Arizona silver belt., 1883-09-08
FUTILE and REDFIELD HANGED
by the Citizens Of Florence.
Second Confession of
JOE TURTLE.
Incidents Of the Hanging.


new points sufficiently duplicates Len
Redfeld as to leave no doubt of his
guilt, and that he was to share with
Hensley and Jack" in the booty. The
robbery was planned at Redfield's
house by Redfeld, Hensley, Tuttle and
Almer. After the murder and rob-
berry; the red handed Williams made all
haste to reach Redheld's ranch. When
within 500 yards of the house they
camped, and Redfeld was notified
they were there and that Hensley
wanted another horse and some grub.
The request was complied with, and
Redfield in order not to be observed
by a Mexican who was at the house;
crawled through a back window.
Redfeld had previously been notified
of the result of their mission: that they
had robbed the stage and shot the
messenger, but did not know whether
he was dead or not; when shot he
sunk down into the front boot of the
stage, and that the money had been
sunk in the slough just below bod
sons. Tuttle also confessed to Red
fields having told him that, expecting
them back and not wishing them to
be seen, he had exerted himself to
keep clear of campers, and that having
figured the day that the money went
up on the stage, he expected them
back on the 9th. Redfeld, who was
to share in the result of the robbery,
was solicitous to know of Tuttle how
much money they had taken, and SO
anxious was he that he profered, on
stated day, to 60 with Tuttle, with his
wagon, to where the money had been
secreted in the slough. 1t was agreed
that after a few days it should be
brought to Redfeld's, when Jack and
Hensley should come after their share.
1t was agreed by Hensley, Jack and
Tuttle that Redfeld should share
equally with them. Redfeld burned
the mask that Tuttle wore at the time
of the robbery. He also buried Tut
lies shot gun and shells loaded with
buckshot, first wrapping them in
sacks, in his stable, remarking at the
time to futile that there was no dan
ger of any one suspecting him, and
that he would swear that Tuttle came
there the day of the robbery--a dis
tance so great from the place of the
robbery that he (Tuttle) could not
possibly have been present. Tuttle
thus establishes the guilt of Carten=
ter, Il told Carpenter that Jack was
afoot and wanted him (Carpenter) to
bring him a horse, and meet him.
Carpenter said he could not get
another horse then, as all the horses
were out on the hills, but that he
would take his own horse and let Jack
steal him, and then borrow q horse to
ride to Redfeld's on himself" Evi-
IDENTIFY Carpenter is hard one. He
informed Tuttle that he knew who
robbed the Bisbee stage, and that the
robbers came to Redfelds, and that
when the officers came there after
them, and asked him what he knew
about the affair, and if he knew who
the robbers were, and where they
were, he denied knowing anything
about them, being well aware at the
time of his pretended ignorance, where
they were.
The foregoing is simply an epitome
of Tuttle's last confession, which is
sufficiently clear as to the guilt of
himself, Redield and others, with ad.
duced collateral proof as fully justified
the execution of Tuttle and Redfeld,
by citizens of Florence, on the Sd inst,
which was accelerated by the action
of Redfeld's brother, Hank and J. j.
Bulls of Benson, who went to Phenix
and procured an order from Judge Pin
ney, upon the ground that the life of
L. G. Redfield, then in the custody of
the Sheriff Of Pinal county was in
danger from mob violence. The writ
commanded the U. S. Marshal 10
forthwith take L. G. Redfeld from the
Sheriff of Pinal county and bring him
before 1.-The said Judge Pinney" at
Phenix. The Marshal upon his arri-
val in Florence, with posse of seven
men, at about 5 o'clock a. M, after
serving the writ upon the Deputy
Sheriff, forthwith placed guards over
the Jail, evidently, intending to secure
custody of the prisoner and depart
with him for Phenix before daylight.
Upon this becoming known, and the
fact of the presence Of some of Red
fields friends, armed, and the report
that others had been telegraphed for
to Tucson from Picacho, naturally put
citizens of Florence upon the alert.
Business of all kinds was at ohoe sus-
pended, and the populace quietly
armed, and repaired to the Jail, and
after obtaining possession of the keys
of the outer and inner doors of the