The herald., 1897-12-27
.WASBETRAYED
! Wife's Experience in
Arizona Law
HER ATTORNEY IS IN TROUBLE
SECRETARY PU0H HAS BEEN
INDICATED

The Cold Weather Did Little Damage
to Citrus Fruits About
Phoenix
specia, Correspondence to The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 25.-About all
the late-lamented grand jury did, ac-
cording to later developments, was to
raise stencil and then retire. From all
evidences. the indictments found are
valueless, either in law or in the public
service.
The first indictments to be disposed of
were the three against ex-Seeretary
Chas. w. Pugh of the live stock sanitary
board. He was charged with misappro-
priating funds belonging to the commits
sion. When the time came to plead,
Judge Baker, his attorney, found the
dissection Of the indictments an easy
task; but, not satisfied, insisted on stat
ing his clients case in open court, be-
fore the dismissal of the erroneous ac-
tions. 1t had developed that the main
items of the charges lay In payments
made by Pugh for office furniture and
for an Office stenographer. Before his
attorney concluded, it became evident tc
the bar at large and to the court that
no felonious intent or action could be
proved against the defendant. So he
was discharged and exonerated. the act
ing district attorney, Judge Kibbey, as
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agreeing with defendants counsel that
they should never have been brought.
Court has adjourned over till next
week. when the cases in libel against
DR.. H. A. Hughes and ]. NJ. Flemister
will be brought up. 1t is understood that
the indictments in these cases, from
legal point Of view, are sieve-like, and
that their dismissal on legal grounds Is
not unlikely.
KELLUM'S NEGLECT
Some interesting complications have
followed in the wake Of the grand Jury.
however, and 1t will be many months be-
fore that august body will cease to be
a vivid memory. In the first place,
am informed that secret report was
rendered to the court concerning the Of
flee Of the district attorney. The report
is not to be had, but one thing is GER
tain-through 1t ]. c. Kellum at once re-
signed his place as assistant district at
torney. It should be told that the Office
of attorney for the county of Mariccpa
Is no sinecure. but is one that furnishes
ample work for two well-skilled attor-
neys. M. H. Williams, the incumbent,
Is popular gentleman and a clever law
yer, but is decided invalid. The office
work has therefore largely devolved
upon his assistants. Now that Kellum
has resigned, the work has fallen upon
the remaiuing deputy district attorney,
Judge J. H. Kibbey, formerly justice for
this district and one Of the leaders of
the local bar. The indictments were
drawn by Kellum; upon Judge Kibbey
has been placed the burden of defending
them. He Is heavily burdened.
MARRIED, BUT NOT WIFE
There are threats Of the disbarment Of
Kellum. From all accounts his remiss-
ness as an attorney has resulted in the
ruin Of at least one woman's happiness
The facts are these:
Lem X. Drais Is one Of the best known
of the citizens Of Arizona. For several
terms he was sheriff Of Pinal county
In April last he commenced suit for d.
vorce against his wife. She was a resi-
dent Of Oakland, Cal. The wife received
notice Of the suit and, promptly retained
Kellum as her attorney. sending him a
retaining fee and receiving acknowledge
ment. Yet Kellum never filed an answer
in the suit and when the case came on
for trial, as 1t did June 30th, no one ap-
peared for defendant Default was en-
tered and, after the taking Of brief tes-
timony, decree Of divorce was given.
The first knowledge the Oakland wife
had of the divorce was the receipt Of an
Arizona paper containing notice Of the
marriage Of l.. K. Drais to an estimable
Phoenix lady, a social event that fol-
lowed the divorce very closely. About
the same time Kellum wrote that the
case had gone over to the fall term.
Acting under instructions from Oak
land, the law Arm Of Hamilton & Arm
strong is now suing for vacation Of the
default and divorce and for reopening
of the entire case.
THE CITRUS GROVES
The cold snap hit Arizona much as 1t
did California. In the northern part Of
the territory, at Williams, the thermom-
eter went as low as 12 degrees below
zero and Prescott enjoyed for a season
the bracing atmosphere that comes with
a thermometer reading of minus 6. Snow
fell throughout the northern territory
to within seventy miles of Phoenix.
Phoenix itself is situated in rather
frosty belt and the citys gardens suf-
fered accordingly with a temperature
that fell to something about % Fair. But
the orange groves are a dozen miles or
more away, up under the lee of the
northern hills. and at considerably
greater elevation above the river. The
young leaves were curled by the cold,
but beyond this little damage was done,
Most of the oranges had been picked.
They had been ripe for many days and
on the report of a cold wave the trees in
most localities were stripped at once.
Concerning oranges. saw statement
in a Los Angeles paper few days ago
that the Salt River valley would ship
1856 carloads this season. This is a mis-
take. There are not over 1000 acres of
orange in all Arizona, and of these only
couple of hundred acres about Phoe-
nix have yet come into bearing. OF re-
ally matured trees there are not above
sixty acres. The shipment for this sea-
aon will arprapata about tov, oo r1<,o a.,