The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
ARIZONA'S RUSTLER KING.
ACQUJTTdL OF THE NAV VINO
KILLED HIN IN COLD BLOOD.

VIII N'"p'"
Oh heNoi'ers AT HIS neit ana n itihe be-
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PHOENIX. Ariz.. April 4.-On July / last
Jim burnett was shot down on the main street
OF Tombstone. in the District Court OF Co.
chise county william Greene, his slayer, was
acquitted tho other day with all honor and all
Tombstone congratulated him as he stepped.
Tree. from the prisoners dock. Greene Ia a
plain. ordinary farmer with a ranch on the San
Pedro River. To him httle interest attaches.
lie was simply the tns1rument that ended the
career Of one of ths most noted characters Of
the Southwest in the days that we're bloodiest.
When tho deed was done he stood over his
work with yet smoking pistol. and. with up
lifted hand and utter lack OF self-conscious-
ness. intoned the words: Vengeance is mine.
saith the Lord | will repay"
Burnetts appropriate fate had ovcrtaken
him. Tho King OF the Rustlers' he had boon
called: he was n border chief Of outlaws. lie
had met his death bv the violence he had so
often dealt out to others.
Yet Greene had II personal motive TO Kill
him. He was not wholly one called to make
return for community wrongs. Last summer
his daughter. a Glll OF ~. was fishing in the
San Pedro. near her bone. With her was a
young girl friend from Bisbee. They did not
return at the appointed time and a search
found their lifeless bodies on a sandhar far
down the stream. Further investigation dis
closed the fact that Greepe's dam. thrown
a.a a. ,inau,, ~ IT,, - H.. ,t.a...
tSs ~s, .%e t fn.e his s' t f"v p"1 n"d TI neev he sl" ovnO' out
with dynamite. In the rush of water the rirls
had Loan cau,ht md drnwreI nnrrott's
farm wal Just below Greene's. There had foe
years been enmity between the mon. The
father. who had heen absent. soon reached
home He satisfied himself that his neighbor
had struck the blow, He saddlcd his horse.
roue 10 TOMBSTONE anu ies,en not ,lI the
corpse Of his enemy lay at his feet. And he
20 q Dool av,i".s'uu' r'o"s" vs. NAV
and. further. that Burnett accidentally hap
=. -, narar,iu ,,n,i, -. - hha sLoa,inn ,aaLt.
De- pe , rnp", 'e ho + : no s'0 Cr taVA,..
recognized. by puplic and Jury alike. ne sim.
nlv an ot,ent NJ providoncn even II n. ala h,va
despotchinp bis mission.
0t Bur"ett cams "rS 4 to Ariaona from Texas abou.
and good mental ability, Ho lorated At
charleston, on the San Pedro. Just about the
time that Tombstone. a dozen miles away, was
= ~ - S w. u
region miners anu auVehtuferS' twoscore
thousand Of them. But burnett was not a
n,,nrr; ne lounu ~ more Pron,nnIe 10 ne a
uutcmei' ne Owned harnlY one head OF STOCK.
yet MS business grew ana immense we're ms
ueh!ih%s men ne WIS eIrrten justice % me
iSSaGc, nnu u a,nt ulIeH. tween 'he years
lHt' ana 49, att hIheu me H'hltl OF ms lame.
But no delineatlon 81 Burnett would be com
!Ie,e without ,iilnrr thdh a PASSING reference
TO ms home, Iomhstomn at ths stact had very
Charleston tor reduction, Around the mills
Spew Hn a sI%n ,hn. nS9 t;2,g inHh IN
usual crowd of red shtried miners. who made
1t lively when fortune favored them. hut the
ROWING glory Of the place was in It's cowboys.
They called themselves cowboys. the be-
sturrel !fhterhlty VINO, roe thelr hnrses
{"tpuRn ,he streets am nLtea me EaintalmE
h"I!a NJ night. IL Ir0bdnIe that nnsf ~ t'ltln,
at A the tin tine WITH Inv, which h .his nrt,s,s zeal there
an! the grassy meadows AND deeply %tlrte!
l 5,cr yea Gsye nc co wIE[Mi@ II t Irs t aIss. tr r9,a g %
par.anrc. mea!T a mounted individual who
make 4 nEInR .y rlrainE un cHcrythtnG he
Flyhis; ,r,arn .,.u om.
rsss1 o ne TSneb Is u n} a,m nc %.Mns safJ Job tn i pave
bar, editor OF the lhrniN t%!IZe,i'r he lived IA
tochise county. i'll 1850, But .Tomhoton"."
i It was si%rIy aW i ,Th g 1idnt begin rS thcfr
dar do"n mere MI dark: ana thenthey who"lned
i VI, Lection days we're the richest Of all,
thelr Noes 10 N2'e. me COWBOYS. nun
dIenS OF mem. w2u!i I9ime m on tl,eir sun
' N"N - 49, -, 'F,'' - ~, ]
lure Tie ballot BOX an SUN IL as ihcy r..eissd:
! hey ,rlrey lnu.csitl unhstohr, 'inst 81
lnenl haI iliilhiiuhlN neeh run, OUT OF l"nlh-
stone iut t'oG, managed ihlhss along me
San iedro according tothrlr own sweet Wills.
here we're some OF the toughest men n
hose rqst!er gangs mat ever stretched hemr;,,
lnuTed l1lnpar., NV every man seemed ailali
burnett ana me toughest were ~ a uarl
thh' khe" NM as leb-ei. pnH was ltln,F Leon
ara. IN" ,puEhesl nut tha' ever rarrI"N n gun.
he WASH origihaiIy a COWBOY Mtl very 1Nt.e
rAlrflehce AZ y. lie was 4 Jew'!ler rom New
lofk CIV a hlEh-c,asS Workinali lie liad con
SUMPTION. knew ne hnI t. Hle. ana really
WoGiu nave pfe,ertHu neIhE KiIIeu. Ih' 81 ElS
l re r whs ~ cFrr HS IhG Wh NOE Gn@Wn on ny
racetracK ut tombstone one SUNDAY al the
inuIH'ss oi ogulsln ms nervous ,!ttle hahuS;
re nag u upZen or so ieip"rs. ilI, lllIS hlinseH
uld az me driNlng Know. Tor ! WAS IN me
cruWd. Billy had lost 1n a race and telt Tad;
ur'y BiIi was q hehbSr OF hufIetI 5 crowd
ihu SO we're me 'iaitoh n'ys. me Lo"ieys ana
JACK llhSGOld. hIhtSoIu was 'leet ihcnes.
ne naluHoilrs! uetIethun llat ever l,It 100
II 3liTrup. ,but, lhe hIheTlh WIS burnett. mo
nhr!eston JMstlGe OF the lsace.
l Whs ~ narIes,3h ~ Tue cary uarS. rcp-
roTthtllE Ierkthn2rt \ q; OF tucson, con-
..rrhuteu hamker +: n. nlrkeY OF IhhnlI.
lne lrsL 'wo GAYS ! was lnefe ! came very
nehr ueaIh bIacksmltn Itte Mickey MAu heen
murdered mo week ueinrs Nv one OF burnett
lle's ana inc rustlcfs eVel, me hnrtehenSlNely