The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
FRESNO'S GRAND
 JURY ORAGNET Third Big Bunch of AC-
 CusatiOnS. SUITS ORDERED INSTITUTED NEARLY EVERY COUNTY oFFI- GAL INVOLVED. Moneys Paid for the Salaries of Dep uties Alleged to Have Been
 Expended IIle-
 gally.
SUITS ORDERED INSTITUTED
NEARLY EVERY COUNTY oFFI-
 GAL INVOLVED.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

FRESNO, Dec. 24.-The daily Grand Jury sensation was sprung this after noon. After the bringing of accusa- tions against the Board of Supervisors and the City Trustees. the grand jurors are now after more county off, cials, but they have taken a new tack. This afternoon District Attorney Snow filed in the County Clerks office an in struction from the Grand Jury to insti- ute suit in the name of the county against a number of county officials for various large sums which, it is alleged. were expended by them contrary to law, or at least without sanction of the law, and also to bring suit against the Board of Supervisors to recover the aggregate amount embraced in other suits, inasmuch as the Supervisors are responsible for all expenditures from the public treasury.
 The officials against whom suit was ordered brought and the amounts are as follows: Supervisors Sayre. Manly, Rose, Garrett and ex-Supervisor Ward. S52, ,699 10; Sheriff Scott, $S765 03: Audi tor Barnum, S6515 64; Tax e Collector Moodey, $24,096 93; Tax collector Mood ey again, S1050; Constable Shaw. S5960; Constable Albin, $5936 50, County Treasurer Whitson, S375.
 The amounts for which the suits were ordered brought cover expenditures for four years-that is, from and includ- ing 1895 to and including this year. up to November l. They are, except in the cases of Tax Collector Moodey and Treasurer WhitsOn. for the salaries of deputies, which the Grand Jury claims are employed without authority of law In each case the bOndsmen of the off, cials are ordered made parties to the suit The Grand Jury based it's find 1ngs upon the reports of Experts c. L. Wainwright of Selma and 4. Hays of this city. The report of the experts was filed in the County Clerks office and made part of the instruction of the Grand Jury to the District Attorney to institute the suits.
 In the case of Sheriff Scott, the depu- ties whose salaries the Grand Jury found to have been illegal charges against the county, are jailer, park oVerSeer and OverSeer of the chaingang The Auditor is to be sued for the salary paid to J. M. Bramlett as chief deputy and also the amounts paid to various other extra deputies allowed him from time to time by the Board of Super visOrs.
 The suit against the Tax Collector. is for the salaries of his assistant and deputies and also for commissions on the collection Of taxes. These cOmmis- s1ons are now the subject of litigation, the county, in common with forty other counties in the State, having entered into contracts with lawyers to ring suit against the State for their recov- cry.
 The suit authorized brought against Treasurer Whitson is for S375. the amount paid by the Supervisors to At tOrney c. c. Merriam. for which the Grand Jury charged them with corrupt misconduct in of5ce
 The actions to be brought against COnstables Shaw and Albin are for sal aries of deputies under them during the four years. Tax Collector MoOdey is also sued for s1050 which is a balance claimed due on pOolroom licenses