The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1905-09-02

OF Albuquerque, preferred charges
against Frank A. Hubbell, treas
urer and ex-otiicio collector:
Thomas $. Hubbell, sheriff, and
Eslavio Vigil, superintendent of
public schools of the county of
Bernalillo. These charges can
be classed under the heading of
malfeasance and misfeasance in
office, non-performance of duty,
violation of certain sections of
the Compiled Laws and of Chap
terS of the Session Laws of the
Territory thereafter, having IL
legally taken and in their possess
sion public funds of the county of
Bernalillo, to which they were
not lawfully entitled, aud sundry
other acts of official dereliction
contrary to existing statutes.
Exhaustive and lengthy hearings
were given the defendants in AL
buquerque bv the Executive in
order to save them expense and
Nilllts NfONtl hoi NJltlo ilduC HtN-
eral journeys to Albuquerque for
the purpose of attending these
hearings. At the conclusion of
the hearings, oral arguments
were submitted and ample time
allowed the defendants for the
preparation and submission of
briefs. The Territory, represent
ed by Attorney General G.. w.
Prichard and District Attorney
Frank W. Clancy, also filed briefs
in the cases. The testimony adj
duced, the circumstances sur
rounding the oral arguments and
the printed briefs were carefully
and thoroughly examined by
Governor Otero and the Terri
torial law officials. AS stated in
the official orders, the charges
against Frank A. HubbelI, treas
urer and eX-oi1icio collector, and
ESlavio Vigil, superintendent of
public schools of Bernalillo coun-
ty were declared proven in toto,
and the charges against Thomas
$. Hubbell, sheriff of said county,
were adjudged proven in part,
and under and by virtue of the
authority vested in the governor
| by law in such cases made and
provided, orders of removal were
announced by the Governor
Thursday afternoon. The fol-
lowing is synopsis of the
charges in each case:
THE CHARGES AGAINST THOMAS $.
HUBBEI.L.
The charges against Sheriff
Thomas S. HuDbell are thirteen
in number. The first ten charge
that the sheriff made the county
pay for the keep of prisoners
after they had been discharged
from Jail in the following cases:
Robert Kline, William Rice,
Adolfo Santa Ana, Maria ChaveS,
w. j. Eddington, Frank Harris,
Ellison Bird, Juan Moya, John J..
Coughlin and William Foster.
Charge number eleven accuses
the sheriff of permitting gaming
without a license at the Albu-
querque Eair grounds; charge
number twelve accuses the sheriff
of permitting David Nj. Perea
and Pablo ApOdaca to retail
liquor without a license at Los
Griegos; and number thirteen
makes the same charge in respect
to Melquiades Martin, a deputy
sheriff, at Alameda.
| THE CHARGES AGAINST FRANK A.
HUBBELL.
The charges against Frank A.
Hubbell, collector and treasurer
for Bernalillo county are that he
used Sl2,00 collected to pay the
current expenses for the year
1904, TO pay such expenses for
1908, in violation of the law.
That he paid out S354.79 upon
warrants drawn by the county
superintendent of schools for ex-
penses that could be incurred only
by the directors of school dis
tricts that he paid out for ex-
penses of the county institute .oi
1908, S2l5; although there was
only Sl00 in the county institute
fund. That he retained and re-
fused to distribute to the proper
funds $5,072.0S received for
license moneys. That while
superintendent OF schools of Ber-
nalillo county he drew S2.O25 for
visiting the public schools. charg-
ing for 405 days of visits when
there could have been possible
ulV DIX davo Of Visits