Arizona citizen., 1874-08-01


 on the forehead was not clotted. We then followed fresh horse tracks in a southwesterly direction about 1000 yards and found the body of dead man. He was lying on his face with two pools of blood on the right side. There was a large hole in the back on the spine about four inches above the hip bone. There was another hole about three or four inches above the first hole, made appar- enty by single ball. I believe the lower hole was made with shot or bullets fired from a shotgun. We turned the body over and found large pool of blood under his head; and though we did not examine, 1 am satisfied there were also wounds in the head. In following the tracks, we found the hat of the last men toned deceased about 500 or 1000 yards from the first. From appearances the horse of deceased fell and deceased con- tinued on foot up to the place where we found the body about 400 or.500 yards be- yond. He had traveledfn partial circle, as in direct line it was about 1000 yards between the bodies. The deceased was a Mexican about F or IS years of age After we had returned to the house and told Wilson we had found the bodies, he-Wilson--oaid the first one did not of fer much resistance but that the second one was game and snapped pistol at us at least twenty times, but it would not go off; that his mare fell with him, and that he-the MeXican-then run like a son of a bitch. 1 only know that the man with Mir. Moore was named Wilson by hearing Moore call him by that name. 1 first saw Mr. Moore three or (fOur) days ago. He passed here with Mir. Goldberg's train. I heard him called Moore as he passed.
 John A. Ruis was sworn and testified: am in the employ Cf Mir. Laberee at Des- ert station. Yesterday morning I WITS busy at my work and 1 heard the remark made bS some one about the station that Mir. Moore and another man had gone out after horse thieves then looked out of the door and saw two men goiEg up the road in the direction of the Picacho. There were two men. l had heard the men called Moore and Wilson at the sta ton. About fifteen minutes afterwards, I was out doors and heard shots and saw the smoke of the shots. Wilson and Moore returned to the Station in about half an hour. MT. Moore came into the door the room opposite to the dining room where l was and where the men at the station were eating breakfast Moore commenced combing his hair and in re- ply to a remark made by some one, said: " You bet blowed the whole top of his head off" Moore than went on to tell that the men dodged around trees and snapped pistols at him. He repeated this two or three times. After all the men had got through eating and had prepared breakfast for Moore and Wilson, they came in and set down at the table. I then asked Mr. Moore if he was not afraid he would get in some trouble about this affair He replied: "Shut up, don't say anything. Nobody cares any "thing about Mexicans." I then left the diningrOom, going out by the door in the passage way and went round and quietly entered the kitchen by the outside door. 1 then heard Wilson say to Moore: Are you not going to give ne that--?" The last word I could not understand. Moore replied: |" No 1 want that myself, am out enough on this trip anyhow. 1 want to get even somehow. After some conversation between them which 1 could ot understand, heard Wilson ask Moore for the pistol. Moore answered: "No, I have 10 tak& that and deliver it on the Gila. After they had left the table, 1 went out into the room where they were and ask, Wilson tc let me see the pistol he had brought n 1t was handed to me asked Wilson if that was the pistol the Mexican snapped at him? He said Yes" examined it and handed it hack to Will son. It was an olG fashioned octagon barreled navy revOlver-COl' pattern There were six loads in it but only five caps. l lifted one cap and found it wet, as the percussion stuck to the nipple of the chamber. The pistol shown me was carried of by Moore when he left for tlfc Gila. l believe the first article asked for yWitson from Moore and which did not understand, did not refer to pistol but to some other article as Wilson alter wards asked for the pistol. heard Moore and Wilson say the McXicans had two pistols. Moore and Wilson were both sober. The pistol shown me did not show any sign of having been snapped The end of the caps looked as if they had not been struck by the cock of thu pistol
 Charles H. Laberce vas recalled and testified: The Moore who was here yesterday and went out in company with Wilson after the horse thieves, is the same Moore Who passed here about last Dece.h- Der in the direction of Tucson with bard of horses and a drove of hogs, and, what he called, a fine stallion. bought some hogs from hip He stopped about 8 week at the Smile Water Hole. I after wards saw him in Tucson He then told me he was then living out at the Rillito
 Julius Bauerlcin testified l reside in PheniX, MaricOpa county I arrived at Desert station, about 27 miles west of Tucson, last Wednesday evening. Short ly afterwards, man arrived at the sta Snv, nd !, IL.