Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-15
ALL OPPOSE THE PARDON or
 BARNES.
(From Friday's Dailv1

convicted of the murder of his partner, Henry Hanna at tLe June term of the district court of the year 1899 in this county, as published yesterday in this paper from an extract of the Phoenix Republican, meets with the disapproval of all the citizens of this city familiar with the revolting details of the crime. The homicide was one of the most inhuman in the annals of crime in the northern part of the territory, and all efforts towards inteScsting the execu. tive in granting pardon to Barnes are certain to meet with the unanimous con. demnation of all persos who respect law and order here, and believe in thc pun. ishmcnt of those guilty of such atro. cious crimes.
 The circumstances leading Co the crime and the capture and conviction of the murderer date back to the latter part of is97. when Barnes and Hanna arrived in this city from Nevada, he. ing accompanied on the trip by two men named Crume and Wallace.
 On reaching Prescott, Barnes and Hanna started in the wood chopping business, making their headquarters at the new race track just west of the city limits. selling wood at inc local
 market. During the winter months they were frequently seen in this city,
 Hanna doing most of the purchasing of supplies for both at the Dougherty store on West Gurley street.
 Some time in the early part of 1898
 they quit coming |, town. but nothing
 further was thought of their disappear.
 ance until the dead body of Henry
 Hanna was found secrctcd in a brush pile in the vicinity of Willow creek,
 about a mile northwest of the city
 limits. The gruesomc discovery was
 made by woodehoppcr, who at once reported his find to thc shcriff's office, when an inquest on the remains was
 held, ana the body was identified as
 that of Hanna, the indications being ] that it had been deposited there some time in the early part of the year. No money or valuabiss were found ! on the body and the left side of the bones of the face werc broken with two bullet holes in the skull. which in ! dicated that murder had been com mitted.
 George c. Ruffner, who was then she riT of the county, at once commenced an investigation. On examining th' 3 county records. he found that Hann' l. had . mortgage for $500 on the tean
 owned by Barnes, and that the mort !. gage had not been cancelled. Findin, - Crumc and Wnllarc. who accompa nic' : Barnes apl Hanna from Nevada, h' n learned that Hanna always carried ron b siderable money on his person, and al v ways went armed with a double actio q q calil~r Colts revolver. Hc lcarDc v further that Barnes had left for tb
 Verde valS~y several months before s driving the team, and then he stsrtc l. in pursuit
 v In the Verde hc foun'i thnt Bnrpe | hnd continued his journey in fine q
 rection of Flagstaff, aui on arrivin
 tbere had disposed of the team to on
 of the lnmler companies, when nn trae
 of him w7s lost. Continuing his il V vestigut,~ns in Flagstaff, he found thT Attorney Jones had assisted Barnes
 executing pension papers, which led th A. sheriff into correspondence vrh th ,f 1 ren~ion authorities of th~ Unite !, States. Through the latter ~ource T. was Icar,ssa that Bavscs wHs arawin a pension for service in the Unite
 States army during the war of the r
 bSlton tssvough the San fraDci-' ,v agency, ana that the las, place he wi :. bnrd from was in the slate % Was inpson in n logging ~amp ~ony~ nieut
 the line of British Columbia. About the middle of D-~embsr Rwi F. n.r left for the state of Washaugto il, and effected rhe capturr cf Barrs~
 the icgging eamp, returning here vii o his prisoner assd reaching this city on IT. n few days befsTe his tevm of ofboe at shrrir expired.
 ri When Barnes was captured. Sh~r
 Runucr found r his possession q ,i. trunk of fbe murdered man, eoutainis he Ilauna's wearing apparel and ma rk trinkets, all of which were idrntib' ,t. here. as we'll as his watch, pistol, s'
 many other personal belongings. nd The indictment of Barnes followe ho his trial taking place st the ~nsui' e. June term of the distvict court. TT I. skuJl of the murdered mnn was pr