The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-05
CURIOUS ARIZONA POSTMASTER.
Extraordinary Affair Unearthcd by q
70. p0stof1lce Inspector.

Affair Unearthod by
-. postofice Inspector.
Postofice Inspector Waterbury re-.
Gently returned from protracted of.
fetal tour Of his district, and he brings
home strange story. II is reminis.
cent, says the Denver Republican, CT
one which Inspector Waterbury uu.
earthed in 1894, the full details Of
which, however, have never been pub.
lished. His last trip, which took in
Yuma, A. T., brought him face to face
with the noted character with which
this particular story deals, who is now
awaiting execution for wife murder.
Early in 1894 Inspector Waterbury
received instructions from the general
postofice at Washington to go to Eth.
renburg, $50 miles from Yuma, and
investigate tho condition OF the post.
Office there. For eleven years not q
word had been heard from it, although
tho officials had forwarded stamps oc.
caslonally. Tho P0stoffice Department
issued orders which brookcd OF no de.
lay, but no heed had been taken OF
them, and the officials wanted the
whole matter sifted. Inspector Water.
bury set out and finally reached his
destination. He did not ride on Pull.
man all the time.
Arrived at Ehrenburg, the postofice
was not very difficult to locate. It was
one of the poorest Of the struggling
adobe huts which constituted the town
at that time. But the postmaster was
nowhere to be found.
A compadre of his was met after
awhile who spoke English. "Hayzoos"
would be back in few days, Inspec.
tor Waterbury was told. The other
name Of "Hayzoos, which in English
is Jesus, was Daniel, which informa.
ton it took q long time to elicit. The
distance was too long and the way too
difficult to traverse to leave his mis-.
sion unaccomplished, so Inspector
Waterbury sat down and awaited the
pleasure Of Jesus Daniel.
After lapse of five days Jesus or.
rived at Ehrenburg in his birch-bark
canoe. The inspector was not long in
forming his acquaintance. He told
Jesus Daniel tho purpose of his mis-
sion. The Mexican gave a savage
grunt Of understanding and grufay &C.
quiesced to showing Inspector Water.
bury through the postofice. The
examination was at once begun.
Shutters were thrown back, doors I'M.
bolted and the two sat down in the
musty atmosphere. The safe was first
opened. In it Inspector Waterbury
found thirteen registered letters, most
of which were Of m urgent and impor-
tant nature, which had lain there from
two to eleven years. He found some
of the people to whom the letters were
addressed and delivered them. There
were hundreds of letters lying about,
many Of them directed to people who
had long been dead. But Inspector
Watcrbury's great find was two com.
missions from subsequent Administra.
tions for men appointed to succeed
Jesus Daniel as his successor. One
Of these men died in ignorance of his
appointment, and the other was
kept in ignorance Of it by the astute
Jesus.
When confronted with the pile Of
documentary evidence against his
ability OF character or ignorance, Or
all three, Jesus Daniel just grunted,
which said plain as English could
make it: "What now, if you have
discovered it," Inspector Waterbury
saw that there was no use in argument.
The Postmaster was of the brute type,
too ignorant or cunning to volunteer
or give under pressure on explana.
ton.
After the two men had left the post.
Office Jesus Daniel was met by some
acquaintance who greeted him after
their fashion. From the look Of horror
which crept over the faces of oil Of
them Inspector Waterbury ventured a
remark as to what caused it.
"He took his wife up the river and
drowned her, he says said one Of
the bystanders.
"You took your wife up the river
and drowned her, did you?" asked the
astounded inspector, as he looked OF
the immobile features Of the man
beside him.
eyes, I drowned her," doggedly re-
piled the Mexican. !, "She, was nc
good anymore. She got old and sick
and ugly, and she bothered me.
asked her to step out Of the boat and
get flower for me that was in the
water. When she got out I pushed
her into the river and got away quick
when I see that she can get up nc
more"
Cure For Hydrophobia.
For many years it has been known
that the Yaqui Indians, of Sonora
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