St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-23

latter's bills since Mr.. Chapel assumed
F, office. But that's neither here nor
there.
AS sheriff of the county it is Mr..
Chapel's duty to hang all malefactors
condemned to die, and the law does
not provide any extra compensation for
the faithful performance of that un-
pleasant duty. In the course of events
Sheriff Chapel was commanded to
hang two murderers last fall. When
the execution was over and the scaf-
fold removed the sheriff proceeded to
make out bill, under date Of Jan. 5,
in this form:
To fees and expenses in the execution
Of Chas Ermisch and Otto Wonigkeit,
Oct. 10, 1894:
Two watchmen three months and
twenty days at $50 per month $40 90
Two watchmen one month at $50
per month ....................... 40 90
Board of watchmen at $50 per
month Observation-Disclosures. 1856 90
Building scaffold and clearing
away ....................... 200 90
Two suits of thes................ 80 90
nope 49,. '.......'-............ 5U
Serving warrants. ts.............. SO
Copying findings. Ss.................... co
IOldl YJJU w
When the bill first appeared before
the board of county commissioners it
was referred to the county attorney.
Mr.. Butler gave it as his opinion that
the bill was not legal one, as hang
ing condemned prisoners was one of
the duties imposed on the sheriff by
law.
Evidently Mr.. Chapel saw no hope
of getting his bill allowed by the coun-
ty commissioners, for when the legis-
lature convened a bill was drawn up
and introduced into the legislature to
allow Charles Il. Chapel 81 900 for hang
ing the two boys. Hon. p. II. Kelly
and other members of the Ramsey
delegation opposed the bill from the
start but it's author, Mr.. Warner, of
the Seventh ward, did not cease his
efforts to pass it until the session
closed.
When the legislature adjourned with
out providing for Mr. ChapePs extra
thousand, he directed his efforts once
more to the county board. No undue
publicity was given to the matter-it
was evidently just put along in a
routine way, and might have been
paid next month. But it is not likely
to be now.
On May the committee on claims
reported the bill back to the county /
commissioners, and it was quietly al ;
lowed without word of debate, so far
as the public knows. When a G | o
reporter looked the bill up at the (
county auditors office yesterday, it |
bore the favorable Endorsement of
Commissioners Seng, Wright and Nc
Carron. Stamped across the face were
the words, in blue ink, allowed by.
Board of County Commissioners May
G."
Not an item was cut out, nor reA
duced one penny-S99O is the amount al
lowed by the board.
Orders for bills allowed in May are
not drawn until thirty days later. on
June County Auditor Suhfvan's dep
uty will draw warrant in favor OF
Charles e. Chapel for 5000. Whether
the county auditor will sign the war;
rant is another question. Even If he
should, there are those who say that
Treasurer Edmund would refuse to pay
1t. 1t will not be surprising if a hot
protest Is entered, now that the
Globe e has uncovered the Illegal pro-
ceeding.
Sheriff Chapel is in no danger OF
becoming Immediately rich through
the payment of his bill for hanging.