Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

the Government has an auction sale once each
80 days or C, conducted by the United States
marSllal's of1ce. To save the expense OF an
auctioncer, Second Chief Deputy Marshal
Clarkson is tie auctioneer. Since october 8,
when the las auction took place, % seized
automobiles have accumulated. There will
probably be at least 80 confscated cars auc-
toned off by Mr.. Clarkson on November 10.
the next sale.
One hundred and ninety-six automobiles
were seized by the prohibition officials in the
District of Columbia and sold at public auction
by the United States marshal since last JaEs
uary g. or in about nine months up to October
8, the date of the last sale. The net proceeds.
from this sale of the 1876 amounted ia
$444726, deposited by Marshal Snyder to the
credit of the United States Treasury. The ex-
penses for storage and sale are estimated at
about 81 900, so these cars sold at an average
price of about $27 each.
In 1880, go motor cars were sold and brought
$781232 gross. Costs and liens against these
cars amounted to $405O.62 which left $3,1344O
as net proceeds deposited to the credit of the
Treasurer of the United States, after $62750 OF
the gross amount was turned over to the COLI
lector of internal revenue at Baltimore.
COMETTMES stolen cars and automobiles with
- title resting in the finance companies are
seized from illicit distillers. brewers and boot
leggers. In these instances legal complications
United States marshal's Office. Prohibition had
been in force orly about one year when Mr..
Snyder took charge. His troubles and work
have been greatly increased because of the
difficulties of prohibition which are little under
stood by prohibjtionists and anti-prohibitionists
alike.
The number of cars seized in the District
since the prohibition law went into effect
averages about the same each year, but the
marshal'S Office informs us that the quality
49,
deprecated from the more expensive new cars
used during the first years of prohibition.
From April l. 1890, to March 81, 1881, the
records Of the marShals Office show the follow
ing transactions: Total writs served, 1S6,162;
total fees earned SGT BIT IS; total fees turned
over to the Treasurer of the United States $751;
O56.74; total number of jurors served, $500.
These transactions include those with the SUI
preme the Municipal, the Police and the Juve-
nile Courts
The coroner of the District is the only official
who can serve processes on the United States
marshal in the District of Columbia. DR.. John
d. Rogers is now acting coroner. Marshal Sny-
der has many write of replevin and other
processes served on him in the course of year.
Often his bondsmen are sued jointly with him.
Actions brought against him in the perforn1D
ance Of his official duties are defended by tho
United States attorneys Of the District of CO.
1umbia Occasionally damage suit Is decided
against him, wssc-e - or his bonding company
mas TO pay, ana not the Government.
Edgar G. Snyder is Pennsylvania by birth
and an a1umnus of the University Of Pennsyl-
wanna. He is member of the bar in his native
State and in the District of Columbia. He went
to Topeka, Kans., to practice law, but soon
drifted into newspaper work. Senator Arthur
Capper and Mr.. Snyder were fellow workers on
the staff of the Topeka Capital He moved to
Omaha and became railroad editor and then
city editor of the Omaha Bee. Arthur Capper
remained in Topeka and finally bought the
Capital, which he owns today. When Edgar c.
Snyder and Arthur Capper were colleagues on
the same newspaper in the early eighties Vice.
President Curtis was struggling lawyer and
became prosecuting attorney of Shawnee
County. Charles Curtis and Arthur Capper
both came to Washington as United States
Senators (N1r. Curtis served eight terms in
the House,, while Edgar c. Snyder came here
as a newspaper correspondent. Mr. Snyder was
appointed United States marshal by President
Harding to succeed another well known and
popular newspaper man, Maurice Splain who
was an appointee of President Woodrow wilson
Edgar G. Snyder at the last annual convention
Of United States marshals held in Denver last
June was reelected president of the National
United States Marshal Association.