Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-02-06
MO NARYS MURDER! ]!
The Horrible Crime of a Human EeRd
 That is Unparalleled.
\ Soquel to Mining Litigation That Term.
 inatcd in the Loss of Life.

The foul and filthy veil that has
 shielded crime and criminals in thi:
 section, has again been drawn, and
 behind it the fife of another human
 answers to the long role who have
 gone before. Whatever may be said 1 of Mir. McNary, or the causes which
 led to his death, does not matter
 The eowardly and inhuman method
 with which the murder is cursed,
 makes the scene one of horror and
 disgust. 1t IS more of the eharac-
 teristic methods adopted in savagery
 and so revolting to the human sense
 that even horror takes away the
 pity Of the deed for the time.
 An old man, way laid on a lonely
 road, walking to town because pow
 erty compelled him to, aud assailed
 by demon under coverof the night.
 Such is the scene enacted in the last
 tragedy near this clty, coupling to
 1t those, which, in previous years,
 have cursed the territory, and given
 us, in name, that which civilization
 has been battling against for years
 to stamp out, What the future will
 do to relieve the past of the dark | cloud that hovers over us in the
 frightfui manner that human ven- geance has adopted in the taking of life, can only be figured among the possibilities.
 Men have been brutally butchered, and as the blood of the victims dries up and passes away, soon to be seen only m memory. so does human re- gard seem to follow the same course. The ghastiless of murder is only excelled in it's shame as it recurs. Justice, too, seems to hesitate in the performance of the duty it is sup posed to be clothed with in sacred regard.
 The murier of MT. McNary which occurred on Thursday evening at Copper Basin, is another instance 2 in which human vengeance seems to have been thoroughly satisfied, and though it may be due to business traits it is but one nevertheless of many that mining life in the west has been the direct cause Of. His death in short may be put down to the legal dispute that prevailed be- .peen him and Paul Loske over a piece of ground near Copper Basin. Although Mr. Loske says he was not present at the time the murder was committed, there is strong evidence 1t is said, that the real murderer, Schultz, was but the willing tool of the above principal. Be that as it may, the courts will handle the question as to who is and who is not guilty.
 From Judge Moore and others who were present conducting the inquest 1t was shown that Mir. Me Nary left the cabin at his mine Wednesday night at g o'clock on foot and with lantern bound for Prescott. He chose night time to travel because his life had been threatened by Loske and others previously.
 He had travelled but a mile that night when he was assailed. and murdered. His appearance was a frightful one. the right side of his 1 head being smashed so that the 1 bones protrudei, while all over his body and on his hands many knife 1 wounds were to be seen. The ground too. gave evidence of struggle, and though losing his life | made desperate fight to the last. l
 Yesterday Sheriff Ruffner aided l by ex-Sheriff Mulyenon arrested a man named Schultz. who it is was seen in that vicinity after the murder, the latter's face | and hands showing marks and | bruises that hs had but recently Later Mir. Loske was arrest ed too, the course of the off cers being guided in this arrest by knowledge of the threats that had passed between the slain and MT. Loske. The sheriff is also said to possess many links in the long chain of the deed, which will be welded together in one boRd and the courts given an opportunity to deal with he tragedy thereby in justice.
 The discovery of the dead body is lue to the Mexican boy at Copper Basin, who, while hunting the next accidentally ran onto it. Be also brought the first news to own, when Sheriff Ruffner went out o veiw the body, and gain any which the deed might rive. His trip was beneficial one n this regard, for, it is said, he has evidence, in an instru- nent found, that carries strong cir evidence to trace the murderer Of this we will say more ater.
 The body of MT. McNary was aken to the smelter by his son, Dick, where it will be buried.
 The coroner's jury rendered yer jet that the deceased came to his cath at the hands of parties un- nown, and that the crime was a .l1 Il-z.1~1