Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-05-22
MEXICAN TRIES TO
MURDER HIS WIFE.
Finds Her Taking With Another Mex.
lean and Assaults Her with Axe.
(From Wednesday, Dsily.)

kind Of bread. Yesterday morning.
about - 'clock, at their home, near the
a. +, f. a y. section house, At the y.
4 l.. Junction. Jesus Garcia. another
Mexican. assaulted his wife with a dull
axe, breaking her left arm at the wrist
and elbow, caving IN one Of her ribs,
and cutting u cash about four inches
long IN her back. besides INJECTING
other serious and painful bruises on
different parts Of ncr body.
He also made an attempt to Kill the
Mexican found convcrsing with his bet
ter half. hut the latter escaped injury
by heating II basty retreat.
Attracted 10Y the cries Of the in
1urcd woman and three other women
residing IN the vicinity, tramp who
was passing a, the time along the rail.
road, FASTENED 10 the place, and after
a brief investigation tclcphoned the
sheriff. office that Mexican had muir
dcred woman, stating at the same
time tina, the murder was still there.
Under sheriff Ncagle instructed him
20 get gun and hold the murderer un-
I'll his arrival. lie secured n pistol a,
the section house. aud ordered the Mex
lean 60 stay where he was and not nj.
tempt 10 leave the place.
Garcia paid no attention to his CON
m-Nds, hut walked TO the house Of n
mel .nboring Mexican. where he enter
cd Through window and armed him
velf with t5.calibcr pistol. which he
found inside. lie then left the build
ing through the back window and walk
ed across the track in n westerly Iii.
vcction. disappearing among the bould.
era At the Point of Rocks.
Upon the receipt Of the information
Of the supposed murder of the woman,
Under Sheriff Ncaglc and Justice 81
che Peace Mci,ane at once left for the
scene Of the crime. ON arriving nj the
place they were informed by the tramp
that he had allowed the would he
uxoricidc 10 escape. The tramp was
W excited over the affair he could not
even inform Neagle of the direction
Garcia took. The latter, after some
search, and by information received
from n woman residing in the place,
who had seen the Mexican escape, found
his Trail Neaglc telephoncd to the
army officer in command OF the troops
at the target range Of the incident and
twelve men were detailed for the man
hunt. They left the target range in
skirmish order until they cane up with
Neaglc. but despite the fact that they
searched the rocky place for miles
around. until nightfall, Garcia was not
found.
While talking TO woman resident
Of the Junction, late in the evening
after \ tramp of many miles, Neagle
noticed "a small Mexican boy walking
through the rocks a short distance from
the place, carrying valisc. He fol
iow~l the hoy for some distance, after
recognizing him as one Of three small
children Of Garcia and his injured wife
The youngstcr, when the saw the Of
lAcer following him, hid the valise In a
Nciump Of bushes and returned home
When questioned by the under sheriff
Through an interpreter, the boy admit
sea he was taking the valisc to his
father, whom he said he had seen hid
leg 10 the rocks n short time before,
hut rcfused TO point out the place
WHORE he saw him, stating that he was
afraid the strangers would kill his
fathc, IL be were caoRht.
A vigorous search was then made by
eAe fifteen men composing the posse, but
- trace Of Garcia could be- found
wAen tho Poland train arrived the In,
D~5 wsssss wss placed on board u
~ ~ the son who refused to divulgs
tAe whereabouts Of his father, and
brought to the hospital here, where her
snjusic~ were dressed and the frac
ture~ 81 her arm reduced.
Undcr Sheriff Neagic returned hers
East niYst for a short time, after lcav
sng special officer to guard the place
with instructions To arrest Garcia IL hs
should retnrn. Neaglc left for tn,
scene of ths assault at o o'clock, las,
night, to take charge Of the guard'
s...I H..
rise today, in cnse Garcia is not cap
cured duriag the night.
The assailant IL described as being
about 2 feet, 3 inches In height, OF
slight build, weighing about l3(
ponnds, with n small black moustachc
and ~ medium complexion. When last
sees he xnrc "a Luaki .nat larL nm a. n