Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-09
LAWLESSNESS RUN WILD.
A Dozen Men KtIlrd In an Arizona
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The southern wing of Pima county is
rapidly earning q reputation for lawless
ness and abipct wickedness that, if It
holds out. will lay Lincoln county, N.
M. in the shade. The building OF the
Arizona and New Mexico Railroad to the
Sonora border has introduced band of
reckless characters from all parts of the
country, and owing to the facility Of
escape afforded by the close proximity of
Sonora crimes of more than usual vicl.
business have been prevalent of late 1t
is no eXaggeratIOn to say that the SenOita
valley, through which the railroad
passes has been thoroughly irrigated
with blood. Mexicans from Sonora.
Irishmen from Galway, Englishmen from
Cornwall. Germans from Luxembourg,
Italians from the banks of the Arno,
Russians from the steppes of the Oural,
Scandinavians from Denmark, Sweden
and Norway, and Americans from every
part of this vast continent have con
trihuted their mite to this heterogeneous
medley.
For some time back the American and
Mexican labOrers have not been gettir @
along amicably. Frequent and heavy
| doses of mescal on one side and bad
whisky on the other led to frequent dis
putes, and the lively six-shOOter and
keen blade have been made to play a
prominent part in the settlement of dis.
putes. Not more than three weeks ago
an American and a Mexican engaged in
a drunken brawl and the latter was shot
and instantly killed. A CorODer's jury
was held next day and the murderer was
made foreman of the jury. The evidence
was clear aud explicit as regarded the
shooting and the identity of the partici-
pants. Nothing was smoothed over and
nothing held back. 1t was an honest,
open investigation. The jury retired
and after an absence of twenty minutes
returned the following verdict: 1--WE,
the jury empaneled in the above named
case, having examined the body, do de
clare that the name of the deceased,
when living, was Jose Morena that a
stiff Arizona zephyr was blowing across
the plains on Tuesday evening, and that
the wind concentrating in one point a
hole was bored through the said Jose
and he died in consequence
The chief seat Of the deviltry is on the
border; sometimes the rutfians are in one
country and sometimes in the other
Calabssas, Tar Flat and Crittenden are
way stations, not unfamiliar with the
crack of pistol or the sharp shrek indi-
eating the entry of a knife into the hui
man body. Igo's ranch is situated about
an equal distance from the places named,
and not more than an hours walk from
Sonora. Sunday evening a number of
MeXicans with their families arrived in
the vicinity OF the ranch and went into
camp. There were fourteen men and
eight women and girls in the party. A
number of railroaders were engaged ip a
general jamboree at a neighboring sa-
loon, and were soon joined by the Mexi-
cans, and a kind of an international
drunk INDUCED in. Soon the railroaderS
began to cOVet the Mexican women,
and demand was formally made for
their surrender. This, of course, was
refused and row ensued Pistols aud
knives were drawn and freely used. The
noise of exploding shots. the shouting of
men and the Shrieking Of women for a
time made the atmosphere hideous. In
half an hour it was all over and the
smoke cleared away. Seven Mexicans
lay stark dead and thrice that number of
Mexicans and Americans were lying on
the ground writhing in the agonies of
pain. Three of the Americans were
fatally wounded and are probably dead
by this time, and it is expected that two
more of the Mexicans will die. OF
course the shief ingtigatoTs VI the terri
BILE deed, if not dead or seriously
wounded, are across the border and out
of reach of the officers.