Arizona republican., 1908-03-19
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 IN CAPITOL BUILDING
Sims Ely, Private Secretary to Cover nor kibbey, Kicked ]. D. Brown out of the Office.

The luckiest thing that ever hap pened to ]. D. Brown in his whole lifetime, was when Sims Ely. private secretary to Governor Kibbey. elected him from the governors office yester- day. hastening his exit with a swift kick that landed in the most inviting region as the visitor turned his back on the somewhat excited official.
 Brown is big husky individual but
 made no resistance. realizing instantly that he had nothing to gain even if he stood his ground and won the bat
 tie. and Mir. Ely is deploring the fact that he lost his temper. for he now has sore foot and moreover lost his op- portunity for securing a recruit for the working force on the proposed new penitentiary. It was the result of an attempt to bribe the secretary to aid Brown in securing a pardon for a friend who is now in the penitentiary. At least Mir. Ely can not construe it any other way though he acted so quickly on his impulses that he failed
 to get preponderating proof to that ef- feet.
 Yesterday forenoon Brown called
 Mir. Ely up on the telephone and said he would like to make an appointment to see him in the afternoon MT. Ely told him he would be there all day and asked the nature of his business to which Brown responded that it was a private matter and he would tell him when he called. There was nothing unusual in such an arrangement and in tho rr,fIdla nf ha afs presented himself at a moment when other visitors had just departed from the office. leaving the secretary alone. Brown introduced himself and opened the conversation by asking MT. Ely if he held confidential relations with the governor and was in a position to ask favor. The response was rather evasive, though it assured Brown that the private secretary was at least on speaking terms with his chief with the intimation that there might he favors of some sort he would not hes itate to ask. Brown then stated that he had friend in the penitentiary under sentence of ten years. who had served four years and whose re- lease he sought. MT. Ely supposing the visitor merely desired some ad- vice as many do, concerning the meth cd of procedure in making a formal application for a pardon. was prepar-
 ing to tell him how to make his appli- cation. when Brown state his friend had saved up s40O-
 Brown got no further in his story. His manner, together with the finan- cial suggestion, convinced him in a second that the visit had bribery for its purpose. and within that same sec ond he arose and advancing toward Brown ordered him to get out of the office" emphasizing the command by explosives that were not added to his vocabulary by perusal of the St. James version of the scriptures. Brown stayed not upon the order of his going but "gat" at once and the velocity of his departure created suction in the sulphurOus atmosphere that drew the right foot of the private secretary aft CT him with terrific force.
 Later when Mir Ely had recovered his equanimity he was filled with re- gret, first that he had been unable to kick with both feet instead of one and afterward that he had given way to
 
 deeper game Had he remained i'm passive and told his visitor he would have to take another official into his confidence he could have summoned some one from across the hall who would witness the tender. after which Brown could have been taken into cus- tody and forwarded by due process to that bourne from which his friend is finding if so hard to return.
 When the incident was over inquiry was made to learn something Of Browns identity and it was found that he not long ago finished a sen tence in the Yuma penitentiary him self and only few days ago was re- leased from the county jail here where l he served a short term for drunken 1 ness.
 Brown was committed to the county 1 jail on Monday Yesterday morning | he represented to the sheriff that he | could procure money to pay his fine | if he had a few minutes freedom. He | proposed to leave his suit case and | other belongings worth a good deal | more than the amount of his fine. as | ? hostage for his return. The proposi- | lib1 Sttllitu ldil tp tue tbuHAN anu llt [ was allowed to depart and it was then | that he went to the office of the gov ernor. On his return to the jail where | he was locked up again, he related to the sheriff the story of his misadven- ture at the capitol. He said he had no ntentiOn Of bribing anybody and that he had not been given an opportunity to state his case fully before he was kicked out.
 The sheriff asked him about his pen tentiary record Brown inquired why | the sheriff thought he had one. The sheriff had got this tip from certain letters directed to Brown and which | were among his effects when he was arrested. The letters were of recent late and had been addressed 10 Box E Yuma, That is the coHvicts' box.