The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-24
MORE TROUBLE
At SAUSALITO
Town Marshal Creed Has
Been Requested to
Resign.
Charged With Illegally Keeping
Money Belonging to the
Town.
The Officer Makes an Explanation,
but Declines to Step Down
and Out.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAUSALITO, Feb. 23-Another scan
dial has developed in the town govern
ment of Sausalito, and President John
H. Dickinson of the Board of Town
Trustees has demanded the immediate
resignation of Town Marshal John E.
Creed Unless Greed files his resigna-
ton Dickinson says that he will be
criminally prosecuted for holding back
public money belonging to the town of
Sausalito.
Yesterday Marshal Creed received a
note from President Dickinson asking
him to call at his office on urgent bust
ness. Greed complied with the request
to-day, and the president of the Board
of Trustees Informed him that he had
discovered where he had over a year
ago raised a license from SO to s12 and
had only turned SO into the town treas-
ury, pocketing the other SO. The Trus-
tees had resolved to either prosecute
Creed or allow the matter to drop If
he would resign from the Marshalship.
Greed has refused to resign, and SO
informed the president of the board to-
day. When seen by The Call CORE
spondent this afternoon Marshal Creed
admitted that he had been requested to
resign, but said he had no intention of
doing so.
1T is all very simple matter" said
he, land at the next meeting of the
Board of Town Trustees 1 will pay into
the treasury the amount the warrant
was raised. Oh, yes, l admit that
marked out the three dollars and in
serted twelve, but under the circum-
stances what else could / do? You see,
it was this way: l had the license in
my pocket made out for 50. 1t was
numbered "A, and 1 had to collect
license from the expressman who came
over from the city. He was going
away, and 1 wanted to collect the
money from him, so I scratched out the
SO and made it s12s Then / forgot all
about the thing. The receipt on the
Town Clerks stub book showed 50, and
l paid that sum in. / admit there is
difference of SO, but ] don't want to
steal that from the town. When L
steal something it will be worth steal
ing.
It's all a dirty business, anyhow
These people have known all about TINS
for over three months. Why dldn
they say something before now? why
didn't they come to me and show me
L
money? No, they had to wait until
now, couple of months before election
and spring this. 1 tell you the town
government here is rotten. could tell
a few things if 1 would, and l may
sometime. No, sir; you can say that
don't intend to resign now or any time.
I have done nothing wrong, and the
Withholding of the money is simply
mistake on my part"
Joseph H. Pryor, Town Clerk of Sau-
salito. was seen this afternoon. he
said that Creed's accounts, SO lar as
he was concerned. were all right, and
all the moneys appearing on his &C
counts against the Marshal were paid
in and accounted for. Greed has con-
suited attorneys, and on their advice
he intends to pay the 80 to the board
and await the threatened prosecution.
The affair only leaked out to-day, and
among those who know of it there is
profound sensation.