The Ordway new era., 1906-08-03
INDICTiOFFICERS
TELLER COUNTY GRAND JURY
FINDS EIGHT TRUE BILLS.
SHERIFF BELL is NOT HELD
Two Months Session Finally Results
In Bringing Many charses-Former
Deputy County Clerk Indicted for At
tempted Bribery.


tempted Bribery.
Cripple Creek. Colorado.-The Teller
county grand jury, after two months OF
practically continuous session, was dis
charged yesterday by Judge Shoafor
after submitting its report. True bills
were found against eight individuals,
six OF them public officials. All with
two exceptions were for misdemean-
ors. The report was lengthy and
wordy one. containing fifty-seven pages
of foolscap. closely typewriter. Those
indicted, together with the offenses
charged, are as follows:
Edward Bell. sheriff OF Teller county.
malfeasance in Office. The specific
charge against Bell is the charging Of
$500 to the county for the feeding OF
twelve prisoners. This amount had al.
ready been refunded to the county.
]. A. Curry. justice OF the peace at
Victor. excess charge of fee to the
amount of $500 and $500.
S. G. Patrick, justice OF the peace
ut Cripple Creek. similar charge. the
amount specified on two counts being
Go cents and so cents.
+. o. Weak. constable. Cripple Creek,
90 cents.
F. p. Sheafor, constable. Cripple
Creek. As cents. Both of these con-
stables are charged with excess fees.
@. A. Gillett. four counts. viz: Nal
feasance in accepting the sum OF IS in
cases which were dismissed. In this
instance In one case n charge OF as
sault and battery brought by wife
against her husband. was dismissed.
the defendant paying the costs. Other
cases were similar in that the defend
ants paid costs. saving the county
considerable money.
G. S. Hoag OF Victor, captain Com
pany X. Colorado National Guard. for
mer deputy county clerk. was charged
with attempted bribery on two counts.
Those OF Offering $1,000 TO County
Commissioner w. Il. Meek and $500
| to County Commissioner C. S. Dawson
in return for n contract to transcribe
| the records of Ell Paso and Teller coun-
ties.
Tom Brown OF Goldfeld. who was
arrested about two weeks ago. had Il
true bill found against him for the
murder of Chris Miller at Goldheld on
election day, November s. 1904.
The bonds Of the parties were fixed
at from $4,000 for Brown to 5000 OF
| those accused of malfeasance. Tho
charge against Sheriff Bell was imme-
| diately nolled by District Attorney c.
C. Hamlin and approved by Judge
| Sheafor.
Immediately after the true bills were
| returned and informations filed, Dis
\ trict Attorney C. c. Hamlin nolled the
case against Sheriff Bell. and. in Ian
| guage most sarcastic. referred to the
untiring efforts of the jury in conduct
ing thorough examination. In stat
ing that the case would be nolled he
\ seemed to treat the investigation as
n travesty on justice. and during the
course of his remarks said:
81 wish to say, however. that up to
the time that my active service before
the grand jury ceased condition Of
affairs was disclosed by the evidence
before the jury in the sheriff's office
which passed my understandings
condition of graft conducted month
after month, aided and supported by
perjury. forgery, falsifying of receipts
and records; but it seems that the
| jury, in its wisdom, has seen fit to
| pass over all of these charges. 1t has,
however, returned one Indictment
against the sheriff of this county. and
has returned it upon charge which
it would be utterly, entirely and abso-
lutely impossible to convict him before
any jury"