Arizona republican., 1904-03-13
n'DoNALD IS DEAD
The Man Shot by Frank Zapeda at
 Agua Caliente.

Sheriff Cook arrived in the city yes | terday morning with Deputy Sheriff Frank Zapeda, charged with the shoot ! ing of H. A. Mcdonald at Agua Cal
 on Friday. A telegram was re- ceIved by The Republican last night saying that Mcdonald had just died. The same information was received at the office of the sheriff at about the Same time.
 After the shooting Zapeda wired for the sheriff to meet him at Sentinel. He did not say in his message to the sheriff who the prisoner was nor what had happened at Agua Caliente. The sheriff did not know until he reached Sentinel that his prisoner was Za- peda.
 It was not supposed al that time that the sheriff and Zapeda left Sentinel that Mcdonald was mortally or even seriously wounded. Upon their arrival in town Zapeda was taken before Jus tice Burnett for arraignment Upon his statement of the circumstances of the case and of the nature of McDon- aids wound, his bond was fixed at $500 and his examination was set for next Tuesday. The bond was furnished by l.. Espinosa and M. J. Brady
 When word of the death of Mcdonald was received, the justice directed that the bond be disregarded and that Za- peda be taken into custody. He was found at the house of his brother and taken to the office of the sheriff where he was detained.
 The story of the shooting as told by Zapeda is quite different from that of the special dispatch from Agua Cal iente in which it was stated that Za- peda had written an insulting letter to Mrs. Mcdonald, who is visiting at Gila Bend; that she sent the letter to her husband and that when he went to Zapeda to remonstrate with him the latter shot him.
 Zapeda said. in the first place, when he shot he believed he was acting in self defense. He said that Mcdonald was the aggressor and the quarrel had reached a point in which Mcdonald seemed to be trying to draw a gun. Then Zapeda said he fred Tha bull let struck Mcdonald. grazing the back of his neck, inf1icting only a flesh wound
 Regarding the letter. Zapeda said that he had not meant it to be insult ing. It related to mater of which he said he did not care to speak Early last month, he said. man came to Agua Caliente and hung around thsre for some time. He was of a disrepu- table character and was suspected of being criminal. He showed a great deal of attention to Mrs. Mcdonald ead ZaQeda believed that the attention was not wholly unreciprocated. There was trouble between Mrs. Mcdonald and her husband on account of it. but it tr.1, by the way, had been run out of Phoe- nix. left Agua Caliente.
 In the meantime something had hap pened which made Zapeda as an officer curious about the whereabouts of this man. He suspected that Mrs. Nc Donald might know where he was an1 he. therefore, wrote to her at Gila Bend, where she was visiting her rar- ents. He said there was nothing in the letter which he thinks ought 10 have given offense to her and he certainly did not think that she of all persons would went Mcdonald to see it. But she sent it to him and the trouble fol lowed
 Mcdonald is in the saloon business at Agua Caliente. Soon after McDon- aid received the letter from his wife Zapeda went into the saloon and the matter was brought up by Mcdonald The quarrel and the shooting followed. Mrs. Mcdonald is a daughter of Mir and Mrs. Daniel Noonan. of Gila Bend. She was formerly the wife of a man hy the name of Challender quite well known through this part of the ccun- try.
 Zapeda formerly lived in Phoenix but for several years he has been living at Agua Caliente and Sentinel. having charge of the stage line between those places. He has for a long time bean deputy sheriff in that part of the county.