The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-10-28
THE TRUTH ABOUT H. 0. BURSUN

'u'h az iudiNiduHl ur!yvr could UH...
shown nu, facts 'tai were not rllN
Disclosed nS the book. Ut original rpt,,.
aud iuyoic".
The unl, churg" of .fuungc agu.r..
Nr bursum wa. that be- hai r, l,r. .rr
aud retained money uur the prui,u'u.
~, ur had disposed uf hrirb-. without
accounting tor them The .',ms OF
'h"." were specified ~ the domsud mud,
hy noy"rn"r lligcrman through th, a'
t"ru"y general. These were all intr-.
ilgu'cd aud reported uu 100 detail m
Mr. Stafford 7. report together with all
other transaction, during Mr. Eur,um .
term 81 s"r, irr. $40 tu 1900 fpr 'hr
purr"s" "f arriving ~ the actual hri.
lance ut the account, The most ru,
hive pr""f 3. given ~ the rrr,u,uu.
nature ~ The rhurvr.. wtirh yilI ah.
.oIutriN satisfy ANY hu.tuc-. man who
reads 'ho report itself The errors a-,
80 evident 70. tu show that 'ury must
have resulted either fuD.I Understandable
haste. mr"mr"'"uc,. rulruhlr .arrI-,.
ness. or d"Iih"rntc rur".r ID. bc un
fan
For Iu.taurr. one ri 'hr ten, vn. au
amount uf 500 paid over 10, M Bw
sum =, Predecessor. nui charged l, hriur
not accounted f"r. Thi, wu. pant -
the m"urv puid h, Mr. lmr-um BOO IruD
IN rumilruuc" with ~" ..1w li OH,
claim It !hc Colorado accountant Vet
Mr. Stafford = rrruri show. where tI.,
Identical money had bcou prompt, paid
into the territorial 'rcasut, when t.
rriycd IN lNnH u> evidenced h, the 'r'.
rturnl treasurer = receipt W. $3.50. fur
self 'lhi. amount wa, therefore 'wirr
paid into the TREASURY hv Mr.. lur,um
Tor Ne" same item. Tive item. uf
Sli2.27 aud tsGl.D.. charged against
him a, U"i accounted fur were for
warrant, drawn IN Mr. Burmm .. favor
f"r Withdrawing money "ut "f the gen.
rra maintenance fund Vet the houks
show that these warrant. were u"y,t
c1shcd hv NJ Rursum. but the drntl.
cuI warrant, were deposited hv him q"
transfer the fund 80 uuoihrr fund ~
the end 1T the fiscal wear Th.. wa,
another puu of the none, demanded Ut
him which any Mind of reasonable rN.
animation "f the proper official record.
would have shown h" c,uld not p"s-lhIv
owe Another item which wa. much
tnlI.rd about, was q ear ut hrIrl. rhurp
eel In the Col"rad" accountant rr.
port 70, having been shipped 90 ". -.
liur,um a. Albuquerque. February :,
1905. n \ =. 4 :. y. ear \". 55N5u.
aud uu payment shown for same q. 'hc
Inference Intended iD be- conveyed being
that he had appropriated thc," hrirh u"
his own u,c. Vet the iuNoir" on the
file showed thar the identical ear \u.
77S7u. IN the identical date. February
:. 1905. was shipped to T. T.. tarnahnu,
Albuquerque. with draft accompanying
the hill of ludlug Tor - ptl"r. 'luu
and the rrr"rd. show that ihi, draft
along with uuihrr tDt like um"uu
IN the same party, tor nu"thrr ear "'
hri,h the next day, wa, paid tu M
Uauk "f 'umm,,r" of Nlhlpurrl &C., hr
fore delivery of the hrlrh r'mlt'"d h.
the bank Immediately: credited "u 'h"
lruruul Of the pr. itruilnr' page ~.
aud the accouu' pr'mptly deposited
with the tcrrliui ri trrasurrr
These are some pi the >amr items "n
which il was sought To- hay" Mr.. hursum
indicted hy the grand jury of Santa II"
county aud u, 10 which wus questioned
They are q fair sample - the
whole charge ou which bee wa r"mprl'.
cd without opportunity t"r cNamu'
ttou of defense, aud without r"nsuliH.
tion with the horad - p"uitentiary com
pisinnrr,. to ruy over Z" the territory
about four lhuu,aud dollars, which the
court after ull investigation upon
sworn Testimony aud reports found 10"
did not awe, aud ordered to hr re-.
funded They nrc all explained, with
the proof In Mr.. Stafford : report, THIS
report i too lengthy to quote here, hui
I have copy Of II IN my office, which
shall hc glad ~ have amy gne cail
and examine, am sure that any fair
minded business man who will examine
IL. aud see the full detailed facts on
which II il based. will hr convinced nf
Us absolute fairnes, aud trustwurihi.
nrs, aud will not be- influenced hy the
claim of "whitrwashinp which seems
Ia bc the only way yet found of meeting
il. ASK any one who has any douhs
~ look ~ il for himsrlf, for think
il q dreadful thing that ANY man >
character and reputation should h" nj.
tac kcd upon charges which know To
be- ~ absolutely unfouuded ~ these;
aud I think il still more shocking 10 the
American sense of fair play. that pub
lie officer should be attacked and re-
moved from office upon such baseless
charges, without being allowed oppor'
tunity for hearing and defense.
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