Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-15
HASKELL'S NIECE HAS FIGHT IN PHOENIX
Appeals Case to District Court and Calls Her
 Arrest Unjust

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 PHOENIX, Aug. 14--A bomb was dropped into the city police depart ment yesterday when it was learned that Mrs. Grace C. Brown, who was arrested last Saturday night in the St. Elmo and brought to the police station to answer for alleged indecent conduct. is. or claims to be a niece ! of Governor Charles N Haskell of ! Oklahoma.
 f It was late in the afternoon that Mrs. Brown, who has declared her ! innocence of the charge against her, made the statement, T am @ niece of ] Governor Haskell. and 2 intend to l fight my case in the higher courts if ] necessary"
 l According to her story, the raid Of ] the St. Elmo resulted in the arrest of | two persons who were altogether in | nocent of any immoral conduct, and ! entirely unaware that anything of the ] kind was being carried on in the ! building. One of these persons was l the landlady. Mrs. Mary Hicke, who was convicted last Wednes -ay of conducting a disorderly house in the l court of Judge p. P. Parker. and the ! other person was herself The whole affair, she declared grew out of supper to which two prominent bus [ mess men of Phoenix were invited ! The circumstantial evidence was strongly against the women in the house, but Mrs. 4}rown declares that : the conclusion drawn by the police was in strict variance with the facts in the case.
 Tells Her Story. Last night sine told her story and re- peated her statement concerning her relationship with Governor Haskell. She seemed confident of her position, and of her ability to clear herself of the charge against her. She was ju- bilant over the fact that the Phoenix police department had dropped the complaint against her, and declared it is a good thing for them that they did"
 Mrs. Brown, according to her own story. has been connected at various times with newspapers of Albuquerque and Las Vegas, New Mexico, and is well acquainted in both cities. About four months ago, feeling the need of a change, she came to Phoe- nix 10 take rest. Since her arrival here she has done nothing but rest
 T am a niece of Governor Haskell He is my mothers brother, and have never before had any trouble of this kind. In fact l was so aston ished when ! found myself arrested that l scarcely knew what to do. We had been having a very quiet social evening at ule. St. Elmo. and l had no reason to believe that We were un der surveillance. I don't know why We should n2ye ueeu, unless il W as on account of some objectionable char acters who had been there some time previously, and had been promptly put out by fhe proprietress. Mrs. Hicke, as sooa as she learned their real characters.
 Seeking a Divorce.
 Although ! nave not done any work since I came to Phoenix. l have followed the newspaper business for several years, and am well known to the editors of the larger New Mexico papers. Just ask them about me" she said naively. Newspaper men tell the truth to each other, and you can believe what they tell you. |
  on several papers of Albuqueruue. One Of the reasons ! came away from New Mexico was because l am seeking a divorce from my husband. The last editor I worked for advised me to do it. lie said it would be easier for me Go pay my own expenses en- tirely than to go home each night to such row as my husband was rais- ing all the time.
 T am glad the police department dropped the charge against me My reputation has been al stake. and was bound to clear myself, no mat ter what the cost might be. Now l am sure that no stain will rest on my name. and l can stay in Phoenix without being ashamed. If l had been like some Of those other girls, who left town the night after the trial. might have gone away myself. but am not that sort I felt that I had been treated uniEstIy, and l stayed here to bring things to rights, and save my reputation"
 Win Stand Pat.
 Mrs. Browns story ipSicates that although her own arrest may have
  persons apprehended in the St. Elmo whose conduct rightly brought them into the police court She had nothing to say about the injustice of the raid, | but spoke merely of her own arrest and it's injustice, as she saw it. She did not say that she had communi- cated with Governor Haskell telling him of her situation, and was not willing to say whether he would have been likely to interfere in pro tecting her. or not. It is her inten- ton to remain in Phoenix for several months longer.
 T am not going to be driven out she said positively. "I am going to stay and see thls thing through. owe it to myself and I owe it to my family. And I am going to stay at the St. Elmo until they get better evil derce against it than they got last Saturday night, when I believe there was nothing wrong at all
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