Arizona republican., 1900-07-02

name, of the stains of outlawry.
 The grand jury report will be wei comed by all as an evidence that for bearance has ceased to be a virtue with the people of that county and that at last they have resolved to di- vorce the county government utterly from any possible cellusion, either real or fancied between the criminal ele- ment and those who stand in deferse of law and order.
 The central figura of the present sen satiOnal state of affairs is Sheriff Scott White, personally one Of the most pleasant gentlemen in C0chise county, and no doubt sincere il his efforts to I1ln down fugitives from justice. It is neither his personality nor charge cf cOllusion, however, that has aroused indignation, but general condemna- ton of his methods and d growing be- lief that his private affairs detract too much from his official business.
 The situation. however. could not be more clearly set forth than in the grand jury report, a psrtion of which is given below:
 ''We, the grand jury, after careful in vestigation of the circumstances atz. tending the escape of Bert Alvord and Bravo John from the county jail, find:
 That the sheriff. Scott WhiteL was absent from the county and Ierritorv. in the state of Sonora, MeZlro. without the leave of. the board oZ supervisors. leaving his office, that 6f. sheriff. With out any one being 6aced in charge. More than that, at he time cf the es- capes, we find t1at William Ritchie was jailor; John l<nd Turner White, jail guards; Georg5/Bravin and Sid Mullen. Geputy sherit<s; neither of them having charge of ihe sheTiff's office, delegated by the 6eriff; that one of the jail suardS Turner White, was also in s0n0fa, Mexico.
 We find that the district attorney, Edward w. Land, immediately before the escape of Alvord and Bravo John. accompanied William Stiles to the sheriff's office and ordered Deputy Sheriff George Bravin to allow Stiles to have a private interview with Bert Alvord.
 We find, as Q fact, that at the time George BraVin was the only one pres ent of all the jail guards and deputy sheriffs who should have been on duty at the county jail, excepting John White. who then had in charge Mat Burts, and who immediately left the court house with Burts to take him u dinner. This was at the time Land ordered Bravin to allow Stiles to. inter- view Alvord, and White left with Burts before the Interview. It seems strange to the grand jury that District Attor- hey Land should order Deputy Sheriff Bravin to allow such characters as Stil5s and Alvord d private interview in the absence of the jailor and jail guards and the deputy sheriffS.
 "The grand jury find that John and Turner White are recent arrivals in the county and territory and are not electors of Cochise county. and. in the Judgment of the grand jury. are incl iEiblc as jail guards and deputy sher- iftS. We also find no law by which our board of supervisors are justified in paying John and Turner White for services as jail guards and putty sherifs.
 Up order to medy the conditions existing in the sherin's office. We. tn. grand jury, recommend that Scott White, sheriff of Cochise county. r,- sign the office of sheriff. and in case h, fails to resign, that the board of super- Nisors of Cochise county commence