The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-07
THE CHANGE rs MADE.
The New Men at the Helm in County
Affairs.

The New Men at the Helm in County
Affairs
The new terms for the county officials
began oday, and in consequence there
| is great hubbub and commotion at the
sheriff7s residence. Sheriff Cropley that
was Sunday became ex-Sheriff Cropley
today, though none would know by the
Hooks OF the gentleman. He is just as
modest and unassuming as he ever was
despite his elevation to the ranks of a
high private. Then there was plain
citizen John Abel that was, takes on
the high sounding title Sheriff John
todag And it don't make any differ
enCe - John, either. No matter how
low Gewn you put him he is the same
john The only disturbance there is
about the whole thing is the moving in
and out of the house the county fur
nishes to the man who holds the JOB.
The tables which Mr. Cropley was al
ways friendly with have to come out.
They go with him. They are old. com
panions and he would as soon part with
his wife as them. Some other bric-a-
| brac like beds, chairs, etc, which some
people think are necessary to domestic
peace, comfort and happiness have
gone too.
Mr. Abel shows decided weakness
in these same directions and so the
county can rest assured that similar
articles to those taken out will be found
there when Mr.. Abel gets down to
business.
Mr. Abel finds he has formidable
record to cope with in that of his
predecessor. Messrs. Cropley and
Harkin have done the county two
years noble service. When Mr.. Crop
| ley took hold four prisoners were
turned over to him. He turns over
mir, to Mr.. Abel. But in between
those two figures there has been a
great history in crime written in Ke-
nosha county. A glance back over the
past two years seems more like a hor-
rible nightmare than like a procession
of living facts. Stop and think of the
great Chicago Bedding company
arson case. Three men connected
with it are now languishing in
the state prison. Next in great
!, hileous outlines rises the beastly muir
If Mrs Bertha Hilgendorf by
her husband. Hilgendorf fills another
cell in the same institution.
Close upon the heels of this comes
the Sackett- Miller episode, and both
these men are serving out terms for
their fellonious actions. Altogether
there were fifteen men sent to state
prison, four to the reform school at
Waukesha and fourteen to the insane
asylum.
During the two years $500 people
have been housed over night, and 400
names have been put upon the regis
ter. This last thing is done only with
small offenders against the peace and
dignity of the commonwealth, like
DRINKS and similar disorderlies.
That is a record which outdoes two
or three of Mr.. Cropley's immediate
predecessors terms. In all matters
the record has been very clean one
for Mr.. Cropley and his able assistant,
Mr.. Harkin.
Over in the county building across
the lot, there are very few changes to
record. Bert Robbins is still there.
SO is r. FL. Slosson. They have both
been reelected to stay there.
In the register Of deeds off ce Mr..
Tarbell retres and Sherman Gibbon
takes his place. Mr.. Gbbon is nearly
a stranger here in town, but he has the
qualities about him of getting acquaint-
ed soon.
There is no transfer of records any
where else. Mr.. Buckmaster will fight
crime two years more. Thomas Han
sen will receive and receipt for the
county's moneys and pay it out. And
Charles Gonnermann will continue to
sit on all dead bodies which become
such by reason of sudden accident or
impulse.
1t is good list of officers all through.
The voters of Kenosha county are to
be congratulated on them.
THE INJUNCTION DISSOLVED.