The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-31
MIR. AXToN COMPLAINS.
Says He Was Not Responsible for Mr..
Robinson,s Work.

Mr.. John T. Axton, jr., considers
himself a greatly wronged man by the
article published in Sundays Herald.
and as this paper wishes to do no one
an injustice, it fully states the grounds
of Mr.. Axton's complaint. He saws
that Mr.. John Robinson, who did the
registration in the east half of the
tourth precinct, was not his subordi-
nate, and that he should not be blamed
Tor anything wrong in Mr.. Robinson's
books, as for instance the retention
OF twenty-five names at 1856 I street
MI. Robinson also states that when
ne told the reporter he was Mr.. Az
ton assistant, he did not mean he was
MS subordinate. But Mr. Robinson
and Mr.. Axton both admit that they
knew the names had no right there
put they were kept there because Mr..
Joel f. Allen, then county registrar
NOW enjoying his reward as SUPER
1ntendent OF the county poor house,
mad expressly told them to make no
erasure of names. Even when tbev
knew the owners of the names had
gone? The Herald man asked. They
were 10 make no erasure at all. was
MI. AXton's reply He was asked
what his books would show if they
could be found, and he said they would
snow that when man could not be
round, the words mot found" were
written opposite his name. The renor-
Ter asked him if he did not know that
Tue law Whlch he had sworn to obey
expressly stated that the IDENTITIES
must erase the names of such men az
were not found, and he said he knew
THIS was the law but he had taken his
instructions from Mr. Allen. who ex-
pressiy told him to erase nothing. He
was asked whether he should NOT have
resigned rather than be a partv 70
VOCATION of the law, even at the in
sugat1on of Mr.. Allen and he said he
supposed the erasures would be made
by some one else. He now saw thar
they had not been, and that thew were
there stili-or were till the Democrats
&c registrars struck them off This no
could not explain.
On being questioned again as to Mr..
Axtons knowledge of the retention
OF the names of twenty-five hobos req
lstered at the residence Of n
hampton, Mr.. Robinson reiterated
tnat he and Mr.. Axton had gone over
tne book containing those names at
iedsC HVe or six times and he said in
the presence of The Herald renres-
entative, Mr.. D. c. Dunbar and Mr.
John Burt that Mr.. Axton knew of
them but had said not to strike them
off as they would be or had been To-
Gated or transferred elsewhere. This
Mr.. Axton denies, though admitting
that he knew the names were there
and he took no measures to have them
stricken off, all on account of Mr.. AL
lens instructions
All of which does not in the least
excuse Mr.. Axton, but brings in Mr..
Joel F. Allen as co-defendant in
very questionable piece Of business.
The Herald representative stated to
Mr.. Axton that this paper would print
anything he had to say on the sub
Ject, to convince him that it desired
to do him no injustice, but he rather
hotly said he would write nothing for
The Herald, that he preferred to have
Ut go on making charges against him.
as every charge made him votes
which hardly dovetails with his agita-
ton over the charges already made