Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-19

miGl Hence brief reference to the ga-, j. necessary in connection with the execution of today.
 HIS FIRST ARREST.
 Oa tle evening of July 15, 1882, Joseph Casey was in Calabasas. There Lepasscssei the reputation of being a desperate character, willing, even aDx- iaus to undertake any evil deed that might sult his devilish purposes. On the night n question he was especially vild. and iu his malicious meanderings about tAs town, at late hour he. with rav }ver in hand, deliberately robbed a Eagn and v9man, whom he found in house O. restitution. He then pro- cesdel ta an adjacent saloon and en- deavoreI to stand up" the proprietor, but in this Le E. frustrated. The same night Sheriff Paul arrived at Calabasas from La Noria having in charge Morton the murderer, and party named Ora ham, charged with horse-stealing. The next morning he arrestel Casey on the charge of robbery. and the three men a- put in charge of Wm. Cunningham, as guard. while he returned tp the lIne after the man whom Casey had robbed. as ii Was necessary to have such party as witness against the culprIt. The prisoners were placed ID a partitioued part Of the brick basement of the pre- sent Hotel Santa RIta. During the night Casey gained his hberty by slip ping unseen through one of the win GoEs of the apartment, and immediately sought a brick yard, an eighth of mile distant, as a place of refuge. Justice Of the Peace G. w. Atkinson went after him with a double barreled shotgun. Upon reaching him. the latter turned with the ferocity of brute and ex- claimed:
 "You damned of a- l will take flat gun away from you, and shoot you with itr'
 There would, probably have been n terrible hand to hand struggle, had not hn. o Edwards arrived upon the scene at that moment, and lent his aid Tn capturing the fugitive. Casey was granted a preliminary hearing before Jutsr Atkinson, and was committed to .al. to await the action of the grand Jurg. Sheriff Paul then brought his p1s0n-r to this city.
 Casey remained ID jail until October -3-i, of that year, when
 THE NOTORIOUS DELIVERY
 took place, and he, with Murphy, Gib- son, alorer, Hurley and others gained l-ei7 liberty. Nothing was heard of him 14ii 'he December following, when va'aers captured him at Fl Paso, and ,rl-gra1lei to Sheriff Paul. The Pima county officer promptly hastened to Fl I-so, aad while there he learned that IiA Hurley, another of the escaped ,..7'Aers was in Chihuahua. Leaving C"7e! 1nder what he had reason to be- .'s,e1 a strong guard, he went to Mexico. G.' "4en he returned he found that Ca'ey lad again escaped. Notwith S,..'iiIaS themost diligent search the S'P2eEy rascal evaded the officers until '"-I! ll March 1883, when he was
 CAPTURED IN COLORADO CITY
 ahi successfully escorted back to jail A5ie. He was registered at the Pima 'J4nty prison on March l7th. [.
 me fellow kept quiet for a couple of I'NtAS, and then followed Che out se,h anu its fatal ending. The murder
 '@lIor Holbrook Is still familiar to ,-e general reader. The tragedy oc- ''TFed April 70, 1883.
 MURDER OF HoLBROoK.
 II was on Sunday morning that ''~oF Holhrook received his death "oUld. He was looking after his routine duhes at his room and about ,,' .Ai- Some fault had been found by - 9-!zonecs with the manner in which '- 'I5 dishes had been washed, they claim - .Aat none of them were properly o,,. 'i'ed' MT Holbrook had just stepped 3;-o' o' the door into the jail yard to f-i me dIsh-washerS to be more care- m ro III tIeir work, when. after but a s---'.l -eul or two had elapsed, he was t;a pilsed to hear the door. which was Ho open, sharply close behind him. o.st gt once returned to the jailor's rC-.- ,-.-uor and turned to the right into his Cesar "Iere he was confronted by and %ho held pistol at his breast Tba ;e.id e.id hlm to throw up his hands. ristol il"llof Immediately grasped Casey's ayro-. nAnd, and turned the muzzle ca;,,;u rom him Just Tn time to avoid re- So.'-ug The bullet. which struck the ,TytL oe5 easing. As he WAS about to engage saw Hor!' Hs,!' 6elng himself unarmed, he
 sinclair with another pistol