The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-28
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"A Remarkable Occurrence Even In
q COWBOY Region-Five Persons
Killed

"A Remarkable Occurrence Even In
q COWBOY Region-Fiye Persons
Killed.
A Tombstone, Ariz.; special gives the
following details of the recent raiding of
Bisbee by d~esperadoes: The robbers,
FIVE in number, rode into town, coming
from the south, about 80 in the evo-
ming. They dismounted at a lumber
yard just below C~astenado's store,
hitched their horses and proceeded
leisurely To the latter place. Three OF
the miscreants entered the store in
which, at the time, were six or seven
persons. Drawing revolvers as they en-
tered, they ordered the inmates to
throw up their hands, which order was
complied with 6lacrity. One of them
then commanded the bookkeeper to
open the safe. He replied that he could
not as he did not have the combination.
Another of the robbers then pointed to
Joe Goldwater, who was in the store at
the time, and said: There's the -
- that can open it," Three revolt
vers were Immediately leveled at
hia head and orders given:
open that safel" Joe lost
no time in complying, and when it was
opened one of the robbers produced a
sack and ordered their unwilling
helpers TO assist in emptying the con
teuts Of the drawers and boxes into it.
A cigar box nearlyifull Of Mexican mon
ey was tipped over in the operation,
when one of the bandits exclaimed:
why don't you shoot the old-?'
After the sale had been despoiled of its
valuables one of the bandits went up to
the back room where Castenado, the
proprietor of store was .ying IN a
bed suffering from an attack of rheuma-
tism. He was ignorant of what had tax,
en- place in the front ROOM. but an order
to "Get up out of that and throw up
your hands" soon gave him an inkling
that something was wrong. Castenado
replied: 81 can't get up Il am sick with
rheumatism in my shoulders"
Have you got anything about your"
blutly demanded the robber, bearing
his ~six-shooter In close proXim-
lty to Castenado's head. mot q c emit
replied the latter.
Tae robber then thurst bis hand be-
meath the pillows and brought to light a
buckskin sack containing over 800 in
gold coin. Turaing to leave, the robber
said, ''There,-you! be quiet and
you won't be hurt" and then rejoined
his companions in the front room.
Meanwhile a terrible scene ofbloodshed
had been enacted in the street. j. g.
EappenieT, an assayer, and the inventor
of portable assay furnace, and who
was well known in Tombstone, was
coming down the street toward the
store. One of the robbers left TO guard
the outside ordered him TO throw up
bis hands, Tappenier started to run,
but was shot dead before he had taken
hall a dozen steps. ID. 4. Slith, who with
his wife had arrived in town
but a few hours previous, was across
the street in a restaurant. Hearing the
firing, he came out to ascertain the
cause, and was ordered to 90 back, but
continued to advance, saying; II am a
deputy sheriff"
"You are the kind we are looking for"
replied one of the robbers, and both i'm
mediately commenced firing at him. he
was killed instantly o ne shot striking
him liz the center of the forehead, an
other passing through his body, and the
third taking effect in his right arm. See
ing a man called Indian Joe standing
across the street, the robbers commenced
firing at him, he ran away, anC escaped
with only q slight flesh wound In II
leg. j. A. Nollie, otherwise known as
Tex" WAS standing with a team in
front Of the store during the firing, and
was shot through the body, bet Deputy
Sheriff Hatch thinks he was struck by
one of the bullets intended for Indian
Joe. Mrs. Roberts, a boarding house
keeper, hearing the disturbance, came
to the door, which is of glass, and was
looking out, when she was struck by q
stray shot, and mortally wounded, dy-
ing yesterday morning. The murder
Gus bandits did everything in the most
leisurelv manner, thu events described
occupying ten or fifteen minutes time.
They wore heavy overcoats, and all
q one niasks Of handkerchief s
drawn over their faces. The object Of
their infamous miasion accom-
diished they departed with their plum
Der, which Mr.. CastenGada says amount
ed to from 81, 800 to So, go. They monnt-
ed their horses and deoarted, in appar-
antly no great hurry in the direction
from whence they cane AT 8 o'clock
they were seen tn pass Milk ranch,
1--WE miles distant, laughing and chatting
among themselves, having been an
hour going five miles. A vigorous pur-
suit has been organized, aod s~syeral.par-
ties are now on the trail or the robbers,
which leads toward the Chiracahua
mountains. Nollie died this morning,
four killed in this murderons
raid.
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