Show INVER ASSESSOR OUSTED BY FORCE FORCEy y Jt i pyor y or S Speer A At Sends Armed t Body to Take Take Possession r of Office C C Cit LESS OR IS INSTALLED it ity y Executives Executive's Act Is Deh Denounced De- De h jounced a as s Wholly Unjustified Unjustified fied fied 1 ff ed by Governor I Denver Dec 15 Harry 15 Harry J J. J Arnold of lit tho the county of ot Denver and ando Jio o claims 6 that und under r the tho on of or tho the city and county he should that position was ejected from l Is s office by a n band of city hall han cm- cm OYON oyes fos policemen and detectives who assessor declares were armed at iI early 1 hour today Hilts a 0 state state senator aligned with Mayor Maor Robert W W. Weer peer eer took possession as assessor I nits Us its at an nn adjourned s session of or thera tho the thord lira rd ra of supervisors two hours earlier Id d been confirmed b by a vote voto of ot four tour I on the tho recommendation of the The Tho change chanso of ot assessor assessors was attend attend- Iby 5 by by great disorder Arnold was at- at riding a u. meeting when he learned Wt t the Iho supervisors were taking action to oust him Accompanied d two fr-two two two deputies he hurried to his ote of- of e and locked and antI barricaded the tho Ors rs n. When Hilts HUts and his supporters eared they were denied admittance f Iron bar bor was produced and a fL plate pinto s ss window broken Through this enin sing the police crawled followed the s new assessor After Atler long IanI argut MII t during which Arnold refused to toye ye be was told that unless he gave Tithe Ithe office he would be carried out Two wo detectives took him b by the arm and led Jed him hint out of tho the building his deputies being treated likewise Then the now regime placed a n Jut guard at atthe the tho door of tho the office and the tho cro crowd i dispersed It Is 18 said aid that Arnolds Arnold's refusal to spread on the books book an additional tax levy Jevy of 3 mills precipitated the action of or tho the Hilts nuts faction Stating positively that the tho national guard would not ho he called caned out Governor Governor Gov Gov- said sald today Tho The course Couso taken b by the tho city hull hall officials was wholly unjustifiable The Tho worst thing about It was tho the attempt to seize an office at night Tho whole thing was wrong The supreme court of this state has ruled that it If Is not lawful to throw a t man out of ot office b by force This ruling was mado made in Governor Go Waltes Walte's s 's admin admin- administration tion after ho ha Mad hall called out the to oust tho the fire and police pollee board from the city hall hail Arnold announced today that he would carr carry on tho the work of or the office In another building and notify all nIJ his J clerks to report leport at nt his 0 new quarters |