Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-12
INTERESTING CASE
OF DONOVAN'S
PAY CHECK
REASSERTED BURSUM
HAS PAID IN FULL
The AffidavitS in the Case
Which Were Branded as
Lies When Former Prison
EmpIOye Made Them,
(Santa Fe Eagle.)

tSanta re Eagle.)
Last Saturday morning he Albu-
querque Journal printed~the following
special dispatch from Santa Fe:
Santa Fe. n. NJ, June 2S.-ln con-
nectiOn with the penitentiary "investi-
cation" and the removal of Arthur
Trelford, ii is interesting to note a
statement to the effect that Jack Don
ovaR, formerly foreman of the terri
torial clay bank under Bursum, has
recently received a check from Bur-
sum for 1868, in addition to 500 paid
him during the past winter.
. IL will be remembered that Dono-
van made affidavit that he had been
defrauded tof some $500 Of pay which
he alleged to have been due him from
Bursum. at the time he severed his
connection with the penitentiary, and
that his statement made in the course
OF the examination of the penitentiarV
was s~trenuously denied. The money
which has been paid to Donovan rep
sents the amount claimed by him from
Bursum. with interest.
1t Will be noticed that this disDatch
did not state that Mr.. Bursum re-
auested the matter to be kept quiet.
As a consequence of the matter being
made public, Mr.. Bursum was consid-
eIably nettled.
Some of our readers may rave for
gotten about this incident, and, in
order To get the matter i'm its proper
light, we reproduce the affidavit Of
Mr.. Donovan, which was printed in the
Eagle, on Saturday, September 5,
1906: .
Santa Fe, IS.
John Donovan. being first duly
sworn, upon his oath states. | have
been an employe of the penitentiarN
for some years; ! did not draw my pay
regularly, but allowed the same to run
on from time to time and generally
drew my pay in larger sums than my
monthly wages. / was never paid any
sum of money by Mr.. Bursum per-
sonalfy. that is by his personal check
or cash In hand by him, except upon
one occasion, which was In December.
1905. | had signed a voucher for $50
at that time and the same was sent t1
La Vegas for approval there and
was in need of the money immedi-
ately n Mr.. Bursum ave me his
personal check for $3.50 n he took
the warrant when it came back Tor
that sum of money to reimburse him-
sell. / never received the sum Of
$4O0.7I from Mr.. Bursum personally
or amy other sum except as above
stated. l did not receive any payment
in the month of January, 1906, from
Mr.. II. q. Bursum Of the New Mexico
penitentiary or any of its officials, eN-
cept the sum of $50, my monthly sal
AIRY for that month. | have Just been
shown a warrant of the territorial au-
ditor numbered No. 313S, voucher No.
rs for $400.75; the warrant IS In words
and figures as follows:
Territory Of New Mexico.
Ma. 1888. $4OO.75
office of the Auditor, Santa Fe, n.
NJ, January 6, 1906.
The treasurer of the territory OF
New Mexico viii pay To Jack Donu-
van or bearer the sum of Tour hun
dred and 5000 dollars, out a the
appropriation for pcnttcntiary maintc-
nance expense fund, f~ifty-seventh hs-
cal a
V. ~. So. W. G. Sargent, Auditor.
(Seal of Auditor of New MeNico.J
Endorsed: H.. O.. Bursum.
Santa Fe. New Mexico. Paid Janu-
airy s, 1906
never saw this warrant before and
never knew that Il was drawn in my
name and never authorized Mr.. Bur
sum or anyone else to draw the money
on Il and never received any portion
of the sum drawn thereon from any
me. / did not keep my account with
the penitentiary in written memoran-
da. but kept the matter in my head,
as ! thought pretty accurately. Al the
final settlements with the penitentiary
under Mr.. Bursum's administration !
received on the tenth day of April,
1906, S515.2j and was told by II. O.
Bursum hat this vas all right and
settled my account IN lull. I DelleNe
that should have received about
$500 at nat time. When they gave me
S5I5.2j and told me that was in fun
/ was thoroughly disguised, took the
vouchers and put them in my pocket
and walked out without saying any
thing. rave just remembered since
the statement was made above that at
one Other time / did receive ten dol
lars from Nj. Bursum personally.
(SignedD JOHN DONOVAN.
Sworn To- Vnd subscribed before M
This nth day of August. a. ID. 1896.
tSignedD T.. q. BURKE
Notary Public.
NY commission expires November
IA, 1909.
Mr.. Bursum FASTENED to deny the
truth of the affidavit of AIR. Donovan,
in a letter published in the Albuquer-
que citizen. a paper In which NJ.
Bursum Is reported to Doe heavily IN
terested. and which letter was telc-