Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-05-30
The HALL MURDERS !
No Indian Killed lht Hall Boys
as First R,pOIltd.
Investigation lnto a Double Murder
that Will Prove Startling.
Prominent Men Sad 10 be impll,atcd n
the Foul Assassination
HISTORY " IHI MURDERS.

SI-, Val iu Tie CuiI,u
silver city. \. NJ. NAY ~. Near u,
clO-e ~ the month Uf September. alrOul
the 18th " 2yth. Ia the year 1891. iw,
brothers, Robert II. and Richard >. Hall
lett fine Ci-negA, GrAnt eUuut,, this t.l
ritIy, In search II fresh pa-tuI,~ fur
their herds. They we're cuwliru, isitIl
married. aud cOmforta fixed. v hen
They left home they sterTrd westward, b,.
Ing amply provided with all Ucce-~af ip.
fOr their trip, aud carried among other
things t,sO ~ t1U Ia money. Two ur
three days after their departure II WAS
| fepOrted that they had been killed L., ia.
dians near Ash springs. Graham county
Arizona. Search parties went uul from
| various localities aud among the Test.
Tom Hall. a brother ~ the mur,leT,-I men
| accompanied by u posse " his friends.
They reached the repOried scene ut the
killing and sought fOr days, but IN vain,
for the bodies. They returned home lis.
consulate, all but Tom. who hal a th,.,t,
and after the lap-~ VI nearly live yeats,
he Is prepared " put tina, theor, 10 the
test.
lie claims that he knew intuiti,ely that
his brothers we're not killed BY Indians,
but were murdered by hired assa sssi ns,
ind all thee. long years he has closely
watched the movements Of certain sus-
pected parties. He is satisfied now that
he has struck the right trail and he pro.
l.'ses ~ follow u up. and those who know
Tom Hall know that no such word ~ tail
II contained In his vocabulary.
About one month ago J. ". Parks, Jr.,
of Duncan, Arizona, was out horse hunt
Ing and by merest accident discovered
| hs.s LAT. -
There In no reason for any doubt, as nu-
mer0us articles known W have been In
the pos~eeslOn o. the Hall boys when they
left home. have been Identified. The
pack saddles, the riding rAddles and the
bedding hai been burned. Among the
articles Identified was spur OF peculiar
pattern. the stock OF Winchester rifle
bearing the brand Of I'll and the iron or
steel cAntle OF saddle, which had been
supplied by Q Silver City aAddler. The
remains when found. were scattered
somewhat. evidently by coyotes who had
dsvoursd tbs bodies. One Of the skulls
showed bullet hole, the shot having
evidently been hred from the rear; the
other had been crushed. presumably b,
stOues.
Al the time OF their disappearance the
Grant county papers, which had always
been very bitter toward the Halls without
any reason, made little mention ~ the
fact. Numerous charges had been pre-
ferred but the several grand jurien hal
failed 10 6nd any bills against them.
They hsd always BEEN noted M quiet,
un0btrusive citixens, but when Tor bust
ncss reasons sleuths we're put on their
trail, they acted sensibly and st0T on
their guard.
Two Of the parties suppo..ed "a ha,.
taken hand In the murders are now
under arrest, one 10 Ia Jail at solomon.
Vile. Arizona, and the other was arrested
at Mogollen. Socorro county. The where.
abouls VI the third party IL known. aud
he eau be produced at short notice.
II haa been generally supposed that In
this deviltry there was silent factor.
and that the parties WIN did the dirt,
work got we'll paid for II.
The true inwArdness of the entire pro
ceedings will probably be- developed
shortly, M \ special session u the grand
jury In Graham county. Arizona, has been
called " Investigate this particular mat.
ter.
The widows Of the two murdered men
will be on hand. Among the many arti-
cles found ON the scene VI the murders, q
malority Of them can be readily identified
In Grant county.
II IL significant In this connection that
no rewards were offered by the governor
at the time, but possibly this fact may be
explained when IL becomes known thai
the poor victims were working men, and
only cow-punchers. They we're human
Just the same. and they paid their pro-
PARTON Of taxes. and ~ such they we're
entitled to n ANAL m,siiaum az e.,n aid.r