Arizona republican., 1905-08-10
HELD FOR MURDER
HilariO Rand Who ACcidently Killed
 Woman in New Mexico.


 John Moore on information from New Mexico. charging him with murder He at once admitted his identity as the man wanted, and ar irving at the city jail told the story of the fatal incident whose shadow has hung over him for the last five Tedrs He is quite well known in PHoeniX and has been for several years, and has a married sister living here. He has been arrested time or two on misdemeanCr charges and was also a victime of a murderouS assault at one time by another Mexican. In the un- folding of these incidents Rand has cClne t0 Ee quite a familiar fighre to the officers though until yesterday they were not aware that felony Ch4- ge was hanging over him in New Mexico. He has been considered 5N the police cS Q person who was his own worst enemy. being dissipate3 and wien under the influence Of iiG"or care less perhaps to the extent of crim- ina !ity. though he is not recOgni2e1 as a murderer at heart or a person thirst ing for human blood.
 Yesterday morning about Il o'clock Marshall Kinney received the follow ing letter:
 Las Cruces. N. NJ, Aug. ', '05 Chief of Police. Phoenix. Ariz.
 Dear Sir: Please look out for Hil- ario Rand. Rand is about 23 years old bright complexion, slim build, and weighs about 135 pounds. He left Fl Paso. Texas, about fifteen days ago and went to Phoenix, where he has sister by the name of Fannie Rand Hunter I have been informed that Rand has been in that place before and used-to work for one Webster Street in Maricopa county. I hold a warrant against Rand for murder and l wish you would arrest him if he is there assuring you that my services are at E your command at all times. Arrest hold and notify by wire at my eX- pense. Yours truly,
 JOSE R. I.UCERO, Sheriff.
 The letter was at once referred to Policeman Moore who knows Rand well. The officer walked down the street, met Rand in front of the Bank Exchange saloon and placed him un- der arrest He asked what the | charge against him was and was told that it would be talked over with him at the jail. Arriving there and being 1 told by the marshal the nature of the ! charge against him he at once admit ted that he was the man wanted. Mir Kinney sent the following tele- grame to Sheriff Lucero:
 "Hilario Rand in custody. Admits | the crime. will not come without eX- | tradition papers. Telegraph warrant. 1 He has notified his lawyers in Fl | Paso J. H. Kinney. chief of police.' Rand related his story to the off | cers seemingly without reservation. If | it is a truthful relation he was to be- gin with a very well meaning young man who was drawn into a very ser l ious situation through the excessive use of liquor. He has suffered some l physical and much mental punishment l for his mistake already though by the ] technicalities of the law and the good | work of his attorneys he has escaped | final court action on his case which is now complicated by a record of trivial misdemeanors, incorporate excesses and some bad luck that does not help him any in his present extremity. One of the incidents was the assault upon l him mentioned above. which weakened ! his mentality and caused him tempor- ary confinement in the Arizona asylum 1 for the insane
 Rand's father was an American and his mother a Mexican woman. on the 1 occasion of the fathers death a con siderable sum of money was left the boy who permitted himself to acquire l expensive and incorporate habits
 About five years ago a big excursion was run from Fl Paso to Las Cruces
 on the occasion of some public cele- brafion and Hilario Rand was one of the excursionists. Arriving in Las Cruces he secured a horse and a jag and was one of the many who made merry in the mounted parade While in this condition it was his misfortune l to run over a Mexican women who re- ceived fatal injuries HilariO was ar
 rested and jailed. Eventually he secur- 1 ed his release on depOsiting a cash bond of S25O. Gaining his liberty he | fled. eventually showing up in Fl Paso
 Whether. he was here in the meantime
 or not does not appear as he has nov
 ed around considerably. In tune
 though the Las Cruces authorities lo7
 cated him and caused his arrest in k
 Paso. as they have done here. They
 came for him with TeQuisition papers
 but the Texas governor for some req
 son refused to sign the documents fol
 his extradition. While this matter "7'
 going on Rand's attorneys managed t'
 secure his release by habeas corpus
 nroceedings. They told him then tha
 his trouble was settled and he came
 to Phoenix again about two weeks aSo
 Whether. the habeas corpus action was |
 +o Phoenix. or sometime ago, was no
 learned but it seems to be the impres
 sion that it was some time ago an'
 that the New Mexico officers have beeI
 waiting for him to leave Texas and ge
 into some other commonwealth so thel couId tr-v their extraditiOn move or some new governor.
 As the police recall it, Hilarios hrs appearance in this city was about two wears ago. It is recalled by one Of th'
 officers that he came into the marshal
 office and spent some time looking owe the pictures in the rOgue's gallery oi the office wall. He has been seen her at various times since then and ha been arrested once or twice on trivia [ charges. It is said that when he get
 drunk he is inclined to a carelessnes
 that sometimes begets trouple Inousi | is not usuallv misbehaved, disor derIy or unreasonable.
 year ago last october, and prob