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SHERIFF ERICKSON’S , OPEN CONFESSION.Ole Threw Himself on the Mercyof the Court and Took the Medicine.FINED AND REPRIMANDED.art.P-jn. m m.. m.irs.*4rIckIjneahAn*kielGgotforiVarrwai'Sfi rehosColWO(outon\weOowaofwarehiionJudge Lochren Said That Evidence Showed Gross Neglect and Contempt.Sheriff Ole P. Erickson got out of the muddle in which he got mixed up in recently in the George Wolf matter with a small fine. The following is an account of the proceedings inthe United States court in St. Paul by tlu* St. Paul Dispatch:Ole P. Erickson, sheriff of Crow Wing county, was this* morning sen*-to need by Judge LOehren, in the United States district court, to pay a line of and the cost of the prosecution and to serve in the Ramsey county jail pending the payment of the fine and costs.Erickson was arraignAl on a charge of contempt of court, in allowing a United States i prisoner in his care to have unusual liberties.The case was one of the utmost importance to the federal authorities.In substance it was as follows:On April 30, George W. Wolf was convicted by the United States jury for illegal pine cutting in Hubbard county. On June 15 he was sen- I Gr tenced to serve a sentence of three tht months in the Crow Wing county ^oi jail. He was accepted as a federal prisoner by Sheriff Ericksou. | anAbout July 1 the marshal’s office was informed that Wolf was being allowed to roam about the town. Deputy Marshal Tufts was sent up a to investigate. He found that Wolf SU( had been at the railway station on in June 30 unaccompanied, and that he | mii had been boarding at the City hotel for ten days previous. The marshal reported this to the local office and I nic had an order issued by the court to rt»| change the prisoner to the Ramsey jj count v jail. This was done, and the man was brought here yesterday. (’a In court Erickson, through his at- j me torney, P. J. Murphy, admitted all the facts, and threw himself on themercv of the court. The facts as re- I bo1lated had taken place while he was priabsent from Brainerd. attending p(, court, and had occurred without his knowledge. An application had beenfiled for a pardon for Wolf, he stated, I ^and that might have influenced his hodeputies to allow him more liberty in,than other prisoners. --Mr. Purdy, for the government,stated that lie did not want to have ('(1undue pressure borne on the defend- caant. Other sheriffs in the northern “t p-’jn.| I part of the state had done the same j() “ thing. However, it was time that a i. mil I lesson should be taught that officials| undertaking government work must j jlt;\ not neglect it.»• «.| | Judge Lochren, in passing sen-' * tence, said that the evidence showed | ** tT | | gross neglect and contempt for the j Siorders of the court. j foiThe fact that a prisoner was given jj a. m. | | his liberty was in itself an annulingof the sentence of the court. The sentence would have to be made, al- I in though not as severe in this case as | filt; in others, because then; were slightlyextenuating circumstances. IThe government officials were 1 highly pleased with the sentence. | d**lt is not the sentence so much as the lesson that it will teach,’ said one of them today. '1 believe it is time ** for the officials under the government g service to know that they cannot fool fi with Uncle Sam. If the the officers ^ do not obey the law, how can citizensbe expected to obey it? ”thirelt;1Ca11h
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Brainerd Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1901
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