Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-12
APACHE INDIAN CONVICTED OF
 < MURDER
Alleged tS Have Killed Five 0thes Indians Before His CaptWe-qerdict of Murder In Second Degree.

PRE:Sco9r. Dec. ii.-Yesterday Y the txtas af Justin Head. the educated Apache Indian. who. 1t Is alleged. shot and kilfzsd five other Indians in the q verde vsafey on November 6. was be- gun on one of the five Indictments recentsr returned against him.
 Xessrriay-s proceedings dealt with sFe- ktslinx of a Mrs. Russell. one of Heals alleged i've victims. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the sec ond degree. aftes an hours delibera- eion.
 Head took the witness stand in his own defense. and admitted the killing of three of the Indians. but denied having shot Mrs. Russell. claiming that she was shot by an Indian named Wilson, who had preceded him to the scene of the fourth killing. after he had shot the other three Indians. He told virtually the same story that he gave to representative of the Jour nai-Mir,ar at the time of his surren- der
 With the stociai indifference of his race he recited how on the morning in questiou he left his camp near Cot tonweod with the intention of riding to this city. afterwards stopping at an Indian camp & short distance from his own. where he drank some "tiswin. and how, a ifttie later. he returned to finding that he was followed by one of the Indians who threatened to kill him.
 He described how he shot the In- dian who iwas pursuing him. near his camp. after arrinfng himself with his Winchester. although being aware that his first victim, was unarmed. He told of his ride in the direction of Camp verde. immediately afterwards. where he said hs --is going to Inform his brother of rot had happened. that his brother -.'~ht leave the coun- try. and thus sase himself from the vengeance of the re!atiyes of the one he had shot.
 He related how, on reaching anoth- CT Indian camp. he had found two Indians. one armed with a butcher
 
 . tried to capture him. and graphically aescribed how he turned first on one sae of his saddle and then on the
 her. firing. an Indian falling dead
 the result of his unerring aim at Dth turns. W He admitted riding to the other Ecamp. where he found his brother, but here his story differed widely in Jetaii from that told by the other Indian witnesses. all of whom testi- fed that there was no shot fired by anyone except Head, whom they all said shot his brother in the arm, be- sides killing outright Mrs. Russell. the Indian woman. and fourth In- dian man. by his reckless shooting. which caused the entire band to seek shelter away from their wigwams.
 His testimony was that when he met his brother at the camp. and ~vhiie they were conversing together.
 other Indian. named Wilson. arm ST with a Winchester. started shoot kR at hirn from the shelter of a cot
 wood tree. and that the Indian
 man ras standing on a line be- cen him and Wilson and was struck one of the iatter's shots and in- Nnuy killed. one of the other shots ed by Wilson striking his brother
 the arm and another killing the btaer Indian
 Much of> the evidence introduced ! showed that Head and number of the other Indians of the valley were not on agreeable terms. and that bal feelings had existed between him and some of the chiefs for the past year
 The court eet Friday as the date of seafeace-