Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-29 | Page 6 | Sulzer Fires Sheriff Who Allows Prisoners to Attend Horse Races

I I I I SULZER FIRES SHERIFF WHO ALLOWS PRISONERS TO ATTEND HORSE RACES Albany N. N Y T-Y Y Y A 28 A Iff of r Suffolk Apri new ne sherIff sher sher- count county wa was named by Governor Sulzer today because time the executive ex- ex who allows nen does s his not e beUc that a man s 's prisoners to lo attend allent horse races and and ball games Is fit tit to hold bold such an office In him removing Melville Mel Mel- Iel ville E E. Brush and appointing D D. Henry Brown ns as his successor the governor said It I Is amply proved b by the thc testimony that thai prisoners serving sor time lime Were wore permitted Por- Por the freedom of oC the streets outside out out- side the tho jail jai wals walls They cared cred for the time horse the private property of the sheriff In a stable Some distance from the ja Jail I. I and amid also for tor or the horse of ot a warden or turnkey These horses were ere used for Cor racing at the thc fairs faire held at Riverhead and these prisoners acting as stablemen and amid other prisoners attended at at- tended these fairs took care of the tho horses at the race meet wore spectators spectators tors lors at ai baseball games dressed up In ha their Sunday clothes so that It was that I impossible to distinguish such melt prisoners prison prison- on ers ens from reputable citizens