Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-06-02

end of the ker when Joe psv entered '1I.e front door, MS inst cDnsinQ from the back dfo ard saN him cn- ter. Gabriel Tad evidently been ex- fl pecting trouble with Phv and had been told to look out for him, and before the shooting he would instinctively reach towards his pistol when any one entered the door.
 "As soon as Phy appeared, Gabriel drew his pistol and a moment later both were firing at each other. P. R. Brady, jr., and young MT. Hammels, who were in the saloon at the time, made their exit through the back l door, and I was alone with the two men. The first shot put out the front lamp and all I could see was the flashes from the pistols, but I don't know how many shots were fired. Phy moved away from the door to the right corner and Gabriel worked along the bar towards the door with an evi- dent intention of getting outside, and he was the first to go out Phy fol- lowed and several shots were fired out side. When I went out Phy was ly- ing in the street,
 "Other parties had been carrying tales to and fro between the two men and had worked up bitter feeling be- tween them"
 THE CAUSES.
 The beginning of the bad feeling ex- isting between the two men was 8 very insignificant occurrence dating back nearly three years ago, when Sheriff Gabriel discharged Phy as deputy sheriff. The latter took away q satchel belonging to Gabriel, and when asked for it grew very indignant. He had a room over the sheritf's of flee which he refused to vacate when ordered to do so by sheriff Gabriel, and l the board of supervisors at a subse- quent meeting had him evicted. This led to some unnecessary talk against Gabriel.
 Later on Phy became candidate for sheriff and remark attributed to him by Tom Montgomery brought about the scandalous assault upon tie latter 1 by Phy at Casa Grande and, as Gabriel figured in it in a official way and placed Phy under arrest, this added fuel to the flames and engendered much evil gossip. The avOwed intention of Phy to become q candidate for sherfi this fall brought forth the antagonisms natural to such events and he was told that Gabriel, who is popular with the voters in spite of all his faults,5 would also run for that office and beat him. Harassed by the prospect of such formidable opposition and stung by the jibes met with among his acquaint- ances, he became unduly excited, and some are charitable enough to express a belief that he had become mentally unbalanced. Upon the day of the tragedy he was unusually excited and every one expected trouble if they should meet. No one believes that MT. Gabriel sought the difficulty, but rather avoided 1t, and since the fact has become known that he had several times passlyely submitted to abuse from Thy, without marked resentment, public comment has been more re- served than is usual in such events.
 The whole affair is one to be re- gretted by all people, and the sad con sequence is far too serious a sequel to the inadequate causes that led up to the tragedy.
 The deceased, Josephus Phy, was native of Missouri, aged 54 years. He was well known in Tucson and Phe- nix, where he has resided, and to the people of Pinal county. He leaves a brother and sister, living in Pinal, but no family of his own.
 His funeral took place at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Ma sonic burial s !eing read at the grave.