Arizona republican., 1908-02-29

held out that he was person of great wealth, though embarrassed frequently by a want of ready money. However he had no trouble in securing as much as he needed.
 He was d soldier himself he said and he proved 1t by a conspicuous scar on the forehead which he said he had in- cured while freeing Cuba. Walker was more notably a born horse trader as many of his victims painfully re- call. Along in the early summer he came into possession of a span of mules on which he subsequently, gave a mortgage to Goldman & Co. for $200. Within a very few days he sold the mules to A. F. Spencer at price which Mir. Spencer was unable to resist. It was some time after that Goldman & i-Co. became curious about the mules and making inquiry, learned that | Walker had left the country. A little later the mules were found in the pos session of MT. Spencer Immediately ! thereafter various other crooked acts of Walker were brought to light. But the meanest thing he had done was to marry Miss Callie Phillips a daughter of J. F. Phillips of Glendale.
 l These discoveries were made last | September and on September II a war rant was issued out of Justice John stones court for his arrest. It was supposed that Walker had gone to the coast. In fact it was known that he had gone in that direction. But Sher- if Hayden having learned that Walker had formerly resided in Texas sur missed that he might work back to that state.
 Following a practice which he had inaugurated from the beginning and which had been very successful, the sheriff proceeded to flood the state of Texas with posters descriptive of Wal ker. The description was aided by d very good photograph of him. The advertisement was at once pro- ductive of results though it did not at first throw any light on his where abouts. It was brought out that Wal ker was born in Alabama in 1869; that he was raised in Coryell county, Tex. near Copperas Cove; that he lived lat CT in Bell. Mccullough, Lampasas. Kimble and Howard counties; that on June 30, 1894 he was sentenced to five ana six years cumulative sentences il
 
 stealing iron, Kaufman and Ellis counties; that his convict number was llc6S and that he served a little more than six years.
 Another fact in his career connect ing him with Arizona was discovered Soon after his release from the pen itentiary he married a Miss Mckinney at Big Springs Texas without having been divorced from a wife who was then living. The bigamy was discov- cred and Walker fled to Arizona. He was arrested at Gila Bend in 1904 by Rangers Wheeler and Peterson and was taken back to Texas but for some reason the case was not prosecuted OF he was acquitted.
 Early this month Sheriff Hayden learned from the authorities of Bell county Texas that Walker was al Wellington in the Panhandle engaged in the practice of law in the firm of Powell and Walker The Bell county authorities had not the slightest doubt of his indentity which was the more easy by reason of another scar which Walker had secured on the top of the head here in the course of Q runaway near Tempe not long before his flight from the country.
 On receipt of the information from Bell county. Sheriff Hayden took the matter up with Sheriff Singley of Wellington and everything was ready to take the lawyer into custody on in- structions from Maricopa county. Just before this Governor Kibbey had left the territory and the territorial au- thOrities were not able to guarantee the expense of bringing Walker within the territorial boundaries. In the meantime the sheriff's office at Vel lington was keeping a close watch on him and Sheriff Hayden was informed from time to time of his movements. He was informed that there was really no danger of his getting away. In the first place he had good reason to believe that he was safe in that part of the country, remote from the rail- road. Moreover he had developed political ambition and was preparing to try to secure the nomination for dis trict attorney of that county. He was trying to make himself solid with the people and was meeting with consider able success. He had a good oppor- tunity to do so since his law office was in the court house and almost everyone who went to the out of the way county seat had business there. Walker was a good talker and he cas- fly persuaded the voters that they would have a gem of a district attor- ney.
 Altogether Walker was about as safe, Sheriff Singley believed as if he were behind the bars On the return Of the governor day before yesterday Sheriff Hayden laid the matter before him and he guaranteed all expenses incurred outside of the territory inci- dent to the return of Walker. The requisition papers had already been is- sued and the sheriff wired the sheriff at Wellington to take Walker in. Yes terday he received a reply saving that it had been done and last night the sheriff left for Wellington.