Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-29

hangman.
 SHERIFF J. l.. WARD.
 This efficient officer has been bothered by your correspondent all day. His equanimity of temper IS astonishing. In reply to inquiries he stated that after their sentence, the prisoners had been furnished with extra rRtiOns. Besides receiving the usual food allowed the county prisoners they have been sup piled with fruits, cigars and liquors the latter, of course, not to supertuty. Their allowance Ill this respect was three drinks of whisky per day. The only complaint they have ever made of him is that he covered them with too many irons. This was merely a security he was bound to adhere to. To-day he purchased for each of the doomed five, n broadclOth suit and white shirts burial garments. He Is bothered con tinuany by applicants for passes to the ilil yard. and at three o'clock all the cards printed had been disposed of, num- beriug a thousand. If closely racked the jail yard wlll hold LAO people.
 rHE PRISONERS INTERVIEWED.
 Shortly after noon today, the CITIZEN man called upon the sheriff and asked the privilege of interviewing the uOtor- ious prisoners. The courteous official answered.:
 Why, certainly, but it IS of no use. They won't speak to reporters. You will not get word out of them"
 Well. let me try, please, urged the reporter.
 A knock on tbe outer iron girdled door brought the question, Who IS there ?" The reply, Ward" caused the inner door in the same cell to open an inch. The eye of a keeper peeped through. Recognizing the sheriff, both doors were opened, and the officer and interviewer passed within. Another grated barrier was unlocked before a look could be had into the corridor to which the cells of the doomed men opened. The reporter waited while the sheriff gave orders to let two men, confined in one cell, out into the corridor. A lever from without was turned, cell door flew open and out stepped two strongly built, broad shoul- dered, and ruddy-fgced men. Neither could have been over thirty years old, and neither was less than five feet ten in height. Stepping to the corridor grating they laughingly asked: Well what Is it?"
 The sheriff turning to the reporter in formed him that the two men standing there were Tex Howard and Wm. De Ianey, then facing them be said, Here is q reporter who wishes to talk with you.'
 The CITIZEN man fearing an imme1i- ate retreat of the desperadoes, duIckly said: Boys, l am from Tucson, not I would like tO publish what you have to say in the CITIZEN there, and promise you faithfully not to misrepresent your remarks in any man. her; and also that nothing will be printed until after Friday"
 This seeming to satisfy them he ad- dressed Delaney, asking bis opinion re- garding the lynching of Keith.
 "I don't know anything about Heith. 1 tell you never saw him from Novem- Der 27th until he came to jail. He oughtu't to been hung anyhow
 What have you to say about your self ?" asked the reporter.
 II can gay We hadn't a square trial. If we had We wouldn't be here. l am in uocent."
 You remember that Castaneia stated that he lost something like SI0G0 from his safe. That money has never been found Do you wish to tell where 1t IS ?'
 Don't know anything about the no Dey." exclaimed Delaney, and then How ard who stood near interrupted by say ing: "The man that's got the money knows where 'ds.'
 Delaney being asked hIm how he felt over his approaching execution, answered No man will stand mp better than l. By the way" he added, weren't you Tn Clifton last August. No? Well some CITIZEN fellow was, and I sub scIibed for the paper"
 At thIs juncture Dan Kelly who was locked in a cell called out:-'Iell him now the lawyers defended us"
 Howard repied:-"Didn't defend us at all"
 In reply to a question: Howard said his family did not know where he was and would never know.
 The subject of the trial again coming up. Delaney said that if everything was as fair in the proceedings as Judge Pin ney's charge, they would have been all right.
 "He might have done better" ex- claimed Howard.
 By the way" interrupted Delaney, tine jury had a lot of MOrmons on. How many? Six, anyhow, and you bet, when some witness said 1 had a horse with a Mormon brand on, that hung me sure. Why, 1 don't even know bow to steal a horsew
 "Yes," added Howard, "Nary witness told the truth. The whole evidence was false, and the jury was no better"
 This ended the conversation with Delaney and Howard. It was evident to the reporter from the first that the men were not ready to make any honest confession as to the parts they took Ill the Bisbee affair. If they had been on a spring picnic they could not have been more cOntented. Laughing and joking continually, 1t seemed incomprebensible that the two men were on the verge of the grave. They seemed as reckless of death as they were proven to be of the law. Before the reporter had been with them five minutes, they took advantage of what they considered their cOndescen- sion to be interviewed by calling upon the Sheriff for whisky.
 Daniel Kelly, Omer W. Sample and Daniel DOwd were then released from AiAtai CCiAs GlI Aub NDlLlNDI tOILdAutu the five. All excepting Dowd wanted to engage in irrelevant talk at one time. The latter was quiet, and the reporter only ventured to ask him if Dowd was his right name. He answered-"Well, that's what l am known by here, and no one will know any other while live"
 Kelly was quite talkative. He said that Heith was wrongiully hung. He left Heith November 18th in she Chiri- cahua mountains. "How will I hang? Well, 1 will walk up. The sheriff will not have to carry me, and if hang as brave as l walk I'm all right" He said he had no relations; but being more closely questioned he said he lad some ID the old country. He sad, "I only left there two years ago" This made the sheriff laugh.
 Confirming the conversation himself. he said he believed Jud-e Pilney ap- pointed as able counsel as c0uld be pro- cured.
 HOward-"But the jury?"
 They all expressed contempt for the jury.
 Delaney -"It the jury had ot hung