Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-08


 the hill above the spring, of semI-circu-
 lar stone walls, one back of the other. ] They remained here several days, and
 were well supplied with plenty of am | intuition and provisions. While here
 they became acquainted with some min | CTS, who had a cabin on the south side | of the main canyon that opened out tO
 the San Pedro river. Henseley had a | quarrel with one of the miners, and
 threatened his life. For some reason
 the three robbers suddenly deserted | their fort, and went over to an old wood
 camp, eight miles above the miners
 cabin, and staid there eight days. This
 was August 27th. This old wood camp
 is on the topmOst summit of the RIH- | cons, and from there Tucson can be seen thirty miles due west.
 1 On August 26th, Sheriff Paul received
 a telegram from George II. Davis, Wells, | Fargo's agent at Benson, to come. MT.
 Paul responded the next morning, and
 on Monday evening Messrs. Paul, Davis | and two other men were at the miners
 cabin, twenty eight miles from Benson. Davis knew of an appointment that the
 robbers had at the cabin on Wednesday | to get fresh supply of bacon, the only I some reason unknown to either Paul or | Davis, the robbers came down one day | ahead of time, on Tuesday, the 18th. .and went into camp near the mouth of Deer l creek and North creek, marked c in the 1 above map, about three-quarters of ! a mile from the miners cabin. On their way down one of their horses fell and | broke d leg, and they killed him.
 ! l..4 Quarralled on Tuesday morning went up
 on the hill about half way between the
 cabin and the robbers new camp to burn some charcoal to shoe d lame horse he
 had. While he was busy chopping away
 at tree, Hensely suddenly appeared,
 and sighted his gun at the miner. With
 a scream of terror the miner dropped hls
 axe, and ran back down to the cabin crying out that Aensely had killed hlm, | although no shot was fired. At the alarm Paul and his companions grabbed | their guns, and started on keen run up the steep hill towards the place
 where Hensely had been seen. Never
 did two athletes strain brawn and sinew
 than did the sheriff and the agent to
 see which would be III first at the brush. | Hensely heard the racket in the bushes | and started to run for the camp. Paul
 saw him through an opening, and halt | ing, drew his trusty Winchester to his | shoulder, and sent three leaden messen- gers after Hensely's fast retreatlng form
 to inquire after his digestion. Hensely
 did not want an interview. Just then | Davis, who YVES few yards to one side | from Paul, caught sight of Hensely and
 went Paul one better.
 Red Jack and the other fellow were | lying on their blankets in camp. Red ! Jacs was reading Harper's Monthly for | September, and the unknown was perus- ! ing a copy of the Tombstone Republican ' of the 1lth ult., giving an account of the stage robbery. Jack and bis companion
 heard the shooting and grabbed ! their guns. They waited for neither | horse nor hat but ran up Deer | creek, leaving Sycamore canyon, fol- | lowed by Hensely. Not shot wac re | turned. Here, a few hundred yards
 above the mouth of Sycamore canyon, | all trace of them was lost. Paul and
 Davis searched along carefully, for fear
 of ambush, till the trail would disappear ! for fifty feet at a time. and finally ran out altogether. over ledge of bald
 granite. Seeing how hopeless any fur
 ther search was for the present, they re-
 turned to the robbers camp and gath cred up the trophies of the chase. Red
 Jacks hat, hls rifle scabbard, blankets,
 provisions, flour, sugar, coffee and beans. Two horses were hobbled near by. In
 fact the robbers got away with nothing
 but thelr guns. In Red Jacks nat was found a memorandum of the reward for
 them
 A messenger was dispatched with a telegram to General Crook for two Apache scouts. The robbers equip ments and horses were removed to the cabin. With cattle man pressed into service as a guide, Messrs. Paul and Davis continued their search for the robbers. They went to the old wood camp. Every canyon and hill was ex- amined in the Rincon mountains, but the robbers had evidently gone down the slope of the eastern summit. crossed the San Pedro and escaped. The Aps- che scouts arrived on Saturday from San Carlos, but they came too late. The hunt was continued till Sunday, when official business called Sheriff Paul home. He was forced to leave the l horses at Pantano, on account of their 1 sore feet, beng unshod.