The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-10-24
Letter from Tucson
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 EplroR AmzoSA MINER;
 Since my Inst letter from this place, the long looked for harbinger of good times, the Paymas,er, has arrived and paid off the out. standing indebtedness of Uncle Samuel" at this place, had supposed from the frequent . mentioning of the arrival of the Paymastcr, ! that our venerable relative aforesaid was oN- ! ing every body, and that the "dgh,ncssr of | the money market would be immediately re- | Hcved. But. from observation since. should | say such was not the case but, on the con 1 trary. quite the reverse. With the exception of additional "tightpcss" of individuals, no difference has been made porccptible to thc naked eve Some individuals, l am told, have made much money by buying mp the claims of those soldiers who were ordered away from here to California just before the arrival of the Paymaster.
 This has been quite sickly season here much more so than ordinary--as 1 am told by the old residents 1 should not suppose it to be sickly place, in general. but the extra ordinary rains will account for the sickly season.
 On Inst Sunday, man by the name of i Moore, who has been carrying military ex- press between this place and Camp Grant, was foully murdered at midday, and in about 1 the center of this town. About noon on that ] ,iay, his wife gave the alarm that he was kiled | Several men immediately went Co the house and found the murdered man lying on the ] floor. near the door. dead with one pistol- shot through his head and another through ! his body--both from behind Upon being questioned his wife first said he was shot by a soldier. As the man had been dead an hour or SO, she was asked why she had not given the alarm sooner and she then said she did not see him shot-was not there in fact but at a neighbor's house. She was arrested at oncc charged with the murder. and the Coroner summoned jury to enquire into the cause of death, and after some examination of the matter, they adjourned over until the next morning. On Monday morning draft drawn in favor of the murdered man for the stia of sslQ0, dated October l,t. was pre- sented at 2 store in town by young Mexi- can. He was taken in charge, and upon be- ing questioned as to how he came by the draft said that t was given him by another Mexican who was owing him, to get changed. This was found Co be true, and 1t was finally traced to a Mexican named IIilario Pacho, who said 1t had been given him by the de- ceased two or three weeks before. As the date of the draft showed that it had been is- sued only four days before. his statement was seen at once to be a false one, and upon searching his house some other things belong ing to the deceased were found, and Pacho and his wife were both arrested The Coro- ners jury brought in a verdict 10 the effect that Moore was killed by his wife. and that Pncho and his wife were accessory thereto The wife of the murdered man waived the preliminary examination and was committed
 to jail on the charge of murder, to await the action of the Grand Jury at the January
 term of the Court. Pacho and his wife were
 examined yesterday and were committed tc jail on the charge of being accessory to the 7 murder. The body of the murdered man wa . buried yesterday. Quite a large number o
 persons were present at the grave, where thS burial service was read by John c. Capron esq. This terrible event caused considerabl, a excitement here, as this is the first murder q that has been perpetrated here for som, O months. In fact, notwithstanding its hart ', name abroad. l should say that Tucson wa
 very leacea6ie, orderly town, for the iron 7, tier
 d The Mexican portion oi the population O seem 10 enjoy life well. They seem never t fl be at loss for an occasion for rejoicing an,
 they have a continued succession of "Uest1s'
 at which they eat and drink, sing and danc T and make merry Would enlightenment mak Il them happier The American oitizens are a D. a class, pleasant gentlemen. Some of then o are so tOuchy and sensitive upon anythn
 relating to Tucson that it is painful to con
 template Several individuals of this clas 1- have been looking very dejectedly for som l- weeks and l have been puzzling myself fo ,e the cause. But, yesterday, the question wa T solved for me: The Governor is absent am ' they fear that he is seiitag 6e Cd}dtai t0 M i' people of Phrmr This was told me as a grea
 secret and entrust it to you in the sam ,t way, but i don't believe A word of it. don
 believe the people of Phoenix want the capi
 tai this season
 Sam McClatchy, James Fugitt and AIi r. Bashan arrived here from Wickenburg da
 before yesterday. Mir Rogers and family
 (formeriy of Prescott) are here and intenl
 going back to Prescott. Rogers says he Ina
 been as far east as New Mexico, and the far
 ther he went, the harder it was 10 make a liy
 ing and SO he is on the back track. k The Indians have been quiet for som q weeks. J. ALsAP. WE are pleased to learn that the Pittsbur --' & California Mining Company, operating i
 Mohaye county, this Territory, are gettin e along finely in opening their mine, known a ,- the Mitchell lode Their mill, situated a fe, .s miles below Mohaye City, is nearly completed d In another week they expect to commenc
 crushing rock.
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