Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-21
Pearson Forgets Many Things
 When Cross Examined In Court
 By Attorneys for TomCambbell

, Interruptions, mean, designing de
 tectives loaded him with liquor, paiC his expenses and did everything il
 their power to keep him away iron
 Phoenix, Art Pearson testified on th' witness stand before Judge Stanfor( Monday morning in the gubernatoria [ contest. They even offered hin ! bribes, yes sir, ne sald, one detective
 wanted to give S5000 and later raised | it to S1O,0UO if he remained in New
 Mexico and did not testify before tho
 superior court as to what took place
 during the canvassing of election re
 turns from Douglas No. 1. All this
 and much more Pearson stated undel
 oath, sometimes giving the answer be
 fore the question was completed. And
 Tn addition to this Arthur denied all the allegations Assistant District At
 torney Bruce Stevenson made on the
 witness stand last Friday.
 According to the story Pearson told
 he left Douglas on the 9th day of February for a vacation and went to the mountains 150 miles south of Sil' AllN. -NtN MtAlNO. IL W dS HUI hu til March 10 that he was informed, by reading an Fl Paso paper, that he was supposed to be a fugitive from justice and perpetrator of all kinds and sorts of misdeeds while serving on the cleo ton board in Douglas No. 1. Greatly shocked he testified that his enviable reputation for veracity and fairness should be impaired, Pearson indignant ly packed his suit case and started for Phoenix to repudiate all that had been said of him. He would have arrived in the capital city several days sooner had he not met detective from the Thiel agency of Los Angeles, in Silver City So innocent of all the charges against him, Pearson said he actually introduced himself Co the detective when that individual failed to recog- nize him with several weeks growth of beard.
 It was then that Pearson swore he wa sled astray. The detective just made him take a drink which was fol- lowed by many more all of which the minion of the law paid for This forced dissipation continued for sev- eral days during which time the detec- tive consistently nagged at Pearson for confession. Every time Pearson suggested that they start for Phoenix the detective persuaded him to remain a few days longer and paid all of him hotel bills, and bought all of the liquor he could drink, according to the story told by the witness.
 The witness stated that at one time he seriously considered accepting the 5000 because his brain was befogged by drink. At this time he gave evi- dence of weakening and it was then that the offer was raised to the more tempting price of S10,000. Pearson and his travelling companion eventually reached Douglas where they were met by MT. Carr, who also admitted be- ing a detective, Pearson said. While Pearson and the other detective, who said his name was Cox were sleeping. Carr entered the room and continually woke them up and made them drink whiskey. Carr showed Pearson an al- legged confession of H. H. Hart and asked him to substantiate it. Pearscn said he refused to do so but denied the alleged confession of Hart and promised to beat up" that person as soon as he had become rested from his several days of dissipation. More followed by frequent attempts on the part of the detectives to get