Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-21

a statement from him, occurred until
 last Saturday when Pearson managed
 to sober up and started for Phoenix.
 He was accompanied by the detectives
 to the city.
 l Immediately upon arriving and regis
 tering at the Ford hotel Pearson called ! up Senator Ives and a consultation | from 9 o'clock Sunday morning until 1 9 o'clock in the evening, followed Pearson admitted that he was not d resident of Douglas No. l precinct but claimed he had been appointed by the democratic committee to see that all of
 the polls in the city were property started out in the morning. He came down to Douglas No. l and found only one man there whereupon he went out in search of four more. He found Car lyse. Hart, Nelson and another man in a few minutes. Still short one man he took the position himself although he thought he could do better work" outside of the polls.
 In explaining how so many ballots wore indications of erasure, Pearson said the precinct was composed of number of illiterate laborers who did
 
 He admitted that he frequently accom- panied the voters into the polls when asked to and showed them how to mark their ballots. He said he did not tell them who to vote for but when they named their candidate he showed them where to put the cross. In many instances the voter had already voted for Campbell or a straight Republican ticket. he said, before becoming con fused. When they mentioned that they intended voting for Hunt and he saw that the mark had been placed after Campbells name he called their atten- tion to the error and suggested that they erase the mark in the Republican column. Pearson said that N. H. Guise. sent by the Republican committee to serve on the election board, did not arrive until o'clock after the board had filled up and several voters had marked ballots.
 He admitted that he had bet on Hunt earlier in the evening but claims that the next morning when he heard of the Maricopa returns coming in so strong for the Republican nominee he bet $35 for Campbell. He denied that he was under the influence of liquor but admitted drinking on several different occasions.
 Shortly before noon, Judge Campbell took the witness and started a severe cross examination by shouting his question and several times Pearson started to cross himself.
 O. B. Nelson, one of the election board, was the first witness called but his memory failed him when asked questions the answers to which might be of some importance to the Campbell side. However, he was certain that no irregularity occurred while he was in the room and he was present with the exception of about three hours. He was certain that if any irregularity or fraud had been perpetrated the rest of the election board would have told him of it.
 Afternoon Session.
 At 1:30 Judge Campbell reopened his rapid-fire cross-examination and at a late hour had succeeded in mixing the witness up to such an extent that he refused to swear positively to any ! statement. Campbell started out by asking Pearson if he remembered see ing any voter crate a cross over the i straight Republican and change it to the straight Democratic column. Pear | son said he did not remember of see ] ing anything like that. The records l were read and it was shown that Pear l son stated positively in the morning | to Senator Ives that he remembered | witnessing just such an occurrence | After this Pearson's answers were enigmatic and ambiguous
 The witness was asked if he left Douglas of his own accord and replied | that he left Feb. on vacation. l Judge Campbell then asked if a letter ] from man named Erin was not re | sponsible for his sudden determna- ] ton to take vacation. Pearson re. I receiving a letter about | that time but could not remember | what it contained; whether it referred | to the alleged fraud in Douglas No. | l or whether the Hunt-Campbell con test was mentioned
 Pearson's memory also failed when ! questioned regarding the date of the | paper he picked up in New Mexico i when he learned that he was a fugitive I from justice. He even forgot whether i It mentioned his name. whether Doug l las No. 1 appeared in the article. how ! long 1t was and what the article con | tained that led him to believe he was wanted