Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
A MEXICAN HOLD UP|
Particulars of the Late Nacosari Stage R bbsry and Killing
 Of the Driver.
Arrest and Death of the Presidente of Fronteres. Robert Triboiett, and His Vaqueros, by the
 Mexican Authorities.

James A. Crowley, one of the Ameri
 cans who was held up at the time of the
 recent robbery of the Nscosari stage il
 Sonora, arrIved here last evening and
 gives the following particulars of the
 robbery, and the subsequent arrest and
 killing of the robbers by the authorities.
 Mr. Crowley is foreman of the Lsphan
 Cattle company of New York, upon
 whose ranch the mining camp of Nsco-
 sari is locared. His family reside here
 and he was returning from 8 visit to
 them at the time of the hold up. At
 BIsbee he met Edward Woodruff, pay
 master of the Nacossri Mining company,
 who had been to Ell Psso for money to
 pay the employees at the mine. At La
 Morita, the Mexican custom house 15
 miles south of Bisbee, he induced MT. | Crowley, who wac on horse pack, to ride in the blackboard with him ard | the Mexican driver, named Moreno, which he did, his saddle horse being led behind. They stopped for the night at the ranch of Robert Tribolett, an
 American living with lis family about l forty miles south of the GU. tom house, where they were made comfortable. TIat night Tribolett was away and was supposed to be irrigsting in his fields.
 It was the intention of the party to breakfast at Cochuta, a ranch lower down, ard where a change of animals
 was to be had, but Trbclett pressed
 them So hard that they had breakfast with him and then drove on. They
 reached Cochuta about o'clock and changed mules. About two miles south of this place, on the main road, they met 8 Mexican riding buckskin horse ana
 holding his head down, apparently as if following trail. Before reaching them, however, be turned to the left and was soon lost sight of in the heavy under growth of brush through which the road
 at that point turns. Suddenly after
 passing the point wEere the horseman
 had left the road, they were fired upon by three men who were close enough to mt them with their guns. As the shots were apparently purposely aimed high, DO one was hit, but both Woodruff sad Crowley jumped to the ground, the for mer to run back up the road and the latter to grsppie with the man who stood nearest to him, but the man, who wore "A white mack, jumped back and covered him with his qua aud made hlm hold up his hands. In he meantims the fright sned team Ead whi led around and was running towards Cochuta, with the oth- CT two robbers, also wearing maEks, in pursuit, and shooting at the driver, who was whipping the team as they ran. At this time Crowley's captor forced him back into the brush where he could hear the shooting but could DO: see all that aas going oD. He, however, saw the man ridirg the buckskin horse re- turn to the road and 10 ID the pursuit. His captor then robbed him of his money, watch and revolver. In the course Ot about ten or nfteen minutes the otber two foot robbers returned car ryIng with them the valise in which Woodruff had hIs money. This they cut open and counted It's contents, which consisted of S6UU0 in Mexican paper money and S2U0 Tn gold. The robber in command then ordered Crowley killed, but this his csptor refused to do. After a little more parleying the money was placed ln tue mail sack of the company out of which the letters had been dump ed. The same party who had ordered Crowley shot then threatened to kill uim if he sad anything about the affair, and told hIm be must remain there till night, when they would bring him some thing to eat. They then disappeared in the brush and shortly afterwards he heard their horses, which had been pick eted near by, gslloplng away. As soon as they were fairly gone he started back for C0chuta, but when he reached the road be found the blackboard with hls saddle horse stI!l tied behind. Wood rGtf WAS DO where to be found. but one of the blackboard mules had been killed and Moreno, the driver, lay dead by the road side. He had been shot three times from behind, once from near the center of the back, the bullet passing out of his right breast; the second | through the left side of the neck and the last shot squarely through the head, the ball coming out at the center of his fore head. It was learned afterwards that he was overtaken aud killed by the man who rode the buckskin horse and who also had to kill one of the mules in order sJ stop the team.
 With as ltLle delay as possible MT. Crowley mounted hls own horse and was bout to proce d when he was suddenl, stopped by four men who came out of the brush, out fortunately they proved to be vaqueros from the Cochuta ranch which Woodruff had reached and alarm ed. Word of the robbery was then sent to the ''p'esidente" or mayor at Fron- teras, a town about ten miles north, and ID the direction of Trio alett's, in whose district the murder and robbery had been committed. The preSidente, how ever, instead of appearing in person sent letter to the foreman of the Go chuta ranch, who refused to take acton ID the matter. 1t was then decided that Woodruff return to Bisbee and Crowley should take the dead body of Moreno and continue on to Nacssori, which be did, and by making sn all night drive reach there the morning following MOreno's body was tarned over to bic family and wns buried that afternoon, its arrival having created great excite ment in the camp.
 Crowley was summoned before the
 presidente of the town and required to make written statement of the OCCULT
 renee, also to explain why he brought tbe dead body of Moreno out of the
 Fronterss district andin to the Mocte- zuma without authority from the off
 cials of the district. such thing being