Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-05
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PACIFIC COAST.

I OEAANNs DCCs NfA4N VI Illb DAA altl
 engaged in the Gage train robbery hal
 been captured near SocOrro. New Mex
 leo. It is reported that he has made 1;
 confession giving the names of the foul
 others who participated in the robbery
 but for prudential reasons the officers
 who made the arrest refuse to give any
 of the particulars. It is believed thaI
 the other four who were engaged i'll the
 robbery will he captured within day or
 two.
 FL PAso, Dec. 31-On Saturday night
 as the prisoners from Ysleta were being
 lodged in the temporary county jail here, Smith, confidence man, and Hedges, q
 bunko steerer, managed to escape;
 Smith by means of piece of wire,
 picked the lock of the shackles and freed
 himself and Hedges. Hedges was under
 sentence of SIX years in the penitentiary,
 for swindling and was partner of Sal
 mond, also under sentence, who escaped
 from Ysleta few weeks ago.
 CLIFTON, Dec. 3l.-The coroner re- turned from Duncan last night. The verdict of the jury was that the Mexican found hung to tree near that place, came to hls death ut the hands of un- known parties. It Is the opinion that the man was hung in spirit of pure cussedness by the rustler element on the Gila river, who are anxious to bring on trouble with the Me1icans. A reward will be offered by the sheriff to-day for information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties.
 Nicholas Olguin and his posse will be taken before the Probate Judge in Solo, knoxville o-day for the purpose of hay ing a hearing and will then probably be released on writ of habeas corpus.
 EE PAso, Texas. Dec. 3I.-Early on Sunday morning one of the custom house guards at Paso del Norte, while patrollIng the rivar bank east of town, noticed man on horseback crossing the river from the American side, having apparently cUntraband goods in his pos session. The officer, Juan Calico, wait ed until the man had reached the bank, when be called upon him to halt, where upon the latter drew pistol and fired, the shot entering the right side of the officer in the region of the bowels. Cal leo IS not expected to live. His unknown assailant effected his escape.
 CHARLESTON, Dec 31.-At 3 o'clock Sunday morning fire was discovered in the sleeping room of the collector of customs, ,and soon everything in the room was destroyed. The loss however, was slight with the exception of eight hun dred dollars of government money and a fine rifle which hadbeen presented by the citizens of Charleston to P. k. Child at the time of the Indian outbreak last spring.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-An attempt was made to wreck the local Oakland train near Market street last night; the engine jumped the track but the en- gineer managed to down brakes quick enough to keep the cars on. On exam instion it was found that two large pieces of iron and brake beam had been placed over the frog switch. No serious damage was done. It Is believed to be the work of some ex-cOnvlcts.
 WALLA WALLA, Dec. 29-Elfus and Oyepby. two murderers under sentence of death, knocked down the sheriff and jailer last Wednesday night, and made their escape. The jailer was severely cut with a knife. A posse are Tn sharp pursuit, and are on their trail The murderers reached Umatilla county, | Or. They stole horses on prOspectOrs farm and started towards Prinevllle.
 EUREKA, Cal, Dec. 31.-On Saturday | night mob of twelve masked men en- | tered the residence of Cyrus Broderlck | about two miles from Ferndale and took | Wm. Richardson out and hung him. | Richardson stood accused of the crime | of rape on his own daughter; he WAS | tried by jury winch disagreed, stand | Ing ten for acquittal and two for con- | vlction. Richardson was under bonds | awaiting another trial. Three men | stood guard over Broderick and his | wife while the hanging was going on. | Richsrdson's body was cut down yester- l day and taken to Ferndsls where coro- ner's jury will enquire into the matter. had lIve1 within few hun dred yards of where he was hung for a | number of years and has always born | good character. His father and mother | live in Oakland. There is great excite ment here as the community is unde- | cided as to his guilt. It is thought there | will be no difficult in identifying the | of the deed.
 SAN FRANCIsco, Dec. 31.-The cere- mony yesterday afternoon representing | the funeral of ODonDell who was hang ! ed in London, was poorly attended. Not 1 more than 250 were in the procession. 1 The Board of Supervisors and promln- l ent Irish organizations in the city de- | clined to associate themselves with the |