Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-30
Miss True Takes Exceptions
TO VhdicGiiOn Of C,ondall

Miss Clara n. True. Of SAINTS Pc
county, temperance worker ana form.
or Indian service omploye. who was
Instrumental in the Investigation
which resulted In the transfer of sup
crintendcnt clinton j. Crundall from
Santa Re To south Dakota. takes ex-
ceptiona 10 tho findings OF the south
Dakota w G.. r, L. IN the Crandail
case aud requests that the Herald
publish the following extracts from a
letter In her defense written 10 the
president Of the South Dakota W. c.
7. T.:
Santa Ne, n. NJ. Aug. IS. tst2.
Mrs Anna p. Simmons,
Pres. South Dakota W. c. e..
Faulkton. SOD.
Dear Madam some use II being
made OF my name In an alleged vim
dication OF Mr.. G. j. Crandsll from
tie charge Of being the proprietor
Of a "bllnd pig In santa Re while
superintendent Of tho Indian school
~ our capital In this vindication
you mallclously attack my integrity
and brand me as a discharged govern
mcnt empioyc. while my personal
guilt or Innocence would not be an
issue In Mr. Crandails case. I deem
u fitting 10 call your attention 10 a
few facts
Flrsl-Mr. Crandall was removed
from Santa Ne by his own depart
mental chiefs aftJr some ten cxhaus-
tive Investigations. by common report
he was strenuouSly supported by pO-
liticnl and other friends AZ least no
defense OF his administration In New
Mexico. II Is peculiar that any W. G
+. y. organization. more particularly
n union some thousun nd miles away
ana two years after the alleged mis-
deeds, should sit In Judgment in the
case and expect 10 be taken seriously
oy a fair minded public.
Seconu-'t 'vlndication" were
needed by Mr.. Crandall from the w
C. T. L.. why did ne not apply 20 the
organization here In New Mexico?
There rs union In Santa Re sup
posed To be- coRnizant of the facts In
the case Why. n innocent. did not
Mr.. CrandaI come befofe the public
with an endorsement frem the w G.
r. q. OF his own homo Town?
have written the Pierre union
that | Will appear at myAown expense
before that body upon teleEraphlc no.
tlce 10 do so and meet Mr. Crandall,
or that | viii defray the expenses 81
any person mutually agreeable 10 the
Pierre union and the santa Pc union
10 come 90 Santa Re and investigate
here on the ground The funds are
IN the hands OF Mrs Katherine -.
Patterson, santa Fe. y. NJ. Mrs. Pat
ters0n Is one Of the national w, G.
T. L. superintendents
was never dismissed from the In
dian service. as you assert II YOU
Will investigate matters az your own
home, you viii find that Mr. Crandall
was discharged from the Indian sorv-
ice IN your own state upon the rep-
reservations Of your own citizens q
good many years before he came TO
}anta Re, You may ask him 10 this IL
true and why he was dismlssed, This
occurred a good many years before |
knew him You apparently know no
more about matters In your own state
t"an You do OF matters In Santa re
| left the indian service entirely
upon my own Initiative. NY immeul-
ate superior ~ the titnC was Mr. a.
T.. Kelsey special agent Tor the Cali.
fornia Indians Mr. kelsey's present
address Ia san Jose. Cal, Ny last
official Inspection was given me, by
a strange coincidence. by the same
man who had ushered me into the in-
".an service eighteen years before,
Mr. Harwood Hall, present address.
United states Indian service. san ia
cinto. cal believe I left the Indian
service Ia credit for the reason that
the commissioner OF Indian affairs,
MIR u q. Valentine. recommended
me, without knowledge OF consent,
as Mr. Crandalls successor whom that
gentleman was removed from santa
~. gather from this unsolicited
testimonial from the chief Of thu
bureau that my rating at headquar.
ters IN officially somewhat higher
than Mr. crtndHlis. Mr. W 4.
johnson. whom YOU attack nceis no
dciepse from me. Ito n able upon
an occasions TO take care OF himself
AZ the present time his address III
Laurel. Maryland His occupation IL
experimenting temperance publica-
lions OF the Presbyterian church. HIS
resignation from tile Indian service
VAS not forced.
! am not tho land Erabbor YOU
would have me-. or the several hun
drua acres of land owned oy my fam
ily, five acres IL ciouded By an indian
tiuc. paid the san lldefonsO Indians
1000 upon their own unsolicited re-
qfosi 81 me 90 take over the frag-
mcut The matter Is now In the court
iur Adjustment For more than "a
year 4 have been anxious 10 SHOW my
case. n DO not have a perfect right
10 the field, I DO not want a. ! never
owned nor claimed foot Of land Ia
Taos county nor had penny's inter