Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-12-13
AN OTHER HORROR.
A Band of Six Ru stIers
 Take in Rishee.
FOUR CITIZENS MURDERED
The Party Thought to b1
 the Train Robbe

Another terrjkrSime is chron- icled in thel gFy pages of Cochise county hIs. On Saturday even ing last agedy occurred at Bisbee whisHs even more desperate. and ibE1y than the train robbery.
 The following is the account as taken from the Epitdph:
 Shortly after o'clock party of men we'll mounted and heavily arm ed, rode into the town, and when within a hundred yards or so of the store of A. A. CastenaGa, dismount> ed, and leaving their horses in charge of one or two of their number five of them boldly walked up to the store mentioned. Three of the party, It is stated entered the store and the others remained on the out> side. Just what transpired h the store is not yet known, but a few minutes afterwards the sound of
 RIFLE SHOTS RANG OUT
 from that ncighborhood, desultory at first, but rapidly resolving into a regular fusilade. The inhabitants wonderstruck at the sound, hasten ed to the scene and saw the party Of men mentioned mount their horses and deliberately ride off down the direction from which they came But a minute elapsed, however, be fore it was known that the reports of the rifles heard were not the echoes of bravado, but the death knell of at least two human beings and the certain death in q few hours it is stated, of two others. The names of the parties killed outright are J C. Tappeiner, assayer at the Copper Queen mine, and D. T. Smith, well known rancher of the San Pedro. who had also business interests in Bisbee. In addition to these are A. Molly, better known by the sobriquet of "Tex," who is engaged in the lumber business there. who was shot in the breast, receiving a wound from which he cannot recover, and Mrs. Roberts, keeper of boarding house, who res ceived a wound in the spine which will
 UNDOUBTEDLY CAUSE DEATH.
 Tappeiner and Smith were both shot in the head and killed instantly, the former falling with his head into the Bon Ton saloon, and Smilh fell a short distance from hlm, Mrs. Roberts hearing the noise of the firing, came to the door of the house and received her death wound while looking in the direction of the shots. of the shots. Molly met his fate in about the same manner. All of the parties were in the immediate vici> nifty of Castenada's store, and it is supposed were assassinated in a spirit of pure demoniacal and fienda ish murder. Besides the earn val of blood instituted by the gang, they also robbed the store mentioned of about $1,200 in money. The entire transaction occurred in the space of five minutes. The reports of the rifles were followed by the im~ mediate.
 nEp ADrTTpT nE TTJR RANDTTS
 and before the citizens could realize the danger that wss upon them they had rode far out into the night. A hurried consultation resolved that messengers should be dispatched 10 the sheriff7s office and q posse organ ized to go in pursuit as soon as the light would permit following the trail.
 PROBABLY TRAIN ROBBERS.
 The prevalent theory is that the outrages mentioned were committed by the gang that recently robbed the Southern Pacific train at Gage sta~ ton. The fact that up to date notl,> ing has been heard of this party leads to the orinion that, instead of fleeing the country, as supposed, they have been secreted in the neighborhood. This last crime will compel them to flee into Sonora, it being impossible for them, it would seem, to go in any other direction as the whole country north will be aroused against them. Once in that country, with a posse of determined men on their trail and the whole population oi that state on tee looks out for suspicious characters, Ii looks as is their capture was assured.