Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-02
SOMETHING Mr..
HAGERMAN HAS
OVERLOOKED

\ Herbert ]. Hagerman, while !
\ admitting that F. H. Pierce is
| 4 a reliable man, proceeds to chal- I
\ lenge the integrity of Mr.. Pierce, /
4 who was chairman Of the board .
: OF penitentiary commissioners 4
= when Mr.. Bursum was superin- 4
\ tendent Of the prison. \
n There Is a matter that Mr.. Ha- \
y german should explain to the I
\ voters Of New Mexico in connec- !
= tion with this prison matter and :
= his wild charges against Mr.. Bur- !
= sum, against Mr.. Pierce. against :
Mr.. Stafford, against Judge Fall, \
4 against Judge Parker, against \
= the New Mexico judiciary and =
= against nearly every republican \
4 who has the temerity to ques- \
4 tion the absolute honesty and y
= high minded motives of Mr.. Ha, =
= german, hiiqself \
\ According to Mr.. Hagerman, !
I he employed an expert account :
= ant to examine Mr. Bursum's \
\ books at the penitentiary and !
: this expert, so Mr.. Hagerman 4
: says, made report to him \
4 which showed discrepancies.
= The records show, so far as \
= Hagerman left any records, that \
= this book expert from Colorado !
= was paid $1,000 of territorial =
: money for his alleged services. =
= This money came out of the :
: pockets of the taxpayers. The \
: work of that Z pert was presum- \
: ably on behalf of the dear peo- al
pie Mr.. HageFnan processes to
love so we'll 81
That being true. the report of y
that expert accountant. is and
; should be the property of the
: territory of New Mexico. y
Mr.. Hagerman had that report \
the last time it was ever seen. ~
When he was summarily remov- \
ed from office by Theodore =
Roosevelt because Roosevelt \ ,
said that he did not approve of y
the aiestipRa5 sland deals in =
which Mr.. Hagerman had be- J,
come involved, that report could !
not be found. e. \ +
That report is mIsslnn from the 4 /
office that MIR. Hsserman occu- \
pied. II,
! VIII Mr.. Haoernzn tell the \
people what he did with that re- \ I.
: port7 viii he tell where it Is7 4
viii he say whether or not he \
\ burned It? VIII ne tell why he y
: did not want that report to oct 4
: out of his hands? Will he tell \
the people the truth. Will he y
! get out in the open and tell the \
: real honest facts about that re- \
port?
\ The report of that Colorado \
= expert, were it where it proper \
y ly belongs today. in the files of =
y the governors office as it should 4
\ be because the people of New \ |
= Mexico PAID FOR 1T, would of =
y itself clear Holm o. Bursum 4
y from the very charges made by =
\ Hagerman. =
\ Hagerman knows that. He :
y knows the report is not correct. n
4 He knows that the expert he =
y employed made some startling I
y and dangerous errors. He knows Z
\ that if that report today, we're =
\ laid before the people of New =
\ Mexico in full, it would disprove =
\ his choicest charges. =
\ Let Mr.. Hagerman tell the =
\ people of New Mexico what he =
y did with that report and what =
\ right he has to retain territorial Z
y documents. after he has been re- \
\ moved from the Office of COVER =
\ nor. NJ
n Where is the report of your =
\ hired expert MIR. Haeerman? =
\ \ \. = ~ \ = = y + = = =
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