Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-06-20
A Dead Outlaw.
(Prospector,)

| Prospector)
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
d. II. Logan being duly sworn doel
| testify as follows: "On the Of June
| was at Pantano. Tom Turner got 9
dispatch from Ed. Vail stating tina
! some Mexicans had stolen saddle anc
bride from the Sanford's ranch. Id
| asked me il l would go with him anC
| take the trail. Struck the trail abou
| 8 .. m, two men horseback and one
afoot, followed trail south of Jones
| ranch; there they caught two horses
followed the Creek ranch, turned two
| horses loose on the 18th of June. Hughes
| Orosco and l took their trail and follow.
ed then down the river about thirty
miles. Hughes hallooed to them in
Spanish to stop. One Of them stopped
his horse and turned around. Tie
other parties put spurs to their horses
and started off on lope.
AS they started off both parties pull
ed their six shooters and commenced
to fire. Hughes and Bohn returned the
fire. ] rode up on a small knoll and
fired three shots. When | came down
1 found one of the Mexicans lying
beside the road. was not personally
acquainted with the deceased. When
we turned back we found the deceased
laying on the road in a dying condition
We found in their possession two
stolen horses, both small, one belonging
to Mr.. Jones and the other il charge of
Mr. Wakefield. ID. II. LOGAN.
w. II. Gibson being duly sworn does
testify as follows: Hughes, Orosco. Lo-
gan and myself started in pursuit of
horse thieves. We found that they had
left Orosco's and then we started On
their trail. From there we kept their
trail as far as Bohn's and there We got
Sam Bohn to go with us to POOLS and
there we got Sam Morgan. We under
stood that the Mexicans were only a
short distance ahead of us with the
horses. From there we ran. The best
horses went first. Orosco and / having
the poorest horses, we were left behind.
When we came up with the Mexican that
was not hurt we took him in. A few
yards ahead of where we found this Mex
lean there was another Mexican lying
on his belly with his hands stretched out
apparently dead. We drove the Mexican
we had in front of us and he told US that
was Geronimo, We had left behind
and we came to the conclusion that We
would turn back and see that Geronimo
was not playing oppossum and we waited
there until the rest of the party came
Up when We went back to Geronimo. l
picked up his pistol. Three shots had
been fired out of his pistol. When the
rest of the party came back there bring
ing one horse that belonged to Wakefield
and one horse belonging to Jones, Geron-
limo lay gasping and was not able to
speak when we reached him.
W. B. GIBSON.
vICToRANO SANDOvAL
Bsing duly sworn does testify: When
the pursuing party ordered US to halt, /
stopped and the other two started to run,
they drew their weapons and commenced
firing backwards. Then the pursuing
party commenced firing, L was back IN
the rear and did not see deceased fall. /
have known the deceased for the past
four years under the following names:
General Francisco Miranda, Geronimo
Miranda and Santiago Moreno. Moreno
being his last name at time Of his death.
W. F. HUGHES
Being duly sworn does testify: That
night before last Logan came to my
there were some horse thieves coming
into the river, that there were three of
them and that they had three horses and
that their horses were ridden down and
that he was satisfied they were going to
steal more on the river in the morning.
When / got up l got my horses,
after l found my horses L went
to Logan's and while l was there
John Allen came and said that
they were at Chico Orosco's and
that Chino Orosco wanted some one to
come down and help arrest them. |
sent word to the deputy sheriff then l
FASTENED off to capture the thieves.
followed them about thirty or thirty
five miles with Others. When we were
within % yards OK them | halloed halt
four or five times III Spanish. One OF
them stopped, the other two Jerked
their pistols and began shooting. began
to shoot. There were other shots fired
around me and my party, but dc not
know who fired them. After they had
run about two hundred and fifty yards
one of them fell from bis horse, the
other one kept on the road, still shooting
for about 200 yards farther then
he turned to the left and jumped his
horse into a ditch of water, and the
horse begged down; the Mexican either
jumped or fell off his horse. When he
got on his feet he fired his fifth shot
and the best / could see, the La [ saw
of him he was in the brush trying to put
a cartridge in his pistol. About an hour
after we had started to Benson with the
dead man, Geo. Wilson overlook us and
told me that they had found the other
man that had got away from us. We
turned back, got the wounded man and
brought hi i'm to Benson. We found two
horses and one saddle in possession of
the prisoners, one of which / recognized
as belonging to Mr.. Jones and the
other in charge of Mr.. Wakefield OF
Milestone mountains.
The two men no were captured are
now in the county Jail, having been
bound over to appear before the grand
jury. They were brought by Sheriff Gray
Their names are respectively Vic
toro Ssndoval and Guadalupe Redondo-
The latter has a flesh wound which is
not hruting him much. Evidence is
coming to light which will lay at the
door of at least one Of the prisoners and
Geronimo a volume of crimes which will
prove almost Incredible.
Sandoval is very laxative and among
other murders which he states were
committed by Geronimo was thai OF
Duncan about year ago in the Hua
chuca mountains. There is sufli cient
evidence 20 connect him with nearly
every stage robbery committed in
southern Arizona and the half of his
devilment has not been told.
Trouble Brewing.
Cattlemen in this vicinity are getting