Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-03
Two Mexicans in Santa Cruz County Admit Killing
 Martinez.
PROBABLY MEANS
 MOOSE FOR BOTH.
Claim They Acted in Self De fense, But Testimony at h. quest Shows It to Have Been Premeditated Murder

NOCALEs. siay 2,-Yestsrday two more alleged murderefs were cap tufsa here by Deputy Bhsriffs Gar. land Coffee and Homer ]. Bapss. The men, tsidr0 Bravo and Juan Rivera, killed Gabriel Martinez at Saigro Camp, iB this county. Wednesday night, The murder Was an exception aify brutal one, and tbe evidence ad, duecd at The e0r0nef's inquest tsld at satsr0 Saturday points 10 prob, able hanging in Santa Cruz cgunts after the nezt term of tbc district court. When captured yesterday morning the msn admitted the Eill' Ing,
 Wednesday night. in he Hai9ou of Robert Juinte ht Saisro. Bravo and Rivera anarreied with Martinez. and Inc men were prevented from fighting by others in the barFoBm at the time Martinez was induced to leave inc place, while the other two were de- tRined. according to tho version of the story told here yesterday. Martinez purchased q lunch nt the saloon. and left The place. Some time later Bravo and Rivera left the saloon.
 That was the last seen of the three men III Friday morning. when the mutiiHted body of Martinez was found beside the trail leading 10 the camp. He had been stabbed in the breast and then. with his head forced be | tween two large rocks on the ground | he was beaten to death with Htonea his head and body being n mass oi | bruises and cuts.
 Word was sent tp Patagonia to Jus | tiee of the Peace Henderson. whc | went tel shlero and there held m in | quest Saturday. Al Inc inquest the story of the quarrel al the Juime sal
 eoh was told. and it was also related
 that Bravo and Rivera had there made threats that they would kill Mar | tinez,
 The eoroners jury charged Brave
 and Rivera with the murder and Dep uty Sheriff Coffee and Line Ridei | Harry Saxon. who were at the place began the hunt for the murderers 1 II was learned that one of the fu | gitiyes. Juan Bravo. was raised on | ranch on the Santa Cruz. about eiRh | miles from NoEalea. and that hi: mother Ia atm residing there, Win l Deputy Sheriff MapeR Coffee went tt ! the telephone once to inform Count, | Commissioner Harrison. whose renct | 0h ltlR sHhtH NAha " N'h'A'NNN'N "'NN | Nosaiea, of the crime. that ho mtHh have the Bravo ranch watched till tht 1 offieefs could reach that place t' 1 search for the mufderern,
 | Coming out of the telephone ofiie, tho officers were agreeably surprised te see tho two men they sought ui tho sidewalk on the opposite side O the street The fusittsos saw the of fieefa at the same time and turnet
 ,a dodge around the corner. but wer'
 too late, They promptly obeyed th'
 summons to surrender and were takei
 te tho county iail. whero they wer,
 securely locked ia the mnrderers cell
 The men admitted beating ap Mar
 tines, but claimed he first assaulted them, and that they did not knov
 they had killed him, The testimon! of Juime at the eofoner's inquest
 however. points te premoditated muT der and its execution in most hruts
 manner while the victim pleaded fo his life,
 1t is believed the men esmo upoi
 Martinez while the latter was Sittinl on the rocks eating the lunch he ha'
 previously purchased al the saloon,
 The preliminary examination prob
 ably will be held before Justice Hen deFaon al Patagonia Tuesday,