The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-09
STATE IS AFTER
WAPELL0 SHERIFF
CUSTER PROCEEDINGS STARTED
TO REMOVE COUNTY OFFICIAL.
MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE CHARGE
Attorney Generals Office File.
Charges in District Court at Of
tumWa.-Third Custer Case
Brought Against Officers.

Des Moines, March 7.-Ouster pro-
ceedngs to remove e. c. Cremer,
sheriff of Wapello county from office
for alleged eXtortion, corruption, NAL
administration and mis- conduct in Of
flee, were filed in the Wapello County
district court to day by John Fletch.
err, deputy attorney general acting
for the state department of justice,
and e, X. Daugherty, acting for Wap,
clio county
The petition was sent to Ottumwa
and filed early this morning. This
is the third custer SAGE begun by the
state against officials in Wapello
county in recent years One mayor
of Ottumwa was renewed few years
ago. and former sheriff resigned to
avoid the filing OF a removal suit
against his in the district court.
Alleged Unlawful Charges.
Sheriff Cremer is charged particu-
larly with grating. The petition re.
lates that Nov. Is, 1915, Cremer was
given subpoena to serve on H. c.
Zimmerman, assistant state fire mar.
shall; that he called Zimmerman by
telephone and charged the county 80
FOR the service, while the actual ex-
pense incurred was only the cost of
the telephone message from Ottumwa
to Des Moines.
The Wapello county sheriff is &C.
cused of charging the county with
$50 costs for arresting Abe BORROW
in December. 1915, when no actual eX-
pense was incurred. The petition as
sertS that Cremer charged expenses
for himself and an assistant in TAX
ing an insane patient to the hospital
at Mount Pleasant, when he did not
make the trip and the only person
who did accompany the patient was
Mrs. Cremer wife of the defendant"
Continuing, the petition asserts that
on or about. Aug. so, 1915, the sheriff
charged Wapello county with three
meals for one female prisoner when
il is claimed the woman was not con.
fined in jail at that time.
The state further charges that Gre
mer received from Wapello colnty 81
| for serving a warrant of arrest upon
George Shillatto charged with inc
briacy and that Shillatto was at the
time confined in the county Jail on
another charge and in the custody OF
the sheriff and that no expense of any
kind was incurred in the service OF
the warrant.
Charged for Work OF Others.
During the month Of February. 1916
warrants we're issued by H. G. Nosler,
a Justice of the peace in WapellO COun-
tv for the arrest of seventeen persons
charged with crime, Sheriff Cremer
was given the warrants to serve. The
petitiOn relates that the greater mum
Der of the warrants were actually
served by special agents of the state,
without expense to WapellO county.
but that the sheriff charged the cOun-
ty 81 for serving each warrant, includ-
ing those served by the state agents.
It IS declared that no expense was
incurred in serving the warrants.
Many other charges of a similar ma
ture are made in the petition.
Rumors of the alleged graft reached
tho state department of Justice some
tine ago. John Fletcher. deputy at.
torney general. went to Ottumwa two
weeks ago, and. with the county attor.
rey, secured the evidence on which
the Ouste~ suit is based
When the case is assigned for hear.
ing Mr.. Fletcher will go to Ottumwa
TO take charge of the prosecution.