Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-21
4 SAMPSON FOX SCALPER.

ty-t1Ve Ceuts Uut vi The
County Treasury On
207 Fox And Mink
Soalps.
The County Commissioners Bring
Suit Against Him, Charging
Him With Forgery, False
Pretense, In Viola
tion Of The Scalp
Law.
Ga Saturday the 18th inst, w. II.
Groninger, on behalf of the county
commissioners, made information be.
fore Justice g. B. Horning, against
Squire B. Z. Mitchell, of Patterson,
charging him with forgery, false pre-,
tense, In violation of the scalp law.
William Zeiders, bailed Mitchell in
the sum of FIVE hundred dollars, for
a hearing to take place on Saturday
the oath inst. The sum of 1852 %
was the amount Of money that Squire
Mitchell drew out of the county
Treasury in 1893 for fox and mink
scalps, and that large s1m drawn by
one Justice of the peace caused an
Investigation into the fox and mink
account which revealed a state of
afflirs in the fox and mink business
that required attention. The Squire S
method it is charged was to certify to
scalps brought intohis office blythe men
who caught the animals, and pay for
the scalps and then raise the number,
present the raised certificate Ia the
Office of the county commissioners
where he would receive q county or
der upon which he drew the money.
L. is not known that every certificate
was raised but the Board of County
Commissioners say they have q suf-
ticient amount of evidence to warrant
them in their action against the
Squire, upon the charge above stated.
The scalp orders issued to Mitch
ellis credit are to
John Beckwith for SIS, for As foxes
caught and scalped in Beale and
Milford townships.
E Gray, $2, two foxes, in Spruce
Hill township
A. c.. Duncan Sc for foxes and
minks, in Milford township. Duncan
SAYS he never caught a fox in his life.
William Mitchell, s foxes and %
minks, in Milford township.
Irwin A; McCahap, fox.s in Nil.
ford township.
A L Clark, 6 foxes aud minks,
in Beale township.
John A. Borning, 5 foxes, in Mil-
ford township. Says he caught one
fox.
William H. Aughev, "a foxes, in
Milford township Says he caught
I or s fores.
William Mole, foxes and minks,
in Beale township.
H. NJ. Kaufman, s foxes, in Mil
ford township.
g. H. G.. Huffman, 10 foxes and
minks, in Milford township. Says
he caught one fox and one mink.
J. f. Kaufman, ID foxes, in Mil
ford tow ship.
A Bossiuger, 13 foxes, in Milford
Christ Bossinger, II foxes, and 5
minks, in Milford township.
Stephen Winters, foxes, in Mil
ford township
NJ. H. Zimmerman, Il foxes and 2
minks, in Milford township.
Joseph Jacobs, foxes, in Milford
William Joynes, IS foxes in Tusca-
rOra township.
E. C. Miller, l fox, 3 minks, in
Beale township.
S. A. Fisher, 10 foxes, in Milford
township. Fisher is in the west but
his father, Daniel Fisher, says his
son caught no foxes.
John L Stayner, 10 foxes, in
Turbett, Tuscarora, ard Beale town
ship.
f. L. McCahao, l fox, in Milford
towship.
Frank jail, / 4minks, in Beale town
ship.
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