St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-27
ChAPEL'S BIG BILLS.
Sends His Wife and Son With
Insane Persons to Roch-
ester Hospital
AND CHARGES DEPUTY FEES.
He Charges Fees More Than
Double Those OF His Pred
eceSSOPS
FOR DOING THE SAME WORK.
Rousing Democratic Meeting
in the Eighth--Geaeral
Enthusiasm.
AND CHARGES DEPUTY FEES
FOR DOING THE SAME WORK

While there are a great many who
condemn Sheriff Chapel for his course
In lobbying bill through the legisla-
ture that very largely enhanced the
revenues of his Office. there are many
terms his unlawful methods in securing
from the treasury moneys in large
amounts to which he is not entitled by
law. and thus very largely swelling the
income of by far the most remunera-
tive office in the county or city. There
are multitude of his own party who
should not vote for man who annually
secures thousands of dollars from the
taxpayers on false bills and false atfi-
davits. HIS system OF charging double
for bailiffs has been condemned. 1t Is
getting 10 be generally known that for
the taking of insane people TO the
asylum he charges the county large
sums of money that he does not pay
out. He is allowed by law So a
person and money that he necessarily
pays out for that purpose; but his bills,
sworn to by him in person. show that
his charges are far in excess of what
ought to be or was in fact paid out. Tue
records show that in one case where a
man was taken 10 the asylum by
another i'll 1889 the charge was less than
S15, but the charges of Sheriff Chapel
on two occasions for taking the same
man there were $40 for each time
He uniformly charges S24. 40 or S37. so
for taking persons to the Rochester
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at the same time, and the bills are pad
ded in each case. In some instances
Mrs. Chapel or her son went as an at
tendant. and the sheriff charged UP fees
the same as if any other deputy went.
LII some cases he sent the matron of the
Jail. wnO is paid her salary by the
county, and he charges up wages and
more than legitimate expenses for her.
AS an instance, Mrs. Chapel and one
deputy took three persons to Rochester.
Tbs sheTitf'S bills, to which he made
affidavit, show that he claimed to have
paid to and for them eleven railroad
fares, or eight fares for the deputy and
Mrs. Chapel; that the hotel bill for
these two was SIC, and that the serv-
ices of the attendants. including a
fee of s. for each of the three
patients, paid out amounted to $50;
that the carriage hire was IS, and that
meals for the three patients cost the
modest sum of 81 50. No one will be-
lieve that he PAID out these sums, OF
that he paws out the sums he makes
affidavits to in individual cases. When
asked about it, he admitted to GLOBE
reporter that the law does not authorize
such charges. In another case his sou
and deputy took three persons to the
asylum. and there we've corresponding
charges made. 1t has often been the
case that two persons were taken to the
asylum by one deputy, and the bills,
too high in individual cases, have been
doubled. When three persons were
taken by two persons they have been
trebled. There are about 100 persons
taken to the asylum in year. and it is
evident that during his administration
Sheriff Chapel has secured thousands of
dollars from the taxpayers to which he
has no right or warrant of law. When
his attention was called to the matter
he made no effort to correct the abuse
by paying back into the treasury the
large sums he had unlawfully secured.
He kept two of his sons on his force of
deputies until the approach of the CAM
paign indicated it would be wise to
leave them off until after election.
| These are some of the reasons why the
taxpayers want the sheriff's office swept
| out. and an effort made to recover so me
| of the money collected ON false bills.
Yet to be discovered-the woman who
was disappointed in cooking with DIR.
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