The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-17
THE DEATH
Particulars of the Pursuit. end
Fight With the Arizona
Stage Robbers.

TUCSON, A. T., October 5-Sherif
Paul arrived home from William!
last night. He states that on Tues
day he received information as to th'
whereabouts of the stage robbers
Hensley and Red Jack. He at once
left with Deputy Sheriffs Garlic
Casanega and McClarty, On a speciaI
engine to Wilcox; then took horses
to Rockers ranch, twenty-five miles
west of Wilcox, which the party
reached at two o'clock in the morn.
irg. At daylight Sheriff Paul sent
GARLIC to camp Grant, twelve miles
distant, for information. Paul went
back to Percy Brothers ranch, dis
tant ten miles, and there got infor-
nation that the robbers might come
there that night He waited, and
did not send for any men, but took
John Percy, John McClosky and J.
Laird as q posse. Red Jack and
Hensly were to come and get pro-
visions from wagon trains. There
were two strings of wagons near
Percy's house and four wagons in
one train alongside another train.
Four more wagon trains were about
hirty feet apart. They were to get
provisions from the tailboard of one
of the wagons. Laird and McClos-
ky were under one train and Percy
and Paul underneath another.
RED DICK KILLED.
It was a dark. stormy night. A
little after 8 o'clock Red Jack and
Hensley approached the tailboard
and Paul halloed ''Stop" They
started to run back and commenced
shooting. The whole posse fired
a voliey in the dark. The men were
heard to fall. Red Jack fell within
twenty fee. of the wagon. The posse
kept shooting at their flashes. Just
then Laird got shot in the calf of
the leg. The bullet went right
through and made a wound two
inches long. About an hour after
McClosky aud a man named Moore
went around to where they had their
horses tied to a telegraph pole. They
got their horses and were going
back when they heard Hens .ey going
off. Paul then sent after GARLIC,
Casanego and McClarty. They got
in camp at 2 o'clock in the morning
and started at daylight on Hensley's
trail and followed it about eight miles.
had gone along the telegraph line
toward Wilcox. eight miles; then
turned off into the mountains. He
struck into a canyon and went on
the ridge down on the other side into
another canyon, and followed it three
quarters of a mile. Paul told the men
to trail while kept a lookout ahead.
He was ahead on the right hand side
Of the canyon. Casanega and Nc
Clusky stayed with Paul, and Cor
rillo, McClarty and Otto Moore were
on the left-hand side.
H%ENsLEY's DEATH.
The first known of Hensley's
whereabouts was a shot at Paul. who
distant about sixty yards. Hens
ley was behind a scrub oak and the
Sheriff could only see the smoke of
his gun. He was down on n side
of the gulch lying on his belly, and
shooting right up the hill. The men
Oh the other side could see him plain
~. The shooting became general, |
and Hensley shot until a bullet went
his brain. Paul aud the
men with him could easily have been
killed had Hensley had his usual |
strength. Hensley did not notice
and McClarty, who turned
Dose their guns Oh him and riddled
MS body with ten bullets. He had a
Winchester in his hands ready to
:hoot. GARLIC and McClarty turned
over the body and it was perfectly
there apparently being no
blood in it. Red Jack, at the time
ne was shot, crawled about thirty
He received a charge of buck
shot in the pit Of his stomach. He
slso had a rifle ball through the
light cheek bone, just under the eye.
An empty pistol was by his head.
had a pistol, but it was bad
y broken in the night fight. Then
took Jacks gun and crawled
IF on his hands aud knees four hum
lred yards and got to his horse.
lacks gun had a shot through the
'ntt, and the wood part was covered
With dry blood. The bodies of both
were taken to Wilcox. A Coro-
ler's INCEST was held, and both men
we're buried there.