Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-03 | Page 3 | Sheriff's Office Gives Back Cash

SHERIFF'S OFFICE GIVES ICS CASH Mone Takpn From Ctiity TreMnrer's 0Mc Saturday Is Kefiindod. SHERIFF ORDERS DEPl TV TO RETURN THE FUNDS Steps Taken b Troasuror ( ar-bis ar-bis Biilga Sheriff's Oliire to Its Si'iisos. Deputy Sheriff Booth, who en Saturday lsst marched Into the office of the t iv Treasurer, and. ujon being refused entrance en-trance to the cage containing the cash, threw aside Deputy Treasurer Mct'anne by brute force, thereupon extracting from the funds J28.M. which he claimed he had , the light to selte under a Rarnlahmcnt. has taken a ' tumble lo himself.'' Money Is Refunded. At I'-ast this Is the Inference, for the j money wrongfully and Illegally extracted by Deputy Booth has been returned to Tr. usurer Carbia, it is slated, upon order Of Sharif! Bmery. Booth's action at the time was so ck-arly Illegal and outside of hll province as an officer as to call forth plain-spoken and adverae comment from thi K who know the facts In the ease, w hi. h follow: Garnishment Issued. Fred J. May way a Juror In the case of th. libel suit of W. R Jones. Jr. agslnsl Th. rrlburie Re had &lp due him for his ssrvtcea In that eapaclt Mark Jeffs 1 'ire, i judgment agi-.lnst Mav. an ex- cutlon was Issued and Auditor Fisher, who Issues the w..rrunt to the Juror was iiarnlsheeil and answered, stating the amount of money due. Deputy Appenrs 0n Scene. Then appeared the Deputy Sheriff, con-i con-i Ions of his Importance as an officer of the law. He did not go to the Auditor to prevent the Issuance of the warrant to M r . but figuring that the money must come from the County Treasurer. SVldsnt-i SVldsnt-i Itsved It easier to go there and place the cash In his pocket Cage Is Defended Deputy Treasurer McCanns prcperiy re- i t'd th'- attempt of Booth to e'arry away money without proper authority, and attempted to prevent the entrance of the officer Into the cage containing the oash Month being the stronger mnn physically, threw McCannc aside and proceeded pro-ceeded to help himself. Excitement Is Caused. In the tniggls between the two men the emergency bell whli h connects with the Sheriff's Office was rung by accident, and f ur deputies hurried to the scene, believing believ-ing that a hold-up was In progress But I,, ii thcv saw that It was onl one of l heir number taking what he had no right to. th.y sauntered bae'le to their office without Interfering Clearly Illegal Act. The act of the deputy In removing by force publli funds from the custody of a public nflucr wns so clearl" Illegal that steps Liken hy Treasurer Carhls to bring the matter to the attention of the County Commissioners quickly brought Booth to his senses, an.l haste was made to return re-turn the misappropriated cash.