Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-22
FUGITIVE STEW ART
 SHOWS FIGHT.
Sheriff Ruffnpr Exchanges a Few shots, on Saturday, With the
 Shooter of Dr. MeNAlly.
He Su eeeds in Affecting His Arrest Today and Stewart is Ar Paigned in Court This
 Afternoon.

Paigned in Court This
 Afternoon.
 Sheriff RuTner who has been on Frank SsewaIt's tTaii, ever since uoon on Monday, June 6. when the latter shot DT.-.i B. McN ally in bis office arrived at Luke Fieming's s place on Turko .ek on Saturday evening. Shortly alter his arrival when NIT. and Mrs. Fleming and the sheriff were seated or the porch Stewart came and asked for some thIng to eat. He did not recognize the sheriff. who had been dogging his traIi eyer since his attempt at murder. MT. Fleming told Stewart that he could not accommodate him but told him he could get meal just short distance up tue road at wayside station. Stewart re- marked that he did not think the station keeper would give him any thing 10 eat but proceeded up the road. Sheriff RutfDer was q silent witness 10 the conversation, fearing to attempt Stewards arrest there lest he might shoot MT. or Mrs. Fleming. After Stewart left how ever he starled after him and as Stewart stepped to one side of the road for something the Sheriff said Il want you" For reply Stewart fired a shot from his rife. the bullet passing through Ruffner's hat. As soon as he shot Stewart started to run, firing three more shots as he ran. Rutfner fired six shots at the fleeing man but all went wide of their aim. Rufner then went to the Senator. and telephOned to Under Sheriff Dillon who sent out a posse to his assistance, composed of the following fearless men: Jeff Davis, A. T. Marsh, Wm. Potts. Deputy Sheriff Jack Nelson of was slso notified to joiu the posse.
 Parties who came ID from the Big Bug country last evening stated that the sheriff took supper there last night and they were still on Stewards trail aud had hopes of either capturing or killing him today. They discovered that he had approached the cabin of au old prospector on Pine creek at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning and made him get up and cook break fast for bim. This seems to have been the first stopping place he has made, except at Flemings, since the shooting, where be has seen or talked to any one. He iuquirei of the prospector if he had heard of the sLooting and if Dr. McNally was dead. The latter told him that he had heard of it and that the doctor was dead.
 Sheriff Rufner has found his trail a devious one. After getting the horse on the night of the shooting, be rode to hls camp on big Bug, where he secured his burros and a Marlin repeating rife. He soon abandoned his burros, and Ruffner followed his trail to the Crowned King country. finding where he stopped along the way aud secured food bY breaking into vacant cabins. From Crowned King he went to Minnehsha, thence doubled on his trail back 10 Turkey creek. thence up Pine creek towards his old stamp ing grounds on Big Bug. The trail ing of him IS an easy matter, as he still wears pair of hob naIied shoes, which he had OF at the time of the shooting.
 Since the above was m type, the officers have returned to Prescott, bringing their man with them, ar irving here just before noon. having made the arrest at an early hour this morning, on the Big Bug mesa.
 Stewart saw the posse following him, and meeting a man on the mesa. sent word 10 the officers that he wished to surrender, as he was pretty we'll worn out. Sheriff Ruff ner says he could have easily killed Stewart last night, but knowing that his capture was certain, did not shoot.
 Alter he was locked up iu jail this morning, in speaking of his escape and the pursuit of him by the off cers, he told J. P. Dillon that he had bead drawn on him with bis gun for about three minutes, in the rocks west of town, on the after noon of the shooting and was about to pull the trigger, thinking that Dillon was alone, when the latter called to another Of the deputies to come in. Finding that there were others near. he refrained from shoot ing. When asked what motive he had in wishing to shoot Dillon, he replied that be thought he was too eagsr in his pursuit of him, Later in the afternoon, he stated that when he was behind a bush, Officer Prince came along, leading a horse, and he was just about to hold him up, to secure the horse, when Dillon came up to him.
 It was just two weeks ago today that the shooting of Dr. McNally occurred. The grand jury returned an indictment against Stewart on Saturday last On the opening of court this afternoon, he was brought into court to be arraigned on the indictment, and took the statutory tune to plead, stating that his name was net Frank, but A. A. Stewart, but that he had been known by the former name. Alex. Thompson, the we'll known logger, says that Stew art was raised in this vicinity, hay formerly worked for him