Tombstone epitaph., 1920-05-23
euPERvisoRS WILL PAv Ex-
 PENsEs IN "eLANkET CASE"

Reiterating the stand he has taken l since the completion of the Wootton case. County Attorney R. N. rrenca l this afternoon stated during a con l ference with the Board of Supervi- sors that there is no other alterna. tive for him to follow. but to proceed with the blanket case" of the depor tation cases. whether the board of supervisors would pay the demands presented or not.
 The declaration of the county at. torney followed a conference of the board and the county attorney, in which Chairman I. c. E. Adams of the board stated he would not honor demand presented unless under court order. The county attorney re- piled that he intended to prosecute the case no matter what happens and 'As"s onee anu AoA all ne HCuiO state he intends to proceed with the pro- secuticc. expense or no expense. The chairman reiterated that he would follow his announced plan of paying under court order
 Mir. French stated he had no idea of what the case would cost but that matter did not enter into it, he said, since il was a matter with him Of prosecuting what he thought was wrong, and that would settle it.
 Member c. NJ. Roberts. the other member of the board present an- nounced he would proceed under his previously announced plan and pay all demands as they were presented under a court order as was done in the Wootton case. There was no other alternative. he stated, since when the County Treasurer honored 8 demand signed by the court and presented it for payment by the board. there was nothing else the board could do.
 Replying to a question of J. x. Gaines of the Taxpayers association the county attorney said he did not know what procedure would be nee essary to pay any expenses arising that would be in excess of 10 per cent Of the budget for his office.
 As the matter stands the county attorney avows he will go ahead with the blanket case" and will not dis miss it under any circumstances only pay expense demands under court order
 In an interview giving out follow ing the conference, l. C. E. Adams. chairmSn of the Cochise county board of supervisors, went on record that without no i'll feeling on either side. he would refuse to sign warrants for expenses incurred in the trial of the blanket warrant of the deportation cases. until a test case had been brought and the matter settled by <he courts.
 MT. Adams said:
 Everybody knows that the board of supervisors is duty bound to duly pass on all claims presented before them and if they deem them reason able and they are within the law, the only thing we can do is pay the bill. However, with regard to the ex- penses to be incurred in the trial Of the blanket case of the deportation trials, as announced by County Attor- .eyR- N. French, l believe that since over $50,O00 was spent in the trial of the wootton case and it looks as k 1t will take that sum or even an larger one to prosecute the blanket case" that I, as a taxpayer and a member of the board of supervisors will not sign over any warrants for expenses of witnesses until the vali. dity of such claim has been passed 'on by the courts. It will take a tes. case to do this to my satisfaction.
 T have assurances from supervi. sor J. N. Sparks. another member of 1he board. that this expresses his sentiments exactly and he will hold with me. In other words we do not wish to. lay ourselves liable for per sonal damages, since we have com. 'petent legal'authority that if we go ahead and pay claims amounting t1 sAOusands of dollars, and some tax payers brings suit against the mem.