the deal that this action makes the
express company an agent of the
lottery, which is positively prohibited
by law. If the view holds good ii
will abolish almost the only means
that parties have of getting tickets
from the lottery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
TWO IMPORTANT SUITS.
The City Sued for Light Furnished by the
Allegheny Light Company.

The City Sued for Light Furnished by the
Allegheny Light Company.
Attorney W. B. Rodgers yesterday en-
tered suit in behalf of the Allegheny Light
Company against the city of Pittsburg for
E1,274 62. This amount, it is claimed, is
due for light furnished OF this sum
6274 63 is for incandescent lights furnished
the market house in March, and for the
months of March, April and May 1888 80
ing City Hall. The lights, it is alleged,
were duly contracted for by the proper city
officials, but payment has been refused.
In Common Pleas No 1 yesterday a
stated case between w. c. O'Reilly, plain
tiff, and c. c. Graft, burgess, and P A.
Bonebrake, James Munnell, Michael Breen,
il. W. Holmes, John Campbell and G. w.
Richards, members of Council of Grafton
borough, defendants, was filed. The
borough was incorporated in January, 1892
and in February the election of officers was
held. Bonebrake and Munnell were chosen
for Council for three years, Breen and
Holmes for two years and Campbell and
Richards one year. Certificates of election
were issued to them. O'Reilly received
the third highest number of votes
Tor the two year term and
also received a certificate of election. The
others, however, won't permit him to take
a seat in council He now raises the ques-
tion as to who is entitled to seats in the
council, claiming there is no warrant in law
for the election of any person to serve for
three years, and that he was properly
elected for two years. The court is asked
to decide the matter, and, if O'Reilly's po-
sition is right, to issue mandamus COM
pelling his admission to the Borough Coun-
Gil
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
CONVICTIONS AND PLEAS.

Some Stand Trial in Criminal Court-Other,
Plead GuiIty-John Kaylor With Many
Aliases and the Spring Fever Gets Nine
Years.
In Criminal Court yesterday John Kay.
lor, the man with many aliases, who
pleaded guilty the previous day to forgery,
larceny, false pretense and number OF
other charges, was yesterday sentenced to
the penitentiary for nine years. There
were nine indictments against him and he
got year on each one.
Attorney McGeary represented Kaylor,
and tried to impress the court with what he
called the insignifcance of the case. "Kay-
lor," be said, 'had only gained S113 in all
of his transactions, and it was a sort of a
spring fever he had for committing such
foolish acts"
'sWeII," said Judge Kennedy, 81 guess
he had better take sufficient tim to get
over this disease" And then he Sc ntenced
haylor.
Thomas Hackett, who pleaded guilty to
the charge of assaulting Fred Lee, and also
of escape from the workhouse, was sent up
for five months
Richard Davis, on a charge of escape
from the workhouse, was sent back for 60
DAYS.
N. GRAY, Union News agent, pleaded
guilty to the larceny of So and was sent to
Claremont for two months.
Henry Palmer, the gentleman who had
the fence on Penn avenue, was tried on the
charge of stealing a typewriter from the
Pittsburg Phonograph Company, and con-
victed. There are a number of other charges
pending against him yet.
Charles George was tried for assaulting
Ada Mittridge, 9-year-old girl, but the
jury disagreed.
Thomas Kestner was convicted of the
larceny of a pocketbook from Caroline
Grainer, of the Southside, and was sent to
the workhouse for 80 days
Alfred Craeton pleaded guilty to the
larceny of a coat from ]. A. Miller, Of the
East End, and was sentenced to the work
house for 30 days.
James P. Riley was found guilty of the
larceny of a wagon, and was sent to the
workhouse for a year.
George Weisenberger pleaded guilty to
the charge of assault, on oath of Henry
Steinbaugh, and was sent to Claremont for
four months.
William Sandusky was charged by q man
named Phillips, a wholesale butcher, with
false pretense in running up an account
amounting to about 5000 on false repre-
sentations. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to the Workhouse for 30 davs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
THE GRAND JURY's WORK.
They Find a Large Number of True Bill
and Ignore q Few.

They Find a Large Number of True Bills
and Ignore q Few.
The grand jury did another big days
work yesterday. 1t is keeping up its record
of finding true bills in about all the cases
brought before it The ignored bills were;
Annje Burkett, maintaining a nuisance;
Mrs. Kelly, larceny; William Kennedy.
horse stealing; Joseph Oswald and John
Smith, assault and battery.
The true bills were:
Lizzie Sopp, Alfred Craeton, Jane Cahill,
Jacob Fount, NJ. Gray, Nicholas Kramer,
Crea, Michael McKenna, Mary Smebock,
Charles Van Mos, William Briggs,
James Martin, Andrew Patterson, William
Bessmickle, c. H. Blaine, Phillip
Frommen. Henry Palmer, George
Rook, John Robb, William Rich
ardson and Edward Hartman, larceny;
James Thompson, fraudulently making
written instruments; James Brown, Cal
Gray. Helen Lewis, Ella Miller, George Nash,
ner, John FerkaTney, Stephen Holman, FL
mer Hutchinson, Edward Manages, ,desertion;
Maggie jackson, felonious assault and bat
terry; William Thomas, aggravated assault
and battery; Gottleib Eichels, Therese Len
nartz, Albert Gardner, Jacob Burkhardt,
Charles Nelson, Thomas Oswald, assault and
battery; Edward Bailey, embezzlement;
Ricoard Davis and Thomas, Haekett
escape; Eli Donahue, mayhem; j. W. Hard
man, George jackson, Benjamin Willis,
Joseph Slack, W illiam Burtner, malicious
mischief; William Jones, ct al, Peter New
hrrd, Henry Polmer, receiving stolen guods;
Amelia Jones, illegal liquor selling.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
A FRONT OFFICE FUND
Causing Considerable Trouble to Al.
legheny City officials.
CHIEF MURPHY'S TRIAL FIXED.
Radical Remedy for Malignant Case Of
Spring Fever.
THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY COURTS

The attention of the Criminal Court will
be engaged on Monday with the trial of
John R. Murphy, Chief of the Department
of Public Safety of Allegheny, and Detee-
tives John Glenn, Frank Donaldson, Henry
Kornman and Samuel Mcclure for embez-
element. These cases arise out of the famous
trial of ex-Mayor Pearson, of Allegheny.
On bis trial for embezzlement at which ne
was acquitted, it was charged that he re-
tanned fees, paid to him by the county on
the commitment of prisoners to the Jail and
workhouse, which he should have turned
over to the City Treasurer.
The detectives testified at the trial that
the money had been collected by them and
turned over to the "front Office fund"
Current expenses were paid out of this
fund, and the balance was divided between
them at the end of the month. Charges
were then made against them and addi-
tional interest will be given the trial from
the fact that Controller Grier holds that the
Mayors of cities are not entitled to such
fees, as they receive a fixed sum per year
from the county in lieu of them