Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-11-14
(From Sundays Dailyo

Three days and nights without food, unarmcd, footsore and weary, and after oluding capture by three different posses, numbering almost two hundred white men and Indian trailers. Justin Head, the Apache. Mohavc Indian, who is reputcd to have killed four Indian bucks and one squaw and to have | wounded his brother and m Indian boy, staggered slowly into Jerome yes terday morning, about 10 o'clock where he surrendered to City Marshal Hawkins, who had only n short time | before returned from the Verde Valley. having failed in his search for the mur dcrer.
 Recognizing Head. the officer at once took him into custody. and after giving him food and drink, locked him up, notifying the Shcriff's office here of the surrender of the desperate nbor- iginc. who had tcrrorized his people ns they were never before tcrrorizcd since General Crook subjugated their warriors, who were among the bol1cst and most cruel in the west. Last evening Hawkins and Under Sheriff Ncaglc arrived here with the prisoner, who is now safely behind the bars in the county jail.
 Eludcd All Poses. At the time of his surrender. Head was still fifteen miles distant from the nearet posse, although he admitted Co City Marshal Hawkins that they must have passed within n short distance of each other the night before, when Hawkins was making a diligcnt search for him in the neighborbood of his camp in the Cottonwood section.
 Although aboriginal in color and fen. lures Head 's conduct in conversation with n Journal. Miner representative, last evening, evidenced the culture and education acquired at the Carlisle Indian school, of which he is a grad uac, nothing in his actions bctrayipg anything of brutal ar bloodthirsty nature, although he frankly admitted the murder of three of his fellow tribes men.
 Heads Story in Detail.
 "Becausc ! acted as interpreter in the trial of old man Wilson 's son, who was convicted in the court here about one year ago, and sentenced to serve n term in the pen at Yuma. Indian man Wilson and q number of the other In dians of Verde Valley have been threatening my life ever since, and would not allow me to stay any length of time in any one place.
 Was En Route to Prescott. "I was asked to come to this term of court here and net as interpreter before the grand jury, in the cases of some Indians charged with crime. and on last Tuesday morning l dressed in my best pants, vest and coat, saddled
 my horse, and started out for Pres coti.
 , Drank Some "Tisw1ne. "i stopped at place n shor, lis
 taDcc from my camp, where three In dians were drinking 'tiswinc,' and in q
 conversation with them told them that was going to Prescott. and did mol care to stop. The Indians told m, not to he in n hurry to go to Prescott ! n t.. N.1 tsarsr inn took only three cups of il. and rodc along short distance farther, and mel two old Indians. one of them nearly
 blind, and got off my horse. io tail
 with inc old men about getting money
 to go to Washington.
 | His Life Is Threatened. D "Whilc l was there the old indiar b Wilson came along, and when ho hear' - what we were talking about, said tha n | could not go to Washington; that h' e would kill me before l would get awal [ and would also kill all the whit . people.
 q "I told him that hc could not Xii D all the white people because there wor too many of them back east. He the r went away short distance and rt !. turned towards where was going | h get on my horse and ride to Prescott |. He then said that 1 could noi lenv
 the valley alive, and again said thu ,s he would kill me.
 .. Kills Ills First Victim. r "Iie had threatened my life brfor' If but he looked like he wanted to ki
 me this time. 70 ] rode inek io n