The Indianapolis journal., 1893-08-13
How United States Marshal Hawkins
Has Made His Office Pay.
"Gusrd Receipts" That Cost Half q Dollar and
for Which lie Charged the Government
Large Sums Of Money.
Clerk Foley and Deputies Charged Up
on the Books as Court Bailiffs.
Public Office Made a Private Snap Of the
Worst Character-Pnrtber Develop
ments Expected.

The cat seems to have been let out of the
bag in regard to the stealing in the United
States marshaPs Office and IL is likely that
the people will have their eyes opened
rather wide by the developments before
and his ex-deputy. Silas Jones. comes to
IN end.
In his interview Friday night ex-Deputy
Jones made the significant remark, THE
fret lesson taught me when came here was
how to steal.n He declined st the time to
explain what he meant, but inquiry
yesterday developed two fiagrantly fraudu-
lent methods of beating" the government
and through 1t the people. practiced by
Marshal Hawkins. In addition to the meth
DDS which Jones alleges of fraudulent re-
ceIpss for more Office expenses than were
incurred.
through mileage. Whenever Q prisoner Is
transferred the governments allows 10
cents Der mile for the prisoner, 10 cents per
mile for the deputy marshal, and 10 cents
per mile for q guard in case one is neces-
sary. In ninety mine cases out of hundred
no guard Is necessary, but meyer since
Hawkins came into office has prisoner
been taken any where without guard
being charged mp. The almost Invarlsb BILE
method 10 for the deputy marshal to give
Q brakeman on the train so cents and have
him sign q guard receipt" In case of
. trp to Michigan City this guard
mileage" amounts To something over SIS
for the marshal of S1450. In o trip to No.
blesville. where large number of petty
federal offenders are kept, the steal am oun ts
to e1.70. One of the first things that caused
she row between Hawkins and Jones was
trouble over this guard mileage" It will
be remem bered that two or three months
ago counterfeiter was arrested at Msdi-
son. and one of his pals" was brought
here from St Joseph, Mo-. along
with several other witnesses. 1t
prisoner from 81. Joe. and as IL was a very
long trip. it was also q very profitable one
10 the marshal In the way OF mileage.
Jones got one of the other wit
receipt" which put into Marshal Hs w kinss
pocket something over 500 The amount
was so big that Jones ''raised tho ante" "
and paid she sham guard 50 instead of the
usuAl so cents for signing the receipt. But
when ho asked Hawkins to reimburse
him that Official declined, and told him he
was shump for giving u 81 to that fellow.
who had already got q plentiful whack in
witness fees. This made Jones wild. but
he swallowed his wrath for tho time belng e.
quiries developed was In the matter of
balliffs feed. The government allows ct
this point five court bailitfs while court
is in session, and their services are
not paid for out of the earnings of
the msrshaPs Office but out of o special
bailiffs fund. Marshal Hawkins has never
appointed q balliff. but there are five
charged ND on the books right along when
ever the court is in session. He uses
the names Of his deputies and
clerks for this purpose and saves
himself just so much of their salaries as be
Is able to charge MP to the ballIff account.
and what's more. gets per cent.
commission upon SO much as he
Is thus able to save for paying
it out of the bailiff fund.- John
L. Foley. his chief clerk, Is seldom, If ever
IN the court room. yet every day that cour,
Is il session Foley's name appears on the
books as q bailiff. Whenever q deputy hap
pens 70 be in with nothing TO do he is pu,
on civil work and charged MP as q bailIff.
Certain of the deputies have appeared on
the books as bailIffs and on the same day
drawn fees witnesses.
These are but two of the common methodl
OF robbing the government practiced by
Marshal Hawk under the name of Dem
ocrstIo reform" but it IL said there are q
humber of other practices in the Office
fullv az bad