The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-24

Louis Wallace, a contractor, living at
2s4 Sherburne avenue, yesterday con-
cluded law suit and a series of nee
ect1ations which he was cognpellsd to
carry on in order to force from Thomas
L. Ccnroy, clerk Of the nunicpa court,
81, 900, which Conroy. IN his official Ca
pacity as clerk, had unlaWfully retain
ed since Feb. IA, 1928. 1t was no easy
matter for Mr.. Wallace to secure the
return of his money and, as he stated
last evening, 1T cost him considerable
time, trouble. annoyance and expense
to secure the $1,000 which should have
been handed over TO him nearly ten
months ago.
Il do not care to discuss the matter
said Mr.. Wallace last evening. 81 have
secured the return OF my money and
that was what 1 was after. wes forcad
to commence am action In the district
court against Conloy and his bonds
men. and did this only when repeated
promises made by Conroy TO sstsle had
been made and broken. The only ex-
cuse Conroy had TO offer for the reten-
ton and non payment Of my money
was that he was hard UP. From what
he stated during the time that / and
my attorneys have been trying to get
the $1,000 back, it is my impression that
Conroy has been robbdng Peter TO pay
Paul for the past TSar or more do
know that the action Of Conroy In not
handing over the money when ordered
by the court IS an outrage, and any law
which allows this state of affairs TO ex-
ist is wrong and should be changed.
II deposited $1,000 cash as bail with
Clerk Corroy, OF the police court, Sept.
IL. 1897 On Feb II, 1898, the money
was ordered paid back to me by one OF
the judges Of the municipal COURT, but
it was not AS a matter Of fact II was
rsot all paid until this afternoon The
money has been
PAID IN DRIBLETS
by Conroy from time TO time, the
smallest installment being s25. and tie
largest and final one $500, which was
handed over this afternoon.
II have nothing personally against
Cunroy, but he is a city official, paid
a good salary to attend to the duties
of his Office, and something should be
done by the officials or the law which
would make it possible for money
returned to the person depositing it
when the judges Of the court order,
and without waiting ten months or
forcing the return with law suit"
The statement made by Mr.. Wal
lace regarding the retention Of the
81, 900 by Clerk Conroy and his efforts
for the past ten months to force the
clerk of the municipal court to return
the amount are fully born out by the
records of the district court.
Sept. II, 1897, Robert Wallace, a son
Of Louis Wallace, was arrested and
arraigned in the police court on war
rant issued on complaint Of Freeman
P. Strong, charging him with grand
larceny in the second degree. The de-
fendant was duly arraigned. entered
a plea of not guilty and the prelimina-
ry examination was continued to Sept.
q, on motion of the county attorney.
One of the judges Of the municipal
court fixed the bail at $1,000. and, in
lieu of a bond or recognizance, 81 900 in
cash was offered as bail for the ap-
pearance of the defendant in court
Sept. 27 This was accepted by the
court and ordered paid to Thomas T.
Conroy, the clerk of the court.
The money being paid over to Con-
roy as clerk OF the court, the defend
ant was ordered discharged from the
custody Of the sheriff and ordered to
appear for examination Sept. 27.
After this date the preliminary hear
ing was continued from time to time
until Feb. "A, 1898, on which date, on
motion OF the county attorney, the
case IN the municipal court against
Robert Wallace was dismissed and
the Judge Of the municipal court or
dered Clerk Conroy TO return 10 Louis
Wallace the $1,000 which had been de-
posted as bail for the appearance Of
Robert Wallace.
CONRQY WOULDN'T GIVE UP.
Instead Of handing over the $1,000
Conroy made part payment and ten
dered s145 on account Mr.. Wallace
objected to the instaIlment plan Of re-
ceiving his money, but his protests ap-
parently had little if any weight
Between Feb IA and April 16 Con-
roy paid TO Dickson & Donnelly, who
were retained by Mr. Wallace, sums
aggregating 1856, which brought the
total amount paid on account of the
81 600 UP 10 $500. Here the payments
made by Conroy ceased, and despite
promises to settle up the balance
neither Mr. Wallace nor his attorneys
were able to secure any part Of the re-
manning $500 On May application
was made TO Judge Bum, Of the dis
trict court, for an order permitting
Louis Wallace to commence an action
in the court against Thomas T. Con-