Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-22

thing though on the refreshing of his
memory he remembered that Pearson 4
had been i'll and had asked for drink. !
He himself had made a bet with Pear
son the day after the election.
On redirect examination Mr.. Ives |
revived that age-old question by ask
ing the witness whether his suspicion
in regard to Pearson's condition was i
that he was intoxicated or had merely
been drinking. He had merely been
drinking.
The Other Star
Hal H Hart was not called by the
contestant. Hart was acting inspector
and Judge in Douglas precinct No. l.
His name and that of Pearson have
been more closely associated with the /
alleged frauds than any of the other
members, and they have both for more
than two months been under the es- |
pionage of Thiel detectives, Hart ap- |
peared nervous when he took the |
stand. His relation of the circum- |!
stances of the organization of the cleo |
ton board and the opening of the polls |
was much the same as that of the |
other Hunt witnesses. There were dis |
crepancies in the stories Of all of them |
as to the order in which the members |
of the board had arrived at the place |
of the polls and as to the time when |
the polls had opened. But on the main
point that Guise, the republican who
had been assigned to a place on the
boar had not arrived there until af
ter the board was organized.
Hart said that he had not started to
the polls but to his place of business,
that of clothes cleaner some time be-
fore O'Clock in the morning when it
was not quite daylight. He was met by
Pearson who told him that there were
not enough to man the polls in that
precinct of which neither of them was
a resident, though Guise had testified
that he was on hand ten minutes be-
fore six. 1t was at that time that Hart
said he arrived there.
Pearson, he said, did not want to
serve on the board; he believed he
could do more good on the outside. His
testimony as to the proceedings dur
ing the day We're much the same as
that of other Hunt witnesses and was
equally indefinite as to details.
After the witness had been on the
stand half an hour he was less nervous
and his replies were made with Sus
picious promptitude to questions touch
ing allegations of misconduct on the
port of himself and other members of
me board. Il did not" was a frequent
rejoinder Hart became so proficient at
this, that once when Mr.. Ives was pro-
pounding a question and got as far as
Did you" Hart promptly answered,
81 did not"
Hart denied that he had ever been
left alone with the ballot box and he
said that when Night Sergeant Moore
of the Douglas police said he went into
the counting room at midnight and
foud Hart alone with the open ballot
box with some of the ballots spread
out on the table, the night sergeant
had said something that was not true.
Harris story of the assistance of the
voters had been told by other witnesses
for former Governor Hunt.
Ills War Ni-n Detectives
After the noon recess the examination
of Hart went back 20 his experience
with detectives at Douglas, beginning
with his first meeting with Hughes
Carr one of the Thiel men. After a
preliminary visit, he said Carr told
him that he was representing the
Campbell interests and investigating
the conduct of the election in the first
: ward He told Hart that the latter
could be of assistance to him and in
Gicated that he would be paid for his
trouble. He asked Hart to go with him
to the office of Boyle & Pickett. Hart
Promised to do so but before going
{ he consulted attorney S. w. White now
one of the Hunt attorneys, who advised
him to go and find out what was going
on.
At the office of Boyle & Pickett,
I Hart said Carr presented or prepared
: series of statements generally de-
mandatory of Art Pearson who Carr
: told him had made discriminating
statements about him. This statement
was not used and the next day Carr
presented him a typewriter statement
which he took to Mr.. White He re-
t fused to sign it. He had made a copy
Of 1t and that was presented as an ev-
hibit without objection by the attorneys
t for Governor Campbell.
Hart said he next saw Carr at the
+ Gadsden when the latter told him that
he was in position to throw the first
ward against Hunt and if you do so
! it will put you on Easy street" Hart
I said he told that to White. Carr kept
asking him if he was ready to con-
slider the matter which had now grown
to a $4,000 proposition. These nego-
+ tiations were carried up to the moment
: of the departure of Hart for Phoenix
a Hart told the same story as that re-
. lated by the youth Langley who said
> he had heard Carr tell Hart that the
a proposition was still open" Leaving
! Langley Hart said he accompanied
/ Carr to Gadsden where he received
SIS from him to pay his expenses to
, Phoenix in answer to the subpoena
: which had been issued out of the court
here on March IA. He was trying, he
said, TO slip away frcm Carr who
however, met him at the depot, told
him the Campbell people would not
need him and asked for return of the
$25 Hart said he gave it back and re-
ceived the receipt he had given for it
That was put in evidence.
Another Assailant
The most enliving experience oil
Hart according to his relation, was
with another wolf in disguise, Detective
Holther who appeared before him rep
resenting that he was an A. F. of L
organizer and was in Douglas for tho
purpose of assisting former Governor
Hunt He presented Hart with bust
ness card which also went into tht
evidence without objection. Holthel
said his business in Douglas was tt
Illustrate the plans of one Carr. Holthel
told him that Art Pearson was il