Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-14
$500 REWARD
FOR ASSASSIN,
DEAD Or ALIVE
Ell Paso & Southwestern Offers
Big Reward For Capture of
Man Who Killed Waterman
Watson Saturday Night.

I d ESNdIu VI U1OIt tudu PO3V
on his head, Carlos Real, the Mexican
who shot and killed R. w. Watson.
Waterman for the Ell Paso & South.
western, Railroad Company, in the 10
cal yards, on Saturday night, had sue,
ceeded in Guiding the officers up to
late hour last night, but the anthori.
! ties are confident that the assassin
will be captured before long as it is
believed that he has not yet been able
to make his way into Mexico. The
railroad MANAGEMENT last night offer
ed reward of $500 for the fugitive
and this amount has been augmented
| by offers from various officers, who
want to see the murderer of their
brother officer brought to justice,
All of Saturday night Deputy Frank
johnson and Deputy Sheriff James
Kinney searched the hills in the low
er end of the district, while three of
| the Arizona Rangers, under the com
mand of Captain Wheeler covered the
| district on the other side of the range
| to prevent the fugitive's getting across
the International boundary line. On
Sunday the Rangers still patroled the
| border and on Sunday night and yes
terday kept up their vigil but never
once caught sight of their man.
An element which caused a great
deal of confusion was the description
I OF the man who did the shooting. Al
| first the Rangers were informed that
| the murderer was a short, heavy-set
man, smooth shaver and peck mark.
ed. Later they got a description
which was just opposite, portraying
the fugitive as tall, slim man with a
moustache. On this account Captain
! Wheeler came into the city yesterday
| afternoon and interviewed B. w. Nor
| ton, who had seen the Mexicans sew
! eraf times and was present when the
| shooting took place. From him the
Ranger commander received an accu-
rate description and will keep his men
is either captured or killed.
While Captain Wheeler was in the
city movement was set on foot
among the officers to offer a reward
( for the arrest and conviction of the
man who did the shooting. Never in
the history OF the district has a kill
ing aroused the bitterness engendered
by the untimely end of Watson on
| Saturday night and it is safe to say
| that every, possible human effort win
be made to bring the slayer to- justice.
Late last evening the following tel
egram was received from H. j. Sim
| mons, general manager of the Ell Paso
& Southwestern Railroad company:
THE FL Paso & Southwestern Rail-
road company will pay inward of
| $500 for the arrest and conviction of
| the party who shot and killed r. w.
| Watson, watchnaa for the railroad at
Bisbee on the night OF January 18th,
| 1908"
Walter Douglas, general manager of
the, Phelps-Dodge interests, who is
also vice president of the railroad,
was asked last evening if the reward
would be paid in case the Mexican
is killed while resisting capture. He
stated in reply that it most certainly
would, all that being necessary would
be to identify the man.
| IL is believed that Real will fight
to the last ditch to resist arrest, being
! convinced that his capture means the
paying of the death penalty. From
| facts learned since the killing it is
| positive that the hunted man has not
got more than four or five cartridges,
so that If should he open fire if trap
ped by the officers his term OF life
| will be short Some of the most fear
less officers in the entire country are
hunting the fugitive and il he is seen
| the chances are thousand to one he
| will be either arrested or killed.
The story OF where tie Mexican got
the gun was obtained or Sunday. It
vas learned that he and another Mex
lean had been at the Haggott, Gil
rand & Smith camp and were com
planned of by some woman when a
man named Rockmark, who is fore
man, secured a 45-caiibre Colts auto
matte and went to the scene. 1t is
stated ne was overcome by the Mexi.
cans and his gun taken from him, af-
ter which the foreigners ran off with
the weapon, coming to Bisbee. il was
not an hour later that Watson was
killed. by the man who took the gun.
| Juan Hernandez, the Mexican who
was first suspected of having been the
man who did the killing, was taken
into custody yesterday morning and is
being held pending an investigation,
although the circumstances now point
/ to the guilt Of Real
The coroner's inquest was held in
Justice Hogan's Office last evening. the
jury's verdict being that the deceased
came TO his death as a result Of a
gun-shct wound at the hands of some
person unknown. The body viii be
taken to Santa Rosa, n. NJ. for burial
today by A. Sadler. chief detective OF
the Ell Paso q Southwestern.
Real is described as being about
5 feet inches in height; weighing
about $50 pounds; about 25 years of
age; dressed in black hat, black trous.
ers, coat and shirt. and being of a
dark compiexiph. He presented a
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