Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-01
Further Particulars About
the Hardie Murder.
Official News Reaches General
GriersOn.
District Attorney Stillwell's Opinion
of the Matter.
Supers Strike for Higher Wages-The
Oro Fino Club Opens It's Head
quarters-Other Local Items

The department of Arizona of the
United States army yesterday received
its first official report of the Hardie MUIR
der. Heretofore in spite of General
Grierson's evident dislike of newspaper
stories, he has been compelled to de-
pend almost entirely upon the accounts
published in the daily press. This
"official statement" comes from some
one who is described therein as "Mr.
Clark, a resident of Huachuca, who was
at Tombstone when the news of the
murder reached there" 1t does not ap-
pear that "Mr. Clark" took any part in
the affair, or that his opinion and state
ments need to be received against those
of the people who did take part, whose
evidence was taken under oath before
the coroner's jury. The "official state
ment," however, offers the government
no other evidence than Mr.. Clark's
ideas.
The important part of Mr.. Clark's
statement is that he saw the body after
it was taken to the undertaker's.
and that the index finger of the left
hand showed powder burns. He also
looked at the wound and found that the
bullet had pierced through the body on
level. Mr.. Clark says he saw the
money taken out of his pockets and that
the pocketbook was untouched He
gives his opinion to the effect that Har-
die was killed by other than Indians for
other motives than that of robbery.
w. H. Stilwell the district attorney
of Cochise county, Arizona, was in the
city yesterday, stopping at the Hollen-
beck. This is the county in which
Tombstone is located, and Judge Still
well conducted the examination of the
various witnesses before the coroner's
jury.
He is of the opinion that there is no
question that the murder was commit
ted by Indians, and that their sole OBJ
ject was that of robbery. Therein he
differs from the views expressed by Mr..
Clark in the "official statement"
"Who is this Mr.. Clark?" said Judge
Stilwell.
He was informed that he was an In
dian scout.
"Well, never heard of him. He did
not figure in the affair at all, and / can
not imagine why the government should
care for his statement to the exclusion
of all the testimony sworn to before the
coroner's jury. DR.. U. G. Goodfellow, a
well-known surgeon, examined the BODY
and testified that the bullet was not
fired ON level but from some distance
above, so that it went through at an
angle of forty five degrees. | inspected
the wound myself. Mr.. Clark's state
ment on that point is wrong. Moreover,
there were no powder marks anywhere
on the body. DR.. Goodfellow testified to
that as did others. Those who found
the body testified that the pockets were
turned inside out and the money taken.
What does Mr.. Clark know about that?
He was in Tombstone at the time.
"Now the army officials offer various
arguments to show that the killing was
not done by Indians. They say that the
red men always mutilate bodies. 1
don't know much about the Indians
that infest the vicinity OF West Point,
but in Arizona they frequently do moth
ing of the kind. | can quote any num-
ber of cases where bodies were un-
touched. They say that Indians could
not have killed Mr.. Hardie for his
money, because they have no use for
money. How did they buy their car
tridges? Did none of these army men
ever try to bargain with Indians for the
trinkets which they manufacture? Such
talk calls for smiles, not arguments"
Judge Stilwell then proceeded to go
over the evidence in detail, making
very successful argument to show that
the murder was committed, as originally
claimed, by Indians escaped from the
reservation.