Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-17
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GERONIMO THE Despea AGO.
Tragic Fate Of One Of the Most Nosorioa
Daredevtls of A rtsona

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Tragic Fate OF One Of the Most Nosorioas
Daredevtis Of AriHons.
Arizona has had a good many daring
horse thieves and desperadoes but Il Is
doubtful whether more thorough dare
devil ever Infested the territory than the
Mexican renegade known as Geronimo.
who was killed by n sheriff's ptIsse while
he was trying TO run of a stolen horse
This fellow, whose real name was Santiago
Moreno, was scarcely more than d boy vet.
like Curly Bill. SO great was tis nerve.
skill and endurance that for several wears
he had been the terror OF southern Arizona.
He had stolen hundreds of head OF choice
stock, which he had run into old Mexico
had committed several stage and train
robDeries and had killed more than one
man Rewards amounting to more than
q 600 were on his head The following /.
the story OF the chase and shoot ny OF the
desperado.
In going from Pantano 10 Total Wreck
Ed Vail met three Mexicans, twd on horse
back and the other on foot, carrying sad
die and bride. On being questioned they
could not satisfactorily account for their
possession Wallis suspicious heing < aroused
he made inquiries further up thd road and
ascertained that the saddle aud bride had
been stolen from a couple Of Mexicans who
were working In the vicinity. and shortly
afterward he WAS informed that three Mex.
leans had taken horse belonging to NJ. j
Jones from the Sanford pasture Vail tele-
phoned Immediately 10 Pantand. where a
posse, including Tom Turner, j. NJ Orosco.
Logan aud some others was quickly organ
lied for the pursuit
The police struck the trail near pantano
and followed it in the direction df the San
Pedro river until darkness compelled
them TO stop. Orosco and Logan pushed
on toward the river TO arouse the settlers.
and the other men went back to the rodeo
mt Pantano The robbers went straight to
the river, arriving at one of Heney,s
ranches below Tres Alamos just at dusk.
Here they remained all night in pne OF the
vacant houses Food was given them.
and they turned their horses into the pas.
ture. All the horses were SO thoroughly
tagged out. especially the stolen animal,
that the MeXieans were unable to get
started before O'Clock in the mprnng.
| Meanwhile party consisting Of Rob
Hughes, Deputy Sheriff Gray. J NJ Oros-
co, Logan, Gibson, Sam Boone and Nor
gan, well armed with repeating rifles and
pistols, had struck the trail near Tres
Alamos, arriving at Heney's just two
hours after the robbers had left A sor
1 chase then began, and the robbers were
overtaken at about o'clock near Rabeii's
ranch, about twenty miles further down
the river The pursuing party got within
Esventy yards of the Mexicans before their
presence was suspected Immediately on
perceivng Hughes and Boone. who were
In advance. the robbers discovered their
identity by opening flre. A regular fusil
lade ensued, in which some twenty shots
/ were exchanged.
| At the first shot Leon, who Is said TO
have been one OF Slaughteri4 deputies,
sprang from his horse. kneeled aud threw
up his hands The leading Mexican fired
three times, as his pistol shows, before re
ceiving his death wound Az ha fell TO the
! ground Leon exclaimed, "Gerbnimo IL no
moref' and only then did the party know
| they bad run down the NOTORIOUS Geroni.
| mo, mail and train robber. murderer and
horse thief The third man fireli n We shots
before he was disabled by a ball through
\ the leshy part OF the thigh While the al,
tention OF the posse was directed to Geroui.
mo, this man. who answers to the name OF
! Victoriano, managed to crawl away and
secrete himself IN the thick bru sh
Many settlers bad been attrhcted to the
spot by the shooting, and II waA some time
before his hiding place could be found
There were two pistols found OBJ the Mexi
cans, Geronimo having the regular navy
Colts aud Nictortano an old style Rcining
ton. Geronimo only lived few minutes
after receiving the fatal shot He did not
speak, bat only smiled as he expired
The dead man and prisoners were taken
to Benson that night After a preliminary
examination on Sunday the prisoners were
taken to Tombstone on the next day by
Deputy Sheriff A. Gray.-Tncson Star