Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

deem it not safe to allow straw bail to bC
 taken or bondsmen to be released from
 their obligations You might as well turr prisoner loose Gt once as to allow a bail tC
 be held irresponsible. The Supervisors are
 in favor of inforcing the law to the letter.
 As for the paupers, Supervisor Lienkle is
 very humane and do not believe the re-
 port about him that he is an ultra Demo
 crat and far-soeing, that he believes the
 county and Territory safe for the Democra- cy, that he considers some States doubtful. hence ships these good Democrats to doubt l ful States to assis5 in the Presidential elec- ton. This is all ensense. Henkle would not be guilty of 8 trick of this kind.
 You call special attention to the county war ants question or the fnancss of the county. As for dealing in county warrants I plead guilty. Some eight years sInoe l invested about ten thousand dolla1s in Mo have county warrants. When commenced purchasing they were only worth from 30 10 50 cents on the dollar. They soon appreci ated in value and touched 70 cents. Before me the only purchaser was man in the in terest of the little Governor, A. r. K. Saf ford. He paid according to the wants of tho seller. When the county wanted to raise money on general fund warrants they had to sell two dollars worth to get one dollar. But soon this matter changed and warrants on general fund would bring 90 cents on e dollar. Before taking my seat as Supervis- or l sold without reserve every dollar 1 haC of warrants for 96 cents on a dollar, includ ing interest did make money oH Wal rants and : would advise anyone that b idle capital to invest in Mohave count warrants, as they are perfectly safe. equaiI as safe as government bonds and should fetch par. SupposIng do deal in warrant The only county official that is prohibit2u dealing in county warrants is the Treasure Notwithstanding this fact the deputy Tre3 urer was allowed to get away with a fine swag a short time since. When a sinklne fund was bid for the deputy Treasurer lac in a large lot of warrants at par and u e Treasurer, contrary to the opinion of tie District Attorney, rejected lot of warrants that would have taken the fund at 95 cents. Had this bid been accepted the county would have saved nearly $10O. But I learn that 1t was rejected for the reason that Su- perviS0r Hardy had an interest in the wal rants. Our Treasurer is very cautious and means to, go legally with his work. Bu should some of his enemies If he has any | inform an United States Grand Jury that | our County Treasurer was postmaster, i, | might cause him some trouble. There is { Ilw of Congress prohibiting postmaster | from holding any county. Territorial or State or United States office. That is what | is the matter now.
 VIM. H. HARDY.
 As far as the above remarks concern my | self, as the Justice of the Peace who held the cattle thief to answer to the grand jury | and took the bail bond in question, I will | state that the complaint was sworn to by | Tom Shipp, the largest cattle owner of the county, that it was drawn and prosecuted by the District Attorney, that on the exam ination the evidence was overwhelming and | could not have failed to result in convio- tion That the bail was fixed at S100J, | which defendant was unable to give, but as Supervisor Hardy and others made such kick about the enormous expense to th which would result from keeping the man in jail for five months until the grand jury met, 1, after consulting with the District Attorney, reduced his bail to $500 and took a bond with Charles Gross and Joaquin Acosta as sareties. At the time Of taking the bond Charles Gross was worth at least ten times the amount outside of his mining property, while the other bondsman was generally supposed to be good fo double the amount. 1 will state further, as part of the unwritten history of the case. that after the bond was forfeited and pro- caedings commenced against the bondsmen that Charles Gross offered to pay to the county al once the sum of 325) as his share of the bond, but the Supervisors rejected it and told him they held him responsible for the whole amount. Mr Gross then deter mined he would not pay any of it. and ht has not, and the Supervisors can't make him, though they have spent two or three hundred dollars of the peoples money iii trying to- AS far as I am concerned as Justice of the Peace I consider that 1 did my whole duty in the matter, and propose to do t in any future matter which may come before nie, and if by so doing happen to tread On Supervisor Hardy's corns cant help it. If he and others had not kicked about S1000 being excessive bail for a man who, as the proof showed, had beei stealing and killing cattle for SIX molths the cause of ali this trouble would hay been in Yuma af the present time instead of enjoying himself iu Sonorl.
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