The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07
HlLlMAM FOUND.

HillMAN FOUND.
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II over, . fugitive has bseH found and afs
rested. and q old crime partially -.
vealed. bat leaves another mystesioas die.
appearance and ~ anknovn dead man 70
b explained and accounted fec.
John W. Hill maa. whose supposed 10
mains were foasd o. Crooked crssk. in
Barber County. shot through the AssA.
has Just been arrested near Tombstone.
A. T., where he had been working In Q
mine, and J. Il Miller. who had bssn On
his track for eight long year,. has earned
his reward OF $4,000
4 dispatch was received last evening
from b. ]. Franklin, formerly special
agent Of the Santa Fe, requesting c. b
Gieed to secure reQulsition papers upon
the Governor Of Arisona for b body OF
J. W. Hillman. who VA now under arrest
awaiting proper authority to b returned
to Kansas where his name has become
famous because Of the three long trials in
which his wife claimed from the Mutual
Life Insurance Company OF New York,
the New York Life Insurance Company
and the Connecticut Mutual Lie
Insurance Company, the aggregate sum
of $4,000 which he had placed
on his life o short time before his
supposed death. and the bringing to Lave
renee Of his dead body. which was recog.
nixed by more han forty witnesses under
oath as that of the dead John W. Hill.
man.
The insurance companies refused to pay
the policies, declaring that the body wa
not that of Hillnan. but the body of some
man murdered for the sole purpose Of OBJ.
tanning the $25. 600.
Pending the first suit . reward OF So.
900 was offered by the companies for the
arrest Of Hillman. which reward they
pledged the good faith Of he companies
to pay whenever the missing man wa AZ.
rested.
Eight years ago. J. n. Miller, then .
resident OF Lawrence. who. being well ace
quainted with Hiliman aud refusing to
acknowledge the dead body As that Of the
man claimed. comm .nced his weary
search. Knowing HIilman to have been
. miner as well rs q cattleman, he natur.
ally sought the mountainous country Of
the West As the most natural retreat OF
such q q Going to the mining coun.
tries he worked first in one camp and then
another always with n end in view, the
capture Of the missing man, who. il
found, would also be . murderer. working
first 1t mining then at tie chopping for
the Santa Fe. eve long in one place
Miller run down every possible clew.
many times disappo .nted, bot never dis.
c0uraged. and never changing his belief
that the Rockies held the man wanted by
justice, and whose revealment would
bring him SO, 100.
Niller's face became . familiar n In
all the camps Of Colorado. New Mexico.
Arizona, Old Mexico and more Northern
Territories. In this search he was aided
at times BY Mr.. Franklin, who shared his
belief that Hiliman was still alive.
Two years ago Miller saw and identified
his man. ana Immediately asked for .
reQuisition to be sent to hin. Tue neces.
sary papers were issued and after some
delay Q man was sent with them, but Hill.
had recognized his former neighbos
and again disappeared
In no wise discouraged Miller again
commenced Q search and last week again
found his man, his time securing him and
remaining with him while Franklin went
for the papers. Franklin will arrive
here to-day. and will Immediately
start back for the man who SO nearly wore
out three judges and three juries and
numberless lawyers and witnesses, and
whose wife has sincer remarked.
March II. 1873. according to evidence John
Brown and John Hillluan went into camp
on Crooked creek, in Barber County, be.
ing on their way to Texas Brown went
for q farmer named BriIey. who returned
with Brown. who had notified him
of the killing. He found . wagon
and . camp fire about twelve feet
apart and near the fire was . man Who
had bsen shot, tho bullet from . A.cslibsE
gun had entered the skull one md Q hall
inches above and ono inch In front Of the
auditory meatus ON the right side and had
passed ont on the left side one inch above
the eaI. Tho feet Of the body
were toward the fire and the head VA
supported On . few fagota The dead
mans hat was burning In the AamssL
Brown said the dead man VA Hillman,
and In taking his gun out Of the wagon
in preparing for bed. he (Brewn) had
caught the hammer on the wagon box or
. blanket and the gun had been dis.
charged He heard . groan, he turned
and saw Hiilman stagger and start to
fall. and running to him caught him and
swung him around away from the fre He
then took horse and went for the nearest
IA, mer.
The following morning Mr.. Paddock,
the justice Of the peace. held an inquest
after which the body Was carried to Nedi.
cine Lodge. where another inquest was
held. After the second inquest the body
was buried and Brown and Levi Baldwin
and Alva Baldwin had brought material