The copper era., 1905-04-13

iE probable. however. that the dispatch
 was written in the Dispatch office
 from information furnished by the
 rangers before the arrest was made. l The dispatch is as follows, and is in
 teresting principally for the many
 false statements it contains: CLIFTON. Ariz., April IA squad
 of rangers in charge of First Ser ! geant Sparks. Of Globe. and composed of Rangers Rountree. Kidder and Sergeant Wheeler tonight arrested
 Lee Hobbs. chief deputy sheriff of
 Graham county. for d murder com
 mitted on an English ship in the Pa cific ocean three years ago. On ac- count of the bad blood existing here
 between the local officers and the
 rangers. it is feared that there will be an attempt at rescue and blood shed is feared.
 Courtney Bennett. the consul gen eral at San Francisco, and T. F.. k. Carmac, an English attorney who is praCtiCing in San Francisco. are here 1 and have the eXtraditiOn papers which
 were secured at Phoenix Thursday.
 by which Hobbs will be taken to Lon
 don to stand trial for mutiny on the l I penalty is hanging.
 ] The crime for which Hobbs was ar rested happened on the English 1 freight steamer Lancaster Castle of 1 the Castle line, bound to the Orient from San Francisco. Hobbs is said to 1 have melted the crew to mutiny and i in the uprising of the men is alleged i to have shot and killed the first mate and wounded the captain, who sub 1 sequently recovered. After the i bloody affair Hobbs and companion,
 who was his right hand man in the attempt to take the ship. escaped in
 q small boat to an island under the English protectorate. which he left
 on the first steamer reaching there.
 The case was worked up by First Sergeant Sparks, of the rangers. who secured the first clue from the cook of the vessel on which Hobbs com mitted the crime. The cooks name is WalZ and it was while travelling on train in Arizona that he met Sparks. Walz remained in the terri tory and is in this city. Tonight. af- ter the arrest, he positively identified Hobbs as the man who killed the mate and wounded the captain of the Lancaster Castle. =
 A heavy reward was offered some years ago for the apprehension of Hobbs. and scotland Yards detectives have been searching this country ever since the crime was first brought to the attention of the British gov crnment, but they were unable to To- cate the man.
 Hobbs left this country shortly be- fore the crime was committed. Shortly after his arrival back he was appointed chief deputy sheriff of this county by Sheriff Jim Parks. and his brother is the deputy at MorenCi. The rangers arrived here several days ago. with the exception of Ser @cant Sparks, who met the English men at Phoenix. where the consul general stopped off to arrange for the eXtradition papers.
 Hobbs has many relations in this vicinity, and has the reputation of ago he shot and killed man here. but never came to trial. He is d nephew of Sheriff Parks.
 Ranger A. A. Hopkins, who has been directing the affair from this city, the headquarters of the rang CTS, received telegram from Ser gcant Sparks last night. telling of the arrest of Hobbs and stating that lHCiC Wtlt lllllOl . Ill OIl NuldJtOIl llldl an attempt would be made to rescue him, but added that he did not think his relatives and friends would make the attempt.
 The rangers and the officers of Graham county have had several miXupS recently. once when the rangers raided several dope joints which were said to be paying for pro- teCtiOn from the local officers and at the time of the floods when the rang CTS arrested q number of MexlCans for footing houses and stores. At that time the officers there informed the rangers that if these latter cases were brought into court there would be blood spilled. They filed into court, walking arSenalS, but the cases were called and they filed out again. They have been at swords points l with the rangers ever since, hence | the talk of an attempted rescue of l Hobbs.
 Further information from Clifton | could not be secured last night on ac- count of the closing ot the telegraph | office at that place, but MT. Hopkins | stated that it was the intention to | take Hobbs out of that country as | soon as possible. He will be taken to | New York and from there to London. |
 There was no talk of ''an attempt | ed rescue.''
 Courtney Bennett and T. F. K. Car mac were not here, neither had ex- tradition papers been served.
 Hobbs could not have committed | the crime because he was absent | from Clifton only five weeks. as is proven by the files of this paper. which on January 30. 1902 mentioned | his departure, and on the 21th of the following month chronicled his re- turn, and it is known that he spent some days at Solomonville before re- turning to Clifton.
 If the cook recognized Hobbs it was most surely q case of mistaken identity. It is stated that at Lords burg the cook said he did not recog- nize Hobbs as the man.
 Hobbs did not kill man here d year ago, or at any other time. He is not d relative of Sheriff Parks.
 If this iS sample of the detective work of the ranger force. then it would be well for them to retire from that business at once. Their attempt to connect Lee Hobbs with T ,rurdsr committed