Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
SHERIFF INGALLS,
IS INDICATED
GRAND 1tnN. AFTER INVEST.
CATION. ENONERArrS ~.
MEiiALDA OFFICIAL.


nation Of The Office OF the sheriff. aud
the vague eharprs thai were made
against some OF the people under
Sheriff ingalls,. have completely ex.
onerated the sheriff and his men.
The charges OF graft directed al both
he sheriff's Office and thai Of the dis
trict attorney have fallen fiat. The
Tribune has the following on the sub
iect:
II was known to every man in Es-
meralda county that the charges OF
graft would fall Hat Sheriff ingalls,
is too wen known for any one for
moment TO believe that there was
anything going on in his Office that
was wrong and that had his sanction.
He has heretofore occupied positions
of trust in the county. and has al
ways faithfully discharged his duties
and has always stood high In the es-
timation of the people.
After investigating the rumors of
graft in connection with the district
attorneys Office. and the operations
of the sheriffs Office, particularly in
the redlight district. the grand jury
yesterday completely exonerated
both offices from suspicion. At 81
O'Clock witnesses were summoned be-
fore the grand Jury at it's rooms Dis
| trict Attorney Swallow and Under
/ Sheriff Bart knight were also pres
ent. while Sheriff ingalls, held him
| self in readiness should the grand
/ jury desire his presence The net re-
suit of the grand jury's work on the
matter was shown at noon when
report was made saying that no evil
dence of malfeasance or graft had
been shown.
In speaking about conditions as
they formerly existed in the redlight
district, Sheriff ingalls, said yester-
! day: / think that this is the time
for me to speak frankly to the pub
lie OF conditions in the redlight dis
/ trict as they existed up to the time
that brought my Office here and as
! sumed charge, under the order of the
county commissioners. of the polio
ing of Goldfield
When | looked into things be-
low the line, | found that for months
a regular tax of S. per month had
been levied and collected from each
/ IN, +h Ifrt.,f .,t l,xr + a
! uty constables who put the money in
/ then own pockets. In some cases I
4 found that as much as $40 a month
had been collected, and any woman
who refused to pay was either clap
4 ped into Jail until she did, or had
life made so uncomfortable for her
that she was forced to leave town.
In justice to the deputy con-
stables it must be said that they had
the policing of the district, no pro-
vision for regular salaries had been
made for them, and they were polio
ing the town on commission, as it
We're Nevertheless, the system had
given rise to the collection of just
about as much as the constables car
ed to collect.
~ saw that the system opened
the way to endless corruption, the
employment of men practically living
off women, and the oppression of the
criminal class ! had conference
with the county commissioners. They
| were of the opinion that, just as the
property owners up town paid GER
| tain monthly sum for police protec-
4 ton, so the property owners of the
! redlight district should have an OPP
A portunity to make purely voluntar
lily contribution for police protection
II on exactly the same terms as the up
4 town property owners. The commits
4 sioners instructed me to make it per-
4 fectly plain TO the redlight property
n owners that they We're not compelled
to pay this sum of So monthly unless
they wished. | carefully instructed
everyone to this effect. ] had prev
iously instructed the individual wo-
|
fee of S. was no longer to be paid to
police officers. This caused much
hard feeling in certain quarters.
From June | to July |. | receiv-
ed $135 voluntary contributions from
redlight property owners on the
terms agreed upon by the county
commissioners. This money was
turned over to the county Then
} went before the commissioners and
told them that the system was bad
one, leaving loop hole for grating
and decentralization of the men. They
agreed with me that the system must
be stopped.
With Assistant District Attorney
Walsh | went down into the district
and made personal calls on every
person interested either in property