Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-01
REPORTED THAT JUDGES
ARE TO Be REMOVED
Usual Array of Gossip on the
Streets Of Capital City Today.
Special Agents in Other
Parts of Territory
Getting Busy.

Santa Fe, August Especial y
The interest which has been mani
Tested in the successor to A. NJ. Ber-
gere, clerk of the first judicial dis
trict court, was rewarded today by
the announcement Of the appointment
of Francis C. Wilson, formerly a clerk
in the department of commerce and
labor at Washington.
Wilson is here but will not take
office until August 10th.
He is about thirty years of age,
graduate of Harvard university and
the Columbia law school. He is mar
ried and expects to bring his wife to
Santa Fe in the near future.
Mr.. Wilson formerly lived in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, and is the son Of
a retired attorney there.
E. p. Holcomb. who is acting as
clerk. will remain in charge until
Mr.. Wilson takes charge.
Jury Drawing Will Wait.
The jury venires for the fall term
of the district court have not been
drawn and it is announced that they
will not be drawn until Mr.. Wilson
takes formal charge of the office.
Indictments in Land Deals.
1t is said that the assistant attorneys
general and the special officers expect
to try and secure number of in
dictments in land deals and other
cases before the next grand jury In
this county.
Ormsby McHarg and Z. P. Cor
don, the assistant Y. s. attorney gen.
erals, have not made a statement and
while they meet all representatives
of the press daily, they absolutely
refuse to make any statements as to
their plans. 1t is known, however,
that special land officers and other
federal officials are in various por-
tions of New Mexico conducting in
ST tipnS of land deals and other
matters of a like nature.
Other Removals Rumorcd.
The usual amount of rumors are
ahoat here today. Among the latest
are that several judges of district
courts are slated for removal as wen
as their clerks.
These rumors, like many others
can not be traced further than street
talk. Another report is that e. L.
Gordon is known as an indictment
expert" and that he has been sent TO
New Mexico for the sole purpose OF
drawing up the indictments for the
special officers.
Is Special Agents Counsel.
Mr.. Gordon, it is also said, will be
he man behind the gun" in all le-
gal proceedings which the special Of
ficers may consider advisable and that
in other words, he is the chief coun-
sci for the special agents. This role
heretofore had been assigned by ru-
NOR to Mr.. McHarg.
The amusing part of the whole
matter is that those who have here
tofore assumed the "I told you so'
air, appear to watch proceedings with
considerable uneasiness akin to fear.
Documentary Evidence.
1t IS said that a large amount OF
documentary evidence is being COM
piled from day to day by special Of
ficers and submitted to McHarg and
Gordon for their consideration.
The nature of this evidence, If the
report is true, can not be learned,
One side is in the dark as much as
the other and the two assistants 10
the L. ;. attorney general apyear i
be the only ones who really know
what is beine done.
They say they hava made 10 state
ments and that any gossip as Il their
work is mere guess work IN the part
OF the public.