Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-05-12
THE DIVERSIFIED.
GARRISON EPISODE
Former Gives Ills Reasons
For AssauIiine CFOs.
venOr Garrison.
ASSAULT OCCURRED At ROiwILL

a few days ago Tho Evening CHI.
zen published a nrIOf notice. relative
iu fho ASSAULT 0f William OFVraffeef
upon Governor Ciarkson at Roswell.
tho attack being aggraYllcd Says
0Yefsireel. by alleged prosecutions of
him ffQm clarss1n, The Roswell
Record M lfa article on iha assault,
has che following t0 say.
GroaYenor Garrison, special agent of
thu interior department VINO BIAS been
here for some time making InYesiiga-
lions al % alleged land frauds was at
tackled Saturday night ai Do o'clock o.
Main street By Wluinm JFeratftel
vino knocked hini down and struck
him IN che face several times Clark
son was stunned and ga not have a
chance to onof any resistance. Charley
Albert pulled OVgfstrtet on Clark
son The most serious damage 90
Ciarkaon was g black eye. Ofofstfaet
went before Judge Bailey Saturday
nisht aud pleaded guilty 20 nEhtlug
and was assessed the usual fine The
trouble grow out OF the Indictment
brought by the October grand iary
Diversified was Indicted al this Tins
through Investigations made hy Clark
son a. 90 alleged crcokedneea in fling
on land. The indictment agalnstOVef-
street was ahatca hi q jury trial az the
last Ter moi the United States couiy
af which time fourteen other lnaiCt-
mouts against the Tallmadges and
others were abatod Overalroet was
seen BY q Record reporter aud told
bis side of the story Ho said that
Cllrkaun before and after the lndlci-
mgnt had been nbalcd. talked about
him in nn uncompllmcntarv manner
and pokcd fun ut him for holne ore
rested and indicted BE claimed that
Clapksuns manner t0 him was not
well feliahod and that ho started 90
talk the matter over with Garrison
an dusked him why he bad been talk-
ing about him. Tie claimed that CLARK
son walked back aud looked at him
! nan Insulting manner and said. "Who
are your What arc you going 10 do
about 2" or words tn that effect and
that the then struck Clarkaun ia tho
face.
E. 4. Medler. assistants United att
tOrncy said that the United States
provides a special statute 90 protect
uni.ed States officials from assaults
an dthal OyefHlreoi would be- prose-
cuted Clarkson wears glasses and
q ia claimed that n Is a penitontiary
ononse 40 strike n man with Riassca
on. Diversified claims that Garrison
removed the glasses before be struck
him Tho witnesses ln the case were
summoned before the United States
grand iurY and later o was decided tp
drop further prosecution again over
street.
mir. GARRISON lelt Cor the east the
next morning and Nll later return to
resume hls Investigations as o. the
alleged land frauds. For some time
there has been existing M feeling be-
I tween tho defendants iu the land
fraud cases and the UuIte1 states spec
cial aguna who made Investigations
and brought fhe charges 80 was claim
] ed that urfci Siatos Marshal Foraker
an dhiE deputies Wero uuduly friendly
% the Tallmadgoa and thls talk Tea 90
/ hard feelings between tho mar1hnls
and The special agents. Special Agent
negona0rf attempted to take q kodiak
snap shot 81 aavagoln deputies talking
90 B "a. Tahmndgo. DegandOrf was
! prevented from taking tie picture ans
/ -. ~ Tal.madge TOLD him that S. be-
ever caught hlm phOiographlng bin
again it would result diaasierously Tor
/ Dezondorf Tho marshais Ia the mate
tor were equally a. angry at the spec
clal agaut and ll feeling in the mutier
SIN exists.
Mr. ciarka1n'a Statement
$50 lar as OVorsircot ia concerned
I understand that be has plead guilty
in tho police court, aud have no
comment % make on bis attack upon
me.
However. I would like 10 say that
/ " ! continue ln the government sor-
vice in Roswell no incident or score
81 Incidents like the present one Will
deter mt from following up any land
fraud cases brought 10 my notice as
/ falling under the United States stat
utcg. 70 long as : am on my feet
&C. Ia gTAHKADNn