The copper era., 1902-03-27
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.
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william l. onOwef5, pioneer OF
Benson. died Wednesday night Of
pneumonia, at his home north Of town.
DR.. d. J Branncn has been appoint
ed by Governor Murphy as Il delegate
to the American Congress Of Tuber-
culosis, to be held in New York City
on May II to Is. 1902.
The Supreme Court OF the Territory
has affirmed the decision of the lower
court to the case Of w. f. Downing,
who was sentenced to ten years in the
Territorial penitentiary at Yuma for
an attempt at train robbery near
Cochise in the year 1870.
Arayapia county will have twenty
four votes in the next democratic terri
torial convention. Maricopa county
will have thirty-f,e. These two large
counties will have consid derable To say
as to whom will be Arizona's next dele
gate to congress jerome News.
Papers were filed transferring
the ownership OF the Buckeye
Canal company, west OF Phoenix, in
the Gila Valley, 10 Baltimore capital
lists. The selling price OF the property
was 70,0OO. improvements to the
value OF $4,000 are contemplated at
once.
The engineer who will have charge
of the construction Of the oil derrick
in Lonesome valley arrived here last
week. The machinery is already on
the way, and it will not bo many days
until the sound OF the drill is heard
clugging into the earth.-Prescott
Courier.
J. Horez, prominent Mexican
official at Naco, just south of the
border line, killed Castela Omezi on
the night OF the 10th inst, by stabbing
her five times. He escaped into Ari-
zona, and at last report had not been
apprehended. jealousy was the cause
Of the murder.
There is rumor afloat that the Japs
employed as laborers on the Santa Fc
will be replaced by Mexicans and In
dians. The work of the little Brown
Men has been anything but satiofac
tory to the railroad people and they
are heartily detested by the people.
The movement is good one and the
railroad will be the gamer by it, al
though they may have to pay Il higher
rate of wagc.-kingman Miner.
Frank Padilla, Mexican, undoubt- /
edly crazy, fell from passenger train
at WickenburE ard suffered what
doctors believed to be Il fatal injury on /
the head. The next morning while |
not under close surveillance, he arose,
dressed himself, and started across the
desert to Congress. y posse trailed
him, thinking TO iinl him dead on the
desert. They found him at Il house in
Congress, and knocked at the door, |
when he opened it slightly and began
shooting. The posse omptied their /
weapons without effect. Congress !
peace officers arriving joined in the /.
fusilladc, and overpowerod Padilla aft /
or shooting him in the wrists and !
abdomen.
On "Wednesday afternoon an Indian |
horseback bringing the news that his !
father had killed his mother and baby |
sister at noon while he WAS at the /
creek. \ posse started in pursuit of !
the Indian. who proved to be shep- /
herd called Navajo Jim, but owing to .
a Irkness were unable To find their man |
or the camp where the deed bad been |
committed. Thursday morning anOth- /
or searching party started out and |
found the camu where they discovered .
a woman and baby shot dead. and ,
two Indian children crouched in the .
corner OF the house. The murderer,
after the killing, gathered all the food .
in the house and skipped out atOot.
Tho brother of the dead woman ar
rived on the scene after seeing that the .
bodies were buried acc riding To Indian .
custom, took the boy and two children .
to the Navajo reservation to be raised. !
He said he would sec to it that Navaj 10 !
Jim would be justly punished in Indian /
style .-Winslow Mail.