The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-23
TAX COLLECTING
RAIDS ARE BEGUN
Ceputy Sheriffs Cruise Around
Town With Furniture
Van.

AS a result of the crusade which has
been inaugurated against the tax de-
hnquents, nearly $500 was received at
the sheriff's Office vest SH1ay by Deputy
Otto Langum.
Over ninety persons came in during
the day to pay their taxes, and some
of them are among teh most fragrant
cases on the delinquent list. The fact
that the sheriff threatened to make the
rounds with a van and seize any prop
erty that he could lay hands on seemed
to have a stimulating effect on the de-
linquents.
Just before noon yesterday. Chief
Deputy Arthur l.. Jones started out
with a large covered van to levy on
some of the tax warrants. He was ac-
companied by Deputies Al Woodcock
and Frank c. Johnson and a corps of
reporters, who followed in the rear in
a carry all.
The first place visited was the Cecil
hotel, at 235 NicOllet avenue. Deputy
Jones presented his bill to Miss Irene
Corbett, the landlady, and when she
refused to pay the $50 and as much
in costs, an inspection of the premises
began, in order to disclose what would
be most suitable to vary away.
Some leather-c covered chairs. a couch
and center table looked good to Mr..
Jones, so he told the boys to advance
and capture the articles and bring
them to the van in the street below.
The woman became frantic, and at
tempted to Obstruct the way, but fell
in hysterical fit. She retired to an
other room, where she continued to
carry on her demonstrations in dis
Quieting manner.
She declared she did not own the
furniture; that she had bought it on
the installment plan, and had not yet
paid for it. She begged them to take
the piano instead of the chairs and
tables, but it was too ponderouS to
handle eXpeditiously. and so was left
as undesirable.
Some difficulty was encountered in re-
moving the furniture On account of the
narrow halls, but the feat was finally ac-
complished, and the furniture was taken
street north. This place Will be
we'll stored with furniture before the tax
campaign is over, enough being taken in
each case to pay for the tax as well as
costs and expenses of hauling and storage
II IS not expected that many will sub
gect themselves to the seizure, because
furniture worth two or three times as
huch as the tax Is worth will necessarily
be taken in order to warrant any certainty
In getting the amount of the tax when the
furniture is sold
In the afternoon the van and attenda Mt
party maze another trip and made an
other draft of furniture for the warehouse
cohectlon. The defendants were informed
IN each instance that they could recover
tnelr property by. appearing at the sheriff's
office and making sufficient tender Of
money to pay the bill. The furniture will
pe held and it is the opinion of Deputy
Jones that the recalcitrant persons viii
make good in a short time, rather than
lose the property taken away.
one woman, who had bought her fur
niture on the installment plan. became
quite excited when she saw the van back
up to her home. She thought the fur
nlture house had sent it to remove the
furniture: and when the sheriff's deputies
entered the house, she eXclaimed:
away!'' ~ 'ie Van
Thereupon she proceeded to get out the
money to pay for the furniture, and
lore she realized what the ominous-iook
A large. batch of executions of tax
warrants has been turned over bv the
clerk Of courts, and Sheriff Dreger saws
he will prosecute a vigorous Campaign
Tor the collection of all taxes Careful in
curry Will be made, and property levied
upon wherever it can be discovered: but
IN case the willy succeed in covering their
tracks temporarily so that nothing can
De found to levy upon in the usual Wav.
the shefiH suggests that the matter should
even then not be dropped