Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-06-13
KILLED IN SONORA
Details of "A Murder Comm,,,.a
 Five Montbs A.

I
 rive Months Ago.
 Nearly every person who bos oro- Visite1 the Gunsight mines in this county up to last December. will re- member an old man named CalLir. u,to resided there. He was probably fifty o, SKI! years of age and his flowing white Aair 'eIi low on his shoulders. He was "u'ehturesome, and besides owning A splendid team of horses, be had some Ii, 'ie money put away for a rainy day
 Durlng the last of November or ea,lv ln December, Calkins and a man named Frank o'Brien, a character well known .n Iacson' left the Gunsight, by team TOT prospecting trip in northern So' nora. When they left, O'Briep had inc. slz ln his possession. After bavino uritted about for some time in search or mineral lodges, they finally canned near the little town of San Marcial to
 make few purchases and to determin. upon a future course of action Ono morning OBrien appeared Tn the town With eleven S2O gold pieces, which Ina got changed into smaller coin by the Johhson brothers, who live there Hs tnen announced that old man Calkins nad grown tired of prospecting and re- uineu 'o Arlzona, but that he womb continue 10 prospect for a time longer ne uroVe the team on to Ortiz, where he ulspo sed or some articles of clothing too fnr nm er. aoout SIX feet ln hlght, while Calkips was smell man, and also a hatchet. a Dloody axe and some other tools. and he then Weht to G uay mas and trled to nego- tate check on an eastern bank for Sl,5OO, payable to Calkins and pronarIy endorsed. This check was finally 1ivan to Consul Willard for collection. but in due course of time 1t came back protest 1 ed. O'Brien then returned to Ortiz and | sold the valuable team for only sIo5 | and, with an uncertainty for his futnre | remained there for a time.
 About this time some yadueros near San MarcIal came across the body of a | man ln an advanced state of decomposi- | ton, that had been dug up by coyotes. | By his long hair and small sta;ue he | was recognized as the man who was last seen Tn OBnen's company. His skull | was cut by huge gash, made apparent " oy an axe, and there were other eyl- dences of most brutal murder having been committed. This discovery led to an inquiry into the movements of O Brlen afer his separation from Calkins and the chain of evidence was speedily completed, and O'Brien was thereupon arrested and placed in jail at Hermosillo. All the circumstances above recited were proven on hIs trial, and furthermore. Cslkln's watch was found Tn O'Brien's possession. For some reason not now known, considerable delay has occurred during the course of the trial, and sen- tence has not yet been passed upon the murderer. A short tune ago he broke Iail with several other prisoners, and was captured after a most desperate resist snce, Tn which be exhausted his belt full of cartridges. He was taken back To jail, where he will probably remain un- til he Is taken out to be shot according to law.
 Sheriff Paul, while in Sonora last week, visited OBnen at the iaIl, but found him unconcerned as to his fate, with as glib tongue Tn the distortion of tbe truth as characterized him ID his mos. palmy days.