The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-20
TELEGRAPaIC
JUDGE HOOVER.
The ArIzsBa Judge in n Tight
Place,

Washington, I8.-Philadelphia poo
pie are interested in the investigation
that has been ordered Of the charges Of
bribery preferred against Judge Hoover
Of the supreme court Of Arizona. The
affidavit in which the investigation Is
directed has been published in brief.
Hoover ID accused OF Borrowing ST. 600
from the Bank of Oalifornis that insti-
tuition being the legal representatives Of
Lord & Williams, Tucson merchants
aud bankers, who failed by carrying out
contracts for furnishing O quantity of
wood for fuel to the Southern Pacific
road. The wood was cut from govern
ment land, and it was claimed by gov
eminent that Hoover obtained his loan
from counsel for the bank Of California,
and ss the case in controversy between
the bank and government has been post
poned from time to time 1t is alleged the
loan was bride; there is also another
affidavit in which Hoover is charged with
having accepted sum of money either
as 3 loan or q brlbe from j. S. Clark,
while the latter was o litigant in his
court. The chief interest felt in Phil
adelphiS regarding the charges is on &C.
count of the Tombstone Mill and Min
ing Co. which is owned and directed by
Philadelphia parties.
The Tom bstone mines are at Tomb
stone, Cochise Co., nesr Benson. Tkey
adjoin the mines Of the Way Up Mining
Company, Of which j. 6. Clark is the
principal owner About q year ago
while. Judge Stillwell was still upon the
bench in the fret judicial district, suit
involving the ownership Of q piece OF ore
land, valued at half o million dollars, in
which the Tombstone Company was
plaintiff, the Way Up Company defend
ant, was tried before him and decided in
favor Of the latter; an appeal WAS made
TO the supreme court of the Territory for
q new trial; the motion was placed upon
the list, and about two weeks ago, after
the affidavit making the principal Rccu-
sstion against Hoover, had become pub
lie, and while en- agent of the department
of justice WAS travelling through the Ter
ritory and in OslifOrnis, in an inVestiga-
CATION Of the case, the motion came up
for argument. Ex-Judge ThOmSs Mitchell,
formerly upon the bench in Colorado,
as counsel for the Tom bstOne Company,
asked that the arguments might be pest
pOned. He maintained thar, until the
charges on the integrity of Justics Hoover
had been Investigated by. the de-.
psrtment Of justice. it would be
indelieste for him to sit in judgment
over an argument, particularly in case
in which j. S. Clark, one Of the parties
from whom he was accused OF taking q
bribe, was SO largely interested in the
decision of the court. The court decided
TO hear the argument at once and it was
to proceed. The decision Of the court
has not yet been announced. The terri
torial legislature at its session last winter
detached from Judge Hoover's district
the County OF Cochise, in which the
Tombstone and Wsy Up Mines are
located, AMI added it to Judge Psnny's
district. This sction was taken upon the
application of q number of property
owners of Tom bstone, most OF whom had
been engaged before the suspended JUS
tice in litigation with the Tombstone
Company, in which Clark il the largest
stockholder. II ia said Hoover treated
the charges against him with contempt.
and refused to answer intsrrogations Of
the agent Of the department OF justice.