The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-07-11
District Attorney Sssphenson
Comes Back
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l have been criticized for dissni,siEg
the cases but any fair-Minded indi, idu-
al can see that it accomplished the pur-
pose Of the law ard not only that. il
saved the humiliation Of the parties
charged by being brought up 10 trial.
ard also saved the county considerable
expence. Your brother, undoubtedly
thinking that il was all over, after
wards came back to Sedswics, County
and was arrested and tried and was
convicted at cost to the count Of
sl35. 60, which. added to the fine Of
$50. 90, which was imposed, makes an
indebtedness that he now owes the
county OF Sis5.O0. He was sent 10 Jail
until the tine and costs were paid un-
der sentence of the Court, Afterwards
he pied poverty ard was released by
the Court. You make misstat srrient
when you say that the fine or sentence
of the Court was illegal, ard you also
make misstatement Of facts you say
that this was mere boy, because it is
well known by the citizens of your cou.
nty that your brother is nothing more
nor less than ne 'er- do. well and species
Of unripe tin horn gambler. The SEN
tence of the Court was imposed under
Section 20l9 of the Laws of 1905, and
he was released by the Court or. his plea
of poverty under Section 2Ol2. You are
said to b" manor property, yet when
your brother applied to you for funds
with which to pay his fine ard costs
you said that you would Tot invest
sls5.00 to save him from Jail but that
he might 60 to Jail under the sentence
of the Court. Yon say that present
ed bill to the county of 500. 90 for
fees in connection with THOSE gambling
cases. This also you know to be abso.
lutely false for the total amount of my
fees earned in Sedgwick County in the
year 1910, the year in which these ar
rests were made, was $3.50. 90, and even
adding the $4,000 which paid to these
detectives would not amount to 500. 90.
In fact the fees paid to me and my de-
putty by Sedgwiek county during the
years of 1909. 1910 and 1911 amount to
only s6sO.oo, ss5. 90 of which was paid
to my deputy in that county, leaving q
total received by me of $5s5.OO
You are just like 4 lot Of othes u
your stamp. The enforcement Of the
law when it was applied to you or your
family was distasteful and the officers
who enforced the law were, I'M your
odinion, entirely wrong. You were
quite eager. in fact you were insistent.
in June, 1911, that prosecute, as Dis
trict Attorney, one af the merchants
of your town for alleged crooked work
and chicanery in connection. with q
piano contest which he was conducting.
This merchant find to be respected
by all the community and l have yet
to find man except yourself, who can
say word against his integrity. In
response to your letter of June 6, 1911,
insisting upon my prosecuting this
man, advised you that would take
the matter up with you in Julesburg
but although have often been in the
town, you have never seen fit, to per-
sonally present the matter.
have endeavored consistently and
persistently, during all of the time that
have been in office to enfore the laws
and one of the best evidences of nv
success is the fact that there are men
such as you, in every county in this
district who are denouncing me for en-
Geavors. You have no facts upon which
to argue my defeat election and YOU
resort TO the most bare. faced false
hoods, hoping to gain the ear of the
average voter" and the taxpayers of
the district.
If am wanted in this office for an
other term expect that the the de-
cent and reputable citizens of the dis.
trict will elect me ard if ! am not
wanted shall understand that | have
failed in some essential respects in