The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-10-28

that time hy which the territory could
10" sued, or hv which % person paving
money iu the territory. even though un
der protest could have the matter iuycs
iignird Iu r,urt. hui nftrtNurd law
was PASSED during Nj lIagcrmau = nd
miui,tfnituu. aud without objection
from him, allowing ,uii tu be- brought
MI Eur,um brought such suit The
ra.r Vu, publicly tried lu court. with
ih" result that. after bearing an the
testimony that any one had 20 onor rhc
court found that instead rt Mr. Hur.um
owing the t"rfIiofy the munrv be- had
paid. ih" territory uN"d him o. the time
over huudrri dnlHrs Judgment was
given ordering the auditor ." make n
rrrrri "u thr facts, whiru hr dad after
t thorough u'r,tigniIuu 81 ih" original
entries. in, "irrs AND vouchers. houb- ct
the prui'rrtiary and territorial Treasury.
nui sworn testimony of vi,ur,-c, llr
Wa. the uniriaI charged h, law with the
examination uf the urruuui, uf r,uu',
officers und private hauL,. nud had
been himself appointed hy Go,oruor
iiug,rupu llr ba. proved him.rli 80
good % hu,iu .- man iu that position.
that rr ulictwald resigned II :" acr"p'
g better r",i'i'u with one ui the lead
ing banks OF thr territory ll- iu,rs
ugntluu lasted luug timr. uud was
publicly carried uu n' santa Fr, wh"r"
ever, uu" who had amy ku"wlcdgc of
these matters, including the colorado
accountant. va, invited to attend aud
give iutormuti,u.
lu the meantime. this charge of short.
age lu aocuuut, was hruught before the
grand jury oi Santa fo cuuntv hv the
district a't"Iurv appointed 10y Governor
llagrrmuu. aud wn, summoned ~ q
witness. From my knowledge of the -.
fair, 81 the northumberland iuNrsti"a'
'iuu "t several "t IN" details upon which
ot ,hor'ugr Wa made. had hrrumc peer.
ir,'ly satisfied that uu ,Jrn shortage
had over existed; but that the alleged
.huriagr reported hy thc Colorado ac.
ruuutuui resulted from hi. failure &C.
allow credit, shown hy the books of
original entry aud receipts from 'hr
territorial treasurer, iu which Nj. lmr
sum wn. clearly entitled. and also from
absolute error, 900 figure, hy the urcuuu'.
ant. vhrrn w,nOd hn,r been shown m
first o. uppuruu,', bad been allowed
Zoo .Iu -u. Ouy Instance ut this was IN
item ut hurt, furnished 'o the Young
Men, Christian Association ~ Las We.
ga- ton their building io which 10000
had hrru donated. which ut the usual
price vruhd umuuu' O." t@lu. II was
r'u.m,t that Mr. lur,um va, liahl" for
'nr price pi these brick, whereas his act
10 donating thrm wa, iulN approved hy
the pruitrutl,r, board. who Thought
that when idl,idunl citizen. 90 lorg"
uumbrr, huI contributed "i rIr lri
waite mean, 90 the establishment aud
support oi such q benevolent institution,
II wa. only right f,q the territory to ~.
,i.' with some hr'rk from ~ pruli"u.
'ary
appeared hcf"ro 'h" grand iur' and
gu,. NV testimony very fully NJ the
rrqurs, ~ the district attorney made
% complete statement ot what ! knew,
and wa. then examined hy him lu lie.
'ut about 20 uumhrr Of the particular
items charged against Mr liur-um "
Poo every rur of these was able 4"
pl,r a satisfaction, explanation. either
from my own knowledge 81 from rnc
hook, aud record, of the pruii"ntiary
aud territorial tr"a-urcr The result
nf this aud t4hcr Test imunN was that not
ouly the graud Jury, hut the district nl.
tarncy himself. hrrgmr cuuN iucrd that
there had been no -hortagr whatever IN
Mr.. Bursum = accounts with the terri.
tory, aud that the charges against him
could nat be sustained. They were
therefore dismissed 10y III" grand jury.
\ grent deal has been said in scnsn
tionnl manner about destruction Of
books hy Mr. Bursum, This Is one -
those reckless charges that grow hv
rructitiou, aud often faster than th"
Truth can oycrtukc them. II all grow
.oUt of the fact that there was NJ "u"
time hook not forming part ot the
regular series IT account hooks, ralr
lea indiyid l,dpcr whicn was di-c"u
inued after all live accounts In Il hnd
h,en transferred Ia nnoihcr book. Bul
this hook wns not book OF original
entry at all; and the fact is. beyond
the slightest quction, that no hook Of
> original entry Of the penitentiary ac'
counts was destroyed, altered or conceal.
Ell, up to the time when Mr. bnr-nm
went out of office, Every fact, essen.
) tial 10 knowledge Of the, aceoonis
Of the peniientiary, and upon which any
report thereon must necessarily he base