Arizona republican., 1890-05-20
WHERE HE BELONGS. John Dale is Behind Prison
 Bars.
Quick Work on the Part of
 Phoenix Officers.
An Attempt to Outrage Little Girl Will Land a Miscreant in
 Yuma.

Yuma.
 He had black eye, and there was upon his brow an "x" that might have been the brand of Cain--but it wasn't. He was tall and sinewy and dirty. He wore white slouch hat, blue overalls and dust-colored flannel shirt, and his personal appearance was not at all inn proved by the marks that his hands made across his brow as he wiped away the beads of precipitation.
 He stood behind the iron door at the county jail, and he talked to reporter for TIE REPUBLICAN through the bars. Grouped upon the stone floor at the foot of the steps leading up to the barred door, the motley crowd of his fellow prisoners sought in vain to catch some words of the low-voiced colloquy. The prisoner was John Dale, who on by dastardly attempt at outrage upon little daughter of one of the leading citizens of Phoenix, as printed erclusiCe- ly in THE REPUBLICAN of yesterday. Dale looked as though just recovering from the effects of debauch, and was perfectly willing to talk-but he knew or pretended to know nothing.
 "Yes. It's pretty hot in here," Dale answered.
 "It is hot outside, too. What brings you here?"
 'I don't know"
 "You have no idea?"
 "None at all
 "When were you arrested?"
 Early this morning, in saloon uI town"
 "And you do not know what you are arrested for?.'
 "I have no idea"
 "Where were you yesterday after. noon?"
 'I was around town"
 "Were you drinkfng?"
 Well, guess was drinking some" " "And you have no memory of having any trouble with anybody?''
 "l had fight with some fellow. was on my way to camp when it oc' cured"
 "The trouble was not about female little girl?"
 "No. l don't remember There were three or four fellows jumped on me. was on my way back to camp.
 "They appear to have done you LII pretty well. Where were you camped 2 Right out on the road leading out ,,,at l,, tl Do you live about here?''
 "No, am from Prescott"
 "Were you camped out alone" 'No. was with man named Toohcy and another named Mccormick. "What were you doing here?" "We came down Toohey and 1 wert going back to Prescott"
 Do you belong in Prescott?"
 "No. We came there from the Need les. Then came here with Toohey. "What for?"
 "Well, he had some horses. H, wanted us to come.
 Are they, Toohey and Mccormick here yet?"
 "McCorrnick is down town somewhere Toohey went away last night"
 ''ls he coming back here?"
 ''He told Mccormick he would b, back tomorrow.
 And you remember the trouble dowI by the ditch?"
 "Yes."
 "Are you sure it had nothing to dc with little girl-that you did not si down there?"
 ''Is there any talk about little gir any charge of that kind?" Tn, prisoner became suddenly alarmed a this point, and his flushed face paleC perceptibly,
 "What did these men attack you for 9 the reporter continued, ignoring tn, query.
 T don't know. They jumped on me three or four of them"
 "You are sure about the girl?"
 '"There was nothing" Clearly Dal, would not commit himself any furthe than he had already done, and the re porter withdrew.
 He has, however been posi- lively identified and it is ex tremely probable that he will hay, time at Yuma for his dastardly attempt the good of society demanding that al example should be made of such mis creants as he is.
 The arrest was made by COnstabl John Slankard early yesterday morning Dale being found in the McNamar saloon on Washington street and recog nized at once by the descriptions of hin in the possession of the officers.
 The man had not, as was supposed ol Sunday night, attempted to escape iron the vicinity of Phoenix, although close watch was kept for him all night In fact, it is very probable that as h himself says, he returned to his cam just south of the city limits immediatel, after running away from Davis, the lit tie girls rescuer, and that he slept ther in drunken stupor all night, returnin, to town to get more whiskey probabl, at daylight.
 The mans story as to where he hail from is very much confused and iron bis general appearance it is more thal possible that Sheriff Gray has an old timer on his hands.
 GOOD DMARKSMANSHIP. Marshal Blankenship Tries Some Targe
 Practice.