Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-26
ABRUPT ENDING
OF INVESTIGATION
Defense Refuses to
Introduce Tes-
timony
UNLESS TERRITORY PAYS
Buster and Bravado---Will
Call on President of
United States.

you may make your report, Col
onel. Well take this matter up in
another way"
R. II. Hanna, who has been acting
as counsel for Superintendent Arthur
Trelford of the Territorial peniten-
tiary made the foregoing announce
ment this afternoon to Attorney Cen
eral Prichard who has been conduct
ing the investigation into charges of
cruel treatment of convicts at the
prison under the present manage
ment.
Hanna did not intimate what he
meant by taking this matter up in
another way" but it is inferred from
what he said yesterday that he pro
poses to lay the matter before Presl-
dent Roosevelt. The investigation
came to an abrupt ending on account
of stenographer hire. Attorney Han
na maintained that the defense did
not have to pay stenographer's per
diem for taking testimony to contro,
| vert that already adduced in substan-
tiation of the charges filed against
Superintendent Trelford.
Final Entry in Official Record.
Acting upon the statement of the
| counsel for the defense the attorney
general caused the following entry to
be made in the official report of the
proceedings:
"The attorney general here an
nounces that the testimony on behalf
of the Territory is closed and states
that the fullest latitude will be given
to the attorney for the management
Of the Territorial penitentiary to in.
troduce witnesses for the purpose vi
disappearing or denying the points
brought out in the testimony of the
witnesses for the Territory, where
upon the attorney for the management
of the Territorial penitentiary an
nounces that the attorney general may
make his report and he will take his
branch of the matter up in another
way
Customary for Each Side to Share
Expenses.
Attorney General Prichard stated
this afternoon that it was usual
custom where matters were referred
to a referee or other persons for
each side to bear it's own expenses
and he saw no reason why 1t should
not be applied in this case.
When he came into the attorney
generals office the only available con
tingent fund that might be used for
this purpose was $4.59 in excess OF
outstanding bills incurred by his
predecessor and he said he did not
have authority to bind the Territory
to pay the stenographer.
Frank w. Shearon, private secre
tary to the attorney general, has
been taking the testimony. The de
Tense did not enter any objection te
his continuing in transcribing the
evidence or make any objection to
| the fee to be charged.
Attorney for Trelford suggested
that the testimony Of the defense
might be taken orally and thus elimi
nate this item of expense but the at
torney general refused to do this. He
| said he wanted all the evidence ad
duced in writing so that it might be
a matter of record.
Would Have President Stop lnvesti
cation.
! When informed yesterday that the
defense could begin introducing its
evidence the attorney for Trelfori
vouchsafed the opinion that the Ter
ritory should liquidate all of the ex
| penses. He was told that each side
would have to bear it's own expenses
and he then threatened to carry the
matter to the attention of Presiden
| Roosevelt
Il won't pay for it either" he sale
with an oath. "I'll send the Presiden1
telegram on that proposition an(
we won't take any testimony for the
defense"
/ Superintendent Trelford appeared
at the attorney generals Office this af
ternoon in company with his attorney
but after a consultation in the cor
ridor they decided upon the course Of