Arizona republican., 1916-04-28
GARDINER ARRA|GNED;
 GANDY'S STATEMENT

Fred Gardiner charged with procur | ing false registration in the recent city election was arraigned in the superior | court yesterday. Reading of the com plaint against the big colored man was | waived. He will enter his plea at nine thirty o'clock this morning. w. L. ! Barnum is Gardiner's consul.
 As result of a most searching in- vestigation of alleged registration and election frauds in connection with the recent city election, particularly with 1 reference to the primaries before the election, County Attorney Clyde Candy has succeeded in unearthng some very definite evidence in law violations and these, though they are few, will result in speedy prosecution. It is true that dozens of apparently good clues led to nothing. but on the whole the investi- gation, as far as it has progressed has sustained the charges of election law violations.
 The work of Investigating these charges has been considerably hindered through the inability of the officers to locte Charles NJ. Healey proprietor of the rooming house at 210-212 East Washington street, from which estab lishment many of the alleged illegal registrations emauated. But the county attorney has left no stone unturned in his efforts, not only to locate Healey, but to secure through every other pos Sible channel evidence necessary for the prosecution of the cases in hand. In connection with his investigation, Mir Candy yesterday made this state ment to The Republican:
 Prior to the city election, four war rants had been sworn out in the city court and one in the justice court. The cases in the city court were disposed of as follows: Fred Gardiner charged with unlawfdlly registering Savannah Robinson. waived examination and was held to answer to the superior court, Charles NJ. Healey, charged with uu- lawfully procuring the registration of E. C. Ohlsen, fled from the state, has not yet been apprehended. and his case is still pending; William Solly, charged with procuring Savannah Robinson to vote unlawfully, a misdemeanor, was prosecuted in the city court by the As ! sistant City Attorney and discharged i by the magistrate: Savannah Robinson. 1 charged with false registration, is held as witness in the Gardiner case, and 1 the case against her has not been | pressed. In the justice court. J. F. 1 Hannon, charged with unawfully reg ! istering a person not entitled to regis 1 tration, was discharged by the justice on preliminary examination because of i the lack of proof that he knowingly did ! the act charged, Unlawful registration ] must be done knowingly to be a crime i under the penal code. The civil code l provides for punishing county regis | tration officials who neglect their duty, 1 but this does not relate to city regis tration. which is governed by city or dinance.
 "On account of being engaged in the
 trial of criminal cases in the superior
 court, l am suspending for the pres ent the investigation which 1 have been
 dilige ntly pursuing in regard to the all
 legged city election frauds. In addition to the cases above mentioned. I have
 found that the unlawful registration of
 one R. H. Swinburn was procured by
 Charles M. Healey. Other than this, l
 have found no definite crimes.
 With the assistance of special in-
 vestigators sent out by me and with
 the cooperation of Assistant City Att
 tOrney J. E. Nelson, dozens of witnesses
 have been examined. Every person who
 appeared to have any knowledge of
 these matters has been interrogated
 and all manner of clues which gave
 promise of leading to definite inform
 alton have been run down.
 If Healey had any accomplices, re-
 gret to say that l cannot put them al
 on trial instead of Gardiner alone, who
 does not appear to have had any con
 nectiOn with Healey
 Tn the last few days I have come up- on additional sources of information which l cannot now disclose, although do not know that they will lead to an, further results. Of this, I may hay, something to say later"