Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-06-16
ALL ALIKE TO YOUNG.

County Officials Regardless.
Coroner Trezise made careful inves-
tigatlon into the circumstances of the
death of Jesse Ohmert at Springdale and
decided an inquest unnecessary. Mr.
Ohmert was working in his little tunnel,
about IS feet from the surface, when a
tree above, which had rotted at the roots
fell and the earth beneath came down
upon him. The coroner estimates that
10 tons of earth and rock tell, striking
Mr. Ohmert upon one leg and huge
rock rolling over upon his breast. He.
probably, died from pain and exposure
lying in that cramped and indescribably
painful position for many hours.
Ordinary coroners would have EN-.
panelled jury and loaded the county
with heavy expense. This is not Mr.
Trezise's practice. He has saved Boul
der county thousands of dollars by
emitting inquests. In each case he is
entitled to S. day and 10 cents mile,
but the county commissioners, acting un
der advice of the county Attorney,
Lewis S. Young, has turned his bills
down. A man was killed on rail read
track at Louisville recently. The coro
ner investig ated, refrained from holding
an expensive inquest and reported the
circumstances to the state board Of
health. The man was scattered all over
the prairie after the locomotive had run
over him and Louisville physician had
reported that he was 1.-The attending
physician" That is TO say. he had gazed
on the man IN detail, attending him after
death. The state board insisted upoh
an official report. to ascertain whether
the rail road company was culpable.
This Mr. Trezl made but his bill was
turned down. No physician was pre-.
sent, so the family physician summoned
the coroner and he went, examined into
the cause and made the proper certificate
His bill, filed with the commissioners
was refused and sent by that body to
Mrs Fullen TO pay. The lady was advis
ed not to pay it and did not. Lou Sibbit
WAS recently killed in the Big Five mine
and Manager Daniels insisted upon the
coroner investigating the circumstances
This he did, sparing the county the ex
pense of an inquest, and his modest legal
bill was disallowed.
Bills of Justice Dyer and Constable
MADEIRA, statutory bills, in all respects
legal, have been turned down on advice
of Mr. Young, who happens to be very
narrow and spiteful individual. 1t was
the same county attorney who advised
the board to fix the salary of the Deputy
District Attorney at 81 a year and Mr.
Merwn has been unable ever since to
collect his proper statutory fees. If he
should advise the county commissioners
that there is a Inv to Compel then TO
paint the court house yellow, it Is fair to
assume that they would accept that ad-
vice. He was neatly whipped in his at
tempt to injure the Colorado & Southern
railroad by applying for receiver for it
because it declined to pay tax thereto.
fore related by the state board of equal
ization but the Camera does not know
whether he advised the commissioners
that court fees taxed in that case should
not be paid. If he had advised it. the
sheep over at the court house would,
probably. act upon that advice. The
rail road company does not send annual
passes to county attorneys.