Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-05
RAYNOlDS DEMANDED
PROMPT RETURN
Boy Executive Got Cold Feet When
Informed That Authorities Knew
Important and Costly Terri
tOrlal Documents We're In
His Possession.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, July 5.-(SpeciaD
H. j. Hagerman, late boy executive
has returned to the acting governor,
j. w. Reynolds, the missing expert
reports on the territorial prison
which he took with him when he left
the executive office after his removal
by President Roosevelt.
The documents, which cost the ter
ritory something over a thousand
dollars, were returned to the files in
the executive office where they be-
longed in response to a summary
demand contained in a letter which
the. acting governor wrote to Hager-
man. The letter informed the late
executive that he was known to have
the reports in question in his pos
session and that he must return them
quickly or take the consequences.
"Inadvertantly Mixed"
Hagerman promptly got cold feet
from the Upper Pecos, where he is
seeking seclusion at the ranch of
Neill b. Field of Albuquerque. 1t Is
said Hagerman returned the records
upon the advice of Field.
He accompanied the experts re-
ports with a formal letter in which
he attempted to excuse himself by
stating that in his hurried leaving of
the executive office the reports in
question became Inadvertently mix-
ed with his private papers and were
taken away in that manner. 1t is
said that Hagerman has been carry
ing the records about the territory
in a hand grip and never leaving
them out of his sight.
Experts Report Needed.
The report made by the so-called
expert from Colorado Springs. Nc
Mahon, to II. ]. Hagerman at that
time governor, are needed now in the
accounting which H. o. Bursum is
seeking in court. According to these
so-called expert reports, H. o. Bur-
sum was declared to have mis-ap-
propriated prison funds. A large
number of errors have been found in
the copies of the experts report and
the original reports which are terri
torial property are needed for COM
parison.
Looks Rather Queer.
1t was known that Hagerman had
the reports and ii looked as though
he had some object in keeping them
where they could not be inspected.
In view of the recent developments
in the case 1t would appear that in
accuracies in the reports were known
to exist by Hagerman. At all events
the reports were a part of the files
in the executive office and Hagerman
was clearly outside the law in re-
moving them.
McMahon to Swear to Them.
1t is probable that the expert, Nc
Mahon, who compiled the reports,
will be asked to make affidavit to
them after having carefully reviewed
each item. 1t is understood that he
will refuse to do so If he thinks he
can avoid 1t.
Trelford's Management Worse Yet.
Marion Littrell, the new prison su-
perintendent encountered a hard
task when he took charge of the
prison following Trelford's removal.
He has not yet succeeded in re-
storing order out of chaos but is
making a careful investigation of af-
fairs. 1t is understood here that the
Trelford management of the peniten-
tiary was rotten.
Funds Were Mis-appropriated.
Not only does it appear that there
was brutal cruelty and inhuman
treatment of convicts but the instl-
tuition was grossly mis-managed. out
of an appropriation of $4,000 made
by the recent Legislature. Trelford
had already expended some $4,000
and had some $4,000 in bills yet 10
pay. This leaves a balance of only
about $4,000 for the five months OF
the present fiscal year.
1t Is said that some disclosures
when made public will create SEN
sation. Various funds have been di-
verted to other uses than specified in
the appropriation bill and other pris-
on funds have been combined. These
very things were some of the chief
charges used against Bursum by Ha-
german in removing him,
In fact some of the Irregularities
are so pronounced that it is said the
recent reform administration will be
shown to have been the worst the
prison has ever had. 1t will take sew
eral weeks to unrayel the tangle and
to learn the full extent of Trelford's S
mis-management, The acting govern
,or and the new superintendent have
not found il necessary to import an
expert from Colorado as yet.