Arizona republican., 1894-09-11
FILLEY'S DEATH.
The Latest News Received
 From Mount Reno,
The Murder Occurred Tn Gila Coun- ty and Sheriff Thompson and
 Posse Are in Pursuit,

NO additional light has been thrown
 upon the perpetrator or perpetrators of
 Horace Filley's murder. M. H. Dayen-
 port was deputized on Sunday morning
 as an officer and was sent over to Tempe
 where he was joined by the messenger,
 Crab5ree, who brought the news of the
 murder down on Saturday night. They
 left for Mount Reno to join in the hunt
 for the murderers.
 l Yesterday morning D. L. Murray, for
 whom Filley formerly worked, sent a
 box and coffin from Rardal & Davis, in
 which the dead man will be brought either here or to Tempe and given proper
 burial. He also sent messenger to Bloody Basin to notify Fillev's cousin of his death.
 A cattleman named Curry from Tonto Basin arrived at Tempe on Sunday afternoon and furnished slightly more accurate information concerning the finding of the body than Ora btree brought. He said that when Filley was shot he was evidently on horseback fleeing from pursuer. This was in- dicated by the stride of the horse and further by the fact that the ball entered his back on the right, slightly above the hip, and came out on the left side of the breast below the shoulder. He believed that Filley was lying down on the horse trying to conceal himself and had his arms clasped about the neck of the animal. There was blood along the track for short distance, showing that he had retained his hold a little while after being shot. The crushing of the skull reported by Crabtree, Curry says. must have occurred when at last the hold of the murdered man gave way and he was dashed against the rocks along the trail.
 Three of the horses Fillev had with him wandered back to a ranch fifteen miles this side of Mount Reno. The horse he was riding had not been found,
 The body was found on the farther slope of the mountain and the murder therefore occurred in Gila county. Another matter which Crabtree did not report but must have known if he was at the burial of Filley as he says. was that Sheriff Thompson of Gila county was there. The sheriff hap pened to be in the vicinity with posse hunting for the man who had held up the Tonto stage. Immediately after the discovery and burial of the | body he set out with his posse upon what appeared to be the trail of the murderer.
 The only clue so far as Curry knows Is furnished by rancher who lives 1 some distance this side of Mt. Reno, He said that last Wednesday man an- swering Filley's description pas ssed his place accompanied by man whom he can only describe as being of light con- | pleXion.
 The motive for the murder is as ID uch mystery as ever. A ten dollar bill was found in the dead man s pocket among lot of papers. This, however. might have been overlooked. A pocket knife which he is known to have car. ried IS gone.
 The theory that Filley became vic- tim of the Tewksbury Graham feud is not considered probable. None of the Tewksbury adherents were likely in that vicinity and if they were they would hardly have shot down an un- armed and unofending man for no other reason than that he was engaged in gathering the Graham cattle.
 It is regarded as much more probable that he fell in with Apaches who had wandered from the reservation and whose cup1dity was excited by his horse and what arms might be SUD- posed to be in his possession. Curry also believed it possible that he might have encountered the Tonto stage rob- Der who killed him for his horse.
 It Is possible that additional word will be received today.