Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-25
EARLY INDIAN
 DAYS RECALLED
A FIERCE FusILLADE IN PHoe' NIX OCCURS ON WEoNES-
 DAY MORNING.

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 The fiercest fusillade heard in Ari- zona since Indian times took place at the Star lodging house in Phoenix on "Wednesday morning. The estao- lishment was riddled with bullets. They tore through the thin partitions of the sleeping rooms and whisued over the heads of the occupants. In all about thirty-seven shots were fired, though there was no accurate couIs.
 According to the Republican, a Mexican Santiago Lopez, wss at the bottom of the battle. Lopez. who had been working on the A. & c. road, arrived at the lodging house the even ing before in company with Jesus Sa- ysdra. There was nothing in his ap- peEuance or manner te enlist special interest until early yesterday morn iKg, when interest in him became gen era1 and acute.
 About 6 o'clock the stiffness of that vicinity was ripped open by the sharp crack of a revolver. Those of the sey- enty-ffve guests who happened 10 have left their beds hurried to their doors to see what was the matter. One of them who occupied a room across the passage way from the room n which Lopez ard his companion had slept, was shot at as soon sas he emerged Another man left his room in time to see the second shot fired, and then the Mexican ran from his room to an outhouse in the southwest rorner of the yard, where he en- trenched himself. .--
 A telephone message to the city jail brought Officer Carr. On his arrival The officer was told where the MeNi- can was fortified, and he approached carefully along the passage way, which came to an end at some dis Sance from the out house. Coming 10 the end of the passage way, the coffi- ger looked across the space and saw tbe Mexican standing with his gun in his hand The oficer covered him and told him to drop his weapon. 1n- stead, he fired with marvellous quick ness and accuracy. The bullet struck tHe corner of the building behind Enich the officer sPsang, but even then it would have gone through him but for a horizontal two by four brace on the inside. The officer. unwilling 10 Kill the man, called up the sheriff g office
 In the meantime, gaests who did not understand the formzLion of the hat tie line, left their rooms, and as soon as they appeared in the open they were shot at While waiting the ar r5yal of the deputy sheriffs, Officer Carr went around in She alley in the rear of the lodging house property, thinking that he might be able to e1osetthe door upon the Mexican, who had taken refuge by this time inside sso6 the out house. As fe approached, the Mexican fired twice at him through the fence
 During the interval between the demonstration by the officer and the coming of the force from the sher- ifs offIee. the Mexican made a recon [ noasanee in force along the row ed 4 sleeping rooms nearest the out house The first room was occupied by q German, who was new to the West The door of the room was partly open, and when the German saw 8 man standing in front of it holding a revolver he hastily closed it. The Mexican fred four shots through the door The German took refuge in a corner of the room, calling out that a mistake was being made.
 On the arrival of Deputy Charles Slansard ard Josiah Andersen, they were joined by Officer Carr and the trio approached through the passage way through which Carr had first come on the scene. Their program was not to Kin the man, but to con fuse him by rapid shooting Then the battle began E earnest. After sev- eral shots had been fired Anderson jumped into the open and took e po- sition behind a Stumps At the same time a bullet cut the top of the stump above his head. The next bullet whistled wiEbin two inches of the head of Deputy Slanksrd on one side and within the same uncomfortable dlz- Gance of the head of Anderson on the Ofher side. Ii stracE a sleeping room. czt through a bedstead, and passed three inches above the head of the occupant. It went through the next partition, narrowly missed a man on a eot, bored through a washstand and buried itself in the wall.
 By this time the officers were get ting careless as to whether they killed the Mexican or not He had wrenched of the door of the out house and, us- ing it as a shield, was advancing upon the onieers, firing as he came, from behind the door. One of the officers fired through the center of the door, Just tn'seihb IAe hoH- A uuiiSS iIom Andersonis revolver would have gone , through him. but if struck the lock and shattered it.
 The officers had been trying to keep a sort of counf of the shots fired by gthe Mexican in the last fusillade, and nov, judging his gun to be empty. they rushed in. They were none rop koon- His weapon was a new model Smith 6 Wesson, and he already ha6 three cartridges in 1t, but the cham . Der had not been swung back. He WAS seized by Slankard and Carr and at the same time Anderson struck him, the force of the blow falling upon Standards hand.
 The battle was now over and Lo- peg was taken to jail