Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-24
WAS IT CONSPIRACY
To RUIN BORSUM? {?
Facts and Figures Before Referee Sat-
ford in Investigation of Peniten-
tiary Accounts Strongly Lead
to Such Conclusion.

that 1t was not signed by him and
without a comparison of a signed
copy he could not say whether it was
correct or not. Whereupon the ref
cree sent to the Governors Office for
the official, signed report, which could
not be found and as further effort
to satisfy the demand of Mr.. McMa-
hon the referee sent to the penitentl-
ary and secured from Captain Trelford
a signed copy which was complete
with the exception that certain exhib-
its were not attached. In addition to
the reports the referee had also ready
for the inspection of Mr.. Mcmahon,
all the original books, papers and data
used by Mcmahon in compiling his re-
port, also a portion Of the original
work of Mcmahon from which certain
exhibits were compiled With all this
data McMahon still refused to testify
or even look at or consider any of
the data submitted and absolutely re-
fused to attempt to reconcile any diff
ferences with the referee.
Strange Loss Of Memory.
Il is certainly passing strange that
this expert could not even remember
the amount of money paid him for
his services to the Colorado Title
and Trust Company, although he was
it's secretary at the time being and
all financial transactions had to pass
through his hands. 1t is also strange
that this expert holding the confiden-
tial position of secretary of the said
company could not or would not re.
member the agreement between ex-
Governor Hagerman and the company
In this matter, when 1t Is well
known fact that secretary of any
corporation must, perforce, be as
well acquainted with its business as
the president thereof
Were Is the Official Report?
NnG F'sa thEDfhcially signed report
| vi this expert subInitted to ex-Ccs~,r
nor Hagerman and which was the
basis for the SANDERS, the libels, and
the falsehoods published by the Albu
querque Morning Coyote Journal and
lother Democratic yellow sheets In
| New Mexico and which should have
! been on file in the executive Office
not there and in whose possession Is
| It? This report Is an important Off
cial document which cost the people
of the Territory about $3.50. If it Is
in the possession of Ex-Governor Ha
german 1t is plain that he had nc
| more right or power to take 1t with
him than he had to take a desk OF
other property of the Territory from
the executive Office. What is behint
this and what is the explanation?
In the investigation by this exper
why did Ex-Governor Herbert J. Ha
german ignore and set aside the re
| quest of MIR. Bursum to be represented
by an expert bookkeeper and by re
liable accountants at the investiga
ton? This was so fair and just {
request that its denial by ex-Governo
Hagerman certainly indicates grea
hostility to Mr.. Bursum and show,
that he acted without the least desir,
to give Mr. Bursum chance to b'
heard, to satisfy himself of the cor
rectness Of the statements by the ex
pert, to give him fair hearing SO a.
to establish his innocence or to max,
settlement of any amounts that nigh
be found justly due to the Territory
| Wasn't It a Conspiracy
/ Again the fact that the original re
port of this expert has disappeare'
from the files of the executive offic
and that this expert when within tn
| jurisdiction of the referee absolutel
declined for most trivial and sill
reasons to give testimony which woul
enable the referee to insure accul
acy in the preparation of his repor
! to the court the ajjearanc
of lying and false specia
dispatch in the Albuquerque Mornin
Coyote Journal in this matter, ce,
tainly are more than sufficient to ash
"Was there not venomous and COW
, ardly conspiracy in this whole affai
, and a dastardly attempt for the III
doing and destruction Of H. 0. Bursur
!. as an official, as citizen and a
a man." Certainly so far a good des
has appeared to give strong rise
. such opinion and to such belief.
When the referees report shall b
II published and the investigation by tn
, referee closed. it Is more than likel
| that this seemly very grounded susp
cion and opinion may develop int
stern and absolute fact
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