Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-06-20
vrprs LIKE DEMON TO SAVE HIS
xIYA

,al+ bcibk scHt "ncuu, anu beVering
,o,bcd wire fences 70 make short cuts
oo.s,blc, and to keep away from the
,,,ycled road, ". W. Bradbury raced
from Cananca to the Mexican border
f., avoid being arrested by the Mex.
,op Ulcers VI shot down by the strik.
e~
From the moment Of his departure un.
"a he reached the border east OF Naeo,
Bradbury was pursued by two Mexi.
cans on horseback, both Of whom were
armed with rifles and frequently tried
n shoot him down. Their shots were
vide Of the mark, and 10 that Brad.
bury owes his life.
Unarmcd as he wss, his gun having
been taken away from him In Canaan.
by orders Of Colonel Kostcrlitzsky that
al Americans and Mcxicans not doing
patrol duty be relieved Of their guns,
Bradbury was unable TO return this
fire.
shortly before the I O'Clock whistle
blew in Cananea, Bradbury aays he
was warned that no must leave nj
once NJ be was In great peril Of be.
ing placed under arrest, In addition
to being q marked man at the hand. Of
tho MexicAns.
Losing no time, leaving all his cf.
fee,s but gold watch and some cloth.
.ps in his room, Bradbury got the
tastes, horss he could and, and AZ.
teen minutes afterwards had begun
his race for life toward the Mexican
border At Naco.
Before he had gone mile Bradbury
learned that his plan 10 escape hal
been discovered. lie learned this
through two shots and the striking II
two bullets on either side Of him. IL
booked back 70 find two Mcxienns
were following him.
Bradbury says he urged his horse Ia
ts greatest speed and in the next
half hour gained sufficiently on his
pursuers TO take time 20 cut the telc.
graph wires, which he hoped would
proven, knowledge Of his escape t~.
ing sent 10 the border.
Cnarmcd as he wns. Bradbury wv.
ual times realized that had he q gun
he would have bis relentless pursuers NJ
a Disadvantages. He longed for a
ride that would have enabled him .,
get behind o rock. and when the two
Me1ieans came close enough, dispatch
both Of them with wen placed shots,
for bradbury claims that he Il nl.
most q wizard with 1910.
Nearing Naeo. Bradbury turned TO
the cast, and crossed the boundary
line near Osborne. making his way 10
the Calumet 4 Arizona ranch, where
be placed his well nigh exhausted
s,e~d in the stable. coming To Bisbcc
later in the afternoon.
the trip from Cauanea to Bisbe~ in
bradbury claimed that he had
made tho trip from Cannnca 20 Bisbec
in less than four hours and possibly
three. But for tho fact that he hal
an unusually good horsc, he would pro
badly have been caught by the two
Me1ieans. who were after him. D'cti
were web mounted.
Bradbury's statements were Sorrobo
rated by II. q. Howard Of FL Pas"
who himself says he had 10 leave Ca
uanea because Of the hatred Of the Me>
leans, with whom he fought on ri
lay and Saturday in the thiekcst Of thu
fray.
bradbury claims that he was whcr'
the shots were thickest on the W.
days Of the trouble. He fought fro"
tho railroad bridge. stood In tho enpo'
% building. and fired from there
was on guard the greater part OF th'
two nights, and during the rest Of tb'
time patYoiled tho streets. not mfr"
quently having to fight with tn" M"''
can strikers.
bradbury has been in Cananen TO
about q year, eight months Of wh'e'
he spent In the concentrating pinn'
whcrc he was in charge Of q gang o
Mexicans. lie had to be- harsh VIII
them there. and 10 this attributes the'
hatred.
Before coming to the southwest
bradbury mined in Kern county "a
His home IN MT santa Barbara.