St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-22
CHAPEL The CHARGER.
The Sheriff's Largest Busi-
ness Seems to Be Work.
ing the County.
$1AS TOO MUCH FOR JUNE
And sos Too Much for July
Are Only Inklings of
the Matter.
$t4s TOO MUCH FOR JUNE
WORKS DEPUTIES DOUBLY,
Making Them Earn Fees in
Two Different Courts at
the Same Time.


amount Of perQuisiteS, Sheriff Chapel
has been swelling his bills against the
county to such an unwarranted extent
that the board of county commissioners
yesterday cut down duplicate charges
to the amount of S14s for the month of
June. and Sos for the month of July,
with prospect of reducing them fur
Their in case he shall not be able to
show that the services have been rem
dered The office of sheriff in this
county is worth double as much as any
other office in the county, besides hav-
ing Il large patronage i'll the way of
appointments. The sheriff has been
swelling his fees in way that is nei
Their lawful nor commendaole.t to say the
least. County Auditor Kahn discovered
in the bills mentioned charges which he
Informed the board he could not ap-
prove, and pointed out number of
them. The board of county commits
SionerS ordered an inspection Of the
bills at its meeting early in this month,
which revealed large number of
charges for which there is no warrant
of law. At the meeting yesterday Eu-
gene GibertOn admitted that two items
had been duplicated in the same bill
These were two charges made for the
arrest of James Silk, an insane person,
and two charges for arrestng Kate
Dehangler, also insane, the CHI argeS
being 81 in each instance.
The other charges diSallowed
were for services of deputy sher-
i4fs i'm ~ To tho
court who had on the same day
been drawing salaries as bailiffs in
the district court at the rate of IS per
day. 1t is SAID by the county auditor
that the facts are that The sheriff
charged from 50 to So per day for serv-
ices OF deputies in the district court
and on the same days tie same officers
were drawing like amount from the
city for attendance in municipal court.
In at least one instance it seems that
the same officer was also in attendance
on the probate. court, so that the same
officer not only may be doing police
duty but drawing four other salaries, all
of which so into the exchequer of the
sheriff. An Inspection of the matter
puts very bad face on the way the
sheriff has been getting money out of
the ely and county treasury.
Yesterday the county auditor made a
detailed statement to the county COM
missioners calling attention to over
charges of which the following is
sample: June 10, for the attendance
of seven deputy sheriffs in the munich
pal court, Sl7." Thersssis nothing to
show that the services were performed
or that it was necessary to have so many
deputies present to take care OF seven
prisoners. There are charges of Sl20
OF this kind during June. Attention
was called to the fact that the district
court only allows pay for one bailitf in
that court, and i'll the face of this the
sheriff repeatedly charges for seven OF
a less number of deputies. The
same condition existed in July.
The auditor also asked why the
attendance of deputy should
be required in the municipal court
when there are city bailitfs there, and
the sheriff knows that he cannot draw
pay for extra deputies in the district
court.
by the auditor which shows that the
sheriff charged 81 for taking Benjamin
Clay to Jail ON June IA, and
on the 16, 10, % and % of the same
month, charged $40 more for arraigning
the same man. The auditor then pro-
ceedS to show that deputies who were
credited with being in the municipal
court and for which the sheriff asks 50
and So, had been also credited to the
district court on The same days, and the
sheriff had already been paid 81. so per
day for each of the same persons. A
number of instances of this character
were cited. In some instances the pay
in the district court was S. per man. and
the same deputies were drawing for
their chief about the same amount for
attendance in the municipal court.
Attention Is called to the fact that the
sheriff puts iii bills of $3.50 per month
for night watchmen and turnkeys in
the county Jail. while the law allows
total of only S72O each for night watch
man and two turkeys, or only $3.50 per
month.
Mr.. Kahn asked that the judges of the
municipal court be asked to make an
order directing that the sheriff turn
prisoners over to city bailiffs when
taken to the municipal court, and that
no charges be allowed the sheriff for
attendance of deputies in the municipal
court OH any ordinary day. The auditor
said he would insist in all cases that the
law requiring the judges to certify to
the attendance of deputies be complied
with before he would audit bills.
Another item from the bill is picked
out as sample, which shows that the
sheriff charged $500 for arresting and
taking Edward Malone TO the probate
court on an information of INSANITY.
when the law allows only 81 for the