Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-10-21

tails. | announced in open court
that | was ready and willing to pro-
; coed with the trial of all the other
gambling cases. Finally Judge Smith
, dismissed the cases. and, in my opin-
!, ion, he did exactly right, and ]
would have done the same had
been superior judge. 1t would have
been a waste OF time and money to
try any more OF the cases, as no
jury would convict.
As 10 the boxing contest cases,
understand that my opponent says
that the Superior court found the de-
PENDANTS guilty but suspended their
sentences. If his statements in this
regard are correctly reported to me,
brand him as an unmitigated pre-
varicator. | moved the dismissal Of
those cases, because after the evil
dencc was all in it was disclosed
that the contests were very tame
boxing exhibitions in which no one
was hurt or injured. No jury on
earth would think of convicting in
any OF the cases, under the evidence.
and for that reason | unhesitatingly
moved the Justice OF the Peace to
dismiss the complaints, which he did.
and which he would have done had
| not made the motion.
About two years ago a grand jury
was called to investigate some cases
in which it was charged l should
have caused the defendants to be
bound over to the Superior court.
The grand jury absolutely vindi-
Gated the County Attorneys Office
and failed to indict in any case which
| had heretofore investigated.
As to whether or not | have en-
forced the law in this county, | point
10 the four murderers that | have
helped to place on the gallows; to
the dozen or more murderers that
| have placed behind prison bars for
life at Yuma and Florence; to the
eighty or more felons which | con-
vIcted and sent to the penitentiary;
to the many wife deserters whom
| have prosecuted and made sup
port their wives and children. one
of whom extradited from the |
State of Texas and another from
the State of California, and one of |
whom. no later. than a couple of |
weeks ago. | sent to the penitentiary I
at Florence.
| point TO the further fact that |
have been absolutely impartial in the
conduct Of my Office. | have made
no distinction whatever as to poll
tics or creed, nationality or color, in
the prosecution of criminals.
When the former Democratic clerk
Of the board OF supervisors of this
county, Mr.. Park, defaulted, I conf
PEELED his surety bond to pay into
the treasury of this county the
amount of his shortage, to-wit: the
sum of $l,4O2.S5.
When the present Republican
Sheriff of this county held out So
800, which he claimed belonged to
him as a one-half of the amount
received by him from the United
States government for the feeding
and care of U. s. prisoners, Sued
him in the Superior court and pro-
cured judgment against him for
something over $4,000, including in
terest, and l compelled him to pay
this money into the county treasury,
which he did By means of this
suit | compelled the sheriff of this
county to pay into the county
treasury over 5000 which he was
claiming and would have claimed
and retained as belonging to him
had | not brought this suit against
him.
| have therefore already compell-
ed county officials OF this county or
their bondsmen to pay into the
treasury over $500 as aforesaid,
sum $1,000 in excess of my whole
official salary as County Attorney of
this county during my term of Of
fee.
When | discovered that the Demo-
cratic Superintendent of Roads of
Yavapai County had presented false
and fraudulent and bogus claims
against the county, | personally
swore to eight or nine complaints
against him and filed in the Superb
or court of this county six informa-
tons charging him with the crime
Of presenting false and fraudulent
and bogus claims and demands
against the county. l also filed
civil suit against the Democratic
Road Superintendent of Yavapai
county for the recovery of $4,000
which the report of the public ex-