Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-07
CARVED CHANCE ID MEET THE
 CHARGES
OFFICER HICKS TELLS WHOLE STORY OF THE CRIME THE
 DISPATCH CHARGED
MARSHAL EAST coRRosoRATEs, TAXES REsPoNsIsiLiTY-
 A .sPARkliNo" STORY.


 DOUGLAS, Aug. 6. - Special )-
 o. F. Hicks. former patrolman on the Douglas police force who resigned to go to work for the United States government tE the forestry depart ment, was in town yesterday, Lowing after somep ersonal business in getting ready 70 go to Portal, which will soon be his Dostofice address in the gov ernment work.
 T Ion't care to take up newspaper controversy, particularly" said he to an International reporter as he was chatting with his friend the marshal. in the latter's once at the city hall; but l will say this, that the statement of the Dispatch, the other morning, that l was not present at the council meet ing last Monday evening, to respond to the charges 1t has made against me is entirely erroneous. I drove in with my wife, all the way from my ranch, seven miles and back the same night just to make response to those charges. l saw Mayor Greene. Mar shal East. and Councilmen Cole and Ramsay as soon as I could after I ar rived. and told them all was in town for that purpose. and that I wanted the charges taken up at that meeting, if they possibly could. Mayor Greene assured me that they would take the matter up if possible-at least he would do what he could to that end; Councilman Cole said that there were no charges filed against me, there was nothing to take up; and Councilman Ramsay said that they were not likely to be able to get to it, and anyway there was nothing to investigate.
 We came in through the rain that I might attend this meeting. When the council met I took my wife up to the Douglas Drug Go. where she could wait more pleasantly, and went back to the council chamber. where stayed in readiness until after 10 o'clock
 Tt was 10:30 when he left, I am quite sure" said Marshal East. "be- cause he came to me and said the drug store would be shutting up soon, and he would have to provide for his wife elsewhere, and he arranged with me to attend to the matter for him-to his interests if 1t came up while he was away The council was in ex- ecutive session then, on the water matter, and as they had already de- cided not to consider any but that mat ter. I knew it was useless to stay much longer. and-as you know, since you were there-we all who were out side the council chamber left soon after. So there was no opportunity for anyone to bring the matter up, really. don't see but what Mir. Hicks did all he could to bring it up and have it thrashed out officially. Now there will not be any opportunity for some time to come, and he has to go away to his work"
 There was nothing hurried about MT. Hicks resignation" continuer Mar shal East yesterday; nor was it due fin any degree to anything the Dis patch said, about him or otherwise. Mir. Hicks told me nearly six weeks ago that he was looking for the posi- tion With the government which he has now secured. anG talked it over with me subsequently again, and it was all decided upon provided he got the position with the government, be- fore the matter that the Dispatch originally referred to in connection with him ever happened at all. When he had secured the government posi-. ton, then he wrote out his resignation, after the episode referred to.
 And there was nothing wrong in the occurrence itself" continued Marshal East, officially or otherwise. All there was to it was this: A young man lost a diamond stud in bawdy house. He came to Mr. Hicks, as police officer to get it back for him. Hicks called in another officer and before him ad vised the young man to swear out a complaint. saying that he did not want to have anything to do with the mat ter otherwise. The young man said he did not want to do that, but he would give almost any reasonable sum to gel the stud back. This he also said be fore the third party. At that Mir Hicks, who knows well the man whC owns the house where the loss occur red. and thought he might have some influence with those supposed to have purloined it, went to him and asked him to try to get it returned. The stud was subsequently, returned, with thu story that it had been found on thu floor, and Mir. Hicks accepted the ter dollars which the young man had pre- viously offered to give for it's return There was no attempt on the part o anybody to cover up or compromfs' crime, unless it was on the part of thu young man who would not swear to 1 complaint, without which the ofice cannot act. in cases where he doe not see the offender in the allege' act of crime. I knew about the matte all the time. and am willing to talk the responsibility for the oficer's ac and be quoted about it."
 What the marshal said, but corrot orated story MT, Hicks had a1read told.