Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-26
COMMUNICATED.

l ueSlFe 10 make the 1oiiOWlng State ment on my behalf relative to the cor versation had with City Marshal Snodgrass concerning the transformer who are doing business in the City of Bisbee without license It Is true that 1 did complain to the City Marshal that MT. Ed Thomas had violated the City | Ordinance concerning transformer by hauling within the City limits without l license. The circumstances concerning same were as follows: On the Fist | day of July, 1906, MT. Ed Thomas hauled a load of ice from the ice plant at Lowell to MT. J. E. Mosher's butcher shop in the City of Bisbee and collected the usual charge for hauling l same. 1 called upon MT. Mosher's clerk and asked him if MT. Thomas charged for hauling this load of ice and he informed ne that he did then told MT. Snodgrass that Mir Thomas was running a transfer busi- ness in this City without license and asked that be protected, as am pay ing sixty dollars each quarter for a transfer license, and I felt that I was entitled to the protection guaranteed each man who pays his license. Mr. Snodgrass informed ne that he did Tot care to arrest MT. Thomas for this offense but said you can arrest him yourself if you want to, and I said are you afraid to arrest the man, then our Honorable City Marshal became very insulting and stated that he was not afraid to arrest any--- it would not be proper for me to quote the exact language used by our Hon. oTable Marshal then. I also assured MI. SIodgrass that had no personal griey- ance whatever against Mir. Thomas buc simply wanted to be protected in as much as I was paying my license 10 do this kind of business. I notice in the statement published in your paper on the morning of the 24th concerning this matter that l. is stated that became very abusive. this is untrue as the only abusive language used was that used bv the Honorable City Marshal above referred to. also desire to say that MT. Snodgrass re. quested of us transformer that at any time We knew of any one breaking the ordinance relating to license of transformer to Kindly inform him. as he was kept busy with other matters and it was impossible for him to keep close watch and for this reason and ih order to protect myself as one Of the transformer informed the Honor able City Marshal that MT. Thomas had violated the ordinance. and not through any personal grievance that had against Mir. Thomas as had none whatever against him. but simply asked the City Marshal that I be pro- tected in the way which I am entitled to be protected. I at no time asked the City Marshal to do any private de- tective work as is insinuated sL he article published on the. 24th of July, 1906.
 desire to say that MT. Snodgrass also said he wanted me to keep my nose out of his business, and at that time Mr. Johnson. also one of the Hon. orabie Police force of the City of Bis bee. who was standing near by. ap- preached me and began showing me across the street and I politely told him that if he had anything against ne to arrest me and not to be shoTins me around. that I was simply address ing iuy remarks 10 Mir. SnOdgrass
 The above statement is made for the purpose of inJuring no one bu, that the people of the City of Bisbee may know the true state Of fac.s which occurred or this occasion.
 spectfully.
 ". H. HARRIS.