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I SHERIFF WALKER lt;QES OUT 1^And His Successor, Mr. S. s. Warnick,■J Takes Hold.Monday the count) of Allegany lort a public r i v.uit who whi'e he remained in * office was faithful to his trust, diligent, i s careful, sharp, ami respected by a!! w ho | came in contact with him He canies b with him into private life the wtll-ilt; wishes of the citizens of the county, f many of whom would support him . should he enter the political arena again. I j After serving for two years as sheriff- of Allegany County “Dave” Walker *:• ! stepped out and gave way to his duly i r elected suceen-or, S S. Waniiek* ; Sheriff Walk, r was elected to office InWl by a *j votes and qualified on December 1st ot 1■ * he sam ? year He was hot n and raised «- • in Cumb *tland and prim lt;elm tion) 1 was foreman for Messrs. 1, nil well r and ;Click on South Mechanic street Tins is 1 the only political office lie has ever held, j but he was at one time lt;eairman of the lt;- Republican County Central Committee. -Four murderers have been in his charge !■ during his term ot office: John .1 Me ' j r Cady, who murdered Patrick Creegan at J* Midland, and was acquitted; Ceo. I), t Mount/, murderer of Simeon Pong at . Westernport. and received tive years for , the “jab;* Michael O’Toole and John* Murray, both charged with the murder i of John Sehaidt at Eonaconing, and Car-1 rett Puteman, whose case was removed r to another court.Sheriff VV alker lias had confined in the i. t walls of .he jail one thousand, three I hundred and sixty eight prisoners, i charged with various crimes, from mur* der down to common drunkcness. Hei has had the good fortune never to have ] , the unpleasant task of hanging a fellow* mortal, and no prisoner lias ever escaped.* When he assumed charge there were ^ i sixteen prisoners and he leaves behind» him twelve males and one female. He p- has had as high as forty and as low as a, nine at one time confined. Whenever a pI crime was committed in the county he s i j has always captured the offender. It ** j was he, who with Mates Attorney Sloan rlt; » J went to Texas for Trentor and Kerns,r charged with burglary at Westernport. |* I The men were indicted in April, inyo, 1 1, and not until a year after were they cap- f tured. After being traced through all j ^ . the large western cities they were locat- : -* ed, Kerns in Coldwaithe aiid Trentor in■ Cainesville. They were brought here without any trouble and tried at thes November term of court ami acquitted.Sheriff Walker has been indefatigable I in the discharge of all the duties connected with his office and in every re-sped has been a first-class and thorough-i ly competent official. He has not de-i cided yet what he w ill do, but it is prob-[ aide he will go into business for himself.He moved from the building Monday ^ i to a house on C’harles street I %A good deal of responsibility rests on j tht wife of tin* sheriff, and Mrs. Walker !■ has discharged her duty well. lt;n her. devolves the care of the jail and prison- i f ers while the sheriff and his deputy are | i away and this office she has performed 1 i to the letter. She lias been kind to the !* j prisoners and has mini*;, red to theirwants and ■ *trlt; d for them w ten sick 1Mr. Elm \nt ,, n , the * t: ifahl [ and comp, ill deputy, will nmiaiu a ;! i while longer, probably until the vv .* sheriff is thoroughly initiate 1. Mr. An- ji thony was appoint! d by Mr Walket ' I upou entering into o ffice He hta been lt;i honest iti the performance of his duties U and careful and capable. He also is pre , paring to go into some business when * his term expires. Mr. Anthony fs well thought of fn the community and it is with feelings of regret from his many H friends that In* retires from public life to I tlit* rest and quiet of a private one. 'Here is a sketch of the new sheriff:Mr. .Samuel M Warnick, was horn at \ Bloomington, Hurrett county, fit* years ago. His childhood was spent oti his j father’s farm, near Bloomington.When sevcnleeu v»*ars old he enlisted in the First Maryland Calvary, Col. \ er-non, commander, ami served with his regiment until the close of the war. leaving the service with the rank of tirst ser gcant. His chief service during the war was with Hen, Sheridan in tin* Shenandoah Valley, being actively engaged in all the battles from Opequan to Cedar Creek. For tin* last sixteen years he ha- been a resident of Barton, ] ami engaged in the lumber and general mercantile business.
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Cumberland Weekly Civilian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Dec 04, 1891
Page 5
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