New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
WORK Or SHERI
SHOWS I! BIG GRO NT'H
s BROWN COUNTY OFFICIALS !
SUBMIT \ THEIR REPORTS
FOR YEAR
JUDGE OF PROBATE ROSS HAS
LARGE INCREASE OF WORK
IN 1916.

Sheriff w. ]. julius and his deputyH.
=. :. Jahnke, have had another busy year.
according to the sheriff $ report for 1916,
Just fled with the state board OF control.
During the year there have been housed
at the Brown county jail 10Y prisoners,
flO6 OF whom were men, and one woman.
Five prisoners renamed over the New
Year at the beginning Of 1916, and the
number received was 1O1 ,san even 100
OF them being males. In fact the sheriff's
boarding house appears to be more
popular with the men than with the
Women, as in 1915 he entertained hut
one female guest.
Disposition Of Prisoners.
8 Only two prisoners were kept over
this tn year, and they are serving sentences.
During the year there were removed to
the state prison and to the reformatorry
at st. Cloud, nine prisoners, and one
was taken to the Red Wing industrial
school. Seventeen were removed on the
expiration of jail sentences, and thirty
two were released on payment Of fines
imposed by the courts. -Four were re-
leased on bail, and one died in jail, while
four were removed to the state hospital
for, the insane. Under the head of
Otherwise removed from jail, !" there
were eight, which included prisoners
brought here from siblev county 81 ffor gsafe
keeping or those returned to other co,,n
ties for trial. Twentv-e,oht were 70 -
leased when accounted nv the 3co,,rt -
their cases nolle pressed.
For board and care Of prisoners sheriff
Julius has receiyed i total az xSks, "a
Of this $68i 20 uas received frnm. IN !.
county, apd 81 ~ 10 from COUNTY
10 some, without invest atine, this.
might seem big profit to the sheriff.
put with the constantly increasing cost
sof provisions the personal gain to himself.
is quite small. He is allowed SIS cents
day for the care of the prisoners. which.
includes their board and also their.
washing, which is not an easy task and
entails considerable expense.
K. Has Big Growth.
That the business of the sheriff,s Office
in Brown county has made wonderful
growth in the past nine years, is shown
by the number of prisoners cared for. in
the county jail, as follows: 1916. 107.
1915, 1O8; 1914, Al; 1913, 81; 1912 *.
Or .e-a q ~ -
1911, 45; 1910, AZ; 1909, 40; 1908. "a.
In bringing law breakers to justice in
the past year Sheriff julius and Den,tv
Jahnke have been extremely successful
They have gotten nearly every one. th.t
they went after and the most sor;o,,s
offenders are now serving prison terms
R.nor+ &c Ia.
Probate .Judua Rose na.+a-,.
mitted his ann,1o, ronor+ ! - 8 SUI
Of County Corn,;ss;a,,a = ..'e noaro
cleaned some interesting statistics There
were 1894 hearings held before the ;udae
during tho yo.r lex -, -. ,uuse
and the number Of estates settled uo,1.
1874. There were twentv-savan
conducted eight insanity HEARINGS - :
result Of which seven persons were com,
mitted to the state detention hospital At
St. Peter and one committed to the state
school for the feeble minded at E'ariba,,H
There were no inebriate cases heard !
during the year, which shows falling
off in that line Of business, as in 1qI5
there were six. The county gave aid -
eight mothers under the Mothers, Pen
sion act. Judge Ross joined seventeen