Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31
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Ex-Gov. Powers came in from the camp of the Gils River Irrigation Com pany, near Gils Bend in Maricopa eoun- ty, yesterday, and from him the CITIZEN learned the following facts in relation to the killing of one of the Gribble murder CTS, which took place in the camp of said company on the afternoon of the 26lh instant: The pursuit, as learned from the posse who did the killing, never Jagged from the time the trail was first taken where the killing had been done | Three parties and three alone, appear to | be
 IMPLICATED IN THE NURDER and all these were Mexicans. Ihe trail led from the scene of murder directly tO WIckenburg, where tue party appears 70 have divided, two going one way while the third-the party killed rode ID the direction of the White Tank mountains, which be entered, but again left for the Gils river which he struck near the mouth of the Hasssyampa and attempted to ford, but the river being swollen by the recent rains his horse mIred ID the quickssnd and ID it's efforts Co eXiricate itfelf
 IT BROKE LEG and was abandoned. This took place some seven or eight miles above the Gils | Irrigation Compsny's camp. to which | the Me1lcan walked and packed bis blankets. On arriving he asked to be | put On bhe south side of the river, but | vas told that he could not be sccommo- dated before night, when the men quit work, but at thRt time ss some of the employees were going over he would be taken over also. With this proposition the man appeared satisfied and as the ar was somewhat raw he sat around the fire most of the afternoon and was there at sundowu when the
 POSSE IS PURSUIT rode up, On perceiving them he sprang Co his feet and on being ordered 10 hold up his hands he started to run and at The same time endesvOred so draw bis revolver. Fortunately. however, his belt had been buekIed SO tight that be could not readily eItricate the 2 weapon from it's scabbsrd. In the mean 'lme the posse had not been idle, but : started ID pursuit, firing at him as they ( -an. In sL some twenty shots had been . fred before the fleeing murderer fell sith
 BULLET IN HIS BRAIN, d ie having been struck with one shot in a be back of his head. He continued to ,resthe for nearly half sn hour but was Oi till death.
 An examination of his effects furnish q indubitRble proof that the right man ad met his doom. In his pockets was ound silver watch which Deputy Mar = hal Breckenbrldge readily recognized s the one taken from the dead body of he late Capt. Gribble, and in his roll of lanksts, which still remained by the re, vas found the
 MIssISG''BAR OF BULLION. " weighed about thirty pounds and vas lark with the stamp of the Vulture line.
 A cOrOner's jury was then impanneled nd the following verdict rendered.:
 CAMP CHA RIVER IRRIGATION Go,
 MARICOPA COUNTY, Arizona.
 March 26sh. lSSS- We. the undersigned, having been du- ' impanneled and sworn tO enquire into le Causes of the death of 6 Mexican, N Rme unknown, found dead in the camp the GIlR River Irrigation Co.,, find that C cauDe 70 bis death esIstlng arrest by posse in chrrge of Under Sheriff J. K Iurphy, and Depu y U. s. Marshal ". L Breckenridge and Win Smith. by unshot wound in the head.
 HIEL HALE,
 Fl s. NATION.
 FRANK P. TEAL
 JOIN BOHN.
 JoHN IRELAND. | The dead murderer had the appear ncn of being about feet inches high, ark skinned and thick set in hIs build, ' nd was probably about 3O years of age. IIs couutenance was by DO means con dered bad, but on the contrary appear l 10 be rather prepossessing. He vas ell dressed and wore high heeled boots. s he was s stranger therezbouts the Ddy vas taken to PheniI for identifies on.
 If like success ID killing his two can be had the posse and Dmmuni.y at large gre 10 be congrstu- tied CD the good work done.