The border vidette., 1899-07-22
A BIG HAUL

DISTRICT ATTORNEY w. P. HARLOW.
Territory of Arizona VS.. w. P. Har-
low, as District Attorney of San
ia Cruz County, Arizona.
In the District Court OF the First
Judicial District of the Territory of
Arizona, in add for the County of
Santa Cruz. the 18th day of July,
A. D. 1899.
w. p. Harlow, District Attorney
of Santa Cruz County, Arizona Terri
tory, is accused by the Grand Jury of
said Santa Cruz County, of wiful mis-
conduct in office, as such District At
torney, committed as follows:
The said w. P. Harlow as such
District Attorney of said Santa Cruz,
on or about the 9TH day of July, A. D.
1899, and before the finding of this
accusation, in the town of Nogales, in
said Santa Cruz County, did unlawful
ly and wilfully advised one w. w.
Flewelling, who was then and there a
duly appointed and qualified Deputy
Sheriff of said County of Santa Cruz,
to apprehend and arrest, without any
written warrant of arrest and without
any warrant or authority whatsoever,
four certain men, who were then and
there in said town of &ogales, and
whose true names are to the Grand
Jury unknown; that none of said four
men were at said time, or any time
thereafter, charged with the commits
sion of any crime or offense against
the laws of the Territory of Arizona,
or the laws of the United States, and
were not at said time or since, suspect
ed with the commission of any crime or
.ofense against the laws of the Terri
tory of Arizona, or of the United
States of America; that in pursuance
of the said advice of tho said w. P
Harlow, said Flewelling, did then and
there arrest said four men aforesaid,
and while there were so under arrest
and in his custody, did take them to
the office of the said w. P. Harlow,
in the said town of Nogales; that then
and there said w. P Harlow, as such
District Attorney as aforesaid, advise
and direct said w. w. Flewelling, as
Deputy Sheriff as aforesaid, to take
said four men, aforesaid, and deliver
them into the hands of some official of
the Republic of Mexico, AID in any
event to deliver them into the Republic
of Mexico, at point on the Interna-
tional Boundary line between the
United States of, America and the Re
public of Mexico and near the said
town of Nogales; and by the said w.
P. Harlow did then and there, as such
District Attorney, awfully and
wilfully advise said Deputy Sheriff
aforesaid, forceably and unlawfully to
put said men out of the Territory of
Arizona into the Republic of Mexico;
that at said time said w. P. Harlow
well knew that said Deputy Sheriff had
no power or authority, under the law,
to arrest said four men, or to forcibly
eject them out of the Territory OF
Arizona, or to deliver them unto the
officer of a foreign power or country;
that nevertheless, and in violation of
his oath of office and of his duties as
District Attorney as aforesaid, said w.
P. Harlow did knowingly and wilfuily
advise said Deputy Sheriff to violate
the laws of the Territory of Arizona;
that in pursuance of said advise said
Deputy Sheriff did forcibly put said
four men out of the Territory of Ari-
iona in the Republic Of Mexico.
Wherefore said Grand Jury docs
accuse said w. z. Harlow as District
Attorney OF said Santa Cruz Count y
of wilful misconduct in office, contrary
to the peace and dignity of the People
of the Territor of Arizona.
w. T. OvER1oN.
Fore man.
INCONSISTENCIES.
First Judicial District Court, Santa
Cruz County, Arizona
Territory of Arizona, W. P. Harlow.
Accusation for wilf,l misconduct in
Office
w. f. OvERToN.