Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-22
Late kilograms.

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Buiieta.
TUCSON, A. T., March 21.-This
morning, at daylight, the track
man at the s. p. r. r. depot found
the body of Frank Stiliwell aboul
one hundred yards north Of Portel's
hotel, at the side of the track rid
died with bullets The circum
stances of the case, so fer os learned
are as follows: S,illwell arrived
here Sunday to appear before the
Grand Jury on the charge OF stage
robbery near Bisbee last Move mber.
He was under bonJs for his ap-
pearance. Last night when the
west.bound passenger train ar
rived il brought the remains OF
Morgan Earp, who had been killed
Saturday night at Tombstone, and
his three brothers. accompanied by
Sherman McMaster, Dock Holt
day and man known as Johnson,
all heavily armed with sbo!guDs
aud revolvers. A few moments
before the train started Stillwell
and IKE Clanton, brother Of the
Clspton who was killed in Tomb
stone by the Earps, went
to the depot To meet
d man by the name Of Mcdowell,
who was to have come in as wit
NESS before the Grand Jury. On
Arrival at the depot they saw tie
Earp party walking on the plat
form Stliwell advised Clantou Ia
leave at once, saying they wanted
? to kill him. CiantOn leiJ A few
moments later Stiliwell was seen
walking down the track in the di =
rection where his body was found.
Four Of the armed men who were
on the platform soon followed.
, One was described ps q slender,
light complexioned man, wearing
a light hat. Just as the train was
) leaving six shots were heard in the
locality OF the assassina. ion, but at
tracted no particular attention,
and n0thisg was known Of the
tragedy until this morning, when
the body was discovered. SIX shots
went into his body, four rifle balls
and two loads Of buckshot Both
legs were sn0t through, ana
"a charge of buckshot in
his left thigh and a achalge through
his breast, which must have been
delivered close, as the coat was
powder.burnt, and there were six
bucksbot holes within u radius OF
three inches. Stilwell had 8 pis
tol on bis person which was not
discharged. He evidently Was
taken upawares. as he was desper-
ate in fight and u quick shot.
His watch was taken in the hurry,
of which part of the chain was
left. There Is much excitement here
concerning the assassination, and
many specuiations are rife. Some
say that he was decoyed to the
spot where he fell, as be pos
sessed strong evidence against
certain stage robbers. 9th
ers think he was trying TO get away
from the carp party and was over
taken. While 1t ia thought by
some that he went down tn track
to shoot one or more Of the carp
party rs the train was moving cut,
two Of them being on board. The
killing Is thought 10 have been
done by four of the party who ac-
companied the Esrps here, rs the
four men who followed tue deceased
down the track were not SO IN
again. This morning at O'Clock,
as the east-bound freight train sp.
preached Papago, nine miles east
of here, it was tagged and four
armed men got on the train. They
are strongly suspected. The de-
ceased was 81 years of age, was a
native of Texas, and ia u brother to
the famous Texas scout, Jack Still
well. He has been in Ariz)-
ma four years, was team
ste at Signal for some
time, and lately has been
keeping livery stable at Charles.
ton and Bisbee, and was an ex
Deputy Sheriff OF Cochise county.
Yesterday Ike Clanton received
several dispatches from Tom bstone
warning him to look out; that a
party were coming down to put
him out of the way, which placed
him on his guard. The authorities
here are determined to go to the
bottom of this matter, and If the
parties are apprehended there will
be no sham examination but a
trial on the merits, and the guilty
parties, whoever they may be, will