The herald., 1895-07-16

ohey cut open and counted its contents OF
30O0 n Mexican paper money and SzoV
Hmerfcan gold. The robber in command
ordered that Crowley be killed, but TINS
bis captor refused to do. After nttie
more parleying the money was placed IN
the mail sack of the company out OF
which the letters had been dumped. The
same party who had ordered Crowley shot
then threatened to Kill him II ne salu
snvtning about the affair. and told MIN
he must remain there till night. when
they would return .ano bring Elm some
thing 10 eat. They then aisappsarees. e.rd "a
the brush and shortly afterwards he nearo
their horses, which had been picKeteo
near by, galloping away. ~ ..
AS soon as they were fairly gone ne
started back for Cocbnta, but when ne
reached the road there was the puck kooara
with his saddle horse still tied benlno.
Woodruff was nowhere in sight. put one
of the buck board mules had Deen killed
and Moreno, the driver. lay dead py the
roadside. He had been shot three times
from behind. once from near the center
Of the back. the bullet passing. out OF hls
light breast. once through the lett s'ae OF
his neck and once squarely through the
head. the bullet coming out in the center
+, Of the foreh cad. IL was learned alter.
I yra I'd that he was overtaken aud kl lled bv
the man, who also had to kill one OF the
mules in order to stop the team. WIN MS
little delay as possible Crowley mounted
his own horse and was about 70 proceeu
when he was suddenly stopped by tour
men, who came out of the brush, but toi :
tunateiy these proved to be vaqueros from
the Cochuta ranch which Woodruff had
reached and alarmed.
Word OF the robbery was then sent 10
the presidenie or mayor at FIontefas,
town about ten miles north and IN the
direction of 'rriboulet is, in which ditec-
tion the murder and robbery. had been
rom mitted The president. instead Oh
appearing in person. sent letter 10 lne
foreman of the Cochuta ranch. VINO re-
fused to take action in the matter. tt
{ was then decided that Woodruff should
return to Bisbee and that Crowley should
take the dead body of Moreno ano con-
tinue on to Naoosari, which he did, ana
bv making an all night drive reached
there the morning following. Moreno
body was turned over to his family ana
was buried that afternoon. Its arrival
i created great excitement in the camp.
Crowley was summoned before tne
presidente of the town and required to
make written statement OF the occur
renee. and also to explain why he had
brought the dead body of Moreno out Oh
the Fronteras district and INTO that 81
Montezuma without authority OF 'ne oin-
cials of the district, such thing being
. against the law. He was then placed
under surveillance, his statement sent to
the authori ties Mt OposuTa, hfty-hve
! miles distant. Detectives were put to
Z work on the case, being summoned from
all over the country.
In twelve days. by direction of the gov
ernor OF Sonora, the presidente of From
teras was placed under arrest. This was
followed shortly after by the arrest OF
!, Trlboulet. his foreman. and two others or
his employees. The next morning they
< we're taken by Major Mendez. comman-
4 dante of the district police, about SIX
miles in the direction of the scene OF the
saobbery, and there shot by the roadside.
The presidente who had in the mean
time been disgraced from Office, was the
4 frst TO be shot, then "DiabloN the man
who rode the buckskin horse, then one OF
the Triboulet vaqueros. and lastly III
boulet himself. The fifth was boy who
had turned states evidence. and he was
told to return to Fronteras and tell what
he had seen. The shooting party con
sisted of four men, who stood but few
feet away from their victims.
y. These facts were learned by Mr.. Crow
4 lev from Major Mendez, who further said
in relation to Triboulet that the latter de-
MED having been present at the robbery,
which was probably true, but that the
robbery had been concoeted at his house
and that not only Triboulet but the
mayor and Il number of prominent citl-
zens of Fronteras were implicated, and
those not yet caught would be gathered
in later. Crowley was also told that hi
watch and pistol were found IN Tribou
let's house. as was also S1500 OF the stoler
money. Trboulet's foreman, tho MAJ
who robbed Crowley at the time he belt
him prisoner in the bush, escaped, but
was subsequently caught near Op9snrf
ana executed in the presence OF the whole
town. who turned out to see him shot
LIZ RI a n f11j rnnfaSGjOn
given his life. but when this was denied
him he refused to go into details, while
admitting bis completely in the outrage.
Before being killed he asked the privileg'
Of putting on his ''chupareras. whict
was granted. He died cOurageously.
There were three other active part ci
pants in the robbery, who were in am
bush lower down the road, but thus fa
they have escaped. MI. Crowley for
time was in a preearious position. ii
had, without authority and contrary t.
law. taken dead body from one distric
to another and the fact that there wcr
two Americans on the blackboard, ant
that neither of them was killed was locke
on suspiciously by both people and all
thorities. Until the matter was thorough
ly cleared up he was in constant DANCE
OF being killed. Finally the authorize
offered him Il guard of soldiers, but thes
he refused. He, however. concluded tba
it was best to get out of the country. an
did SO. In coming out his party was i
constant danger of ambuscade. In Gala
basa canyon three armed men were re
ported in, ambush, but this canyon Wa
avoided by making a detour over tn
hills. The authorities are said to have tn
names of about forty men who were NOR
or less implicated in the robbery. and Il
these are scattered all over the country {
avoid arrest the danger to travel is larssl
increased.