Arizona republican., 1909-03-15
SUSPECTED SLAYER
 0F CON SULLIVAN
Justin Rose, Wanted For His Murder. Surrenders to Sheriff of Graham County.

Word was received in Bisbee late f Wednesday afternoon, says the Bisbee Miner, that Justin Rose, who is want ed for the murder of Con Sullivan in the Galiuro mountains about three weeks ago, had gone to S;olomonville and given himself up to Sheriff An | derson of Graham county He is now in the Graham county jail at Solomonville and he will be held there until the men suspected of complicity in the cowardly murder are captured. Rose is a young man. not over 22 years of age, and lives at ] Pearce in this county. His father. accompanied by a Douglas attorney has gone to Solomonville to arrange for his defense.
 Sullivan, who was an old timer | in Bisbee. was undoubtedly the vic tim of a cold blooded murder as the result of a dispute over a herd of goats, which was owned in partners ship by Sullivan and Dick Lockett. The trouble resulted in a replevin suit brought by Sullivan. an attach ment on the goats and the restoration of them to Sullivan.
 
 21. on which day there was a heavy snowstorm in the mountains. A man named George Feagles saw Sullivan that day at little abandoned cabin in the mountains near the Kennedy ranch. Feagles was on his way to Ken nedys place for a sack of grain and. upon his return trip. Sullivan and his entire outfit was gone. The floor of the old cabin had been freshly swept. but as the roof had leaked the interior was wet Sullivan had told FeagIes that Rose and Dave Roberts. the lat ter's partner. had threatened to kill him fl they got a chance. and Feagles, immediately surmising that Con had been foully dealt with, got Jim Ken nedy to assist him hunt for Sullivan
 On the return of Kennedy and Feagles to the abandoned cabin. the floor had dried sufficiently to dis tinguish blood stains. Blood stains were also found on the walls and on an old bedstead. Outside the tracks or three men leading to the cabin were found in the snow and led to the goat camp, which was three miles above the cabin. Sulivan's horse and burros had been rounded up and driven off as were the goats The trail was followed by the two men until the snow had covered the tracks.
 Feagles and Kennedy then went to Solomonville and notified Sheriff An derson that they believed Sullivan had been murdered and that his goats were stolen by the nurderers. Anderson went out and took the trail. He discovered Sullivan's gun and part of his cooking outfit hidden in a rocky place. The next day the sheriff and his hunting party came across the body of the murdered man hid den in rocky crevice covered with a bed quilt bloody wagon sheet and some cedar wood thrown on top
 Sullivan had been shot in the back of the head, the ball tearing out his 1 left eye. The top of his head had | been beaten in with a club or rock. l The body had evident been packed | on burrO to the hiding place in l the rocks. Rose and Roberts were seen to- | gether on the following Wednesday in their camp by Feagles. They said l that they did not know what had be- come of Sullivan. Two Mexican goat |
 
 vile by the sheriff reported that when they came in with the goats Wednes- | day night, Rose and Roberts had gone. leaving the three dogs tied up. They had not taken their own horses and | saddles. but only their guns They also took Sullivan's horse. Feagles' burrOs and pack saddles. and all the bedding that belonged to Sullivan and Feagles. They also took all the food supplies in the camp.
 Roberts has been in considerable trouble lately and he was recently tried at Pearce for shooting up a ranch. be- ing now under bonds to appear before the next grand jury. His family is said to be living at Del Rio. Texas.
 It was thought that both of the sus- poets had come down to this county and Sheriff Whites deputies have been looking for them for some time. Rob erts is now thought to be either in the vicinity of Pearce. where he has friends or up in the Galiuro mountains.
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