The National tribune., 1903-09-24

neither her master nor mistress put, in an
appearance and the store rem3ined closed,
size hcsitatingly sought the house of some
neighbOrs and communicated 10 them hep
fear that something was wrong i'll the
horse. The neighbOrs cOngregated with
other neigiIbors, the matter was discussed.
much time was lost, until finally the keep
or OF Il small store and liquor shop, instead
of notifying the authorities. took it upon
himself to break into the rear door, with
the result as described.
SEARCHING FOR THE MURDERERs.. ri
BY this time the hour had reached Ii.
which gave the assassins, taking about
midnight as the probable hour of the GRIM
iDals' ncfariOus work. from 10 to ii hours
| in which they could have put themselves
| far away from immediate pursuit The
premises around the house had been
| tranIplcd over by many hundred feet, and
tie IDEA. therefore. of seeking for their
tracks when leaving the house. was O"',
of the question.
The Sheriff. who returned from the
country about noon, Immediately appoint
ed six Deputies who should. use. every, en-
deavor toward experimenting the perpetra5i
tors Of the atrocious crime. The murdered
people having been respected and Beloved
by young and old of every nationality,
nearly every one constituted himself for
the time being a policeman or detective.
| More than ~ men, among them the best
trailers of the community, set out on horse
back in all directions to cut off the crimi-
mails, if they had become fusitives, from
reaching the frontier
The principal citizens. to the humble: OF
about 80, formed 4 Committee of Public
Safety, hired men to assist in the search
| for the niurdererS, promising large rewards
for their discovery and apprehension, and
plcdgins themselves to stand by each other
''w hatever might be the outcome of the
business" 1t was tacitly understood that
if the assassins were apprehended the judi
cal authorities would for the time being
be deprived of their power and the crimi-
mails would be, after Il careful examination
and unquestionable proofs as to their guilt
having been obtained, tried and sentenced
by the people. which the said committee
represented. Much as | have always been
opposed to violence of any kind, except, of
course. legitimate warfare, / joined that
committee and stood by its decisions and
helped to execute them to the end. The
chairman of the Committee was Mr.. VIM.
IZeckendorf.
A CI.Ew.
Towards the evening of that day Mex
lean washer-woman entered small groc-
cry of the town to purchase some sugar
and coffee, in payment Of which she of
fered several of those small, oblOng pieces
of paper, officially known in those days
of eIeenbacks as fractional currency, by
the people at large, at least on the Pacific
coast, irreverently designated as shinpIas-
tiers. Two of these paper quarters bore
spots very much resembling those pro
duced by the touch of bloody hands, or
rather fnger-tips. Now it was generally
known that considerable of this fractional
currency had been in the money drawer of
the Piedras negros store. The woman was
detained i'll conversation by the grocery
] man while his boy went for Mr.. Iecken
dorf. He was promptly On hand, and re-
, quested the woman TO accompany him to
! his Office on Main street, where he man
aged to hide the Sheriff behind a small
partition wall. The woman, who lived in
a small shack on the bank of the river
0 half mile from town, had as yet heard
t nothing of the murder, but had, after fin
o ishing her days work, come to the store il
b search Of the groceries without holdin.
, any conversation whatsoever on her way
I Mr.. Ieckendorf, who knew her personally
e engaged her in conversation as to her chill
J. dren, etc, and gradually led up to thu
}. question whence she had obtained thu
t money with which she paid for the grocer
6 les. | think she was offered drink Of
e Eescal. Quite without suspicion as to tn.
: importance OF her narrative, she began [,
e relate that the money was given her by
S woman living in n shack in her vicinity OIL
n the river. Her tongue once loosened, sh
= went on to talk, being adroitly questioned
= by her interlocutor, about that woman
J. who, she said, lived with a rather hand
g some, nearly white young man callet
e Sahuaripa; that the said woman had com
# planned to her that said Sahuaripa ha,
Z acted rather strangely during the nigh
# after he had returned at n late hour, O
= rather early morning hour; that soon afte
h arriving home he had. asked for cleal
e clothing, had gone into the river ant
n batled and washed himself, had put Oh
r the clothes, but failed to bring back tn
n soiled ones: that then he had lain down
s. but kept tossing on his bed, rising now ant
l. then, lighting candle, examining his fee
d and hands, and again returning to tn
d peared he had given the woman SOM