Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-05
As the People View It

To the Editor Of the Journal, AL
buquerque, N. M.
Dear Sir:-In your editorial Of
yesterday, you treat, my friend
Fritz Muller, with great unfairness,
due to a mistaken view of the re-
cont outrageous attack upon him
and am sure not to any malicious
intent. You call on him to prove
that the Neis letter Is a forgery,
which recalls the fact that the
journal, under different man
agement, besought respectable
citizens of New Mexico, who
were considered enemies of the
then editor, to go to Arizona and
in the courts there prove their in
nocence of charges against them
which would have been a reversal
OF ordinary judicial procedure,
which puts the burden of proof al
ways on the prosecution, and you
declare that he ought to resign his
office and withdraw as a candt-
date.
Fritz Muller has lived many
years in New Mexico, has lone
and honorable record as citizen
in varied business affairs. as sol
der, as an official of the United
States and of the state so that nc
man who really knows him would
hesitate for a moment to take his
word upon any matter, even the
most important, but that record Is
| to count for nothing when he de.
MES the authenticity of g. forged
letter ascribed to him by some un.
known character assassin who has
not the courage to reveal his iden-
tity or attempt to explain how hi
obtained the letter.
No man who knows the kindly
honest Fritz, always considerable Of
others, could possibly believe tina
he is capable Of writing such a let
ter in which his superior Officer
is brutally characterized as an "olt
fool" His long training as a sol
der and as a public official makes
it preposterous to think he coult
be guilty of such INSTRUMENTATION
You think that Inaccurate state
ments as to Neis being in Santa It
at the time the letter purports t,
have been written are proof Of tn
genuineness of the letter, but |
moments consideration will shoy
you that they are not. Everyda,
Experience will demonstrate tn
difficulty and uncertainty of an
busy man fixing his exact wherea
kbouts on given day. Both Frit
land Neis know that the latter wa
lin Santa Fe after the republicai
convention in albuquerque and ha,
business with the state land offic
Ian of which was transacted witt
the commissioner personally, an
IS the forged letter appeared I
lrefer to business of Neis, they nat
urally assumed that its date wa
during the time that Neis was Il
verifying the fact. Fritz denie
under oath that he ever wrote o
dictated such a letter and Neis tina
The ever received such q letter. TIL
letter purports to refer to som
nefarious official act which woul
certainly be apparent in the rec
| ords OF the land office IL the lette
lwere true, and those records ar
Z. lopen to public inspection and
anything of that kind appears,
Twill be a proof of the genuineness c
the letter. The letter is SO wordet
however. that no one can say jus
what the improper act describe
therein may be, so that no one ca
tell what it refers to.
It is simply infamous that ma
with such a long and unsullied rec
ord in both public and private Iii
should be thus assailed, his wor
: doubted and the public asked
believe this evil thing.
I have known Fritz Muller for
! great many years and belle,
! that he is as much my friend as /
J. is of any one in the country an
0 / have had some business with hi
4 lin his official capacities, but
0 would not dare suggest to him ar
! deviation by him from a. CORE
y official course of business for Il
benefit Of myself or my clients.
ask of you that you publish
iyour paper this statement with r
gard to Fritz Muller as represel
: tative Of what a great number
Ibis fellow citizens would gladly 81
: liz opportunity presented itself.
Yours truly,
FRANK W. CLANCY.
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