Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-07-07
HOUSE CLEANING
BARELY AvERTED
Special O6ices PeeIcr Loses
His Position and Sur
rcnders Conniss;on.
D. osae No Losses Jusdee q the
Peace--PstGIa1 Plsesiees
Disrlosed.

1ns resIenatson x .. otcro. justice
of The peace In the io~n ~ i.as W
Kas. s~d The enforced retirement ~
officer Peeler q The Santa Re has
served 10 ssert sn Investigation % the
offIcsl c1nduct ~ shsse parties. IN "a
ditson % Iosiss NJ position = special
osficer for the Santa VI. resler has
also had his comniasioa - deputy
sheriff taken away from him and hs
Il without authority or . job. The
resignation q .. otero IL connection
with recent disclosures 10 which. II II
alleged. his court docket failed toshos
where two prisoners apprehended end
arraxned BY Peeler we're fined t1s2s.
Il regarded ~ significant The boys
state the officials took their money.
and that there were no Witnesses ~
The trial. No formal complaint was
lodged axainst them st the trial I"
Not being disposed 70 leave iown the
boys took their case before Influential
citizens with the result that Peeler
was LET ont By Hen Williams Of Alhu,
qneraue. ID charge of special Santa
70 police otero ~ no longer an 81.
ficiaI.
peeIsr Dissorpss
Mayor Secundino Romero hunted
up Officer Peeler. special officer of
the Santa Re railroad and soid
him II be did not refund his share of
the money taken from the two hoss
Il would likely mean a term Ia the
penitentlary. and the officer turned
over 10 MIN fourteen dollars and
stated thai II was the entire sum Of
money be received The mayor has
not yet been able TO recover the other
ss.25. Peeler says that there was
no formal trial but that the money was
taken from the boys and divided.
Peeler's warrant as an officer for
the Santa Fe and as depuiy.sheriff
was taken from him and the mayor
also requested D. otero TO resign az
Justice u peace. which he has done.
Prosecutor 8. b. Davis says that as
the justice Of peace has resigned and
the officer has been removed there
will probably be NO charges preferred
against the men. ai present at least.
Other similar cases though may be in.
vestigafed
Arrsstsd TWO Boys
Thursday afternoon. two boys. one
aged about fourteen years ana the
other a little older, stepped off train
at Romeroyille. TO rubber at the sec
merry. but hardly had they ieft the
coach when the train pulled out and
len them on the platform, The lads
were on their way from Albuquerque
to Kansas City. where they had enter.
ed Into q contract TO work for the rail-.
road The only thing they could do
when they found they had been left
was 70 start and walk to the nearest
town. and they made their way To-
ward Las Vegas. Reaching the rail-.
road bridxe juat south Of the city.
they sat down to ress and were there
taken IN charge BY Santa re Officer
PeeIer.
piaesd u jail
The boys we're placed In the city
fall at the city hall over night
and were then taken 10 The west sitie
|for hcarins. They claim that they
had twenty-three dollars and twenty
five cents and that the entire amount
Of money was taken from them and
that they we're then released from
custody. The boys then went to A.
o. I.Arraxolo with their story and he
referred them to 3. Barber as mem
Der of the hoard Of trustees. They
went 10 MI. Barber and Re has taken
|up their case and has called the mat
ter to the attention Of Mayor Secua.
dino Romero of the town Of Las We.
gas. and also to 8. B. Davis, Jr, the
territorial prosecutor
Declares Thsy Wers nobbsd
Mr.. Barber says that the boys were
lehamefully robbed Of their money a.
many others have been before and
THAT he would zee that something
Iis done abont n He nays that he
went 70 Justice 81 Peace otero and
asked personally to nee his court doc
iket for yesterday and rat there was
tabso,utely no entry ma4e 81 the case
and that the Judge told him BE had
Ihad NO cases Friday and knew moth
ling about the boys. The bays say
that III of their money was taken II
charge BY Mr. otSrp and that tAey
were offered ! quarter back II they