Arizona republican., 1901-08-31
a BISBEE SENSATION
Two Well Known Citizens Accused of a Murder Committed in 1897

Bisbee has a sensation of her own to ponder over while all the rest of the territory is talking about the Nogales scandal l. w. stump of that city has caused Inc arrest of John Foster and J. E. Harris of that city. charging them with the murder of his son, Edward w. stump. in Ash canyon in the Huachuca mountains on August 2. 1897. The men are being held under guard pending an examination. which has been delayed by the Illness of District Attorney Land. Tha crime for which the men have been arrested was one of those mysterious incidents that occur so ire quently in a mountain country and at the time of it's commission all the de- tails that were known were published by the territorial press. The men now held to answer were among the first to assist, or pretend tu. i1 trying to un- IaVel the mystery of Stump's death. and the coroncrs jury which investi gated the ease rendered a verdict to the effect that i, believed stump came 10 his death accidentally by falling and breaking his neck. lt is now claimed by the local authorities that some new evidence has been secured which points toward the accused. The accused, on the other hand. protest that their re- lations with the murdered man were most friendly and that they are inno- cent of the crime. One of them admits that his partner had a sligh, misunder- standing with stump over the boundary of claim. but that the misunderstand- ing was never SD serious as to cause a rupture of friendly relations.
 The story of the crime as reprinted in the Bsbee Review follows:
 Edward w. stump was engaged in de- velopins some mining properties at the head of the right fork of Asd canyon. near the top of the mountain. while Harris was working on properties little farther up. Foster being in the employ of Harris. shortly after noon Stump left his camp Co go back to his work og clearing brush off the sides Of his claim, making ready for the sur Vcyor who was expected in few days to make survey of the claims As he starred from his cabin he was seen by Frank Wright who shortly left going down the canyon, and who did not re- turn until the next day. stump did not return to his cabin for supper. bu; no undue unC7siness was OcCasioned. as it was generally supposed that he had gone to the home of his parents at the mouth of the canyon.
 On Sunday afternoon Wright. with A. Hoch, better known as Dutch, who was working with him, noticed a number of buzzards circling around and about loo yards from the stump cabin. Upon arriving al the spot they found the dead body of stump, lying face down on the sloping side hill. with the head rest ing on the left arm and a small piece of scalp gone from the back part of the head, and the aX with which he had been chopping the brush lying few feet from the body.
 Upon finding the body on of he boys went up and notified Harris and Foster at their camp. and they came down and all hands looked around for tracks or any signs that would lead Go tha cause of his death. but could find none. One of he party then went down to the stump place to notify his parents. while Foster came into Bisbee to notify Cor oner Perrin, and a telephone message was s7nt to the Sheriffs office at Tomb stone. During that evening the body was brought down to the camp of the