Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-10-11
CRIME ON THE BORDER.
Murder of Two American Families In
 Retaliation.

Murder of Two American Families in
 Retaliation.
 On the Sth of July last a well-behaved boy, named Quihones. was hanged on the southeastern corner of the San Rafael ranch, near the hne between Pima and Cochise counties and close to the Mexican border. All American cit- izens, living in that locality, pronounced the murder of this innocent Mexican boy as a wanton and atrocious.
 Everything that it has been possible | for private citizens, in that vicinity, to l do has been done, In quiet way, to as- certain the facts necessary to cause the arrest and conviction of the asssssins; but the Mexican people have been very restless and much dissatisfied because no arrests have been made, for the cir cumstantial evidence, they thought, was strong enough to warrant criminal pro- ceedIngs against two persons, at least.
 These eliminating facts, briefly, are these. Two Frenchmen, living in Red Rock caIlon, each had a rifle. One left and gave his gun to the other for safe keeping The Frenchman having charge of both guns concealed them in the chimney of his house. Only one person knew where they were kept. This man was seen there when the FrenchmHn visited Tucson shortly before the mur- der of QuInones. On his return home the FrenchmRn missed the guns; and they were not heard of again till after the murder of Quinones, when the fol lowing facts were disclosed, namely:
 The man who stole the Frenchman' s gun was at RafTerty's ranch. There be saw the boy Quinones, whose father keeps a mescRl distillery in Sonora, Mexico, near the line. The thief offered QuinOnes Sl0 and a gun If he would go to hIs fathers distillery and get a cer- tain quantity of mescal. QuinOnes went end got the mescal. and the thief gave
 him $lO and one of the Frenchman's
 rifles. Quinones. who had been at the Frenchman's house, recognized the gun but he was persuaded to take 1t and the
 money and he started off.
 Soon after he left Rafferty's he was
 followed by the thief and at least one
 other man, who hung tte boy to tree
 doubtless to prevent tAs disclosure oi
 the fact that Quinones got the gun iron the man who stole it.
 Expert Mexican trailers followed tho
 murderers from the point where the
 crime was committed to Rafierty's house
 where all trace of them was lost. It Il
 believed that MT. Rafierty possessed thu
 information necessary to insure tho punishment of the criminals; and 1t Il
 believed that he was murdered to prev
 ent him from carrying out hls determl
 nation to make a statement of all ht
 knew to the county authorities. These particulars are learned nom
 gentleman now in town who has lived in that vicinity for the past four or tiv' . years.
 On Saturday night Sheriff Paul re
 ceived the following telegram, which
 explains itself:
 . HARsHAw, via Crlttendsn, Arlz, Oct 3-Shsritf Paul, Tucson, Arizona
 Joseph Raymond, Winfield 5. Fritz and Mrs. Winfield s. Fritz, were found . murdered this morning on the ranch o 7 Jim Rsfferty in the Huachuca noun tains. Rafferty is missing and supposed
 to be murdered. Suspicion points tC the same persons that hung the Mexi
 can boy Quinones. COLIN CAMERON.
 It IS not known who committed thiI last massacre. Probably it never VII be, as the murderers killed every per
 son on Rafferty's ranch, women anC
 men, so as to cover all trace of then
 identity. 1t Is safe, however, to assume
 If 1t was not done by the murderers O |, Quinones, that is an act of retaliation , by the Mexicans; and the count! ! authorities should forthwith take step to investigate this whole subject, for l this IS not done the border will be tb,
 scene of one retaliation after anOthe till 1t becomes the haunts of profes sional banditti.
 The rewards already offered shoult insure the speedy apprehension of thos , who perpetrated the first crime, and ou
 government should call upon tn
 government of Mexico, if 1t should b
 found that this last crime has beer committed by Mexican cltIzens, to Tn vestigate and speedily punish the per petrAtOrs of thIs Htrocious crime upOI innocent citizens of the United States But SO long as American outlaws ar permitted to murder inoilensive Mexi . can citIzens so long may such trouble b expected.
 The following are the rewards no' {, ,ffered for the arrest and conviction O the murderer of murderers of Quinone: namely:
 Colin Cameron offers S2O 3 Pima County offers. s2J ,, CochIse County offers. S25 - Total taI................... s7O l In addition to this Governor Tritl 1 has been requested to offer suitabl T reward, and Tn case of such magnitud T and importance to the Territory, he wi J. certainly offer not less than $500 0 d Sl,000; and in the interest of pesc
 upon the border that reward cannot b :. offered too soon; and similar reward