Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-01
THE TRAGIC FATE TWO DESPERATE MEN.
DARING BRAVERY or SHERIFF PAUL AND
 POSSE.

POSSE.
 4 few days ago Len Redfield and Joe Futile, two Of the Florence stage robbers were hung by mob m Florence and uoy the bodies of Henslev and Elmer, their comuanions, after being chased day and night over mountains, lie m little house in Wilcox, mangled almost beyond recognition, by bullets shot into them by Bob Puul. Pima county's brave sheriff, and A possc of men who had the nerve to follow him. The pursuit of these two lesperate men has been all the talk Tor weeks. throuEhout the southern part or the territory and now that theIr career of crime has been brought to close, law abiding citiZeus will breathe easier and earnestly shower encOmiums upon the heads of the men who dared to risk their lives for the protection OtsocIety and good government. Their pursuit has been prolific of dangers and hardshlps which none would care to experience and which few could withstand. The last and successful attempt Rt their cap ture was full of startling episodes winch are worth chrouicling. In order to get the strength of ihe affair the STAR repor- Ter 4a~A l44- a-A AuAA AAA hAN" "ANA Sheriff Paul and others of the party soon after their arrival on the evening train. Sheriff PauPs account of the trip Is about as f0llOWz, which is as near Tn hls own language as the reporter could get It.
 We got word tuesday that Red Jack
 Elmer) and Hensley were near Wilcox, and Alfredo Carrillo, Geo. McCarty, T. D. Cassuega and l took special engine and went direct to that place. Tuesday night we went to Rockers ranch, - miles, arriving there at r. o'clock. Wednesday morning l sent CsrrlllO t. Camp Gran. Co get some information from some l- l-lZiCaus. and l came back ten mIles Co Percy's ranch. There l re- ceived information that made ne be- lievs they would come to Percy's that night. and | remained. About S o'clock Jim Percy, Johu McClusky, John Laird and myself got ready tp receive them. The niCbt Vas a dark and stormy one. We had secreted ourselves RbOut 2OO yards from the house, and about nine o'clock the robbers came and the fight began. The robbers fired thirty or forty shots and both fell. We thought they were both mUrtaliy wounded and did not go mp to them, knowing that they had said that they would die before be- ing taken. h the fight John Laird re- ceiyed a flesh wound in the calf of the leg. About l2 o'clock that night M. Moore and McCiUsky went out to look for the robbers horses, which they got. We then Eos one of the robbers, Red Jack. dead, and heard the other one making off ] then sent a messenger to Rockers ranch for the other men and they came down. At daylight Thursday morning the four men that went with me from here, Otto Moore, McClusky yLquero named Jimmy and | started on the trail Followed the trail into the mountains about clght niles from Per cy's. Following the trall down a can yon We saw a horse sixty or seventy yards ahead of us. We then circled, Casanega, McClusky and l gong to the right and CarTiilo. McCarty. Moore and Jimmy { the left. We got within sixty yards of Hcnsiey when he fired, which was the first We knew of his where abouts.
 The shooting then became general. and a lively fight 1t was, too. Hersley. however. only fired four shots, one of which struck my horse in the breast. W llEl AE hNAA An IAAAl Lt W h- utnAA McCarty and CarriilO remained with the body while l and the others returned to Percy's. Justice Nichols of Wilcox sent a wagon out for the bodies and they got in just before the train left"
 Such is the unembellished account of the trip. From Alfredo Carrillo and others we learn more of the cool manner in which Sheriff Paul conducted him. self. They say thGt Hensley always aimed at Sheriff Paul, except once when he shot Gt Casanega, and that although the bullets were whistling in rapid sue cession past his head he very cooily and deliberately restcl his gun upon one knee and poured the shot into the little clump of mesquite where tthe robber lay. They expected every moment to see Paul fall. but be never seemed in the least disccucerted, but calmly loaded and shot. The other members of the party were where they could see Hens ley, and they iaIFly pumped hot lead into him.
 Tn the fight ihe night before the lock had been shot off Hensley's gun and he had fired thirteen shots from his pistols Elmer had exhausted all his ammunition and dropped bis gun. After he fell he fired twelve shots from hls pistol. When Hensley left he took Elmer's gun. which had also been s'ivered at the stock but not disabled.
 Arrangements bad been made by the robbers to get provisions the night of tbe first fight, and they hnd that when they got provisions they would be able to reach Clifton, where they had plenty of friends and would be safe. They told parties that they had been havin- ca h-l of a time" and had been gwen away several times, but at Clifton they would be all right. One of their horses was captured m the Rincons and the other one they killed toy cutting its throat. thinking that it would be more difficult to trail them if they killed the horse.
 Both men were literally riddlei with bullets. but the pursuers did rot count the wounds, as .hey had DO right to re- move the clothing before the inquest was held. They discovered, however. by old and clOtted blood that in the fight Wednesday night Hensley had been wounded in the breast and in the groin, and his pants were stiff with dried blood. Sheriff Paul said the NOuuU- were thN, una ne tulllks hens- ley would have probably died. Elmer had no uoney on his person, and Hens ley had bu; 55 cents.
 Both of their horses, which were fine ones, were secured, and i. was found that one belonged to Mir. Taylor, who lives on the San Pedro. but was former ly a livery man in Tombstone, and the other belonged to Mir. Wheaton, who also lives on the San Pedro.
 Hensley WIS about 26 years of age and at one time lived in Tucson, and drove a team. Elmer was 8 or & years of age. Both were the hardest kind of of hsri citizsns, and for the past eighteen months have lived the lives of despeTadoes.
 Sheriff Paul says they were both identified by several parties in the vicinity of Wilcox and there being a number there who witnessed all the shooting; 1t was not necessary for him and his posse from here to remain to testify at the coroner's inquest. George