Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-10-11
THE nUACHUCA TRAGEDY
Tn Interview With Hon. A.N T,-,.-,,
 the Mexican Corsul -i'

n, a, 'itN murder Of the
 kafieT'y-Fiiiz-Raymord families. in ,I,s
 huaehuea mountains, continues 1n
 abated- 4 representative of fbe C,-,--,.
 called upon Hon. A. Y. I.c1neli tI.oIa-
 lcan Consul at Tucson, who ssstoi that
 ne dld not believe the crime WAS co,n
 lnlt'ed by Mexican citizens. He says i,
 'n'y had contemplated revenge, that the
 'ieAieans would have retaliated within .
 lew days; that they would not bave
 waited so long. Moreover. tfe CoDs,,l
 salG that he had received trYstv-o.,l,,.
 iNII,oTAiatl'D' few days ago. that the
 MeAican people were entirc.y satisfied
 "i'n the th'Tts iAaj weIa bclug made
 - ene Aneilean people Co arrest md
 isn 'ne men Nuo hung Qainones.
 lt Is fact well known to inc IIo,-i.,,
 bbe9Pls taat another person, BDd Lot
 A1aiierty, R generally believed f, h., .i,.,
 man that Iusiigated ths rnur,l,r I,s ,Lo ,I-o
 MeAleal boy. tEo other f,grsors. lsviD,
 ID the HuacEucas, were eusrecied bS
 lac &eAicanS, as beng more rui!tv fbpn
 hLiterty. IT toe Mexicaps the-pfn-a b,''5
 souE ht ro'enre, the person Co sfsoectad
 would have bsen tue first uli.c; .s tbe;r
 retaliation.
 Anotker point was made i.v g, .....tl.-
 men "lo Was n the Consult .fi.a during jBc interview. uau,e,.. tH....., fl the tAeur-es that tlls horrible crls.s .-..s oommlttei by Nex.caus afs r-;,..,.blo directly to the men who hung Ournor,,.s or to their close personal ir.s3ls Fcr Instance, only one person un the grguud saw the sIcah :o0tpriats of utsho5 pOnle', although a large nanh.r nf| people vera present One of th- sus- pected parties IS the msn whn .eo,r.sI to the Cochise papers the fact t5st ., people ID tIe vicinity believe th-- crime was the D.o. dy work Cr E-exicags
 The fact is, aii tue circuEls..tess of this brutal crI2s Indicate taat it y,gs the WoIs @. tae men who hanged Guiuo- mes, and wEo '.yre Getern.u-I fs cs,s-- mlhate ;ae ualt Uitl-as,s l4 tleir crimes. namely, Jim &sae1y and lar. and Mrs r ntZ. For instance. Ihs pockets ,f haiierty and Ar. aud Mrs. Frtz were rinyu anu the trunks aLu drawers in fine house were broken open, but Esvnopd's pockets were ru5 examined. and SlO 40 Was found on nis peIs 70. Why were uot hls pockets riLed: Simply because the uurdeTerS were not primarily after uIut- 0er. 1nelr mission Was tO destroy wit l nesses and all written evidence of their previoUs crime, q any such existed: and l Tor thIs reason. after killing aaiier.v and l ine triZ's, UG8 had promised to test,f, | on behalf oi tue state, ar examination | Was made ot lIelT effects. so thgt no | proof Ct the former crime miEL. after | WaIo na fauud ul their persons or about | shelr premises. But Raymond bad no | 6 evidence about him to c.Imlnais them. | therefore h!s clothing was not disturbed. |
 he men who murdered tLe RaFerty tritz and Raymond families are playing tie old game ct stop thief. It is easy @ ! create a sensation against the iIeNicaus. especially in Cochlse county. IT thcy have committed t-is atTociJus crime. lt l7 h-ped ihe government O! .Le United States val fake measures to have ilei guilty parties punished: bUf for tae peace or our -alEiry, alG to rid i- O. lbe devils who dad this deed, Ii lt was done by Americans, ls is hoped that tAe au- .Ior;-es will save due attention to tle matter.
 Abaut three days before .he Eerab,i- '.u primary election for delegates. Mr James Eaierly came to th.s city and called upon the Mexican Consul. Mir Lomei. He sail that Lc could and raRld -ssuiy before the proper uu.bori- hes who tie murde.eIs o- QuIloues we're, because they were at lls house the morning the boy was LanEsl. He saii he WIS af ald Jo disclCsa tAe names cf the parties til. the authorities uC-e ready To set.
 N-. LoueE saw sheriff l'lUI al,1l. the murder Ci QuiLoues. The sheriff a~ 5ei liTn whether ihe crlIle vas committed n Pima or Cocnise counties. Mir. Lonel replied that Alr. Hg.lCriy thought it was in Coehise. The -ueriT Ot CochIse county, however, believed j. was com mi;ted in Pima county; aud while Mr. l,alieriy was waiting tor some law officer tO arrest the criminals, t1cy murdered hiu and thereby les;rcyed ;Lc most witness for he siate
 The murder gt Gu;Eoues has been cnn,idered by suE-e persons ID the Hua- chucas as a meEItar-.ps set. They have have done more ia4a everything. else to Incense the AleZIcaLs. 1r Elleriy was killed by lIaZic.Ia these people are re- spOusibie .gr lt Co @ great degree But tbe evidence shows that the murdered persons were killed by some oEe who bad been Mir-liH- with them. Sgrely, aIexicaus coUid not have approached the house without being suspected and preparations for Geseuse made, for Raf- ferty tcsliiCs that he was shot at from ambush several times, presumably by Mex.cans. More likely these shots were fired by the mUrleIcrs of QGInones, who ild not want to murder Eaiierty, but run him out of the country for their own protection.
 A careful examination of all the facts confirms the first susDicl0n Of the CITl- ZEN, that the murder was not the work of Mexicaus. but was the desperate act of nen who found It necessary to kill everybody on Raifefiy'5 ranch for their own protection. And + required quick work, for the mUTderers oi Quinones knew that the law officers were then on their way to arrest them and subpens RafTertv as a witness. The Raicrty family had to be killed that day CT u world be too late. and poor Raymond fell a victim simply becLus6 be hap pened to be on the ranch ct the time.