The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-27
Governor Van SAINT Will Sus-
pend the Sheriff.
TO NAME COMMISSION
Charges in Public Examiners Re-
port to Be Probed.
THE DOCUMENT is MADE PUBLIC
Deputy KOerner Brands the Over
charges as Acts of Intentional
Frand and Larceny.

Phil T. Megaarden has about two days
grace, during which he will remain in un-
disputed possession of the Office of sher-
iff. He will eat his Thanksgiving din
ner in peace.
Governor Van SAINT called Miss Helwig,
his stenographer, in this morning and
gave her the report of Public Examiner
Pope, asking her to make several copies.
When this has been done, the governor
will begin proceedings. The report makes
charges against Megaarden's conduct Of
the Office. They require attention and
the governor will appoint a commission
to investigate the charges. At the same
time he will suspend the sheriff from Of
fee, upon the showing made by the pub
lie examiner
The extra copies being made are for
the use of the three gentlemen who will
serve on the commission, and of the coun-
sci for the state and for Megaarden
The governor made the contents of the
report public this morning. 1t is a Sc
we're document. There is no disposition
to CLOS over any of the transactions and
many of them are condemned in unstinted
language. There are twenty-four sched-
uIes appended, showing the overcharges
IN detail. They are summarized in the
following table,
Items Due the County.
A-Copies of venire facias ... s6O3. 40
- AICeupteu services ................ 877.00
CLConveying prisoners to the work
house Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
D-Deputies attending court ~ 665, 100
bench warrants and
7, attending bi municipal court .......... 1,222.0O
F-Dupllcate charges for commit
= nents and remanding prisoners -. 1880
G-Mileage and expenses outside the
state ...,..:........;.: :......:........ 545.37
conveyance Of prisoners. :.......... 299.2S
deputies looking up evidence and
patrolling cycle paths ............ 1880
Light. telephone, books and sta
K-Conveying children to public '' 10
school at Owatonna ............... 999. SO
L-COnVeying children to training
school at Red Wing ................ 584.6S
M-Conveying persons to the institute
for detectives at Faribault ......... 43.65
N-Board and keeping U. S. and other
prisoners ---..,,..,... ..........-...... 11o2.s4
N-Boarding prisoners for the city of
Minneapolis, estimated ............. 432.6S
O-Amount collected citations.
taxes of 1899 ....................:.... 2S24.21
O-Attempted service, etc., in tax
matters Observation-Disclosures. e94.S3
P-Collections on executions. ......... 2O2 rs
Q-State VS.. DeShone, service on A.
A. Chrstianson .................... 257S
Q-State VS.. Clara Adams, service on
Joseph Godreau .................... 1892
Q-State vs.. Clara Adams, cash ad-
vanced for railroad fare ........ 5.S6
Q-State VS.. Gallagher, conveying
from reformatory, ST. Cloud. ...,. 1915
Q-State VS.. O'Malley, conveyance
from Red Wing ................,..... s.54
R-OVorchargeS for court service bY
Jail watchman ....................... 273.OO
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ST. S5f. %
No interest has been calculated on above
amounts, which If added, would increase over
charges and illegal fees to approximately the
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