El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-15
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SHOT HIS WIFE.

ARIZONA.

SHOT HIS WIFE.
Willie Rusk killed his wife on the
street in Nogales Sunday night by
shooting her through the head. He
was married to the woman he killed on
the 12th of last September in Tucson.
He is twenty-five years old and his
wife was five years older. Rusk lived
in Tucson most of his life and his wife
who was May Sheffield was employed
by the Arizona club for some time.
selling policy tickets. She died almost
instantly. The cause of the killing is
supposed to lie jealousy. There was
report later that the killing was done
on the Mexican side of the border line
and that the Mexican officers had kill
ed Rusk while he was resisting arrest.
A CRAZY PROSPECTOR.
j. II. T. Cosper. a ranchman on the
Blue river near Clifton. spent a few
days i'll Clifton this week and while
here he erlated an experience he had
on his ranch recently with a crazy
prospector. The man had come from
Colorado on a prospecting trip and was
we'll outfiitted. having a good riding
animal and four burros. He asked to
stay all night and was allowed to
sleep with Mr.. Chain. who was stop
ping with Mr.. Cosper. The two men
conyersed some time. when suddenly
the prospector sprang to his feet. lit
candle and placed IL on the floor. Then
he said he was sick and ran out of the
house After considerable time had
elapsed Mr. Chain became uneasy over
the strangers absence and notified Mr..
Cosper. The two men anw some OF
the neIghbors searched the hills in the
neighborhood all night but could find
no trace of him. The next day he re-
turned. saying that he had wandered
around in the mountains all night.
striking the river the next morning
eighteen miles below the ranch He
had travelled over forty miles over a
rough country and was nearly played
out. He acknowledged that he was a
little off in the upper story. but said he
had been reading some hard stories
about that country and after retiring
he concluded that job had been put
up on him and he would be killed If he
did not get out at once. On the follow
ing day he left for Clifton with his out
fit.
SHOT AT TWICE.
Frank Critics. of Solomonville. was
shot at twice in one day by different
persons. The first one was his wife
and tho other was the husband of a
woman who had been helping him to
kidnap his child. Crits' wife left him
and went to her mas in Graham.
Critics went to Stafford and drove from
there over to Graham in a buggy with
the wife of ID. NJ. Green for the pur-
pose of getting his two children. whom
his wife had at her mas. He took a
shotgun with him. II was a double |
barrelled gun and was the one that was
discharged in his direction twice be- |
fore the day was over. Mrs. Critics re- |
fused To give up the kids and Frank |
grabbed the first one he could get hold
Of and ran. His wife gave chase and
was so near him when he erached the
buggy that he did not stop at it, but
ran on past. Mrs. Critics saw the gun.
grabbed il up and turned both barrels
loose at her fleeing husband. She
missed him but said she did not try to
hit him. for fear she would hit her
child Mr.. Critics and Mrs. Green
walked to town with the child. having
to wade a river on the way. Mrs.
drove to town in the buggy. III the af-
ternoon friends got the husband and
wife to meet at the Green home. Mr..
Green was at home nursing a jag and
he didn't take well to Critics and Mrs.
Green running around together. so he
went to the buggy and got the gun.
Mrs Green saw her husband and warn
ed Critics just in time. for a. he jumped
through the door several shot entered
his shoulder. A seconds difference in
Green's favor would have menant the
death of Critics. Green was arrested.