Arizona republican., 1901-02-19


 ! time he saw the mask over the lower | rart of his face. He also testified that | tha man came to Jerome about the
 10th of last month. Julius Wsrr testi-
 fled to seeing the | fly after the killing. but knew nothing else Sullivan was also rOomlng at the Ward housa and | heard the shot; heard MT Ward call ! ing him, and went out into the hallway.
 George tod him he had the burglar. | Sullivan thought that he had him in d room and wanted help to secure him. | He then looked -utsiGe and saw the | dead man where he had fallen. After 1 the end of Mir. Wards testimony the | jury was left in possession Cf the hall and soon came to the following agree | mcnt: That deceased met his death at | the hands of George Ward while at | tempting to burglarize the home of said | George Ward. who was entirely justi-
 fled in killing him" The jury was c,m- posed of Fred Ulman. J. B. Hoover, | w. s. Adams, D. O. Donahue, II. N. | Grain. R. & Sturmer and Jean Allison, | who was made foreman of the jury. | The judge thanked the jury and eX- cused them. The verdict met with the | approval of the citizens of Jerome as a whole. though some s-reheads were | blaming George for the part he took in the play.
 While 1t is a terrible thing to take | the life of a human. the act of George | Ward in killing the burglar caught red | handed at his door. was no crime. The man or some others with him. had | been terrorizng the people of the town 1 for the past month by breaking into their houses in the middle of the night, stealing what loose money he could get | his hands on. He did F | seem to care what house he entered but treated ! them all alike. One night he would go ] into this part of town. and the next evening would pay friendly visits to the other part of town. Lone women were not safe for the bold man woull enter a house where the women were, and have all kinds of fun at their expense. He would light candle and look over ! the house carefully without apparent | fear If being caught or hurt. As many as twenty different places were visited by the man or men to my personal 1 knowledge. Women Were afraid to | stay alone of nights, and some Of the ' men We're not Very much braver Mr. 1 Ward deserves the public thanks of the community for the act he did in ridding the town f this man. He may have ! acComplices, but it is a safe bet they | will lay low for some time to come af- ' ter the terrible ending of the life If | John DucO, the man killed by Mir. | Ward. There certainly are others here who have gone into h uSes recently for | the purpose of robbery. for some of the l people who have seen the man say he | is not large and dark like the man kill | ed. One woman, Paulina Laris. Mex icdn woman. was sleeping in her house 1 when she was awakened by me one pulling her hair She thought IL was her brother and did not get frightened. Then a strange voice accOsted her and asked her if she had any money. She looked and saw a young man with smooth face standing hy her bed. She
 was SD frightened she could n speak. so the fellow hunted for money. but could hnl nOna. He then went out He did not even have a mask on his face. Mrs. Ragley, wife of Councilman Bag ley. saw the man who went into her house, and thinks he had whiskers. Marshal R bertg arrested a Mexican last night and was attempting to take him to jail when the man gUl away from him. He found and arrested him the second time. and had him nzar the jail when the fellow once more pulled back Jim held on to him till he went out of his e c-at, leaving that in Jims hands. Jim fell into the mud when the coat cam off and. drawing his pis-
 al Gya ,s -L,.g On account of the position Mir. Roberts was in when he sh..t, and the speed at which the man was going, both shots missed. The man is still at liberty. still another gun play was made in Hooker & McFarland's saloon last night but no one was hurt Charlie Hooker was having a friendly fight with two MeXiClns, when the porter grabbed the shot gun that was behind the bar and wanted to take a hand in the scrap. Not understanding the good points of a repeating shot gun the DOT ter fired a shot down int the floor, be- hind the bar. The sound of the dis charge stopped the fight. Pay night in Jerome is generally lively. but not SO lively as this one proved. If We keep on this way the people in Prescott will ! be only too glad to put us in a county to ourselves.
 Charles J, GeOrge, after cOmpletn.; his business in Jerome. left yesterday morning for his home in Los Angeles. He will be back again in a couple of weeks He paid the money due on the deal fir the Lincoln property while here, and now has posse ssiOn of that valuable mine. The Lincoln family re- tain nearly half e the stock of the company. T'Ae mine will certainly prove one of the very best gold produc- CTS in this territ-ry.
 The weather is Clouding up again and We are liable to have another storm. Well. We have had lots Of rain and snow. but a few more inches of water will not hunt us.
 C. H. Prahm. F. E. Lincoln and son Ora. returned from the Lincoln mine and mill yesterday. The property is close to the Crowned King mine, in the heart of the Bradshaw mountains. They were in there through all the snow and had a hard time getting to the railroad. They left the camp at [ o'clock Monday morning and wad | through snow waste deep for a distance of IS milss. which landed them at May CT station. where they arrived at { o'clock in the evening. The snow is five feet deep on the level at the Lincoln mine and seven and eight feet deep in the canyons. where 1t drifted.
 James O'cOnnell generally known n 2