Arizona republican., 1908-01-04

morning and arrived here last evening about o'clock on the Florence train. R. F. Daggs and party also left Super for yesterday morning and arrived here last evening.
 The Butehery in Detail.
 Complete details of the murder. brought in yesterday from Superior. leave no doubt that it was assassina- ton of the most fiendish and cowardly character. Though neither Stewart nor Fondren has made an admission. there Is not the slightest doubt at Superior of their guilt After the finding of the body of Hunter several hours after the discovery of Daggs' body and after the arrest of the. two men, Sheriff McGee took Stewart to the body of Hunter and asked him: Who did this job. you. or Big Ed2" Stewart replied: That is for you to find out" That was the nearest ap- proach to an admission that was made Subsequently. both men denied any knowledge of the killing.
 The following story of the tragedy is gathered from the surroundings, and from the testimony of Hoestadt. who had been employed with Hunter at the mine and who witnessed only the bloody conclusion and then fled for he reasoned that the murderers would seek him next:
 Daggs and Hunter left the mining camp on Wednesday morning along d circuitous trail in a general north westerly direction. They came to a gate in a brush fence about q quarter of a mile in straight line from the camp. Stewards cabin is situated about a hundred yards southeast of this gate. and about fifty wards from it is a large rock. behind which the murderers were hidden.
 The shooting began when Daggs and Hunter reached the gate. Both men were probably hit at the first volley A large bullet tore off the point of Hunters jaw and be started to run His flight was in a large circle. and he was given his death wounds. for there were several, any one of which would have caused death. not far from his starting point.
 The Bloodstained Message.
 Daggs stumbled along a few yards and fell. Near this spot was found the pencil with which he wrote the note: Bob Stewart killed me" and the note book containing the blood stained note was found in d clump of bushes nearby where the dying man had tossed il in the hope that the murderers would not find it when they returned from the pursuit of Hunter. to finish him.
 Returning to Daggs. the two men emptied their guns into him. One bullet entered the right side of the neck. another the breast, another the hip and one broke his left arm and pierced his side. There were alto gether from six to seven wounds made by bullets of different sizes. apparent ly 30-3O. 30-40 and buckshot. The same Variation in the size of the bull lets was discovered in the body Of Hunter. showing that at least three weapons were employed against the murdered men. Hunters right arm and his neck were broken. Both frac- lures were probably caused by a fall. At what period in the massacre the horse of Daggs and the two dogs of Hunter were killed Is not known. but probably after their masters had been disposed of.
 What Hoestadt Saw.
 Hoestadt had heard the shooting. and mounting a dump he could survey the country west of him. Al first he could see no moving object, but in a little while he saw two men start from behind a rock and approach an object which he was then able to recognize as a human body. It was the body of Daggs The men dragged it about fifty yards and threw it into an arroyo where it was found. Hoestadt could not recognize the men at the distance of a quarter of mile. but he could see that one of them was much larger than the othcr.
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