Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-09
TRAGEDY NEAR ClSELA
sHEEPMEN WE'RE SHOT DOWN m
CAMP WITHOUT WARNING. AND
zAcK sooTH ARRESTED FoR
rHE DEED.

Now OFF q d0u1,, murder committee
in Brush Hollow 0n tae trail from
Plea ant t4'lHy 90 else ola. and near
,ho after place was brought n by
Arthur Cu.k. driver III the Globe and
rontu stage
Moago details of tt. crime have
BE- 'rr0' EUm 70 Ir. Cor written by
j. JUST. ut iho peace al Pay.
SON o.. urtu Attorney Geo. r. H.
Hu.gh Clark brought in. and a %
from mo story told him by Juan Pla
clio. stage driver on tho northern end
~ the route
The y.ciIms we're Berry. a young
mau % years nf age. who was .u
charge 0f h.s mthOrs band 0f sheen.
agd Mozls7u boy ~ years old.
who's, 0'hcr woo employed by Hory
aa q hgrdrr
The young mon EcrU kllDd in camp
un thc m0rn.as of December %. when
'Nnr "r.r ENG roa1y t1 rn Co o.
la % buy sunr HB.
They wnr. ..Hl.r Rot without
l.7ing ana Instantly Tho
.s.aH Sos .'.t lu H. ul ana the
tuU a.ut ahn.. fU bullet
.. N.| THt NH ioucs
.I.. Too. ,l ul U. from
1" flE Fi'HrWn.aH .rf. ..I and
H #Iu pHud 'n hI arm
l.. ata,, Il fhy uu-1rr NeNcan
." Hhu vas .Imv 1laHHe. 1n herd.
rF fra shu.u Hn tv0 m.n rIIe %.
.H. .n camp ans Then beard two
sH. GHl tsum fhr description u
1u" ui ..".p u.H given lr iag Next
can border Do. s supposed To- Doe "a
goat man who lives loo that section.
and hc has probably boon apprchoud.
cd ere This hy Deputy J g. Chlls1n
aud Ben pyetI who ssut frum Pay.
.au Zoo make tUa arrest
Another thHIp hsld brru bat the
murdorers arc ca.t,emon, who were
provoked ro tine commission OF the
crime by The .ayaH.1n OF The range by
tens Of thOuBnIH of sheep
u will bO remembered that Boz tho
summer of 1882 Eugene o.. Packard. q
Holi known catticmsu was murdered
Ice that section of Tonic Basin 10y
nexcan she p borIor, ho ls now
serving a lie sentence no Yuma The
murder of Packard aroused great
deal of Il feeling toward che sheep
men Boy The people ot Tonic. and % ls
thought that tne murder Uf young
Berry ana the Mexican boy was an
act OF vengeance Globe silver Belt
Another report says. News OF the
tragedy was sent TO payBon, end Dep
uty Sherns Chilson and Pycatt start
ed to md The murdororH Tho old
hoop herderc description ~ one OF
tho men seen riding toward camp tai
He'd With that OF Zack Booth Tho or
hccra found Jack and JChn Booth.
both goat raisers. az home near Gisola.
and arrested end took thom 20 Pay
.uu. ZaCk B0Ith admitted killing the
two and az FIRST denied that his broth.
or bad a hand in 10. but afterwards
unmnrdel'y implicated him
Charles LolE @ reputable cattle.
man. was asked by Zack Booth sew
eral days before the murder. whore
the aheepmon's camp vas.
Tell as whore tho camp .s. said
Booth, 'aud / will DO the rest"
Long refused the Information
The preliminary hearing OF tho
Booths viii take place az paysan.
Monday aa District Attorney Hin
and Under sheriff Pearson left Globe |
Friday expecting % reach Payson |
Iaat u.ght one brother OF Zaek Is
noW serving e term IN Yuma prison |
lack ls an o2.cony ct and was paroled |
several years ago Berry "a said 90 /.
have boon a nuo young man The /
murder 10 denounced by reputable cat /
.lcmen. Notwithstanding the friction /
with the sheep owners by sheep De /
itroying tsNsos and serious dotr. /
uent 90 cattle lDteresta
lack Booth says he ordered Bory .
and the Mexican 10 leave. aud that
Berry was sassy no also claims
Berry shot at him nrst. The bullet
striking the pommol OF bis saddle
Ihcn tho Booths shot and kllpd both /.
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