Arizona republican., 1917-03-24
HO[THER TELLS
Of ADMISSIONS
BY HAL /. HART

Newspaper men, (one,) and detec-
tives yesterday occupied not only the
center but the whole of the stage in
the governorship contest and at the
close of the day it appeared that
large dent had been made in the tes-
timony Of Hal H. Hart and A. c. Pear
son, whose names have been mentioned
prominently in connection with the
alleged frauds in Douglas Precinct No.
l. Three or four additional WITNESSES
will be offered today by the contestee
and then this, the most exciting phase
of the governorship contest, viii be
closed except for the argument of
counsel.
When court convened yesterda.'
morning, Senator Ives, of counsel for
former Governor Hunt, announced that
the case of the contestant rested eX-
cept for a deposition he desired to pre-
sent later. ThereupOn Judge Sloan Of
fered in evidence several documents,
among them a certificate from A. {.
Karger, clerk Of the board of super
Visors of Cochise county, giving the
names of the primary election officer
of Douglas Precinct No. /. This IS ~
controvert the statement Of some Of the
witnesses for the contestant that an
effort was made to have the same Of
ficers for the general election. Judge
Sloan also offered a certificate from the
recorder of Cochise county showing
that G. w. Walters, member of the
election board and one of the Hunt
witnesses, had registered as an inde
pendent voter, though he .SWore IN tae
stand the other day that he was a re-
publican and had registered as such.
Other Hunt witnesses testIf; "a that he
was a republican.
The Contestees Rebuttal
The first witness called for the con-
testee was w. T. Owen, d reporter for
the Douglas Dispatch, which last San
day morning printed an interview with
II. H. Hart and Art c. Pearson Who
We're seen by owen at the railroad de
pot at Douglas last Saturday night as
they were about to leave for T! OeniN
Both of them under oath repuda+e,l the
interview in whole OF in part Hart at
first denying that he knew owen.
Though the purported statements in
tie interview did not differ materially
from the subsequent statetn us OF n6th
Of them on direct or cross eNanin'r or,
stress was laid by Mr.. Ives on the fact
that Hart had been made 10 say that
he was coming to Phoenix IN a sub
poena signed by Governor Campbell
himself.
owen said re took notes at the time
Of his interview with Pearson ami he
happened TO have preserved them. He
made his Il nntes of the Hart interview
Immediately after talking with lin.
AS to the Pearson interview, he s5ll.!
t.. the exact language of Pearson had
not been used. The language OF Pear
son would Lave been a violation of the
postal regulations if it had oeen put
into the mails. The reporter ,"1tended
though and STUCK TO l. tl:rp IshOut tAe
il, er
of neither Hart nor Pearson 'tl been
distorted.
Now the Detectives
The next witness was H. d. Dowell,
Who is in charge of the business OF the
Tliel Detective Agency in this state.
He said that the agency had been em-
ployed to investigate conditions in
Douglas Precinct No. l at the time Of
the November election. THc witness
said that he himself had taken COM
paratively little part in lie inVestlga-
tion. He had directed the work and
detailed the men. Those who had been
E Cox, w. W. 'Holther. William Refs
and Cooper. Cooper had been with
drawn for work elsewhere.
The witness said that he had Dren
advised as to the trip of Cox to New
Mexico to meet Pearson and get from
him a statement as to his knowledge of
what had taken place at the elr ION.
He had not directed the nip I-Et had
left that to Carr and Attorney Boyle of
Douglas. He had only requested the
Los Angeles office to send Cox $3.50 for
the expenses of the journey
Mr. Dowell denied that tho detec-
tives We're ever authorized to pay
money except for the travelling and
other expenses. They We're never Al
lowed to buy testimony. But none OF
them mad authority to pay money for
evidence or to prevent the introdu. tion
of evidence.
On cross examination, Mr.. Ives after
some inquiry into the general opera
ton of the agency, fastened upon the
bringing here of William Thaw, who
testified for Governor Hunt on Thurs
day. Dowell said that he had met De
tective Carr VINO was accompanied b3
Thaw on their arrival. He had re-
ceived telegram from Carr saying
that they We're coming. He had az
earlier telegram from Carr saying thaI
he had found a man who seemed t
have some information about Dougia.
No. l. From that Dowell said h,
thought Thaw was a witness or coulC
be made into a witness. He did no
know that he was coming as go-be
tween in a proposed corrupt transac.
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