Arizona citizen., 1874-08-29
TWO MORE MURDERS.
Michael Layden and George Hughes
 Murdered at Cababi.

Last Tuesday a Papago Indian arrived in Tucson with letters dated August 2I and 23, from w. G. Poindexter to Sheriff Oury. Cababi is about seventy-five miles to the southwest of Tucson. The substance of the letter of the Fist is:
 I arrived here on the 2Oth at ' a. III. and found Michael Layden and another man who think is George Hughes, both mur- dered and thrown into an old shaft sunk by miners. The shaft is about twenty-five feet deep and thirty or forty steps from the residence of Michael Layden. Geo. Hughes IS the man U. J. F. Jaeger of Yuma had here looking after his Qaeger's) mines. This atrocious crime was committed since the 18th, as I found writing in the house done by both Layden and Hughes as late as the 18th. Both the bodies lie in the bot tom of the shaft, and visible from the sur face. Both have their heads split open with large chopping ax now in my charge. I have delayed covering up the bodies for the reason that desired inform ing the authorities at Tucson who might want to see them.
 
 if they know who did the murder, and all of them deny knowing anything about it. My impression is that the real murderer or murderers came with Hughes from Tue son, we have made, and so has Judge Osborn, dlligent inquiry and cannot learn that any body went from here with Hughes.-ED. CrrIzEN.l I am here with m ily- I hoN o y,H SI,- with me; also hired boy.
 Other portions of the letter refer to the sending of it by an Indian, and of the fail- ure Of the Indian to do it. On the 23d, the Indian was ready and on that day MT. PoindeXter wrote in substance:
 covered up the bodies as found them in the shaft, for we could not endure the steneh any longer. The men were mur- dered while asleep in front Of their cabin door and within three or four steps of it. I am now convinced that the murderer of these men is some one brought out here t. work, by Hughes, as I have succeeded il trailing fresh shod horse track from the house going in the direction of Sonora. have not been able to find the horse or
 
 and his Indians have and are still doing all in their power to find out the mystery of this horrible murder. At three o'clock this afternoon, the Indians report that there are two of the marderers, one on foot and the other on horseback. They traiIed them through the plains and mountains near Coveter across the line but nearit.
 The sheriff turned over MT. Poindexter's letter to Judge Osborn from whom we ob- tained it. Dr. Wilbur, agent of the Papa gos, thought it would be useless for him to take any action, inasmuch as MT. Poin- dexter satisfied himself that the Indians had no hand in the murders, and that they were doing all in their power to dis cover the guilty one or ones.
 Coroner Warner deputized J. w. Clark, Esq, to go and investigate the circumstan- done, and MT. c. with two others left for that purpose on Wednesday morning. They will not get back before Saturday. Until they report we probably shall have no further particulars of this terrible murder which seems to have been com mitted without provocation. The mur- dered men had little if any money at all. and no property except some camp uten- sils and bedding, and horse or two. If they had enemies we cannot learn the fact from anybody here. Michael Laydep was among the first immigrants to this section. George Hughes was simply eIn- ployed to look after notices on the mining claims of J. l.. F. Jaeger, and his duties there would have soon ended.