El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-23
OFFICIAL RECORD
MADE TESTIMONY

Phoenix, .ArIz-. March 23.-In the gu
bernatoriaI contest today. the official
record was produced TO show that only
Carlisle. Walters and Hart OF Douglas
in the contested precinct had been
named as election officials Walters
had testified he had registered as a
Republican and had served as that
party's representative on the board 4
certified copy Of his registration as a
'non-partisan" was filed with the
court
VIM g owen. OF the Douglas Dis
patcn. testified to the truth OF the in
terviews with Pearson and Hart print
81 by the Dispatch. The principal wit
ness was IT, 3. Doweli. chief of the de-
tective force employed by the con-
testee. VINO testified that his instruc-
tons to his suhordinates dealt only
with finding Of fraud II Douglas and
did not include permission to offer
money With much squa billing between
counsel attorney Z :. Ives tried TO eS-
tablish that deceit was commonly used
By detectives IN their work. He de
manded the production Of the original
reports from the detective agents At
rornev R E Sloan greed to do this il
ali communications received and dis
patched by the Democratic side should
be produced Judge RoIla Stanford in
timated that in the past he had ruled
against similar motions.
counsel Ives has been ''backfiring''
the evidence against the Democratic
admlnistra ton Of the Douglas precinct
by general assault upon the methods
that have been used by his opponents
In open court he told thar the esnion-
age started at Douglas has been con-
tnued in Phoenix till It has become
hardly safe TO hold a Hunt conference
save in the open country. His own no.
tel room no longer was sanctuary
W men secretary Laid was driving out
with a witness. il was noted. he said
mat an automobile followed closely.
Nhen the Ladd machine was stopped.
Ine other machine also was halted
hen AR Ladd Indignantly went back
and struck his pursuer.
Evidence given by J. d Mills was of
conversations with detective HoIther.
IN which the latter Dragged of his ex-
pense account. which in a single dav
mad reached SCI The limit was sup
posed 10 be $50 The detectives Hat-a
been quoted by several of the HINT
witnesses as offering $4,000 10 $4,000
Ior states evidence concerning the al
legged frauds and TO stand expense in
any amount to get Hart and Pearson
out Of the country
There IS peculiar insistence on the
f1gnl sue IN the claims that the Camp
bell interests have been doing what
ineF could get Hart and Pearson ont
OF Arizona that thew might not testify
IN Phoenix Much of the Hunt testi-
Inony seeks to sustain this contention
ASt tAeEe Is ADMISSION that Parsons
return from Silver City to Douglas was
on money furnished by Campbell de-
teetlve while Hart received S25 from
detective Carr to pay his fare to Phoe-
Carr.
Hunt Side Closes
The most interesting witness of the
afternoon was William Thaw. an en- ,
DlOye Of Harris clothes cleanino- sbor
II was attempted TO be shown thar
IhaW had been working both sides Of .
ne street He had been brought TO
Phoenix. March Is as a CamnbeIl N,it
ness and had been Intercepted closely
N the office OF chief counsel Sloan.
though II Is claimed with a hidden
Stenographer taking down his words
IL IS charged that he sought 10 act as A
so-Detween in the payment of anv
sums that might have been offered. |
I'm ihaW- II was announced that
the Hunt side had closed its rehiIttaI
OF the charges of fraud in Douglas pre-