Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

wards the bank for which he was in dicted by the grand jury of Mississippi county, Arkansas" he said. Tn con- firming this employment the bank wired me that it's claims against Mich olson aggregated approximately $S,000. Whether or not this entire amount was the subject of the indictment brought at the instance of the bank, 1 am not at this time prepared to say. It is a fact, however, that Nicholson was in dicted for obtaining money in some al- legged criminal manner from the bank. He was also indicted by the same grand jury for the larceny of a mule, and is further wanted in that county for absconding with and selling an au- tomobile, the property of another ac- cording to the information l have from MT. Weems, representing the sheriffs office of Mississippi county.
 T was not present at the eXtradi 1 tion hearing this morning, but am told by MT. Weems that the governor made the statement, in substance, that if the prisoner was wanted for the mule charge alone, he would grant the requisition, | but because of the pending civil suit which I brought here on behalf of the bank, he would not honor it. In other words, as I understand the governors l ceny of a mule would warrant the re- turn Of the prisoner to Arkansas, but where it is appareLt that there are two indictments, one for the larceny of a mule and the other for obtaining in a criminal way money from the bank, he would not be warranted in grant ing the requisition, upon the theory that it is an attempt to use his office as a collection medium for the bank.
 'ln addition to my representation of the bank, and my attempts to protect it so far as possible against loss, l re- ceived yesterday from a firm of at- torneys in Blytheville, Ark, miscella neous civil claims aggregating approx imately 5000, and my correspondent stated there are claims here for as much more than the list we sent you, but a number of them are criminal charges, and we do not want to preju- dice any of those claims against crim- inal procedure
 In this case the American Bankers | association had doubtless gone to great expense in locating the fugitive. The state of Arkansas had gone to heavy expense in attempting to return him l to the court of proper jurisdiction In 1 that state for prosecution of his crime. The efforts in both directions have been nullified by the governors con- 1 duct" said Mir. Hayes in conclusion. l 'I understand Nicholsons counsel stated that his client was here for his health and that his health would be seriously injured by returning to the state of Arkansas. Evidently the gov ernor agreed with MT. Struckmeyer' S views and quite agree with them that Nicholson's happiness at least will be promoted by his remaining out of tho state of Arkansas, but will he have been dealt with justly, and will the people of the state of Arkansas have received fair treatment at the hands of the state of Arizona?'
 ] Governor Hunt made the following statement:
 From the showing made, the of fense with which these people were charged was not an indictable one.
 That there was a strong suspicion that there was an endeavor to collect private bill through the means of the criminal courts of justice.
 That there was considerable evi- dence to prove that the following were the true facts of the case: That the whole affair was over a s4 mule; that the defendant purchased several mules under a blanket guarantee that they were sound; that while driving tho mules away, one was found to be de. crepit; that the defendant thereupor returned the decrepit mile and helped himself to a sound one in it's place"
 Immediately after the arrest of th'
 Nicholsons on application by thu
 Arkansas authorities. Mir. Struck
 meyer was retained Dy Nicholson a.
 counsel to resist his return to Arkansa!
 and he fought the case through thu
 local courts in the matter of securin,
 bail for Nicholson.
 Mrs. Nicholson, who attempted sui
 eide in jail soon after her arrest, va
 allowed to remain there.