Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
did not consider Mr.. Cremer much Of
a cOmnlainer

did not consider Mr.. Cremer much of
a complainer. ST..
Doctor Knows Him, Too.
DR.. G. S. Reed, a practieing physi-
clan and surgeon in Agency, said that
he has known Mr. Cremer for thirteen
years and has always considered his
general reputation good and he be.
lieved that that was the sentiment OF
the general community where the de.
PENDANT lived before coming to OF.
! tumwa He was not cross examined.
John d. Newell, a resident of
| Agency for sixty-seven years, said that
! he has known Mr.. Cremer as long as
he has known anyone and he had al
ways heard and considered that the
sheriff's reputation for morality and
J honesty was good. He was not cross
examined, either.
stodahilI Charged Mileage.
Thomas Stodghill, sheriff of WapeL
| 10 county from 1894 to 1898, testified
| that while he was in Office there were
not many telephones in use in the
country but there were a good many
in town. He used the phone to sum-
mon witnesses in both civil and Grim.
inal cases and il they came he
charged mileage the same as when
personal trips were made. He did not
have much work of that kind though,
Mr. Stodghill said.
Morrissey Helped Officers.
j. J. Morrissey, deputy sheriff UNI
der w. e. Knox, told the court of help
ing Mr.. Cremer and Mr.. Doran with
! the work of the Office both before and
~ 1oN ;ro +o11
| He said that he acted upon the I'M
derstanding that Doran was to have
charge Of the books and he showed
/, him that part of it and Mr.. Cremer
the work of serving papers, when he
asked. He was with Doran most Of
the time, the sheriff being out
He said that under the Knox admin
istration it was customary, If pris-
oner was admitted to the jail in the
day time, to charge the lodging that
he was entitled to. This was done for
the reason that the sheriff was entitled
to the expense because he prepared
the bed and got down the blankets.
He said that they often had prisoners
in Jail without any commitments and
he had known of them being kept
| there several days.
Booked Him on First Date.
! On the cross examination the wit
ness said that when a man was
/ brought in without commitment,
and it was issued and turned into the
| office later, he was always booked
from the date on which he was first
put in JAIL He said that he knew the
sheriff was allowed his fees for the
care of prisoners but he did not know
that 1t covered his preparation for
taking care of them overnight such as
putting down the beds He said that
the officer did not seem to be at any
expense in doing this as everything
was furnished by the county. He also
said that there was more to do in
showing the new men than the keep
| ing of the books and records He did
not instruct them to charge expenses
not incurred nor for meals not served.
; Strict For Rules.
James Travis, a prisoner in the
,, county Jail from August 20, 1915, to
March 81, 1916, said that as far as he
had ever been able to observe Sheriff
Cremer Was strict in his rules on keep
| ing man in for his full length of
time sentenced. The only cases he
knew of when they got out before was
when an employer came and told the
sheriff that he had work for them,
| then Mr.. Cremer would let them go the
night before the morning the sentence
expired. These were rare though Mr..
J Travis said.
On cross examination the witness
admitted that he was convicted on
June 16, coaxed the sheriff to let him