The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-05-07
ATTORNEY
WALKER in
STATEMENT

petter elements the suDBknnt1ni citi-l
zen OF this Judicial District. Is ea-
titled to q statement from me con
cerning this matter.
The first thing noticeable In the
article. as published In the Mail. is.
the insinuation carried in the head
lines. The spirit in which the ar
ticle is published at once apparent
The insinuation is. that am a Grim
nal. am condemned without n hear
ing. without an opportunity OF even
the courtesy of making a statement.
II is noticeable. that statement
OF this matter which would tend to-
give the public a correct understand
ing Of the issue Is carefully avoid
ed by the article. though mucl space
is given up to dates and figures. The
facts are distorted. the names OF the
parties who make the complaint and
The Interior motive sctuating this
prosecution is studiously avoided.
Investigation will disclose the fact
tiat | received IS fee for fIing the
information in the Stevens case and
IS for prosecuting II. and not n cent
more; likewise with the Stanley case:
also SO for each count In the infor-
nation OF the other cases referred
TO. and not n cent more. every cent
of which I was legally entitled
Further Investigation diseloses the
fact. that the informations are based
upon affidavits by three several par
ties. to wit: BY one J. W. HaIiock,
the lately deposed usurper OF County
Clerk and Recorders office OF Chat
fee county. whom helped to GUST
BY one Thomas X. Stanley. a Fro.t
street saloon keeper OF saiida. recent
k prosecuted by this Office. and who
pleaded guilty to tho charge OF illeg-
ally and uniawfuliy operating al
wine room for women in connection
with his saloon
And by one w. d. Stevens. whose
son was lately proceeded against
criminally for the non-support Of bis
wife and two-year-oid child.
The writer Of that article attempts
10 impute a little responsibility. toI
the above trio. by asserting tha,
after an Investigation OF Walkers
conduct OF his office by the board OF
county commissioners Of Charee
county" the sui, above mentioned was
Instituted. II should be remembered
that this investigating board OF
county commissioners Of chaffee
county" Is the seifsame board Of
county commissioners OF chafree
county that stood charged with un-
lawful rebsting and was compelled
by my office to make good over 81
500 OF the tax payers money.
The personnel OF tho hackers Of
this proposition and their unsavory
records and regulations. exemplihed
by court records. is sufficient In II.
self TO any unprejudiced. fair-minded
person.
l was arrested because l enforced
tie statutes against the law breakers
and not because I was dereiict or NAL
feasant in Office. The charges made
against me are without foundation;
are entirely false. malicious and re-
lvengefuiIiy instituted. The fees col
,ected were Justly due and owing me.
were passed upon by the board OF
county commissioners of Chafec
county. presided over by the county
attorney. Wallace schooincld, Or alp
owed by the court. Never 10 any case
or at any time have ever received
any compensation. what-so-ever. save
and except In the manner above men.
toned. Any statement or insinua-
tion to the contrary is false and un.
Justified.