Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-15

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Sheriff Doran was finished q lii "A
and cross examination was lnnnss-
d'ate'y begun by Attorney % 4.
jacques for the defense, who had 3
the former show what notstIons
were made In the books 81 the u
sheriffs office by others than the I
witness.
Charles E. Doran, formerly deputy1
sher1n OF Wapello county, has been oiSs
the stand nearly all day today In tha$
custer proceedings trial of Sheriff c. OH
Cremer now In progress before JudR6S
A. N. Hobson, special jurist.
Doran's testimony had to do prinCiss
pally with his work In the Office and anS
explanation Of how the books were
kept. There were many returns irlE
which he stated that he had added IN
the totals and charged them but that
the additional expense items were irka
Sheriff Cremer's handwriting.
Doran Last Witness.
Mr.. Doran is the last witness for tho
state. He told the court that hes be-
gan work for the sheriff on january
2, 1915, but that for three weeks prior
to that time he worked in the Office
to acquaint himself with the work and
that this was done at his own EXPENSE
He testified that he was raised on 1s
farm, spent three years as railway
fireman, and knew nothing about keep
ing books until he came into the
Cs1, ~u1r - -
was to keep the Jail calendar, the crim
inal fee book, the civil fee book. the
warrant book and the part OF II dets
voted to the list of persons sent to the
state institutions. 81
Mr.. Doran said that he did not 49,
sist In the feeding of the prisoners ina
any way and that he got his informa&
tion for the books, about when pris1S
oners came in, from the sheriff or turn
key. If they were not there then often
the deputy went to the police and
Justice court and got them himself.
Had No Share In Fees.
The deputy, when he first began ton
work was paid by the sheriff and for
the first six months received $83.S3 La
a month Then the law changed and
he received monthly salary OF $500
from the county. At no time did ho%
share in the fees Of the office. except
for his actual expenses. These were
paid by the sheriff and Doran main
tanned that he often did not get them.
His information, for the books, about
the discharging of prisoners came from
the sheriff, Mr.. Doran stated. Whom
a mans time was UP he was marked i
"out' on the books, such were the
sheriff's instructions, the witness de-
clared If the sheriff or turnkey vera
not there then Doran himself, turned
them out but that was not often.
Calendar Was Informant.
The former deputy said that he rel
ceived his information for compiling u
the quarterly statements from the jall8
calendar. He would often write them
and the sheriff would read them on to-
him. This was done, Doran said, whSAs
the sheriff had time to do It, Again
the deputy would write the items and
the sheriff's son would read them and
again the young man would write and
the deputy read. AS far as the wit
ness knew the reports were aimed to-
be correct copies Of the jail calendar:
he said he knew of no overlapping
charges from quarter to quarter.
He arrived at the number OF lodg.S
ings to charge by the number OF days,
counting one for each day. He arriy.
ed at the number of meals to charge
by the total number Of meals on the
jail calendar. M
Information from the fee books and
insane cases book was obtained from
the warrants and the information on
the warrants from the sheriff.
Told to Count Three.
Doran said that Cremer told him to
count three meals a day for every
prisoner in the jail. On three day
prisoners he was instructed by the
sheriff to turn them out after break.
fast on the third day. M sS
kContinued on page 81