Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-08-22
HORSE THIEF. The Man Having the Indian
 School Horse. SHOT WHEN ARRESTED. Probably will not Live to Return
 to Tucson.
Found With Still Other Stolen Prop erty-Charged with Being Mur-
 dsrer-A Hard Case.

The man arrested in Graham countJ for stealing the Indian school horse if again heard from. He took articles from still another place, was tracked by their.owner to Solomonville, found, shot in arrest, and will now probably be tried, or at least examined, in Graham his condition being such es to make il impossible to bring him to Tucson fol some time. In addition the man is now said to be murderer, though tAis claim will not probably be sustained. Sheriff Brown received the following letters explanatory of the case:
 SoLoMoNvILLE, August 18th 1891. MIR. J. K. BRowN, Sheriff,
 Tucson, Arlz. Dear Sir:
 Yours of the 10th inst. to hand and in reply will say: ThIs IS surely the horse; description Is correct iu every particular with the exception of the strip in the face or forehead; be has a star or strip in his forehead about 2 or 3 Inches long. He claims that be traded with 6 man by the name of RuIz, who lives about mile from Tucson. He says the man is lipbt complexioned Mexican, has Q pasture and small al fslfs field. l had to shoot him in the leg in making the arrest. His leg is broken very badly. He will not be able to move for several months, and it is very doubtful whether or not he lives over 1t. The distrlct attorney of this county after being advised by the doctor that the man can not be moved for so long has commenced understand that you want man of his description ln your county for mur- der. Thompson, sheriff of Gila county, showed one of my deputies letter which be had received from you, describing the man, and saying you had 8 man there that could identify him. If you think this is the man you want for murder send him over and see if he can identify him. He seems to be very much afraid TO go back to Tucson. He gave his name as Joaquin Garcia yesterday. The doctor says this morning that he is very weak and thinks he will have to take his leg of and says he is very apt to die from the operation. So if you think from the description thnt he is the man wanted for murder you had probably better send him over at once. Very respectfully yours,
 GEO. A. ULNEY, Sheriff.
 The letter referring to the murder is as follows:
 WILCOX, August 18th, '9l. MIR. BROWN, Sheriff of Pima county.
 DEAR SIB:-There was a Mexican rob- bed my houss (Youtcy's ranch) between Rincon and Catallnas a week ago last Fi iday. followed him to Solomonville, found him anu got the sheriff and ar rested him. He WAS shot, making the arrest, in the leg and is now in the hos pitai st Solomonvllle. I found the articles taken from my house with him He was riding fine sorrel horse brand ed on left thigh and supposed to be stolen from Juan Elias or whoever gives that brand.
 ] followed him principally because the Mexicans on the San Pedro told me that he was the man that killed another Mexican with an ax for s20, about four years ago. also killed an American about the same time in Pinal county, and that there was a reward offer-d for him. He calls himself Angel Encinas. Please see II tDcIo is fcWdTu kOL buCn uldu UT at least for the killing mentioned, and I can prove hIm to be the right man. I also found the overcoat with him that was described in Q Tucson paper by Mir. Chamberlain.
 Yours respectfully, etc,
 JACOB YoUrCY."
 The American mentioned was m old man named Wheaton, living on the San Pedro, and Sheriff Brown says there is only circumstantial evidence of the m murderers, one of whom served two years for the crime.