Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-15
AUDITOR CASE BEFORE SUFFER
Matter Arises from Alleged Intimidation of
 Justice of
 the Peace
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 CLIFTON February l4-F. A. San ders. employed in this county by three of the largest taxIilyers, viz The Ari- zona Copper Co, The shannon Cop per Co.. The Detroit Copper Co.,. as 8 county auditor has been checking up the expenditures by the Board Of Supervisors had narrow escape from a jail sentence for contempt of the court Of Justice Mooder today. The justice had the commitment pre- pared but WIS prevented from taking any further action in the contempt case by a prohibitlve writ issued out Of the district court at Tombstone by District Judge Dean. Returns on the writ will be heard at Tombstone on February 24th. In the meantime statehood has become a reality and the writ will be heard by Superior Judge r. A Sutter of Cochise county. who succeeds Judge Dean in that county. The justice of tfye peace cited Sanders to appear in his court and answer charges of contempt or court based on conversation Sand CTS is alleged to have had with the ! justice of peace while hearing charg- les against Sanders for altering coun ' ty records was pending in said court The justice of the peace alleged that he had been intimidated and his de- 1 cision influenced by the remark of Sanders, which had been addressed to him on the street. Sanders is now awaiting the action of the grand jury on a charge of altering the rec ords in the office Of the board of sup ervisors but has escaped jail sen
 tence for contempt of the justice court by the prompt intervention of a higher court.
 The Sanders case in this county has grown out of friction which exists between members of the board and
 the clerk of the board on the one hand and MT. Sanders on the other.
 The auditor of the companies has in-
 dulged in some sharp criticism of
 their official acts and when he was re-
 fused access to the records NIT. Sand
 CTS secured a writ of mandemus con- IeIling the clerk to permit Mir. Sand
 CTS to audit the records. This man.
 damus suit was followed by the arrest , Of Sanders for altering the records and his later arrest for contempt of
 court. Further action in the matter
 is now in the hands of the grand
 Jury.
 The socialist party of Clifton has
 arranged for a series of lectures to
 be given here in the near future un'
 der the auspices of the Socialism Ly. ; ceum course. The first lecture will , be given on Friday March 18th by . Eugene Wood, entitled: How We [ Are Gauged.'
 One hundred and seventy five men are engaged in grading work at the . new site for the Arizona Copper Co., ; new reduction plant which is beirE quilt under the direction of Dr. l.. D , Ricketts, as consulting engineer, and . when completed will cost in the neigh . borhood Of two million dollars and l, will be the most up-to-data reduction plant in Arizona The new plant will be blown in the latter nart of 1913 . Contracts for the steel construction
 have been let and deliveries Of steel are expected commencing May | , With the new plant in operation the
 production of the Arizona Copper Co will increase from 36,0O0,00 lbs. per ? annum to 45,00O,Ooo.
 , N l.. Amster. president of the
 shannon Copper Co, was visitor , in-sthe district this week making an examination of the mines of the com . pany' and left Sunday morning for , Globe where he is also heavily in County Treasurer John Nj. Webster