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After Sheriff Lawrence Broderick was killed in an auto accident, county commissioners named Gilman to fill the remaining 21 months of Broderick's term...
...Gilman sold his health spas, stopped his gambling and won high marks from some constituents for improving the department's efficiency. He increased arrests and cut the county's crime rate...
...Gilman also made serious trouble for himself. It started a year ago, after the murder of wealthy, reclusive Grocery Store Heiress Marjorie Jackson. When the FBI arrested two suspects in Phoenix, Gilman flew to Arizona to interview them...
...refused to let him see the prisoners because they did not yet have defense attorneys. In revenge, Gilman ordered that 35 prisoners being held on federal charges in the county jail be moved to other institutions. This upset many constituents because the U.S. Government had been paying the county $16.50 a day for the prisoners' keep. After 2½ months of sulking, Gilman took them back...
...local politicians. Special deputies can carry guns and make arrests and usually work as guards in schools and businesses or as police auxiliaries in the suburbs. In March, after a drunken special deputy was killed in a shootout with state police, reporters for the Indianapolis Star started investigating. When Gilman refused to tell them his special deputies' names, the Star began referring to them as his "secret police." In response, Gilman revoked all the special deputies' powers. Said County Prosecutor James Kelley: "It was immature and childish." Gilman eventually reconsidered and swore in 73 new deputies and reinstated...