Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-23
He WILL NOT SUE
SHERIFF sANDBERo DENIES THAT ne
is AGoRiEvED.
TURNS PRISONERS OVER TO CODY
AND FEELS RELIEVED AT THE ENDING
OF THE FIRST CHAPTER.

Sheriff Sandbetg was an early morning
caller at the siftings Office Wednesday
morning, purely in an unofficial capacity.
For some time he has been kept quite
busy by criminal cases, and now that he
is relieved Of some Of them he is grad
ually recovering his wonted serenity and
appetite.
On the day before he had turned over
three prisoners to Sheriff Cody OF Gilpin
county, viz Chandler, Alilburn and
Sanburn. These three are charged with
arson and malicious mischief. Manager
Sims Of The sun and Moon mine bei:g
the complaining witness. There are
three others, Carbonetti. Napoli and Sc
grist, included in District Attorney Thur
mans information. Sheriff Cody and hs
deputy, Williams, came over for the two
Italians ON Tuesday Segrists where
aboujs viii probably be asccrtained ty
the date Of trial, which viii be in June.
Judge ueFmnce iudorsed the uforma-
tiau aud placed the bonds of Chandler,
Milburn, sanburn and Siegrist at s2,5oo
each, carbonetti's at $1,000 and Napolis
at $500. The crime charged is the blow
ing up and destruction OF the transformer
house Of the sun and Moon company.
Chandler. Mlburn and Sanhuru were
arrested by Sheriff saudberg at , a. IN.
last Sunday morning, at a Georgetown
house Of ill-fame, upon warrants ISSUED
from the Office OF Justice K. B. GnswoId
OF this city. The sheriff stated that he
had no difficulty in locating the men, as
they had made the resort their headqi:aF-
tiers during their stay in Georgetown.
Mr. Sandberg was asked regarding an
article which appeared in last weeks
Courier under the caption OF t'Slashc5i
Bills" which reads as follows.
1T begins TO look as though Clear
4 Crt elk county " uld have to defend itself
against an seton brought by Sheriff
| Sandberg. At the meeting Of the board
of county commissioners held last week,
+ the axe fell urd when tie sheriff recovered
/ from the blow BE found that his bills had
/ been slaughtered numerically. NJ.
sandberg pat ia bill of $50 IS for ta-
quarter ending June 80, 1893. aud tie
board allowed s7ts o., or din-IeHce lt
I gt7I For the quarter suiiHR f5creiu
go the sheriff claimed s2sls Sc, snl t.le
bill ~as cut ic sI442 n mrH ug Jlt59r-
enee Of s1g9 So. The exp He bills wee
allowed just as suhuttsi g. the boa-i
wes unanimous IN is pptti .,lat SO ex-
tra charges acr. CO t-irud.
&" .he principal obi 10 raised hy tie
board was 10 m e5ke charged by tie
sheriff At the ,ime hc visited Idaao
Springs aud tiEed 50 citizens that their
pr,seDce Wis required before Overs, tie
sheriff made his bl read as though
trip % Il been made. He claimed the
right TO charge for each prisoner coa-
ve} ed nom Idaho Springs 10 George
town separately, and the above made
total Of sls2, which WAS cut to So This
charge was made twice, apd In each it.-
stance the allowance was the same.
When the alleged conspirators of The
sun and Moon outrage were arrested. the
charges were on the same order, but the
usual 50 was allowed.
"As the matter now stands, the sheri =
made above his salary for the six month
s537.qS. and the commissioners aileee
that under the law Mr. sandberg is not
entitled TO the same
The sheriff stated that he wished 70
correct the erroneous impression calct-
lated to he produced by the above article
that he intended to institute suit against
the county. at is true" be said, 'that
the commissioners disallowed a portion
of my bills presented, but while that re-
duced the earnings of my Office some
what. that i'll itself is not cause for suit.
Under the law, Colorado shariffs are al
lowed salary of $4,000 per annum, and
that amount is paid out of the earnings
of the office. In my case, for instance. I
have to raise $500 per year in fees TO get
my own salary, for have an under sheriff
TO pay. His salary is fixed by the county
commissioners and is fIooo per year.
During the past year, notwithstanding
the 'slashing' by the commissioners. the
sherIff's Office of this county paid the
salaries referred to and turned consider
able into the general fund.
There is nothing for me to law over,
and certainly did not dream of such
thing"
| Win ]. Morgan, manager of the Little
Richard mining company, arrived yester-
day from Minneapolis on visit of in
spection of the group. Accompanying
| him is a Marty of eastern, friends ,ul,o ..rs.