The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-06-20
c. P. STANTON, EXPLAINS.
STANTON WANTS THE GRAND JURY TO ACT.

ID. Mt@Ehs-l ifE hAAk yON VIII
 pleased to give me space in your column
 to expose black and most infamous con Epiraey concocted. plotted and csrr.e ed ou with the most consummate skill and pre-
 eision, by powerful combination of un
 scrupuious parties, who hesitated not st th
 psrpefrstion of every enormity 10 fully se
 c0mplish their disbOlical purpose, and C
 more effeciuaIly and completely circum
 vent the publIc, made the authorities an'
 Territory of Arizona an unconscious pArtic
 ipator in the plot.
 ! was arrested na the 9th day of Marcl
 fast. at my house on Antelope Creek, takeI
 from my business, irons placed ca me, ans
 taken to inc Prescott jail by under Sheuf
 Herl,rrt, on a warrant sworn out by W. J TompKins of Prescott. The warrant wa issued by Justice Cate, and charged m,
 with the stealing of gold specimen.
 was given tt understanl by the sheriff aBC oihers tilat the charge upon which l wa'
 arrested was ''tramped up and amounted tS nothing that very grave and serious if not fearful. charge was about to be en'
 tered against mo as soon as certain parties cou!d hunt up evidence enough to convici
 me.
 On the 9th day of March, being the End day of my imprisonment, after all ihe pris- oners were locked up in their respective
 cells for the night. about eight o'eioek, Nicanora Rodri gues was taken from his cell into the sheriffs room-he was absent 2 considerable time. The next morning lac
 informed me that he was taken out by Wells. Fargo & Co.'S detective, TbReker, and E.P. Rains. He said that they had the following conversational give 1t in his own worlds
 s.Thuckcr and Rains said 10 me, that man stanton is bad man. he is an educated soouudrel. he knows everything, he has a
 nerve as coo, rs iron, he is q dead shot, and an escaped convict. He could pat on hiS moccasins and travel over that country faster
 than deer, he knows every inch of the country, could have gone down there (ten miles t0 the spot where Zimmerman was killed) and been back home in less than no time: he is the man that killed Trimmer man and you know II, you know the bull let came out of his gun and if you will swear to it you will at once get out of this jail and be well paid for your trouble. Will you do iif'
 Nicauora Rodriguez replied: " No, l cannot do that, that man is innocent, l know he is. l am bad enough, but cannot swear against an innocent man" Rains then re- piled, very wei, go into prison and you will be hung"
 Nicanora Rodriguez then commenced communicating robberies to me, perpetraied on Wells. Fargo X Co. and others, and said: "If am going to be hung hr. stan ,on. want others Co be hung with me, and chief among them are Rains. and 1hacker
 After am hung waui you 10 promise me. that you will publish all the robberes whichI will coufess to you, snd thereoy expose and hang others as well as me, some of these you know. and you think they arc gentlemen, but you are greatly fooled" There is one crime, on my heart, more fearful than all the others put together, Thacker's brother. who is now serving long term in San Quentin, Tor burglary, was with me in this; l will keep thIS Tor fha last one. as il IS something awful bad at this lime te think of. He then said, !" will commence with the last robbery,
 When Jesus Moline and Juan Ruibal robbed the stage near Date Creek, Ruibal came into Wicken0urg with the large bar of silver bullion. and asked me what he hau better do with it. then went 10 Rains, who was also at Wickenbnrg, and asked him what we had better dc with iti'' Rains replied, "let us bury it in the ground, VI sand we did so.n
 Rains then went to Prescott and sold the bar of bullion for $500. but the bar was worth $2,3O0. He (lsins) then hired a buggy and went to Wickenbnrg for the silver. and I, (Rodnguez) accompanied Rains in the buggy with the silver, from Wieken- burg 10 Prescott On our way tO Prescott we stopped at the house of Zimmerman, at Antelore Creek Statiop, and left the bar Of bullion in the buggy all night, in front of the door; Zimmerman Showei us large amount of placer gold which he had iH the house, among it was some fine chispas.
 When the money was received for the bar of bullion, Rains got $500. witch he had to psy for board the other Slep was divided between me and Juan fuibal, apd we bought with our money. pair Of boots and a hat. which we presented 10 Rains, as he stood in need of those articles.
 requested Nieanors Rodriguez to put all his in writing, which he did, and the letter l xas handed by me io Shenff Walker in the | presence off. A. Rush, nay attorney, and ! r. w. Beach. and was read by them.
 Rodriguez further stated that Rains had l lim ana Ruibal arrested, tO get the reward, md that the party who purchased the bar ,f bullion had 10 give up the same, and | that he was of the opinion that said party I iad to pay Wells. Fargo X Cos detective | rhacker, btibe of Sl.000. which was di- 'ided between ThacSer, Rains A Co.
 He further stated, 1t is my wish to tell -or all about the other robneTies before 'ou % out. for you will be out of here soon, Iou are an innocent maa. and have many rieuds, but there is a terrible conspiracy orlned against you and you don't seem 10 ee it yet,r
 I asked Rodriguez what he meant ] aid, SRsins and l arc very friendly, he Iss been forthe last three or four months vIs sing me and negotiating for my mine; md Thacker is n perfect stranger io me, md have never, to my knowledge. done nythinc to the others to merit such win ictive hossiIisy; cannot assign any rcas@n or such malicious persecution and hatred. ."
 Nicanora laughed at me, remaFking, "therc ; a greater plot against you thsn you are ware of: if those parties can get men to wear against yoe. do not know what the nsult will be. ana the only thing they want, tune ie hunt up their mcn!" asked Rodrigues what was their object | trying to get him to swear that l killed [  He replied: "Rsins knows that you have q le largest and best gold mine in the coun- !
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