The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-12-06
SAYS BROWN WAS CONSPIRACY
 VICTIM
Former Cook at Arizona Reform
 School Defends Superintendent.

Louis Green, a former convict in the Arizona states prison, one of the ''honor" men sent from the pententiary at Florence to the state reform school at Benson, where he acted as chief cook, came to Fl Paso last week to set the public right regarding the real reason for the recent change in the management of the reform school.
 'I read the interview with governor Hunt published in the Fl Pas oHerald of Saturday." said MT. Green, land came to Fl Paso as soon as | could to nor that former superintendent Frank l.. Brown was temperamentally inca pacitated for the position. In my jud gment, MT. Brown was the victim of a conspiracy and I am surprised that the governor did not discover it.
 . "Of course I have been convict but am now free man and have had all my rights of citizenship restored and have the necessary papers to prove it, as well as letters from the governor and from R. B. Sims, super intendent of the prison to prove that l have done my part in the matter of re- storing myself to my proper place in society Those who have been fight ing Frank Brown may say that be- cause I have been a convict my word is not as good as theirs, but before l a mthrough with this case I believe will be able to prove that my word is better than theirs. They had an ob ject in fighting Brown but I have no other object than to defend a man whom I found after months of service under him to be on the square always and always working for the best in- terests of the delinquent children in his care and for the state.
 Brown had forced upon him, pos sibIy through the exigencies of politics a number of deputies and assistants absolutely incompetent and whom ne could not discipline or remove and over whom he had no control because they were placed where they were by the higher ups.
 So far from being removed, Brown resigned and his resignation was nos asked for. As soon as he found that he could not be superintendent,ex except and finally insisted upon it's being accepted Any insjuuation that there has been scandal of any kind con- nected with MT. Browns administra- ton of the reform school is unjust, but it is so covertly made that he cannot reply to it. The reports of Charles R. Osborn, citizen member fthe board of control; of Mrs. Titus, who was named to succeed Mrs. Boyd as ma tron of the school in October and of others, who I know made reports to the governor should be made public. If those reports are correct reports of the evidence gathered I know they will not reflect in any way upon Superin- tendent Brown but they might reflect upon some of the others connected with the school whose names have not yet been drawn into this controversy"
 MT. Green said he was paroled but recently from the prison and that he was to have been retained as cook at the reform school but thought the pay, $75OO per month, not enough for the work and upon being refused an in crease of $10 per mointh left Benson Saturday night to take a job at Doug las. Upon reading the governors in terview in the Herald he came to Fl Paso at his own expense, he says, to defend Mr. Brown from what he calls an unjust attack"