Tombstone epitaph., 1920-07-25
INVESTIGATING chAR0ES OF REGISTRATION WRONGS.

oo"le precIh|.. county Attorney French toily ordered his assistant
 Geo. Roark D proceed to the scene
 from Douglas, wh.ie County Record
 CT Ray B, KreJs. who has charge ,fI appointment ); registration officers, and Deputy Sner.ti F airy Eatterty will leave toni;r for the little city in the northern part of the county'
 The first intimalion of alleged dos. crepancies being carried On by the
 registration officer at Bowie Was re. ceived here several days ago, when Vim. CoNon. of Bowie sent in a com.
 munica,ion to the board of superv;.
 sors and telegram 10 the county attorney alleging tsat Elza Craig Justice Of tLe Peace and registration officer, and his assistant Charles NJ. Lewis, were using influence to make
 Democratic voters register as Repub- licans. A copy of this letter was also
 mailed io the coun'y attorney, who im-
 media,ely notified the registration of,
 fioers that they would be subject to severe fine and jail sentence should
 not the practice be immediately ab. olished Apparently no heed was paid this warning for today another tele- gram from Wm Coxon. was received
 by the county attorney in which Cox. on alleged that one party was refused registration priyelege as he wished
 to register Democratic The situation was deplorable. stated the telegram and an immediate investigation was asked. and also asking for the revoka. tiou of ,he lpTointmeIt Of Craig The county a.:orcy then ordered his deputy 10 the scene 10 investigate 1 and County Recorder K-ros and pe- ' putty Sheriff Rsffer,y will leave ;o. night 10 invest.,',A for their respec. tive offices
 should the charges prove tue 1, County Attorney ,'y pch announced | the registration officers would be ar. rested under title r. of Elections, Par ! 2s73, Revised Statutes 1913. which l states; Any public officer upon whom | duty is imposed by this title. who wilfully neglects 10 perform such | duty. or who shall willfully perform ! i, in such a way as 10 hinder the ob. | iecis Of this title. shall be punished I by fine of two hundred dollars. or two hundred days in the county jail"
 Regarding the registration officers in Bowie. Chief Deputy Recorder II. l.. Hutchison who has charge of re- gis,ration for Mir. Krebs stated that the man named Lewis is not an sp- pointee Of that office as registration officer and had so far not sent in a single registration. il is thought how. ever, that he is acting as a clerk for Justice Craig Of the Bowie precinct bu, in this he has no authority, sc- cording 10 the statutes. Lewis is said to be a cadidate for justice of the peace on the Republican ticket, as Justice Craig will no, again seek the office.
 Following is a copy of the protest of Coxon. who is a candidate for the from this county written on the le:. ter head of the Cochise County Non. League. sent to the board of supervisors, and his telegrams sent to the county attorney:
 "The writer in behalf of several citizens in this commun. ity desires to protest most violently { the method of which the voters are being registered in this precinct by the Justice of the Peace Elza Craig and his assistant Charles Nj. Lewis"
 MT. Lewis has formed the habit of making the attempt to influence vot. CTS when they appear in his office to register to affiliate themselves with the Republican party and has stepped so far in one case know of as rc seek an explanation of why the per son registering should connect them selves with the Democratic party.
 This situation gentlemen, is se- riousiy detremental of the interests of he Democrats. and is often era. to the person who wishe, to register. and l gladly protest this unjust practice in behalf of certain friends of mine. lf