Bisbee daily review., 1922-09-01

nothing of the matter until they were haled one at a time before the Judge, the Probation Officer, the Deputy Sheriffs and the Trustees where they were obliged, without the presence of their parents or guardians, without an attorney or counsel, to face the or deal alone with no one to intervene for them or protect their rights or in terests. There may have been ser ice had upon one child that was about eight miles distant, for a Deputy Sher- if did go and take her either with or without warrant into his custody and carried her right past the home of her parents and gave her no opportunity to advise them of her predicament, and brought her to the Whitewater Schoolhouse and delivered her to the tender care and custody of Judge Lockwood and his corps of officers. while her parents were left in total ignorance of the entire affair.
 The further statement that, after the charges made by the two delinquent girls which if even partially true,
 
 possibly physical condition existed in the District he drove out with Mrs. Lockwood and his two daughters and the "school was dismissed the chil- dren accused by these girls being asked to remain" we cannot challenge although the girls did not any of them see Mrs. Lockwood or his daughters ] hot fhn Judge was mistaken in that state ment. He is not a very old man and we do not think that three years ago his daughters had arrived at such an age as would render such transac- | tion as he had reason to expect, a suitable entertainment for either his wife or his daughters God knows would use every effort to protect my daughters of tender age from any knowledge of or acquaintance with such an affair even as he details it | in his statement.
 I have been a resident of Arizona for more than twenty-three years. have been a law-abiding citizen. have raised family of law-abiding | rage was perpetrated on my innocent and helpless child, q am advised it. legally although done under pretext of compliance with the law), I have believed that I and my family were entitled to the protection of the laws of the land. If he had any regard for the innocent children of the commun- 1 ity, if he had any respect for the rights of the parents and the sacred ness of the home ties, even if he was an alarmist, he could have accom- plished every good result by notify ing the parents and allowing them with their family physician and the Public Health Officer if he deemed it necessary, to ascertain every material fact in manner much less indelicate. The Government of our country de- pends upon the respect the people en- l certain for the Courts. How can we respect the Court when it is repre- sented by a man who has no regard for the sancitity of the home, for the innocence of childhood but who, while prating of his love for the children, and his interest in the uplift of the growing generation, will perpetrate such an outrage, and then defend him. self in the public press? Can we not find for this honored position some ii man of cleaner mind. of purer motive and of higher ideals that to consider an occasion of this kind suitable en- tertainment to which he can take his wife and his daughters?
 Very respectfully, ! W. L. Kaneaster. T Adv.