Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-08
Joe Tuttle,s Second Confession.


 they show the guilt of Carpenter and
 Redfeld more clearly than dld hIs first
 statement:
 "Hensley got to Redfeld's about halt ! Q day ahead of Jack and l. When Jack
 and l got there Amer, Hensley, Red
 field and l talked over the matter Of robblng the stage Our camp was on the left hand side of the road and about 3e0 yards from the river | in the big wash about five miles this
 side of Putnsm's. We got there on the | Sth of August. l kept camp and Hens | ley staid near the road every evening to | watch for the stage and the signal. | Hensley and both had masks on made | of red calico. After the rob
 bery We rode as fast as our horses could | carry us till we got within 300 yards of | Redfield's. We then stopped and | Hensley told me to go 10 the house and tell Redheld to come to hIm and that he wanted another horse and some grub.
 l told Redfeld that We had robbed
 the stage and shot the messenger, but did
 not know which of us shot him or wheth
 CT he was dead or not, that when he
 was shot hs sunk down into the front
 boot of the stage. and that We had sunk
 the money ID the slough just below
 Dodson's l then told him that Hens
 ley was outside waiting to see him.
 Redfield went out and took some grub
 with him. There was Mexican at the
 house who got there about the time l
 did. Redfeld said be didn't want the
 Mexican see hIm carry anything away
 from the house, so he lRadtield) went
 through the back window when he went
 out to see Hensley. Redfeld came back
 and the Mexican staid and took break
 fast with us, then went up the river.
 After breakfast Redfield took out some
 more grub for Hensley to go into the
 mountains with, then came back and
 went out to take Hensley a demijOhn of
 water. Redtield gave me his horse to
 ride. When l got to where Hensley was
 he had caught his own horse and told me that Redfield had killed the stage
 horse. He also told me that he was
 going into the mountains back of old
 Dr. Kings, and to send Jack to him
 when he came, saying that Jack would know where to come tO. 1 then went back to the house and had a talk with
 Redfield, who told me that he had a
 great time keeping the campers away
 from his place. as he expected us back any day; that they had figured up that the money went up on the Sth of every month, and that he expected us back on the 9th. Redfield also told me had killed the stage horse-said he had taken hIm up the wash that Curley Bill and Pony Deal used to camp in and took him over the bench into another wash on the Jeff, backed him into a hole and shot him, and that he wished 1t would rain so as to wash out the tracks. Redield asked me how much money l thought we had taken. 1 told him I did not bnow-that the sack Hensley had was silver. but as l did not open the sack had l could not tell whether It was sil- l yer or gold. Redfeld said If they don't come on your track tomorrow night l they are probably of vour track and l won't come at all. He also said he | hoped it would rain. and that Tuesday l he would take the wagon and go down 1 with ne and get the money, that he was | anxious to know how much there was. l When Jack came he (Redtield)and l had | a talk, and we agreed that Jack should 1 go to Hensley's and stay there three or | four days, until We could get the money and bring 1t to Redfield s, and then that | they Jack and Hensleyl could come | down after their share Of 1t. Hensley | and Jack told me that We would have to | divide equally with Redfieid. Carpenter l came to Redfield's, I think, on Sunday. | He had been up the San Pedro looking | for a hOrso that Jack had stolen from | some MexIcans, and which had strayed | away from his camp in the mountains. It was a little buckskin horse stolen by | Jack at the same time that he stole the | mare that he had sold in Florence. I told Carpenter that Jack was afOot and | wanted him (Carpenterl to bring a horse and meet him. Carpenter said he could not get another horse then as all the | horses were ont in the hills, but that he would take his own horse and let Jack steal him and then borrow a horse to ride back to Redfeld's on himself On the morning after the robbery at Red fields house, took the mask l had on at the robbery and show ed lt to Redtield and he took 1t out of my hand and burned it up, and took my shot gun, wrapped it up in sacks and buried 1t Tn the stable. I had some shells loaded with buckshot which he also took out and buried, Redfield said there was no danger of anyone suspecting ue, and that he would swear that l came there the day Of the robbery. Redield told me that once before that fine horse came there and had to be killed to keep him from telling stories, and that a great deal of money changed hands the night before he was killed. Carpen- ter told me that at the time of the Blsbee stage robbery the men who robbed II came to Redtield's and that he tCarpen- teri knew who they were, but that when the officers came to Redfield's tO find them and asked him Carpenter what he knew about the affair and If he knew who the men were and where they were, he told them he did not know but that he did know who they were and where they were all the time. He sald that the officers first tried to bribe him and then tried to scgre him but he said, Gentle men. you cannot brIbe or scare me into telling where they are" While in jail Carpenter told me that they had DO evidence against him and that he would be let out in few days and that he would go up on the San Pedro. get band of rustlers and coma down and break open the jail, and that he would bring my brown horse and good horse for Len and then he would like to see them catch us. I told him did not want to take such chances
 Tuesday when 1t became known that Tuttle had made another confession which contained stronger evidence against Carpenter than did his first con fession, a public meeting was held at the Court house to hear the evidence read and determine whether it was sufficient to warrant 8 summary execution of the prisoner, But before the meeting had tol,ar, any action in tha matter it was l