El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-19
LEA PULLS PAPERS ON THE TIMES;
SHOWS COPY Of $4,000 RECEIPT
Mayor Speaks at Orchard Park Meeting and Shows PeO-
pie Photographic Copies of Telegram From Villa
Treasury Agent to Pay $4,000 to Manager Of
Times Also Receipt for $4,000.

reason oekind the personal attacks be
ing made upon me ] am not a candl-
date ard never Will be again. But II
does not bother me. But they attack
such men as judge Leigh Clark and W
y. Greet Greet was good enough Tor
the ring as long as he trained with
them. He is just as good and a thou
sand times better than the men y no at
tempt TO defsme him. The only charges
that have been made against him have
been made by a man who mates hlm
and II Greet SAYS these charges are
false. I would take his word any time
Wntsou's Name Dropped
Through this same county commits
siOners' court which The Times attacks
so bitterly an audit was taken and IL
showed that there was A shortage OF
S27S 500. 0S in your tax collectors office
am not attacking the man am
calling attention to the record of the
office ] have here the ticket of the
Citizens 8 faction in which the name OF
VIII / Watson and judge F. r Higgins
are omitted Higgins's name was omitted
BY request as he declared he did not
want be on the same ticket with wat
son. I understand These men Of the
old ring are pleading for him
CWatson). yet here is the proof that
they have thrown him down This
crowd cornered him and had him say
he was not running because II hurts
their ticket But he has said that he
Then his record is open 10 attack He
knows he is wrong However good q
man is. il is the official that he makes
ruat you LOOK 10. Do You want SyS-
TEN like that Do sou You want officers
So. Gee short IN their accounts 1 am
not a candidate. but I am Interested III
having a clean county and city govern
ment and in having clean men III Of
flee"
Drawn by burgess.
al NJ q
the Times of Tuesday morning headed
-Lea's Statement Regarding Villa Cor
rected." he produced copy of this
statement and proceeded 10 20 after the
Times rough shou- Il don't know how
many OF YOU have dissecJed this state
rneut' he said But I believe that this
statement was drawn by the fertile brain
OF Willie Burgess. If ever political
organization convicted itself It IS tins
one The reason I am making this
charge against them is because il is so
and because 4 paper that would do
what this paper has done Is not fit
and proper channel for public opinion
70 be moulded in
$3.50 a Week.
This sta tement says they did get
$3.50 a week from one GaxiOla-the
name is enough-who is a relative Of A
leader of that man across the river
(Vnla). That money-S100a month
went into the Golfers of the Morning
Times.
The statement SAYS that nothing was
known of the $4,000 until someone on
the street told them about it Then.
the statement says they sent for the
manager and asked him about il. Yet
Andres Garcia (the Carranza consult
asked for the return of that $4,000
The Times said: We haven't got it
Yet the money had been paid TO this
paper's manager for a certain purpose.
Produces Papers.
This affidavit published this morn
ing admits every charge I have made
After saying that it received this $3.50
a week it adds that il never heard of
this SO. ZOO check. Then the paper says
in effect: 'Tommie. We would like TO
see it If they want to see anything
1 have. let them come to ny office
Reaching into his pocket the mayor
said Let me show you something
They have been making bluffs and now
I have the goods
Then he produced a photogra phic
copy OF a document written in Span
ish-
Copy of Telegram.
Here is a copy of 4 telegram dated
August 81. 1915, addressed from one