Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Tho sharrn pircrce Case.


 due to the announcement of the De'
 afidavits to be read in Judge Sullivan
 court to morrow morning, and whIc - are said to be of m extraordinary char | acter. Strong efforts are being made b r the Iy Ter side to have the affidavit O . Capt. Lees, chief of the detective force '. suppressed. The Barnes side insist + on its being presented, as i Q will It IS alleged, throw new light ol t the Tyler-Gumpei contract for whicl , S23,OOO were paid, and how the contrac g was obtained by McLaughlin's clerk % ana whether 1t k genuine documen ol , not, constitute the chief fea ure of tn,
 affidavit. Evans, one of the attorney.
 for Sharon, stated to Judge Sullivan Il
 his chambers that there were strong and
 good reasons why the affidavit should
 be presented and read. Evans argued
 as follows: 'Mr. Tyler claims that Me-
 Laughllu was acting under hIs Instruc-
 tons and that he made that contract up
 for him ana told him to sell it. We be-
 lleve that tine compact Is genuine and is
 what Mclaughlin represented 1t to b.,
 and l hope we shall oe able io develop
 circumstances which will demonstrate
 that 1t was so; and that so far from being
 sought by Gen. Barnes, Mclaughlin
 sought Mir. Barnes and Capt. Lees. I 1 showed Caps. Lees these papers and in
 course of the negotiations, In order to
 give Lees confidence Tn him, he went
 out of his way to say, To convince you
 that am acting Tn perfect faith ID this
 matter and that this paper Is what l | represent 1t to be, tell you now that I
 am not afraid; l have mm in my | power. A crime has been committed
 m his office of which 1 have knowledge
 and If we go on to sh w that the crime was committed this Is a circumstance to show that Mclaughlin was dealing with Lees and Barnes and not in cOnf- deniial relations with Tyler at all, but entirely on his own account and in
 hostility to Tyler If he had been act
 ing as Tyler's decoy and assisted by Tyler, by no human pOss bilIty could he
 have given thIs information. We think
 thus IS a potential circumstance to show that if Mclaughlin did disclose crIme in Tyler's office, by no human reason could 1t be said that ns Was acting for Tyler. We say that the Gumpel contract was a genuine document The evidence of a crIms and If It had been offered Co me l would have bought 1t myself, as l would broke down the door of house it l We're told that behiud it there lay the dead hOdy of murdered man, al l though l had nothing to do with this | Transaction. Evans continued. saving | that the existence of the Tyler Gumpel | contract was known long time ago | tJ a member of the bar in this city, but l declined tO state name. lt was after ] wards learned that the gentleman .lui- | el to was Judge Nagri-e. The latter l -t4ted he had heard of the ryler-Gumpel ! contract, and that the information came | 10 hrm through D. n. 5eatou, lawyer of l thls ely. who hal learned it direct from !! Mclaughlin. Mir. eaton, when inter | viewed acknowledged his knowledge ! of the existence of q contract and ex- | Dlained tbs way III which Mclaughlin ] told him of 1t: Mclaughlin he said was | pressed for the return of some money l which he had used for his personal pnr- poses In order to raise money I to repay t6is sum Mclaughlin | went to Seaton told hIm Of the contract | and said he wanted him (Seaton to go to Barnes to sec how much he would pay | for facts establishing that Gumpel had | testified under contract. Mclaughlin | at the time volunteered the further in- | formation that Tyler was to pay Gumpel | tive hundred dollars down, and the bal | lance at the close of the suit. The bal 1 ance to he paid Gumpel was either 20,G00 or S30,000 Mclaughlin went to Marie Pleasance, who drew a check for | the $500 which was cashed and paid to l Gumpei after he had given his first tes- hmony. SeatOD says the statement that ] Gen. Barnes first approached McLaugh- lin on the subject of this Tyler .Gumpel contract IS a deliberates lie.
 Further Capture Of Mexican Mutineers.
 YUMA, Jan. 23.-Gov. Villa0rsna. of Lower California, with two officers from Ensenada have arrived here. They were accompanied by g force of twenty men, and on the way encountered a division of the Mexican mutinsers, killing and capturing nine. LOnez was in the fight, but escaped. Gov. Villagrana's object IS to secure the return of prisoners cap tured by American troops. Doubts are expressed as to whether this can be done It Is believed that Lieut.. Me Donald will snccee1 in capturing or killing the remainder of the gang.