The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-20
SHERlFF'S REPORT PRESENTED
Report for the First Nine Months of
the Year Shows Vast Amount of
Work Done BY Sheriff and His Depu-
ties Expenses Shown to be Low.

A long cherished hope Of some Of the
members Of the county board went
glimmering this morning when the
members Of the board by a top heavy
vote turned down resolution provid-
ing for an increase Of the salary of
members of the board from three to
four del'ars day. The high cost Of
diving sd the doubtful honor of being
membei of the board figured much
in the discussion nf the resolution which
was decidedly sprited. The resolution
was presented bg Supervisor Patrick
Tobin Of Pleasant Prairie and in urg-
ing the adoption of it he declared that
the earnings of the members OF the
board while in attendance at the annual
meetings of the board were all the COM
pensaton received for the work rend-
cred in the towns during the year. He
declared that with the present cost of
hired help on farms the members Of the
board from the rural districts were
forced to attend the sessions Of the
board at financial loss
Supervisor Luke Of Wheatland came
out strong against the resolution de-
claring that he considered it an honor
for man to be named to represent
his town on the board and that lie was
opposed to any increase in the salary
paid Shee. Elf ,s4Esssa sly crpisx1s
Heusgen and Epson followed suit IN
opposing any increase in pay and
Chairman Yule, as had been expected,
came out strongly against the proposed
increase
When the matter finally reached a
vote the resolution was lost by the fol
lowing votes: For the increase SUI
pervisors Eppers, Tobin, Kline, Hart
nell, Scott and Link. Against Super
visors Epson, Spartz, Herzog, Luke,
Grosvenor, Yule, Burg, Schwan and
Hensgen.
The vote on the salary increase was
the most interesting business of the
sessions Of the day.
Much of the morning session was
taken up in the hearing Of the report
of the sheriff for the first nine months
of the year. AS Sheriff Achen is now
in the hospital in Chicago the report
was prepared and presented by Under
Sheriff Nicholas Fonk, who presented
the report in person before the board.
The report showed that the nine months
just closed had been among the busiest
in the history of the sheriff's office.
Fifteel men and two women were
taken to the state prison at Waupun,
five to the state reformatory at Green
Bay, three to the Industrial school at
Milwaukee, one each to the Waukesha
school and to the state public school at
Sparta, three to the school for the
feeble minded at Chippewa Falls.
Eleven males and seven females were
taken to the state hospital for the in
sane at Mendoza during the period.
Nine prisoners were brought back from
other states and in all but two cases all
expenses connected with their return
were paid into court by the defend
ants.
The sheriff and his assistants during
the nine months have served 255 pa
pers n civil actions and in doing so
travelled 726 miles. The total amount
turned over to the county treasurer in
the nine months was $32674. The to-
tai number of prisoners committed to
the county Jail during the period was
S73.
In concluding his report the sheriff
makes a strong plea for the building
of workhouse or making some provi-
sion for the employment of prisoners
other than is now in vogue in the
county. He shows that it has been i'm
possible to carry out the law in re-
gard to the employment of prisoners
and that on account of the inability to
find work for them many prisoners SEN
fenced to hard labor have not followed
the sentence.
The report of the sheriff was one of
the most interesting ever sent to the
county boar from such an official in the
county.