Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-24
CRAVE CHARGES PREFERRED
Sheriff Cunningham Cited to Appear
Before Gov. Thornton on Mon
day Morning.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIN In FULL
Charged by Chairman of County Com
missioners with Official Indebted
ness to Territory, County and
School Funds.

About $3.50 O'Clock this morning, Mr.
W. P. Moore, at the request OF Governor
Thornton and acting as kind of amtcus
curim in the premises, servedpapers upor
Sheriff w P. Cunningham citing him te
appear at the executive Office On next Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock, then and there
to answer to certain charges preferred
against him by Charles W. Dudrow
chairman of the board of county commits
siouers of Santa Fe county. Appended
will be found the full text of the citation
together with the charges and speciica-
tlons upon which tits founded:
THE GOVERNORS CITATION.
Territory of New Mexico,
Office of the Executive, I
Santa F.. N. M, April 23. 1896
W. P. Cunningham, Esq, Sheriff of Santa Fe
County, Santa Fe, N NJ
Dear Sir:-[nclosed send you copy
Of the charges which have this day been
fllsd with the, wherein you are accused
of serious misfeasance and malfeasance
in Office. The charges speak for them.
selves.
In pursuance of the law in such cases
made and provided, ! have set these
charges down for trial at nv office on
Monday next, April 26. 1896, at 10 O'Clock
a. M, at which time you are requested to
be present with your counsel to answer in
such proof as may be submitted with ref
ereuce to these charges against you.
Respectfully,
(Signed) W. I THORNTON,
Governor of New Mexico.
CHARGED WITH INDEBTEDNESS TO TERRI
TORY, COUNTY AND SCHOOL FUNDS.
To His Excellency, W. 7. Thornton, Governor
of the Territory of New Mexico Santa fe'
Nm.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, April %, l896.-Deaf
Sir:-The undersigned, chairman of the
board of county commissioners OF the
county of Santa Fe and territory of New
Mexico, takes this method of Informing
you that William P. Cunningham, sheriff
of said couuty, is indebted to the terri
tory of Now Mexico and county Of Santa
Fe and the school fluids of said county 10
the following amounts and accounts:
Specification No l:-Amount collected
from A T. & 5 F. Rv. Go. upon the 18th
day OF December, 1894, on account Of
penalty upon delinquent taxes due frum
the A, T. q 3. f. Ry. Co, $3l5.51.
Specification No 2:--Amouut collected
from owners of the Ramon Vigil grant iu
December, 1894, for taxes for the year
1894. two fifths Of which were paid by on-
Fletcher and three. .fifths by one Bishop.
$278.11.
Specialization No 3:-Amount due for
feeding prisoners n the territorial prison
from August, 1894, to December, 1894.
1927, less $187 which has been paid.
The last mentioned sum was afterwards.
in the year 1895, collected from the coun-
ty of Santa Fe upon mandamus proceed
logs in suit brought by William T. Cun-
ningham, and which amount, although
frequently requested by the superlntend'
eut Of the penltentiary and the solicitor
general Of the territory, the said Gun
ninvham declines and refuses to pey over.
except the sun of $l87. which amount
was paid in April, 1896, by the county
commissioners.
The said several sums of money, except
the last payment above named, are now
due to the territory Of New Mexico, t"
the county Of Santa Fe and to the school
funds of the county of Santa Fe, and
other fluids, by William P. Cunningham.
sheriff of Santa Fe county, 10 violation OF
the law, thereby rendering him, the said
sheriff, ineligible to hold the Office OF
sheriff of said county, and your petitioner
respectfully requests that the said sheriff
may be com pellsd to pay In full the said
aeveral amOunte of mOnev Or that he be
removed from Office as sheriff of said
county.
And as farther reasons for said rem oval.
your Petitioner charges and undertakes
TO show, among others, the following
specific charges Of official misconduct and
oppression upon the part Of said sheriff
hereto attached. Very respectfully,
G. W. DuDRow,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners, Santa Fe, N. NJ.