Arizona republican., 1909-06-09
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 Monday Afternoon SAFELY IN COUNTY JAIL
An Exciting Flight From An gry Citizens of Mesa--It Was Believed Yesterday Afternoon ThattheIndian's Little Victim Would Live.
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Deputy Sheriff w A. Burton of Mesa, accompanied by his son-in- law, Frank Vance, arrived in town yesterday morning with the Apache, Sidney Smith or Ed. Hanson, who had committed an outrageous as sault the afternoon before on the little eighteen months old girl of Elijah Allen of Lehi. The Indian had been held to the grand jury in the sum of S5.000 after a brief pre- liminary examination before Justice Irwin at which he had acknowledged his guilt
 Deputy Sheriff Burton had an eX- citing night and day in the com panionship of the Apache. As was related in The Republicans story of the outrage yesterday morning, soon after the Indian was put into jail at Mesa, the air began to be filled with mutterings which grew louder and louder until it was decided that the best thing to do would be to spirit the prisoner out of the vicinity. The deputy sheriff put a handcuff on him and holding the other link with one hand he held a Winchester in the other and went out unobserved. The officer told Smith at the first crook ed move he would kill him. The h. dian replied that there would be no crooked moves. He said that he knew what was good for him and that he knew that the officer was doing the best thing for him.
 The deputy sheriff arrived at Tempe with his prisoner about mid night and kept him in the jail there until yesterday morning. He went back to Mesa with him in the morn ing for the preliminary examination. He rode in the baggage car which is also a postal car, knowing that if the crowd was waiting for him it would not dare to attack that car. It was his intention in that case to go on 70 a point some distance be- yond Mesa when he would get a team and drive to Phoenix.
 An angry crowd gathered at the examination. There were in it many of the most law abiding citizens of the community, but they were car ried away by the horror of the deed which the prisoner had committed and there were suggestions and threats Justice Irwin silenced them by counter threats of punishment for contempt of court.
 The examination was hurried through and members of the crowd told the deputy that his prisoner would never get to Phoenix. The Of- ficer rushed him through the audi ence to his own home and when the crowd tried to follow them he order ed his neighbors to keep off of pri- Vate property, always making demonstration with his rifle.
 The crowd gathered across the street at a point where a view of the rear of the officers house could be commanded. In the meantime Vance had got a team ready and on the advice of Burton had driven in a round about way to throw off the crowd Then he quickly drove up to the rear of the house and the h. dian trembling and almost helpless with fear was pushed into the buggy. The crowd then came running and Vance began applying the whip. Be- fore the team had got under head way, the pursuers, headed by Buck Stevenson, the baseball player. and Jim DaIy was almost upon it. The
 
 Stevenson stopped, but Daly made rush for the bridle of one of the horses, but barely missed it. That was the most critical moment. If Daly had succeeded there would have been bloodshed and a lynching. 9th CT members of the crowd were clutching at the wheels of the buggy which was gaining momentum and in a few moments the pursuers were left behind so far that the officer was able to choose his road unob served
 Vance turned to the south, fearing that he would be followed by autos along the Tempe road. The fugitives were so followed, but they kept far south of Tempe, expecting at every cross road and lane that they would be headed off.
 No effort was made to communi- cate with the sheriffs office until Heard's ranch was reached. Then a telephone message was sent in and a force from the sheriff's office went out in an automobile and brought the officer and his prisoner to town.
 Much has been said about stoical Indians, but Sidney Smith was not stoical He did not conceal his fright during the flight, nor his relief when he was safely behind iron bars.
 The Indian was suffering from a dislocated shoulder, a result of his resistance of arrest the night before when he was captured by Chetser