Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-24

come public, but that every member
 of the central committee pledge him
 self not to divulge the contents there of unless through some public act of
 anyone connected with this unfortun
 ate affair, such publicity becomes
 necessary" l told Mir. Orme that I
 didn't consider a report of that kind
 worth the paper it was written on
 because a man that would sign that
 was no good.
 A. Why were they hiding it if it
 was the truth? A. I am not here to
 defend them.
 Witness in response to questions admitted that he had received pro tests against the proposed Brawner appointment from Ed. Shaw, Dwight E. Heard, John P. Orme, Col L. w. Coggins, some of them objecting to his activity in politics and others to his alleged gambling. Upon cross examination he stated that policeman Barnum had been found gambling when ex-Chief Brisbois made one of his raids. In regard to Orme's op- position, he understood it was dem ocratic fight between Orme and Brawner over Mark Smith, the latter being against Marcus Aurelius. Shaw and Brawner had had fist fight, and that was why they were not on good terms, was witness opinion.
 Ex-Chief Brisbois was put on the stand and declared that he had re- ported to City Manager Parish that Brawner, then deputy sheriff, was a participant in a gambling game at Baum's cigar store. with cards and chips in front of him. It developed that no arrests were made in these so-called raids but that they consisted simply of notifying the proprietors of different places to stop their card games, and witness admitted that he had not notified the Adams hotel or the Arizona club.
 Oscar Irwin was the star witness for he went right to the bat and swore that he saw Brawner actually engaged in gambling. Here is his testimony in brief:
 Q. I will ask you if you ever saw MT. Brawner at 40 West Washington street, sometime last year? A. Yes, sir.
 Q. State when it was and what he was doing. A. Well, it was about the middle of October, in the rear of 40 West Washington, and he was sitting at a table playing draw poker, and I saw money change hands.
 Q. Did you have any conversation with MT. Heard about that matter? A. Yes, sir, l went to Mir. Heard's office, and talked over the matter with him. We were talking about different things, politics and gambling, and l told him about it.
 Ed. Shaw testified that he had pro tested to Parish against the appoint ment of Brawner and that Parish re piled: "Mr. Shaw, had I known of those matters about Mir. Brawner prior to my promise to him, l would not have made any promise. l have made a mistake in doing so, but l have promised MT. Brawner and l am going to make him chief of police"
 There are other charges against City Manager Parish, one of which is that a policeman is provided for the Phoenix National Bank, the latter paying half his salary. Another is that he paid so an acre for some land in the river bed for a sewer out jet, several real estate men testifying that the land is not worth more than S10 an acre.
 Now who would think that such things could take place in Phoenix? , Yet it is said that the lid has been lifted this time but triie and that a scandal is brewing over the recent caving contracts and over extrava- gance in county affairs by the court rouse ring"