Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-03
Cases Are Examples


 Cases upon which allegations Of criminal offenses are built are but ex- amples of a number that were inves- tigated, according to the county at torney's office yesterday.
 County Attorney Neil C. Clark charges that Jerome has been con- ducted by a soviet form of govern ment that has grown so careless of its acts that its members have forgot ten that Arizona is nominally under the Constitution and laws of the United States He stated that he did not believe that all the alleged abuses of power had been brought to light yet This has been going on for some time. It has seemed impossible to get action until now. We intend going to the bottom of this thing, and the grand jury hearings have given us the means to dig with"
 Judge Adams is specifically accused in one indictment of permitting gambling in resort of which he was lessee and active manager, the same being pool hall in the Jerome Hotel building. He is accused of having on April 30. 1919, permitted the es- tablishment of gaming there and subsequently, of having prohted.
 His second indictment charges that on July 1 last he committed the same offense, while at both times acting as city magistrate of Jerome. It is charged that he "counseled and aided one Gottleib Fischer" in opening and carrying on games of chance.
 The third indictment is similar to the second, except for the name of A. D. Wentworth.
 The fourth bill is for a widely diff ! ferent ohense. Adams is accused of having on December last, collected Sl00 fine from a man named C. A. l Ready and of having appropriated the same for his own uses and benefits
 Fitzpatrick's Charge
 It has been known for some time that Justice of the Peace Jerry Fitz- | patrick had his resignation on file 1 with the board of supervisors; in fact the letter was transmitted through . , the office of the county attorney l This arose over the arrest last month . of the judge in his office by Sheriff ! Davis, who had gone there 10 appear with an alleged bootlegger and found 1 the court in an alleged intoxicated {. condition.
 Fitzpatrick is charged in the indict- mcnt with having secured $lO0 bail from a participant in a row between two FrenChmen. It is said that the one who was forced 10 put up the bail was the complaining witness in the case. Later, he is said to have employed counsel to secure his money, but was informed by the judge that his bank account was over drawn and that he couldn't return the fund.
 This occurred in December, and for that month the Clarkdale precinct reported over the signature of the ! justice of the peace that no business had been transacted and no money handled.
 The check is said by the county at torney's office to show that Fitzpat- rick cashed it as justice of the peace. and it is in the hands oi the local au- thoriies.
 Crowley and His Officers
 Marshal Crowley is charged with having falsely arrested and impris- oned men named Joseph \. Lc Due and William H. Solbcrg, they being innocent men," and not charged with an ofeuse by any process of law. In one case, il was said, d va grancy charge was later preferred, and that the defendant had at that time over S25OO in cash and Liberty bonds on his person. In one of the indictments charging false arrest and false imprisonment Inc names of George Floyd and Will liam Kirby, then city police officers