Arizona republican., 1920-08-20
GOVERNOR HAD 4 PART
 IN PREVENTING RETURN IF NEGRO TO PRISON

murderous assault upon A. E. Kuhn, a railroad brakeman, at Wins low by Adeu Thomas, coIored. con- vict on parole has been seized upon by Democratic politicians in the north ern part of the state as means or attack upon the administration of Gov ernor Campbell, charging that he had paroled Thomas, some of them even reporting that the governor had par doned him.
 Thomas was sent to the state prison on January 25, 1918, from Coconlno county having been convicted of as- sault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced for a term of from one to three years. He was sent to the eff ton road camp and having earned his parole, it was granted on April IT, 1919. He reported regularly on parole up to October of last year. He was then at Holbrook.
 He attempted an assault upon a woman guest of a holeI in Holbrook and was locked up. A report was made to prison authorities and he was taken back to the prison His return was followed by the following affidavits concerning the action of violation of his parole:
 Jesse Dewitt. deputy sheriff. Maya jo county. makes an affidavit saying: That he is the deputy sheriff of Nava- jo county and was such deputy sheriff during the month of October, 1919: that on or about the night of the first day of October he was called to the Commercial hotel fin Holbrook. Ariz., upon the complaint of certain lady guests of said hotel that a negro had hidden under their bed; that he arrest ed Aden Thomas who was employed by l said hotel and who was identified by said women guests as the man whom they discovered under their bed; that affiant found a picture of woman outside the window leading from the room to the roof through which the women guests stated that said negro had escaped; and that Adel Thomas claimed this picture as his own prop | erty."
 c. w. Harp. sheriff of Navajo county. makes an affidavit saying That he Is the sheriff of Navajo coun- ty and was such sheriff during the month of October. 1919; that on ol about the first day of October, 1919 Adell Thomas was arrested for enter ing the room occupied by ladies ir
 Commercial hotel in Holbrook. Ariz.i that on or about the morning of Oc- tober 10, 1919. the said Adell Thomas broke jail at Holbrook, Ariz.. and es. capped"
 Mrs. Margaret Smith. Holbrook
 Ariz.. makes an affidavit saying
 That she is a resident of Holbrook
 NAVAJO county, state of Arizona; tha
 she is the proprietress of the Commer
 cial hotel located in Holhrool, Ariz.
 and was managing said hotel durint
 the month of October. 1919; that on o
 about the night of October l, Adei Thomas, who was employed by me il said hotel. entered the room of som'
 lady guests at the hotel and hid unde
 the bed in said room; that said Adel
 Thomas was identified by the womel occupying the room as who hid unde then bed on said night
 All three of the foregoing affidavit
 were subscribed and sworn to befor R. s. Teeple, a notary public in Navaj
 county.
 But the board of pardons and parole } held that there was insufficient evi } dence of his violation of the parole and he was released and returned t Winslow, where his latest crime wa committed The governor had no par in that decision of the board as to tn 3 insufficiency of the evidence agains Thomas. It was a proceeding entfrel ! within the board.