Arizona republican., 1918-10-20
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
STATEMENT BY MIR. MILKY

iHe eullOr or this paper has given me space to answer in part some of .ne accusations made against me and the office of sheriff in the recent primary campaign by persons SUD- porting the candidacy of Jeff D. cAudins for the democratic nomination TOT sheriff. this answer is intended to serve only the purpose of placing be- lore the voters of Maricopa county the true facts in connection with the administration of this department durlng my tenure of office. l have waited until the recount was competed before placing these facts before the voters.
 In political advertisement signed oy Andy Thoman, published the day | before election my opponents saw fit ana dld publish several statements that l believe to be defamatory to my character This ad was dictated by a well known reformer @ who is mo- 'orlously fond of his dram and for the reason that I kept the conflscated | booze securely locked he has opposed my reelection. I would be remiss in i my duty as citizen if I did not tell the public how carelessly the booze | was safeguarded by my predecessor. l can furnish affidavits that bottles of whisky were piled in the closets of the otflce without any lock or key just | prior to my taking office
 The first of a series of questions put forth in one of these advertisements was In regard to insurance paid on stolen automobiles. Facts and figures on He In this office show that larger percentage of stolen automobiles have been recovered in Maricopa county than ever before in a similar period. | insurance companies also state that they have sustained fewer losses pro- | portlonately, than ever before.
 A second question had reference to the conviction of a deputy sheriff on charge of bootlegging. The indi- Vldual referred to was not one of my | regular deputies. He was a special deputy serving in a near by commun- lty as a night watchman at the re- | quest of merchants of that neighbor- hood. Immediately upon his convic- ton his commission was cancelled even though merchants and the cham Der of commerce of that city pro- | tested.
 lnsinuations were also cast on this office because the individual who shot a store keeper at Acre City was not apprehended. It is true that the storekeeper was shot through the stomach, but every effort was made to apprehend the assailant. Although the merchant was unable to give the officers any description whatsoever of the assailant he could not tell if Il was man or woman, white or black, that shot him, the merchant re- | covered.
 It is also true that during MT. Adams term of office three Mexicans descended upon the Buckeye bank in broad day light and killed a man named Minor and although he had an excellent description of the men, and they were trailed by Buckeye citizens to a tent house near Glendale. the of ficers never succeeded in capturing them.
 Will any one question the integrity of this office during my adminstra- tion in attempting to apprehend the persons who set fire to hay and bean stacks? Officers of this department worked day and night attempting to uncover clues that would result in ar rest Any one who has ever had eX- perience in criminal work, realizes that nothing is so hard of detection as arson. A person practically has to l bc NduSllI III lIc dtl. lAlSO several other authorities worked on this case and no one will argue that they were shirking. A big reward was offered for the capture of persons implicated in those incendiary fires. It would have been a patriotic duty for citizens to have aided in this work.
 It is also alleged that bootleggers were plying their trade in Phoenix al most openly. As sheriff, I have made every effort to suppress the bootleg ging evil. If others were so wei aware of these facts, it was their duty as good loyal citizens to report these matters to this office
 In answer to question eleven: FL liott served his sentence and was re- leased. Evans escaped from the roat camp, conducted exclusively by thu board of supervisors. We have nc record of any bootlegger by the name of Hull.
 My record in office is clean and defy any one to prove the contrary I am perfectly. willing to compare my record with any previous sheriff W, made 1211 arrests during the frs eighteen months in office compared 10 S26 made the eighteen months prio to taking over the office.
 The many charges made against my deputies were never brought to mt that l might investigate the truth O them, but were used against me in my campaign. In regard to ''the prison CT stepping over the drunken deputy, the fact about this is: The jailer wen inside to put a crazy man in his cell He had to leave the jail door unlocked else he himself would have beel locked in. While he was busy, Dewey ThurloW escaped. Later, when cap tured, he testified on the witness stand that he walked out over |; drunken deputy, which is absolutel, false. He is now serving a peniten tiary sentence in the state prison a | Florence.
 The affidavit made by Mrs. West. woman that has been arrested for dis posing of liquor, copied and circu lated so vigorously, was kept from m until three days before election tha I might not have time to investigat it. I will state that the deputy il question has taken steps to prescott the guilty parties for criminal libel.
 was offered an affidavit that one 0 Adams deputies was bootlegging bu I refused to strike my opponen through his deputies. In fact, l neve attacked Jeff Adams as I was accuse of doing as I consider it beneath tn dignity of g. candidate to attempt blacken the reputation of his op
 ponent.
 have also been accused of being i sympathy with the I. w. W.'s and be