Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
UNDER A JUNIPER TREE
The Mysterious Death of Han in
 Yavspai County.

The fact of the remains of a man having been found covered with brush
 in the Willow creek basin short tima since will be fresh in the memory of 1 the readers of the Journal-EIiner, says that paper. An investigation at the time of the discovery revealed the faci Lthat 9 murder had been committed.
 and following up certain clues discov- cry also revealed almost unmistakabiy
 t3e identity Of the murderer.
 In the interests of justice, in order
 that the man suspected of the crime
 might rot be advised of the discoveries
 made, the story of the crime. as indi-
 cated by the circumstances at the time, was suppressed, and Sheriff Ruffner
 immediately took steps to run the al
 legged criminal down.
 i telegram received from him Thurs
 day morning by Under Sheriff Dillon, announced the fact that he had arrest ed his man at Colville, Wash, near the Canadian line, and would start home with him this evening.
 The remains were found under brush heap during the month Of OctO- Der. A bullet hole through the skull showed the manner in which the de- ceased had net his death The condi-
 
 had occurred several months previous ly, while the glcved hands and the heavy clothing which covered the Skel- eton indicated that death had occurred during the winter months. In one Of his pockets was found bill for goods purchased at the O. K. store of Joseph DOugherty. The bill was in bad con- dition. only the name Barnes being leg iDle. Inquiry at the above store re- veaIed the fact that the bill was one made out to Henry Hanna and Ezra T. Barnes, and following up the clue thus afforded it vas discovered that the above parties had been engaged in cut ting and hauling wood in partnership That Hanna had mysteriously disap- peared some time in the latter part of December Of last year or early in Janu- ary in the present year. Barnes re
 nained in this vicinity until some time in March, when Q party who came here from Nevada with both him and Han na, made inquiries about the latter. Barnes told him that he went of pros pecting with a man whom he did not know and he had not heard of him since.
 Barnes evidently became uneasy on account of this inquiry and a few days sold his team and left Pres colt, going from here to Flagstaff, where he remained for only a short time, and has been drifting from place to place ever since. But for the fact that he is 2 veteran and a pensioner Of the civil war, the officers would have had a difficult task in tracing him up, but through information received from the pension office his whereabouts were rather easily learned and ten days ago, on information received of his being in the state of Washington, Sheriff armed with a requisition, left for that place.
 Barnes and Hanna, in company with two ether parties, left Elko county, Nevada, in the latter part of October, 1897, arriving in Prescott in due time. The other two men secured employ ment and Barnes and Hanna went into partnership in the wood business. Barnes owned the team used in this business, but had borrowed $50 from Hanna pledging the team in some way for the payment. Hanna was an in