The Worthington advance., 1882-07-27
KILLED BY VIGILANTE.
Three Arizona DesperadOes Corraled
Two Killed and the Other Commits
Suicide After Canturc

Arizona vigilante are again at work. Last
week Bill Mulcahy, Jack kingsbury and
Nevada jim, who killed two Mexicans and
morta]ly wounded two Americans at Caleba-
zas, New Mexico, were pursued by an organ
lied party oflifteen. The pursuit was kept
ur with vigor during Monday. At ! o'clock
p. m. the fleeing mllrdcrers were sighted in
the distance, the animals they rode being
heading for precipitnous, peak. With a
yell the pUrsuers spurred their horses on
ward. The doomed despera,loes succeeded
by superhnman effort in reaching the goal
oftheir hopes, where they dism0unted and
sought refuge in the recesses of its rocky
Sides AS the pnrsuerS approached they
were received with a vollcy from the Win
chcsters with which the fugitives were
armed, and oRc of their number were
wounded in the shoulder. The avengers
then withdrew and held hasty consnlta-
ton, actcrming to kill or capture the vii
lainS at all hazards.
The party dsm0untc'l and cautiously adj
vance,l, keeping as much as possible under
cover until the base of the rocky elevation
was reached when with shout of defiance
and q vOllcy from their six-shooters a rush
was made. With the GOODNESS
of desperation the murders awaited the on.
set, and once more the WincheSters were
brought into rcquisition. The battle lasted
bu: few minutes. The ambushed cnt-
Il tlroats fought with a. fury born Of despair.
Two Of them were quickly killed. and the
third, Nevada Jim, was brought down by a
shot through the thighs. The vigiante
spared his life till rope could be procured
to hang him. lie suddenly seized a revolver
belonging to one Of his dead comrades,
which was lying near, and fired at Fallehy,
who fell pierced through the lung. Laugh
ing derisivcly, he then sent bullet crashing
through his own brain. The citizens gcncr-
ally approve Of the viglants' course.
Dcclaratory Statements-Their Re-
ceptiOn Prohibited.
The commissioner of the general land Of
fee has issued instructions to the land off,
GERS prohibiting them from receiving SOL
diers's declaratory statements unless they are
accompanied by the affidavit of the soldier
stating that the entry was named for actual
settlement and cultivation in good faith; also
that he intends to comply with the pro-
visions Of the homestead law. He is also
required to file the affidavit of the attorney,
if the filing is made by an attorney that he
makes the filing as the attorney and not for
the purpose of withdrawing the land from
settlement to sell it again for speculation,
and that he has no interest in the filing or
the lands covered thereby. These filings are
used by attorneys who under the old law OBJ
tanned power of attorney from the soldier
to file declatory statement which held the
land for six months. These are filed upon
lands that are likely to rise rapidly-near
towns and railroads just being completed
The; they sell or release them TO the in.
coming settlers or to persons to
occupy the lands. These powers of attor-
ncy are obtained from soldiers who never in
tends to occupy the lands and who sell
them for small sum to the attorney. In
this way very large areas of the most dcsir-
able land have been artificially covered mp
1t is believed this order of the commissioner
will etfectualIy obviate this evil. T)pis prac-
tice has been carried on to large extent.
In one case an attorney has 1900 of these
filings, which Withdrew from market 81, 900
acres. The filings cost him from 81 to S q
piece and he sold the relinquishments from
$50 to $50 piece.
Lord Westbury, grandson Of the noto-
rious lord, chancellor Orchard Bethell),
is to marry Lady Agatha Tollemache,
!, granddaughter of the late Lord Dysart,
who left her and her sister 81 ,OOO, ,OOO
each. The other sister married young