Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-09-02

Hawloy and Vail went so fast I could not keep up with them. Vail mounted and started on as I struck the bottom of the hill. He started up 3 little knoll. I over took hawley by this time, and Hawley threw cartridge into his gun and said "we will have to kill him" Hawley shot twice and shot once. Then we went away and left Vail, travelling up the canyon.
 We stopped to rest, when Hall came up we recognized him as the messenger
 He said he had been shot at by the h. dians. When he first saw us he dropped behind some bear grass and then said, you are white men, thought you were Indians. Let's get into Globe" We sad, i've are going in soon." We all got up and started together. I don't think Hall was ever behind both of us at any one time. He carried his pistol in his hand nearly all the time He said he was wounded in the thigh, but not badly lie had small bullet in his hand which he said was from his wound I can't tell whether he suspected us or not. We travelled together. ! was ahead most of the time. About mile and three-quar- ters we stopped to look over the ridges and decided which way VIC would go. l stood little in advance Of Hall, and at this place Hawley shot Hall in the back. l think the first shot was a dead shot. hail ran about ten steps and turned to- ward me and fell on his knees He fired four or five shots. l then walked away and shot at him. Hawley kept shooting. l don't know now many shots he did fire
 We Started to go off and I saw two boys Tn the canyon. 1recganized Eugene Mid dleton, but did not recognize the other. About 3OO yards from there we sat down to divide tho money. We poured it out on the ground and I had counted some thing over $1,600 I was taking it up and putting 1t into cantenas again The rest of tho money was there on the ground l went to see if Middleton and che other man were coming up I saw them coming, trailing us and told Flaw | ley to get the money and come on, as ws had not time to finish counting it. He said we had better divide and part as soon as possb bie. He said, There's your mon- ey. l don't want to know what you do with !t. ." said that wouldn't go back and count it for it; as men are coming upon us horseback. He said, "all right, we will make this all right some other time" We parted there; whether he took my part or not, I don't know, but thlnk ne did. kept my eye on him un. til he was out of sight 1 was afraid he would shoot me. I got to town about half-past three or four o'clock. Don't think Hawley got n until nine o'clock. 1 saw man pass my brothers house about that time. thought he came to see whether had got in all right That's the first time saw him until I got to Bloody Tanks, recognizing the prisoner to be the man referred to as Hawley in my statement.
 fsigneO L. " GRIMES,
 HAwL2Ts CONFESSION.
 The frst conversation was had with c. Grimes on Friday, he stating t would be an Indian scare and 1 would give no an- swer until afternoon. Then 1t was under stood it would be tried, and if it did not succeed in frightening them of, il would pass for an Indian scare. We were not to kill any men or to shoot at them. They mad x few days previous located a proper place and signal posts and left theil tools. l was to take the upper sigma post and young Grimes wes to take the lower place and de the main fighting and take the treasure, and I should do the watching as l was informed by them both that young Grimes had had experience il
 that business before in Northern Califor. mia. They stated that they had made sh. attempt a few days previous and backed out. It "as arranged that Cicero Grimes
 would accompany the mail down. |
 he thought it to shoot the the mule hc would help make the scare, but he cam, down In advance and had talk with hi
 brother. He passed on and told him tha
 there was good treasure. 1t was under
 stood that there was to be no shooting .
 the men, but shoot the mule and friyhte!
 the men, but the messenger attempted tt
 drive the mules through ard had 8 gun
 in his hand. Grimes shot at him and h.
 turned back and the mail carrier ral
 back. After they ran away I shot tn
 mule that mad the treasure, and Crime
 came down and broke open the box an'
 started towards Globe. I followed. W
 went over two ridges, down ravine
 nearly to Bremen's road, when Vail rod
 up close behind us and stated Indlans ha
 shot at him. We accompanied him ove
 the divide. He undertook to leave us b
 getting on his horse and starting, we bot shot at once, thinking lie knew us both and had become convinced that Crime , carried the treasure, as hs had vatche him closely before he left l fired tn , second shot, when we started up the right
 hand gGlch. became very tired and " hld ln some oak brush and soon saw tn , messenger coming over, little south { , Us. He came down to the gulch and go l drink. He happened to pass near U md Grimes fired 8 shot at him when witt , in forty feet of us He quickly wheele with revolver in hand and said, Hello you are white men. I thought ther , were more Indians here" Grimes said We thought you were an Indian" Il , turned back to us and showed us whe- 5 he had been shot in the thigh, the ba partly protruding, which lamed him an , threw him behind us So we went tc , gcsher, he thinking we were all right. H 7 saw Grimes loaded down, and noticed hi, 7 particularly and eyed him closely. II | then wanted us to 80 each side of hll
 some distance and not behind him. Whe l we got to the place where he was kille ? we were resting. He got up to look owe : the country around on the ridgea and W both shot him. He wlliried around an l fired several shots at Grimes and we she } several times more The last shot Crime 3 walked up to within few feet of hin s and shot him while he was lying dowI We went & quarter or half a mile, divide 3 the money and then separated I wer : to hide mine and he said he was going o to hide his, and we would both go t Q Globe. I rested two hours, went up o tthe ridge and saw a team coming I "a 5 back down into the gulch and remaine h until after dark and ther came into Glob, :, O. Grimes said the telegraph wire coul t be cut, but we made no such arrang !, ment, and know nothing of its beir : dono If must be executed, I want { d be shot instead of being hung, as u