Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-09-06

bed the stage near Riverside, Pinai county, recently and murdered Wells, Fargo's messenger:
 THE CONFESSION.
 I came down to Len Redfield's about the 1st day of August from Joe Kclsey's place where 1 had beel stopping to hold the ranch for him.
 When got to Redfield's Charley Hcnslcy was there and he told Red field our business,-told him we were gong down the Gila 10 take in the stage. When we got ready to start we had an old hatchet and Redfield said he WAS afraid of that ha'chet as the eve WAS broken. Et thcB said "You had better take my hatchet and after you get through
 with it throw 1t as far as you can.
 It is new and has Ecver been used before" When we started Redfeld also said: Take good care of your horses az they arc your mnin dcpen- denco." It was understood that we
 were to do the work on the Globe stage near he Gila river. We came on down to Florence and piokete' onr hor-eS in the stubSie field be
 tween ReIny's and Hollands ranches (ln the large grove of sun>fowers  along the ditch.-Eo.l and staid there two days. Finally we got cut of provisions and Jack Amer said would go into Florence and sell his horse and come ont on the stage
 He came into town, cold his h0rse aud then csme out to us and gave Charley Hcnsley $1G. That night
 Charlie Henley came into Florcnc . and bought some b'eId. some tea, some bacon. a ho'tle of wl:iskey and a grey woollcn shirt, at Smith &
 Murray's store. We when went out to the big wa b two or three miles this side of Evans station We
 were to take the stage in at this wash. Jack Amer was to come out nn the stage, md as signal that there was tr.asure aboard he wns to wear 0 red shir'. with a white hand erchief around his neck and
 was to sing song when he came 10 the wash. Charlie Hensley was watching for him. and when the stage passed came hack and said: 1.-The stage got by before saw Jack" I said ''le,'s no go. let's stop this" and Charlie replied, ed d-n you come alnng." and krew if I did not %. he would shoo, me. We then got o1to our horses. passed the stage at Evans' station and wcat ou across the river. beyond Putnan,'s. to the place where Che robbery occurred, nnd the stage was robbed and man YVES kii> led. I ws behind a bush On tic left hand side of the road going toward Globe. and Hens- ley was on the oti,cr sidf Hcnsley fred seven shc:s end must have fired c le. Hen Sley clsims he fired sevoa siiote and there were se- ven cartridges gone out of his gan He had A ralihe Winchester. Hensiey took the near leader out of the stage team and Ts got onto our horses, and Charlie load the stage horse. We carrisd the money.
 Charlie put his in the ssddle hacs and I carried mine on the saddle in front of Ire. T'osn ver.. my saddle bags, left ca the ground and the belt and knifs fund there bclong to Jack Aimcr and the lsatcht to Len Ecifeld,@we neglected 10 throw it away. The saddle left at Evans station by Jack -eloDg to me. Jack had s50 saddIc when he came down berc. but he said you take my saddle and I wil! take yours. as it is lighter. and bring it un On the sta gc He told ne to tell Frank Carpenter. t', bring bIni horsc I told Red fields when frc got back. but he said Frank was away. Frank came homo in a day or SO and told hiln. He said he had 10 horse. but wcnt down the river on horaeback ahd sad be was going to Dodson's. The next morning Jack came to Redfeld's on Carpenters horse. I think Frani Carpenter kacw where we had beer and what we were doing. Wbe Jack came back he said Carpenter had loaned him 9f0. told Carpen- ter that somebody go: hut on the stage but didn'i think that I did ii. He made no reply When 90 got back to Redicld'S Hen ley did noi 1 go 10 the house, but seut mo to tell 1 Rediield that he vented to see him, ! Rcdficld went out and saw Hen ley, 1 took some bread to hin and told Iuc 1 to cook breakfast while he was 1 away. After breakfast Reddeld ] went out and took Hcnsiey some l grub 10 go out into inc hills with. { He asked me how much to take and l I told him I didn't know how much ! he wantei. Before we got to DoC4 i sons, on the way up, we cached the 1 silver in slough otfto the left of 1 the road. The gold had lost out of ! my pocket. After caehing the no, |