The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-20
TAPEWORM CONTINUITY.
Tho Hon. y. o. sherman's Salary no Coun'
sci for state Insane Hospital.

From the Utica Observer.
The prediction that the trial Of the Ma ginn
case would result in costs exceeding 5000
Is substantially verified by the bills presented
In court yesterday. We doubt II Judge Scrip
ture will cut down these bills Of the lawyers
very much although three of them claim
81, 900 apiece; for Judge Scripture Is clever
as clever can be, and he 30 loves his brethren
Of the law! He Is their elder brother. and
they are looking up to him with confidence.
Henry j. Cookinham, who represented thu
Utica State Hospital which was charged with
OBTAINING a sane man as an insane person,
expects 81, 900; Irving X. Baxter. who brought
the accusation. expects $1,000; and William
A. Matteson, who held an earlier title as
representative of Maginn. expects 81 900
these sums to be taken out Of the estate OF
poor Maginn. who is insane and helpless.
There Is a good deal In this case that In
vites comment: and some of these matters
the people are talking about
AT present and first. 1t Is proper to inquire
about the absence, OF James Schoolcralt
Sherman from the case. and the appearance
Of his brother-n-law. Mr.. Cookinham. Mr..
Sherman. In addition to being Congress-
man and the president OF the Utica Trust
Company, has captured another good thing
the position OF legal representative OF the
Utica State Hospital. with yearly salary OF
81. 200. thanks to Odell! In former years.
the law business Of this State hospital used
to cost something like $50 or 500 year. 1t
was one Of Odells ideas to economic on the
lawyers bills and that economy. In the man
ner of the economies OF Odell gave soft
thing to some OF his devoted friends-as many
OF them as there are insane hospitals In tho
State. This particular State hospital JOB
fell to Congressman Sherman, and we pre-
sumo his pay Ct 10 s saa!y snd
his bank salary-all of which. comoined.
place him quite above want! indeed, oner b are
sbons Who 90 KSnR be
still Keep, the wolf from his door! . 81, .,,.
S0s Tass thai Fass
State hospital manasement here was ios
man in custody as an insane person; II was
a pretty bad accusation. i called for de-
oser seH and pSd sood salary de-
fend the institution and Its managers9 Where
was sherman2 A.
hospital He ~ sas @
as We ssvs nssR sSe e lsasa re;
f Bid any who knew of 81: sheTman's oiisisii
think he was shirkins his duty altogetherf
Rather was It not reasonable to suppose
tna wb sae he Rss personay .esponsbe for
the work he was doing?
1t doesn't turn out SO. 1t doesn't appear
to the defence except to help Mr.. Cookinham
to the bank. perhaps TO Washing on. perhaps
to mend his political fences, perhaps TO e1-
with a bill for 81 900 for his defence Of the
State hospital from charge which was
decided to be untrue. True the bill ts not
presented against the State hospital, but
slides in with the other bills against the LUCK
less Maginn. Yet was the service not essen.
work Mr. Sherman should have done under
his obligation as legal counsel for the accused
administration?
But we do not believe Mr.. Sherman has
omitted to draw his salary OF 81 200 faith.
fully during all the time the Maginn case has
been going on.