Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-11
DANIELS MISSING.
Newly Appointed Federal Official
Cannot be Located.
ARiZONA'S MARSHAL.

special dispatch from Washington
to the Denver News, under date of
February 8. says:
Just where Benjamin Franklin Dan
iels, the recently appointed marshal
for Arizona, has secreted himself, the
authorities in Washington, and espec-
tally the president, are very anxious
to know. All efforts made to discover
him within the last few days have, up
to the present, been unavailing. Doubts
as to the character of the new marshal
were recently followed by doubts con-
cerning his real name. It is now given
out as authoritative that the name of
! the gallant Rough Rider who served in
Cuba with President Roosevelt is Ben
jainin Franklin Daniels, and not Ben.
Daniels or Ben S. Daniels, as it has
frequently been reported. The presI-
dent, having cleared up one mystery.
is now anxious to hear from Daniels
himself concerning his identity with
the Daniels who served term in the
Wyoming prison. but up to the present
nothing has been forthcoming, not
even information as to his wherea-
bouts.
The Daniels case has become a fav-
orite topic In the clubs and at dinners
here, and many opinions are expressed
as to just what constitutes a real husky
United States marshal. Many contend
that IL he has been in Jail he will be all
the better as public servant in put
ting others where he has been himself
Senator Hoar. himself, is perhaps a
believer in this theory, for in his re-
cent speech in the senate in the de-
fense of the action of the judiciary
committee in confirming the nomina-
tion of Daniels he took Senator Teller
severely to task for the position he had
assumed against the action. and said
he did not desire to allow his some
what straight-laced. puritanical New
England notions to put a curb upon the
free and untrammeled habits of a life
in the wild and woolly west.
The scene which took place at the
white house when Daniels presented
himself and asked for the position is
somewhat graphically described by a
senator who claims to have been pres
ent. When Daniels made his appear
ance, the president Immediately spied
him, and broke away from party of
lawmakers with whom he was holding
conversation over important business.
why, hello, Daniels" he said.
Hello, colonel" returned Daniels.
| ana tHe pair BldSpeu SdSn olhVi .
hands.
where have you been keeping your
| self, Daniels?" asked the president.
"Oh, I've been running around the
west a bit" said Daniels.
"Pm right glad you came in to see
me-" said Mr.. Roosevelt. Now what
can | do for you? Isn't there some
office you want?"
Yes" said Daniels, II want to be
marshal of Arizona"
Done" said the president. "l'll have
it attended to inside of twenty-four
hours"
The president was as good as his
word, and Daniels got the appointment
within the time named.
Within the past two or three days
letters and kilograms from towns in
Wyoming and Colorado, testifying to
the integrity of Daniels. have been
pouring into the white house. Citizens
of Cripple Creek say that Daniels
never dealt anything but a square
game in faro. The president himself
enthusiastically discussed the qualifi-
cations of the brave man who served
with him in Cuba. and is hoping daily
| to hear from MIN, that he is not the
Daniels who served a prison term in
| Wyoming.