The indictments were returned by the grand jury this afternoon when it made its final report and adjourned. Bench warrants were issued against him under the indictments, and Rockwell was arrested and brought into court; bail was fixed at $1,500, divided between the four indictments.
The indictments cover alleged larcenies during the month of Jan. 1901, the last month Rockwell spent as overseer of the poor farm. One of the grand larceny indictments charges that on Jan. 17 he took away from the poor farm a cow worth $50, belonging to the board of county commissioners. The other charges that on Jan. 27 he took 200 pounds of pickled pork.
The petit larceny indictments were for taking chickens and potatoes. One charges that on Jan. 30 he took 24 hens and 2 roosters belonging to the county board and appropriated them to his own use. The other charges that on Jan. 26 he took ten bushels of potatoes. All of the indictments allege that the property was taken while Rockwell had it in his custody in his capacity of overseer of the poor farm.
St. Louis County Poor Farm 1904*
The Duluth Evening Herald; “Rockwell Has Been Indicted. Former Overseer of Poor Farm Charged With Stealing Property of the County.”; March 19, 1901; p. 1.
*http://zenithcity.com/st-louis-county-poor-farm/
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