Arizona republican., 1906-02-21
MYSTERY
 STRANGE VISITATION
A Shot at a Nightly Intruder at tbe
 Black Home.

Several mysterious visitations have
 occurred at the Black residence on the
 ranch Of F. C. Norris, southwest of
 the city beginning last week. The
 husband, Mark Black, died on Sun
 day and was buried the following day.
 A few days before his death a stranger
 stopped at the house and said that
 his name was Jacob Rinehart He
 said that he was an inmate of the poor house and that he would like to
 wait there until the poor farm wagon
 came along from town. After stayiny
 around for while he disappeared Not
 long after he was gone two knit slip pers were noticed lying in a pile of carpet rag balls which had been thrown into q corner of the room. One of the slippers was gray and the other
 red The former seemed to be large enough for child of twelve while the other was smaller. It was surmised
 that they had been left by Rinehart since no one else had been about the house.
 This occurred on Friday That night some one was heard walking about the house. The noise seemed to be in the front room, then up stairs and then again on the roof. The outer door was heard to open and shut at different | times in the night. One of the mem
 bers of the family made an investiga- ton in the darkness but could dis cover no one.
 The next morn it was found tba E the slippers had been moved from tn. place where they were last seen and had been placed on the other side of the room. They also showed that they had been worn in the night and the prints of both were found in the soft ground outside.
 The next night the door was locked and some time after the family had re- tired some one was heard approaching the house. Next the door was shaken vigorously and frequently and the noise was heard in the attic again. But no one could be seen that night On Sunday night there was a third visitation. There had been two fire arms about the house but there had | been no ammunition on the first two nights. In the meantime the elder son 1 of the family a young man of about
 twenty got some cartridges and lay in wat. When the mysterious stranger was heard at the door on Sunday night the young man went out and saw the visitor leaving the house. Young Black called to him to stop but he moved slowly on. Back aimed at his head
 and fired. The visitor yelled and ran away.
 The next morning the affair was reported to the authorities and the house w"s visited. Deputy Sheriff Slankard inspected the attic but he could find nothing there An inquiry
 was made about the hobo Rinehart and
 1t was found that a man of that name
 was stopping at the poor farm. It was l a I,a before and that he had served varioL 6 l terms in the county jail
 The story Of the nightly visits at the
 Black home was reported to the phy- sician in charge of the county hospi- tai It had been surmised that he was | the mystertCu' visitor and that he had
 carried away part of the load of shot It was noticed that there was a mcrls
 on the side of the neck which might | have been made by d glanCing sPot
 and yesterday evening the physician compelled him to strip and submi to
 an examination for other marks but
 none could he found. So the mystery | is still unraveled.
 Ms. Black said to an officer that she
 knew of no reason why Lua hcuss
 should he made the object of these visits. There were no articles of val
 ue there though she said there were some papers which interested parties
 might like to secure. She was ? ,lled
 the nature Of the papers and replied | that thc-, related to matters which
 were about to he looked into in United
 States court. She added that about
 forty persons were connected with the affair At this point of the explana-
 ton the elder son interfcred aid drs
 Black refused to say anything more lIcgarGing tho papers.