Charles H. Meyer
History of Arizona,  Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 240

Charles H. Meyer was a German and settled in Tucson in 1854.  
From 1875 he served several times as City Recorder.  His court 
was unique; every man, when first brought before him for any 
misdemeanor, he would treat leniently, sometimes giving him a 
lecture but for the second offense, he usually imposed a heavy 
fine and in addition would send the offender to the chain 
gang.  If the prisoner demurred to the sentence, the judge 
would generally double the time on the chain gang saying, 
"Well, I give you thirty days more on the chain gang for 
contempt of court."  By this methods he kept Tucson an 
orderly city during his terms in office.  He had the first 
drug store in Tucson, which he conducted for many years.  
One of the principal streets of the city , Meyer Street, 
is named for him.  He died in Tucson, September 7, 1903 
having been a resident of the town for forty seven years.

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