Arizona republican., 1907-07-13

dogs. They were busy stopping them
selves and trying to find out where
they were at when the automobile pro-
cession came up and stopped because
there were so many people in the road
the chauffeurs could not get by
without killing somebody, and there
was no coroner present.
The sum total of the Information
available was that lit is all over
Everybody knew that and nobody
knew anything else except the charter
members of the A. +. o. r ID. and
they wouldn't tell. II was then that
the associated members learned Tor
the first time that Fred Woolsey hao
learned that the Injuns would not be
present: that early in the morning he
had been so appraised and had tried
like good citizen to deliver the
goods" with the help OF his neighbors.
for the honor and fame of Peoria and
avert the threatened disappointment
of the excursionists. Some thirty or
forty of the farmers and their hired
help scattered out between the Camel
back and the White Tank mountains.
and began the drive. They did the
best they could. but it was like
canary bird trying to cover setting
of turkey eggs. They merely steamed
through from the initial point to the
finish. in the hope Of taking jack pot
with a four flush. OF course. il anv
rabbits got in their way they killed
them. for they had to hurry to get
through and il wouldn't do to have the
drive held up by lot OF measly rab-
II inc in he
this well ordered arrangement, the
drivers got through earlier than they
expected and the incident was a
blooming success. except that they
didn't get any rabbits to speak of.
An honest effort was made to find out
just how many rabbits were killed.
without going on to the corral. for
that would hardly have been expected
under the circumstances. Beside. Mr..
Greene had just bought two water
melons. and there was an improvised
lemonade stand under the nearby cot
tonwoods, and Frenchy who chartered
a one-seated delivery wagon in Pc
oria came along with n wagon load OF
soda pop and several young ladies and
gentlemen. A newspaper reporter who
would have left those surroundings to
gloat in the blood and corruption of a
charnel house ought to lose his job If
he didn't
F'renchy first being duly sworn. de-
posed and said that he had actually
been at the rabbit corral with his en-
tire party Among them were Harry
Rosenthal the Irish Jew. R. w. Mou-
tier and BY Hilderbran. They had a
quantity of ears and left hind legs to
show for it and said that the corral
looked pretty much like a graveyard.
They are therefore heeled for good
luck, if there is any virtue in super
stition Frenchy says there will be
frog legs all week at the Anheuser.
Coffee AL who swore without being
deposed. said that the killing amount
ed to about 500 as near as he could es-
| innate. He had come out early in the
morning and Mrs. Williams drove out
in the afternoon to get him. Mrs. Will
liams expressed the opinion that the
dead amounted to about so. She be-
lieves everything her husband says
but of course il should be understood
that she had not been there as long as
he had and therefore had not had an
| opportunity to see so many rabbits.
Several others deposed without being
sworn. and their estimates ran all the
way from 40 to $50 rabbits. Reuben
Hill. who does not swear at all. placed
his hand on a red ripe watermelon for
which he was asking twO-bits, and
said that he could declare by the con-
stitution of the United States that he
saw at least 1000 rabbits escape from
the drivers in one "passe,." just below
| Peoria. Coffee Al testified that he
saw another 1000 make their getaway
between Peoria and the Cottonwoods.
| There might have been more than
that. but he lost count. and would not
be accurate. He said he killed one
himself in Mr.. Wolsey's orchard. where
/ IT was hiding among the branches OF a
/ peach tree.
After the crowd got back to the sta :