The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
St. Johne, Thureday. April 3.

AN ARTICLE appears in the Jour- nal-Miner, purporting to be com municated, which attempts a de' fence of E. ". Nelson, The writer makes statements and charges them to the HERALD, which this paper has never made. He makes this pa ger say that Nelson was indicted flor presenting an alleged claim to the Board for SS50." This paper never made any such statement, and the author of the article can't show it. More than that bR knew he was lying when he wrote it. What the HERALD did state was. that the entire amount overcharged during Mr. Nelson's incumbency of the office amounted to $S50. The records show this to be fact. He was only indicted for overcharges made in one case. Had he been in- dicted in every case in which he made overchargess ssthe indictments would have been piled up against him mountain: :high.
 Sheriff Creaghe, when he went after Nelson, found him without any difficulty, and he knew that he found him, not hiding out, as the HERALD insinuates, but engaged in developing coal and iron mines
 Sheriff Creaghe had considerable difficulty in finding the gentleman. He traced Nelson's mail from Sprin- gerville in this county to Kingman, N. M, and from thereto Las Vegas. He also ascertained while in Las Vegas, that Nelson instead of going to the post office for his mail, sent the hotel porter. He was also di rected by the hotel proprietor in Las Vegas to one of Nelson's friends for information as to his where abouts. The friend, when found, at first knew nothing of Nelson, nor could Mir. Creaghe get anything out of him, until he made the friend believe that he was engaged in some mining scheme with Nelson, or that he wanted Nelson to assist him in disposing of a mine, and that they were to meet in Vegas. If Nelson was not in hiding, why did he have his mail changed from post office to post office? Why were his friends ignorant of his whereabouts, until convinced there was no danger to be apprehepded? Why did his inn mediate friends circulate the report that he was east? And another re- port to the effect that if Nelson knew he was indicted he would re- turn and give bonds for his appear apce, when they had been writing tO the Territorial authorities for two or three months to head off a acquisition? Doesn't all these cir cumstances go to show that he was doing all in his power to keep his whereabouts profound secret? More than that, his partner, MT. Waddell, told Sheriff Creaghe in Albuquerque, after the arrest, that if he Waddell) had had three min utes time, Nelson would not have been caught.
 "Nelson was an honest official, and would not allow himself to be used by Democrats, and controlled by official bosses"
 The records of the court, while he was clerk, testify as to his hon. esty. We make the assertion, and we make it without the fear of suc- cessful contradiction, that no Dem- ocrat tried to use him while in of flee, nor did any so-callcd official bosses endeavor to control him.
 The writer goes back to the fee bill of 1883, in order to get author ity-legal authority-for the bill rendered by Nelson. But it hap pens that Nelson was working un- .lcr and should have been controll- od b1, .ha faa b;ll :, El,o Dor;eoJ