Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-10-16

bt. county m years. Her version is ,h., she. Morino and SaIazar had bee, .. gc,hcr all evening. drinking, in froo, of tent occupied by her and ov,,A by Salnzar They mad ten bottles n, beer. Salazar drank five ana ., drank three. Morino drank ono ho,. ilc.
 Morino, she stated. was sitting nj, chair. near where she sat on .o,. blankets, stretched on the ermrt Salazar was also sitting near. Abor, 10 o'clock, SaIazar arose and s.l ''Catalina, come in the tent and z, to bed" Shc answered, "No. n. stick and will sleep out here tonigb, !, Enragcd n, her refusal, he walked int, inc tent and returned with his r,n, He raised the weapon and fired n, Morino, wno made only one stcp. pbd fell dead. She called to him no, ,o shoot again, and without moving. h. fired one shot at her, which took efec,
 She fell over and fcigncd death. believing that he would fire apai, and end her life if she made a moyo Salazar then eft the place for t,e Copper Creek mining camp, a mile dis. ,ant. After he disappeared she aro,. and walked over n very precipitou. mountain to the Black Mesa mining camp. and reported the shooting.
 Salniar walked to the Copper Greek camp. where he informed the boo1. keeper that 'hc Chavcs woman hal been shot. IIe said Morino had sho. and killed her. and trat he had takca the rifle from Morino, after a fierce struggle, and shot and killed him. in sclf-dsfcnsc. A posse of miners form. cd and went to the scene of the shoo, ing, on Alum Creek, n tributary of Copper Creek, about n mile distant. The miners found the dead body O. Morino bat could not find the woman Soon afterwards several men arrived from the Black Mesa camp, where she had reported tac shooting.
 The stories of Catalina and Salazar did moi agree and m investigation of the premises followed. Salazar's tracks were found where nc stood when be fired the shots. with two empty eari. ridges lying about eighteen inches apart. No sign of a struggle could be found around the tent. Salazar was disarmed and arrested, pending inc sr rival of the officers.
 The news of the crime spread rapid ly to inc surroun ling camps, wher Morino was very popular, and when Deputy sheriff John Roberts arrivel early Wednesday morning, threats of ynching were being made. Deputy Roberts took Salazar into custody ani wiser counsel prevailed, as no attemp, was made io take tho prisoner iron the officer. Later the same day Ja' iice McLanc arrived enl impanelled q coroncr's jury. which rendered . vei' diet to the effect that Morino came ic his death from n wound made by bullet fired from n 3s.JO caliber Wir chester rifle, in the hands of salazu Al the inquest Catalina Chavcs posi' lively identified Salazar as inc ma, | who fire 1 tho fatal shot
 1 Salazar stuck to his original sior, at inc inquest, hut was not corrobor' atcd in any detail bv Catalina's tesl' mony nor by the cireumstantial evi- dcncc, except as to the time the crime was committed.
 Salazar was handcuffcd and placed in bed in . room with Officer Roo crts. where he slept soundly, un'h awakened yesterday morning. At no time since the shooting has he appea' ed io realize the gravity of his crim' IIc is about a years of age.
 Morino. his victim, was aged abo"i 25 years, and a native of Mexico. he was very popllar among his fello" rountrymen in this city, Humboldt ani other places in the county. His re mains will he shipped today 'c Hum boldt for interinent.
 Catalina Chhves, the woman in tas ease, is about 35 years of age. Rcs'' 1 dents of the Conner Creek dlstrd claim she had been living with sa'' gar for the past six weeks. They p' licvc he shot Morino and her ,hroogp jealousy.
 During the investigation of t' premises of Salazar some provisions and other belongings of Juan GonzaIs'' who recently mysteriously disappeaF ed from the vicinity, were found l" the tent. This adds color to the the | Ory advanced bv some that Gonzales