Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-06
w. w. Bradbury Rides From Cananea to Border to Save
 His Life.
IS PURSUED BY TWO
 MExICANS ALL THE WAY.
Feared That He Might Be Ar rested or Shot Down by MexicanS Who Desired Re- venge on Him.

Cutting the telegraph wires as he went, to prevent the news of his es- cape being sent ahead, and severing barbed wire fences to make short cuts possible and to keep away from the travelled road, w. w. Bradbury raced from Cananea to the Mexican border yesterday afternoon to avoid being ar rested by the Mexican officers or shot down by the striking miners.
 From the moment of his departure until he reached the border east of Naco, Bradbury was pursued by two Mexieans on horseback, both of whom were armed with rifles and frequent ly tried to bring him down. Their shots were wide of the mark, and to that Bradbury owes his life. Unarmed as he was, his gun having been taken away from him in Cananea by orders of Colonel Kosterlitzsky that all Americans and Mexicans not doing patrol duty be relieved of their guns, Bradbury was unable to return this fire.
 Shortly before the o'clock whistle blew in Cananea yesterday afternoon, Bradbury says he was warned that he must leave at once, as he was in great peril of being placed under arrest, in addition to being marked man at the hands of the Mexicans. Losing no time. leaving all his ef- | fleets but gold watch and some cloth | ing in his room, Bradbury got the fastest horse he could find, and fifteen minutes afterward had begun his race for life toward the Mexican border at Naco. .. Before he had gone a mile Bradbury | laarnad .hot hig plan n had been discovered. He learned this I through two shots and the striking of two bullets on either side of him. He looked back to find two Mexicans were following him.
 Bradbury says he urged his horse to it's greatest speed, and in the next half hour gained sufficiently on his 1 pursuers to take time to cut the 'ele- graph wires, which he hoped would prevent knowledge of his escape be- ing sent to the border.
 | Unarmed as he was, Bradbury sev- eral times realized that had he a gun l he would have his relentless pursuers at disadvantage. He longed for rifle that would have enabled him to get behind a rock, and when the two | Mexicans came close enough dispatch both of them with we'll placed shots, for Bradbury claims that he is almost a wizard with 30-30.
 | Nearing Naco, Bradbury turned to the east, and crossed the boundary line near Osborne, making his way to the Calumet & Arizona ranch, where he placed his well nigh exhausted horse
 in the stable, coming to Bisbee later in the afternoon.
 | Seen last night, Bradbury claimed that he had made the trip from Cana nea to Bisbee in less than four hours and possibly three. But for the fact
 that he had an unusually good horse, he would probably have been caught by the two MeXicans. who were after hin. Both were well mounted. Bradbury's statements were corrob-
 o-ate1 hv II. O. Howard of Fl Paso,
 who himself says he had to leave "snapea because of the hatred of the Mexicans, with whom he fouPht on Friday and Saturday in the thickest of the fray.
 Bradbury claims that he was where s''~ sh"ts were th'ckest on the two
 days of the trouble. He fought from he railroad bridge, stood in the cupaio
 "f building and fired from there. v-22
 T guard the greater part of the t''-1
 ahts. and during the rest of the ti"'"
 ~~ rolled the streets. not infreduentiv
 N-"'"~ tH f~h+ with the Mexican
 -ikeTS.
 Bradbury has been in Cananea I2r
 ''oU. 2 y"a:5 eich. months of w..-c;i he spent in the concentrating plant.
 where he was in charge of a gang Of l Mexicans- He had tO be harsh with
 theu there and to this attributes their hatred.
 Before coming to the Southwest.
 Bradbury mined in Kern county, Cal. 1 His home is at Santa Barbara.