Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-01-28

toir tning py Dotn SIDES We puu-
lish his answer 70 Governor Thorn
tons letter announcing Mr.. Hud-
sons removal from Office as MEM
Der Of the board Of penitontiary
commissioners. There IL ono thing
N Mr.. Hudson's letter however
which needs notice from this
paper. Mr.. Hudson appears TO
claim all the credit for the public
exposure Of the Davis pardon
matter. Mr.. Hudson did good
work in this affair and deserves
full credit for what he did, but
the public attention was FIRST
called to this matter by the Souri,
WEST SENTINEL In It's issue Of
Sept. 3. The press Of the Terri
tory and members Of the peniten-
tiary board then, very properly,
took the matter up, and the result
Of the SOUTHWEST SEETTEEL's &C
ton has been most wholesome.
Exactly how the publication Of
Mr.. Hudson's letter is going to
help him we fail to see, but that
the public may see both sides for
itself we give the letter in full.
Governor W. 7. Thornton, Santa re.
Silver City, n. M, Jan. is.
Sir:-Your letter Of January ID,
1896, which was published in
your personal organ, the New
Mexican, previous to my receiv-
ing a copy, was duly received and
in reply would say that you have
treated me as though I were an
embezzler by removing me from
the Office of penitentiary COM
missioner, and publishing the or
der Of removal in your said organ,
headed in large letters, Removed
For Cause" l ask you to do me
the justice to publish this, my
reply, in your personal organ.
You say that you have found
upon examination that 1 have re-
ceived mileage and have drawn my
vouchers for the same while trav-
cling on a pass, to which I answer
that my pass was complimentary
to me from the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad company
and was my own personal proper
ty, having it at the time / was ap.
pointed by you. 1 claim that ]
am not in debt to the Territory
on that account. If I had been
why did you not make a claim
against me for the same, and why
did you not remove other mem
/ bers Of the board for the same
reason, or make a claim against
[ them for travelling on their pass.
es and receiving mileage as / have
i done? Why do you travel or
railroad passes, and also on Pull.
| man a passes?
[ No, sir, that accusation 10 false
/ Why did you not have the cour
age or manhood to disclose th'
real cause of my removal, namely
the exposure of the pardon Of con
Wet William Davis, for the sun
of $3.50, paid to j. b. Crist, dis
! trict attorney of your district
without any application or peti
ton of a SINGLE person for thI
J same as required by law. / havI
Q been informed several times cha
. you have threatened to remOv
me ever since l assisted in expos
ing your pardon bureau, and yoi
8 have not had the backbone to 81
tempt it until the present time.
r Your second accusation is, ths
Q myself in connection with Others
Q why don't you tell their names?
have made an effort to remove th
Q superintendent of the penitentil
ry, and that / visited the institV
K ton and talked with convicts
regard to Superintendent Berg
, mann. In regard to the afidav.
of Convict Reynolds, / deny MOI
emphatically that 1 ever promise
10 assist in securing q pardon fl
him, but, on the contrary, he
positively refused to sign q pet
ton for his pardon.
re have no doubt you or yoV
principal henchman drew the al
Or davit and got him to sign il for
81 consideration, as that is One
u your qualifications, getting col
g. victs and prostitutes to sweI
q falsely. No, sir, the pardon mo
IL ey business is in it all, and that
at the only reason you had for Z
moving me, as it broke up a vel
AOurishing business.
w In reply to the latter part