of course, this was not only william thompson howell's doing. the entire arizona territorial government, including crucially, the man running the state legislature, the territory legislature, the speaker of the house. a man by the name of william claude jones. in 1990 biographical article describes jones as a prevaricate or, a poet, a politician, a pursuer of nubile females, a member of a royal privy council, a speaker spanish, and probably the man. but really, i think the most silly way to describe him is as a serial child --. in the 1850s, jones won a federal appointment as united as attorney for new mexico territory and company what is now arizona, leaving his wife and two children in missouri. a few years later, his wife obtained a divorce, and he married a very young mexican girl. new mexico's delegates in washington declare the bride was 12 years old and that jones had, quote, abducted her. the delegate asked the president of the united states fire jones for the moral lapse, that would be the kidnapping of a 12-year-old. jones attempted to