Arizona republican., 1902-05-22
THE TAXPAYERS SUITS
All but the Arguments Concluded
 Yesterday.

The case of Y r. Wilson of Tucson and Eugene Ives of Yuma against for mer Territorial Auditor C. W Nfvkcrs ct al went to trial in district court yes terday morning. As the public has already been pretty well informed this suit was brought to recover the amounts cf several territorial warrants which the plaintiffs claim were issued without authority of law In one of the suits, fer there are two, Governor Murphy Was one Of the defendants, but recently d demurrer to the complaint was sustained as to him. It may also be said that the whole subject Of the complaint now being tried was before the last legislature. \ committee ap- pointed ny Eugene <. Ives. the presi- dent of the council and the attorney for the plaintiff in this case (Mr. Ives made himself d part of the committee and directed it's operations), returned q report finding that the warrants had been unlawfully issued, but the legis- laturc refused to adopt the report
 The trial opened yesterday with 2, great deal of preliminary skirmishing in which MT. Ives sought to amend the complaint in the case in which the governor had been q defendant. The amendment was allowed. was promptly demurred to hy the attorneys for the defense, the demurrer was as promptly sustained by the court. and MT. Ives was back where he had started. The first witness was the plaintiff Wilson who presented tax receipts showing that he had paid taxes in Pinal county. Territorial Auditor Nichols was the next witness. He offered the redeemed warrants in evidence.
 MT. Ives desired that Governor Murphy be subpoenaed. Judge Kent said that subpoena might issue, but that the governor had the right to ig- nGre the subpoena if he wished. The subpoena was issued and served by Deputy Sheriff Moeur. who was not the only man who visited the governors office yesterday without getting what he had gone after.
 Late in the afternoon a wild eyed Italian, who gave his name as Celli, inquired for the governor, who was gone for the day. and wanted tn know when he was going to get the money the territory owed him. He said hz, had been doing without ii long time and was new in such a position that he had to have it. He was asked how much his claim against the territory was. He replied $6.0OO, ,o00.07. An at tache of the office said that was more money than there was about the office at that mGmcnt and beside just then the financial affairs of the territory were being locked after by lawyer from Tucson by the name Of Ives. The Italian was given card with MT. Ives
 nama on it and he went away.
 1 MT. Nichols testimony was concluded oar1y in the afternoon session and Dr. | ViclSGrs testified in ais own behalf. He said that the warrants had been issued 1 by l7ipl after consultation with the at
 torncy general, his legal adviser. Tn"
 attorney general had previously teSti- l fled as tu his correspondence with Nr 1 Wilson regarding the demand of the l latter that he institute the proceedings
 The next case was taken up and the warrants which had been submitted iil
 the former action were again offered
 Again MT Ives made demand fnI Governor Murphy, and this time want
 ed the record to show that an attach
 ment had been issued for him. The
 court denied the motion for an attach
 ment Then the attorney for the plain