Arizona citizen., 1874-09-05

the north side We could only trace them to a reservoir about one quarter of mile north of the house. We also saw horse tracks leaving the house, but saw none going towards the house. They led around the base of the Pecacho into a large, sandy arroyo running south. In the arroyo with the horse tracks, we also saw shoe or boot tracks Of one person, both horse and shoe or boot tracks going in a sOuthcrly direction toward Sonora l followed the tracks the distance of mile and d half AS far as 1 followed the tracks, they kept no road. searched the house of Ilayden and found no firearms. l also found neither any coffee, sugar nor tObac- co, eXcept about one half pound of sugar in little sack. IalsO found in corner of the cabin lot of clothing with d great deal Of blood upon 1t, which now have Ill my possession.
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this
 W. G. PoINDExTER.
 J. w. CLARK, Notary Public.
 The affidavit of Morales corrobOrates that of Poindexter excepting as to the iden- tity of the body of Hughes, the affiant not having any acquaintance with Hughes. It is more circumstantial as to the tracks of the two men and horse. It does nOtcOn- tain other particulars of interest and therefore it is not published. MT. Clark reports the following in addition to the ai- fidavits:
 The above afiidavits were all the legal and material testimony that could De OO- tained under the circumstances All or the parties who went from tucson tu the scene of the murder, are, without eXcep- tion, firmly convinced that the deed was peTpetrated by MeXicans and not by md ianS. All of the circumstances tend to prove that the crime was committed Dy two parties. The contract entered into be- tween Layden and ByesterO on the 2d ot August, as stated in the affidavit of MT. POindeXter, contained the following terms and conditions viz: That Layden was to furnish the Mexican with board, tools, quicksilver, animals and every other thing which might be necessary in the process of reducing silver ore, and ln re- furn the Mexican was merely to furnish his own labor, and was to receive one quarter of the gross results. Only tnlr- feen days had elapsed between the date o1 the contract and the supposed nlght oi the murder; whether heremalned at Layden'S cahin during those thirteen days or not IL is imposSible to tell. But certainly suSpl- cion points towards him aS one oi the criminals. and probably if the clue were followed up the murder might De IOund 1 lying at his door. The Indians also state l that two or three udiS OCIOlS tAiS SAAiiA was committed, a strange Mexican passed through their village, and on being ques- | tiOned as to where he was going, Sald he was going up to the PicachO ltne place where Layden'S cabin IS Sltuatedl 10 W' TIA. This accounts for the presence or the two | tracks found in the arroyo. Although the | foot track is lost after the criminals had taken to the mesa in order to avoid large 1 band in the arroyo, it again reappearS at the distance of a few miles, and It IS sup posed that the man on loot had got up be- ! hind his companion on the horse !ne miles distant and trailed them directly to Lavden's cabin. They seemed bent on avoiding the road as much as possible, T The same reasons for so oolhS "Hlci, | might be assigned in other cases, WOuld l not he SO cOgent in this one, as they were | travelling through a country without any l inhabitants save Indians, ana rtlrely NiSlC cd bv either Americans or MeXlcanS.- But l Mir PoindeXter assigns reason TOT Sucn | acIIOn, which io pIODdUTg tiiO t1ff7I1I viz: Byestero knew that PolndGAter was to return from Sonora to Cababl on Ol about the 20th, and the meeting of him, in all probability, forced him to avoid the road as represented. Capt. Ochoa states that neither he nor any of his Indians had been at Layden's cabin Tor three weeks prior tO the discovery of the mur der, and did not go there until sent for by 1 MT. POindeXter
 The men were certainly killed between I the 18th and 20th of August, for among the papers found in the cabin, are two no' ticeS of location of mines in Geo. Hughes handwriting, dated the 18th. There is also a letter written by Layden and directed to g. R. DeLong, dated the 18th, requesting DeLong to send him out box of candles by Geo. Hughes, provided Hughes should return to Cabab. This shows that it was i Hughes intention to return to Tucson and he probably would have done so on the morning following the night of the mur- der, as he had picketed his horse short distance from the cabin so that it might be in readiness for his departure. In all probability. they were killed either upon | the night of the 10th or that of the 18th, as the stench arising from the QecompOsi- tion Ot the bodies on the day of discovery the 20th, was so great as to prevent their being lifted from the shaft.