Arizona republican., 1901-12-19
TEMPE

There was considerable excitement Tor d short time Tuesday evening be- tween Ii and 12 o'clock, when a barn belonging to Billy BircheIl burned to the ground. The next morning all that remained standing were two or three blackened two by fours. The fire started between Il and F o'clock p. m.. and was fist observed by MT. Davis, who re- les at Scottsdale. who was on lis way home. Mr. Davis awakened those in the house, but their efforts 10 save the barn and it's contents were oI no avail In the barn were stored considerable hay, barley and alfalfa seed: also a buggy and wagon. one of them belonging to Jim Teeters, who lost aooet $75 worth of goods which were stored in the barn. There was II little insurance on the building. ] .r. Biichell is at loss to understand Jw the fire started, and thinks it was either set on fire by electric wires that run to his house, or by trarnps. He claims that he has chased a number e them away from his place recently. and not long ago found one in his house This one he cuffed off the pace. Taere were a number of cart idges sto. ed in the barn and during the fire thirty-five or forty of them exploded in rapid succession.
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 M. L. Woods and sons are registered at the Hotel Casa Loma. MT. Woods is one of the earlier settlers in Ari- zona, and lives at Bonita near Fort Grant. He is a large contractor, and supplies the soldiers at the fort with hay. grain and heef- Just twenty-nine years ago Mir. Woods drove through this section, taking in Phoenix, Tempe and Florence. In those early days the country was overrun with Indians. and if one was particularly desirous of reaching his destination he did his travelling during the night. MT. Woods was present at the Camp Grant mas sacre, in which about 150 Indians were killed.
 A treaty had been made with the Indians at the fort, but the redmen acquired the habit of making raids about Tucson and other sections. and then rushing back to the reservation after having killed a number of set tiers. The citizens and ranchers about Tucson at that time gathered together and early one morning at daybreak they swooped down upon the unsus- pecting redmen at the Camp Grant reservation, giving a large number of them their quietus before they could make their escape. The main body of soldiers were out on scout duty, and there were but twenty left to guard the fort, so they were powerless to prevent the massacre. A number of the participants in the massacre were later captured and tried for murder. but all were allowed to go free
 The famous Billy, the Kid" worked for Mr. Woods and did the cooking Mir. Woods was also a justice of the peace. Billy the Kid stole q horse and was arrested by the justice. but escaped from the jail. This was the beginning of Billy the Kids eventful career. Before he was finally killed he had put thirty men to sleep with their boots on- Billy was young and rather a asmall fellow, not weighing over ninety pounds. but it was impossible