Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1907-07-26
NEFARloUs lNUENDoEs TO
BESMiRcH HIS cHARACTER

BESMiRcH HIS CHARACTER.
desire to make short explana
ton with reference 10 another mat
ter. Certain individuals whose time
seemed to have been principally uc.
cupied IN SAYING unpleasant things
aud circulating rumors with Infamous
nuendOs, one Of these persons being
a notorious meddlcr and disturbcr VI
his neighbOr's tranquility who re.
sides IN San Antonio New Mexico
and other, Of the same ilk, who were
| evidently short on political assets aud
anxious 10 accumulate political cap.
i,al aud build mp their political for
tunes at the expense OF others and by
inucndO besmirch the character of
persons who happen to be IN public
life and thus attcmpt 70 steal thunder
and convert the same to their polit.
teal use These people have cause
| gossip 10 be- circulated 10 the effect
that while was superintendent u.
the penilent.ary that cause ship.
ments Of lumber and materials To- be-
made To San Antonio New McN,..
which were converted to my persona
usr, iOr NY ranches ana Tor the rar'h.
age mines. aud hat said lumber. ma
terIals, etc were paid for out OF peui
tcn,lary funds This gossip SO far o.
relates TO the payment Of any mater
ial out Of peutcutiary funds is abso.
lutely false aud without foundation
II rs true that shipment OF lumb-!
was ~ one time made by the Amer
can Lumber Cumpany Albuquerque
To San Antonio. New Mexico. which
shipment was billed 10 the New Mex
leo penIcn,ary san Antonio. New
| Mexico. u Is also true that Fairbanks
Morse 4 COMPANY OF Denver. C0lo.
RADIO. ~ one time made q shipment oi
steel tanks from Goshen. Indiana.
billed To the New Mexico peuitcutiary
San Antonio they also billed som.
windmills In The same manner. n g.
also true TIA, Hendric aud Bolthon. OF
Denver at one time shipped Two
whims billed TO the New Mexico pcnI-
Itentiary. Ccrilos. New Mexico These
goods were ordered By II o. Bursum
iwhu happened to b. at the same tim'
superintendent OF the New Mckee
penitcntiary. They were paid for IN
OF my personal funds, By my personal
Ichecks. which checks still retain
THE billing to the New Mexico peni
Tertiary at the points mentioned was
an error upon the part OF the shippers.
and which fact was called to their al
teu,ion At the time aud which errors
can only be accounted for by reason
OF the letters ordering such material
having been written upon penitentiarN
stationary These energetic would
be detectives who caused these infl
nous iuuendos to be circulated
which they calculated would brand
me as CRATER" might have easily
asccrlaned the facts In the PREMISE
by consulting he books # the ship
pers and therefrom ascertain how
when. by whom and in what manner
these materials were paid for This
gossip is absurd upon It's face. Werr
these materials aud goods mentioned
10 have been purloined at the expense
Of the Territory can any sane man
believe that they would have been
shipped IN open broad daylight di.
rccted TO the New Mexico penitentlary
al san Antonio aud Cerrillos? Would
% they not have been consigned To nv
personal order Leaving aside this
phase of the question, what object
could there have been in making these
shipments direct TO the New Mexico
peniten,lary, at u point where no peni.
Tertiary existed The freight rate IN
the penitentiary was and is the same
! AS TO any individual The credit Of
p the penitentiary was in no way
needed 1t was simply one Of those
errors which often occurs in CONNER
cial transactions. on the part OF hasty
shipping clerks, falling to read tn,
contents Of an order, but simply take
note OF the letter.head
COPIES OF EXHIBITS
FILED WITH REPORT
(EXHlBlT ~
e Territory OF New Mexico.
nj Office of the Executive