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Show HISTORY Santa Fé, on the second visit, he frankly stated that his mission was to secure evidence upon which to base criminal prosecutions. After a complete investigation of matters, however, he was unable to find anything wrong in the affairs of the governor’s office, nor in the office of the commissioner of public lands, the action of the governor, insofar as the ed, was not only right but the best course The money paid as final settlement for Pennsylvania Development Company by and later stated that public lands were concern: that could have been takeu. the lands purchased for the Willard S. Hopewell, was, _ 470 Edward A. Mann was born at Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1867. He received his education in the public schools of the states of Nebraska, Kansas, 20 Texas, and for two years attended the college at Belle Plain, Texas. He rea law and was admitted to the practice in 1891. The first three years of his professional life were spent in Norton, Kansas, whence he removed to Cripple Creek, Colorado. Leaving Colorado he removed to Gehring, Nebraska, where he followed the practice until 1903. In the last named year he became a citizen of New Mexico, locating in Las Cruces. In June, 1903, he was appointed associate Justice of the supreme court of New Mexito ‘by President Roosevelt, and was assigned to the newly created sixth judicial district. He was re-appointe in December, 1903, and served his full term of four years. Upon the expis’ tion of his term of office he removed to Alburquerque where he shortly formed a partnership second with John judicial Venable, district under who had been Justice clerk of the district Ira A. Abbott. Here court of the he soon became identified with the business and political life of the community. He was ee pointed district attorney by Governor William J. Mills, but the supreme cour of New Mexico, in a suit to try his title to the office, held that the governor pbs without power to remove his predecessor placed for political reasons. : George 8. Klock, who had been = > er ee ee er ne ee be bebee oneeeOs ee Pe tap gt Rte re Par eer Ld OM” é Bs SOE RRP Ne OS Pre ETEN a PE PE Ee AN PE IY) bw ee ee etre rg ee RE re rie} RP Be toe from his arrival at toe me ee emissary Upon 8 eR as a special declared. te ee later Ce and as Holcombe DB On PedWO department, Roosevelt, ee interior ea the President IAS. of peg Py BT Obed em baad epee Perea ton, made two visits to New Mexico, the first as a special land agent PRR of the state. from Washing- I the people or attorney a by agent eel understood another UOISsag fully JO been P. Holcombe, ay} has never Edward [PUOT}NFIsuOo,) Mexco ¢ tion at Washington in its policy of land fraud prosecutions in New KR dropped or UOlzUaAUO J suddenly JO of justice, were OL6L disclosed at the department outusdg Governor Curry and for reasons best known in Washington and not later disposed of on demurrer in the courts where they had been returned. The entire change of front on the part of the administra- ee he oe oe oe A. Mann,‘7” who had presided over the sixth judicial district court. Ormsby McHarg, another assistant attorney general, was active in New Mexico at this period, and, during the administration of Governor Curry, had charge of land fraud prosecutions in the courts of the territory. As has been stated, several indictments of prominent men were secured, all of which, during the administration of el ae 6G MEXICAN t-eh OF NEW oer FACTS PET eth eT eth Pe 2 eet eae ee ht be ae ST er Sie ee ee ay : i ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee oe | re fo EP ok we ee Se NOR ioer ek i i NE De: PO, Seek Ek Ree Seed, See he, kote ee tora eA Oe Pe aN Ss a PPO el a lca ae ie. - SPY Pare a7 * Oe ter eet eaeee ee ee One ae | LEADING $h §- = de -3 ee tee pet eee eee Si ee $9 * — Co 560 |
