The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-15

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| cepts to officers.
Mr.. Irvine stated that he had no recol-
| lection of having received the money in
that case. Halllban, he said, had fire.
quently turneI IN money and had never
| been gwen receipts.
Dottie Bordeaux had served out eight
days on n $50 fine and still owes the city
| $40.
The committee then turned their atten-
ton TO the case of Joe Baraboo who was
committed on Oct. 4. on a fine of s. and
costs and who, according to the jailer's
notation, had paid his fine in full to j. j..
Hallihan.
Hallhan was recalled and stated that
he had collected the money and turned it
over TO the clerk. Mr.. Irvine stated that
he had no recollection of the money
having been paid.
The police docket showed that Tim
Flynn had been committed on Oct. 20, on
% fine but a supplementary entry
showed that the fine had been paid on
Dec. 30.
Ole Olson, according to the docket, was
committed on Oct. 81 to serve out S.
fine, but an entry on the commitment by
the jaller stated that he had been released
on conditions unknown to the jailer. The
case was reserved for future investiga-
ton.
Mike Kennedy was committed on Nov.
on a fine of 50 and costs, but the jailer
also stated in this case that the man was
never III jail. As Kennelly's residence
was known, subpoena was issued for
him and the committee adjourned until
this evening at Z 80 o'clock.
Mike Kennedy appeared at the evening
session and stated that L. +. Courtney
bad paid his fine. amounting to $40, on
Nov. 3. The clerk stated that he remem-
bered something about Mr.. Courtney
having paid a fine for somebody about
that time and the matter was dropped.
al ltex
pearances of fines were also discovered.
On Aug. 20 p. p. Prior was fined So and
costs and entered on the docket as COM
mtted, out he was not entered in tho Jail
docket and a receipt was introduced show
ing that the fine had been paid and order
ing the mans release.
On Aug. 16 Matt Ogdens was fined s.
and costs and entered by the clerk as
committed. but a notation on the Jail
record stated that the prisoner had been
taken out by Court Officer Hallihan and
never re urned.
Hallihan was called and stated that he
had collected the fine. $40, and turned it
over to the city clerk.
IL don't remember anything about it,"
said the clerk, but very likely Mr.. Halli-
hans statement is correct"
Frank Belts was entered committed on
July on fine OF So and costs, but Jailer
Anderson stated that he had collected the
fine and turned II over to the clerk.
On Nov. Tom McNally was fined s.
and costs and entered on the docket as
committed. Judge Naughten stated that
the fine had been paid to him and that he
had turned II over to the clerk.
The case of John Doe, who was commit
ted on fine of $50 and costs on May II,
and vino was entered on the jailer's books
as having paid SIG and served out the rest
of his time. was then taken up.
JlIler Anderson stated that he had paid
a.. ,,,tt. oil at,I hi.
receipt, which he introduced in evidence.
After an examination of the receipt the
clerk stated that il was correct and the
money had been paid to him.
Judge Naughlen explained the case of
Billy Patterson, who was run out of town
on a state charge while the city charge
was pending against him.
This concluded all of the cases enum-
Grated in the city attorneys report, and
il was decided to take up the cases which
had been laid aside for further investiga-
ton in their regular order.
On May 81 Pearl Wilson had been given
until May % to pay her fine, but there
was no record of the money having been
paid, or of her having served out her time.
Court Officer Hallihan explained that he
had taken the woman out to rustic her
fine, but that she had been unable to
raise it and he let her go on promise to
pay. on his own responsibility, and she
had been killed before paying the money.
1t was shown that j. A. Mink, for whom
no commitment could be found, had
served out his time.
On May % Tom DAILY was entered in
the docket as committed, but no record
could be found of him on the Jail record.
Halihan stated that he knew of DAILY
having been in Jail for a day or two at
least, but no one else seemed TO know any
thing about the case.
In the cases of Mrs. Page, - Fraser.
I,l, I..I.v, Rai (.rtfH
William Munroe, Joe Tracy, - Harrlng-
ton, Mrs. LuXton, James II. Flood, Stella
White. - Herbert, l.. Z. White, James
Holland, Ed Cardsh, James Morrison,
Tim Mulcahy, John Doe and Yorkey
Paddy no commitments were found, nor
was there any record of them in the
Jail book, although they we're entered
as committed IN the docket. Pete Me-
Dermott, James Dunstan, Peter lsaacson,
El Mcguire, Pat Harrington, BALD
headed" i'll, John Jones. Lousy Bob"
James Kilgallon, Pat Mcneil. {. w.
Leischke, Dave Olson, j. Conroy and John
Sullivan, the jailer stated, through MEM
DRY, they had served n part or all OF their
time IN jail. although no commitments
had been received and they were not en-
tered on the jail record. The jailer ex-
planned that when he did not receive COM
mitmeuts he did not enter the prisoners
names on the record. Several other cases
of a minor nature were satisfactorily en-
planned, and the committee found that its
work, so far as the investigation of the
police court receipts Is concerned, was
about concluded.
Turning to Jailer Anderson, Byrne in
quired: "When you were making those
rotations IN your record had you any idea
that anything IRREGULAR was gong on in
the clerks ofiicc?'
II didn't know" replied the jliler. ~
had so much trouble in getting commit
LII. ~hafl
thing was right or not. | went after them
until was sick, and | frequently turned
prisoners loose and had them back in Jail
on another charge before l had received
the commitments in the first case. /
spoke to the clerk and marshal about the
commitments, but don't remember that
l ever complained to the mayor"
Court Officer Hallihan was then asked
il he had ever suspected that things were
not going as they should in the clerks
office. tie replied:
IL believe | did. Some time ago | indi-
rectlv dtsCOycrel that something was