Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-17

The trial of Sheriff T, =. Hubbell OF
Bernalillo county for alleged malfeas'
ance In office II Of much Interest 10
the people OF the territory. Below
are given In full the charges as made
BY District Attorney Clancy and the
answer thereto:
The Charges.
Hon. Miguel A. Ofero. Governor OF
New Mexico, Santa Fe. N. NJ, April
20, 1905.
Sir.--I desire TO submit for your
consideration statements In the nature
OF charges against Thomas 3. Hubbell.
sheriff OF Bernalillo county. with .
view 10 his removal from office. n
will set them out In separate numbcr
ed paragraphs. for the sake OF clear
ness. ms follows.
1.-The accounts presented by said
sheriff 10 the board OF county com
mIssioners for the feeding Of prison.
ers. which accounts are sworn 10 by
the sheriff. show. among other things,
that one Robert Kline was In the
county pail during the whole OF the
months Of November and December,
1904. and January and February, 1905.
and charges are made In said accounts
for the feeding OF said Kline for the
whole OF the time embraced In said
months, while, as q mater OF fact. the
said Kline was released from confine-
ment in said Jail by said sheriff on or
about the 23rd Of November. 1904,
and was not thereafter al any time
confined in said Jail up TO the end OF
February. 1905.
The charges go on 20 specify similar
accusations against the sheriff in the
cases OF William II. Rice. Adolfo Santa
Ana. Nuario Chaves. an insane per-
son, w. p. ELLINGTON. Frank Harris,
Ellison Bird. Juan Moya, John J.
Coughlan. and William Foster.
Separate allegations are made that
Melquiades Martin Of Alameda. and
David Perea and Pablo Apodaca OF
Los Griegos have been running ga.
loon without paying any license.
The eleventh section Of the charges
IN as follows:
During the continuance Of the
territorial fair at Albuquerque. 1904.
there we're a number Of gaming tables
and other apparatus, by means OF
which games Of chance were played.
In open and notorious operation with.
In the fair grounds. In the old town
OF Alhuuuer1ue: the said sheriff OF
Bernaiillo county was In attendance
NJ said fair almost, II not quite. every
day during its continuance. no license
was taken ont or paid for any OF tbs
said games so operated and conducted
on said fair grounds. and said sheriff
made no effort TO perform his officia
duty with regard To the said games
as snccificd In chapter 10 Of the laws
of 1901.
Respectfully,
fsigned) r, W CLANCY.
District Attorney
The Answer.
Hon Miguel A. Otero. Governor 0
the Territory Of New Mexico,
Sir.--The answer Of +. s. Hubbell
sheriff Of the county Of B~ernalill0 4
the charges preferred against him b,
+. w. Clancy. district attorney for tn
county of Bernalillo. AZ set forth Il
the communication dated April 20
1908.
This respondent In answer to tn
charges set forth In paragraphs |, 2
3. 4, 8. 9. Z, s, a and 10 which charg'
respondent with having presented al
account to the board Of county con
missioners OF the county Of Berna
lillO for allowance for feeding Of tn
persons mentioned In said paragraph
for a greater length Of time than sal
persons named IN said paragraph
were actually confined In said jail, a
In said paragraphs set forth. deniel
each and every allegation In said tel
paragraphs contained.
II.
This respondent, In answer to tn,
allegations set forth In paragraph ]
Of said charges, states that while
may be true that there were a numbeI
Of gambling tables In operation at tn
fair grounds during the month Of DC
tober, 1904. and while II Is probabl.
true that this respondent was In at
tendance at said fair almost II no
quite every day during Its continu
ance. yet this respondent alleges tina
FOR the past four years, or since tn,
passage Of the act by the legislator,
In 1901, requiring the sheriff to collec
ell licenses. the collection Of licenses
has been looked after almost exclu
siyely by his deputy, and n OF the
duties Of said deputy was 10. TAXI
charge Of the collection Of said u