Arizona republican., 1909-08-23

the edge, let his feet hang in the
 water for quite a while. He then got up and started on his way. The next heard of him he was down the river below the dam, and couple of MeXicans came across him with his hat in his hand and lowing very po- litely to a mesquite tree. They. could
 get nothing out of him and proceeded on their way. The next heard of
 him was a couple of miles this side
 of Fish Creek where the stage driver
 toward Mesa gave him lift to Fish
 Creek station. While there, word
 came from an Indian camp about the
 place he took the stage, to the effect
 that lie had during the night at
 tempted to assault a squaw, whose
 buck was not there. Failing in this
 it is r, ported that he attempted to
 kill her As to what injuries she
 suffered at his hands. has not been
 learned as yet. Mir. Kean of Fish
 Creek. who is a deputy sheriff. took
 him in charge and notified Sheriff
 Hayden of the facts. As Kern had
 no place of security where he could
 be kept, Hayden instructed that he
 be turned over to F. Lancaster, driv-
 CT of the up stage, for conveyance of
 the prisoner to the jail at Roosevelt,
 to be held till a man could be sent
 after him. Deputy Sheriff Cooper
 took him in charge on his arrival
 here and placed him in the jug. It
 is learned that Brown has been an in
 mate of an asylum previous to his coming here. His actions for some
 time have been slightly irrational. but no particular attention was directed
 towards him until this last escapade
 He seems to be without money for
 all that he drew a check from the government recently of about $50.
 A. Guerre, drunk and disOrderly, Aug. 9th, arrested Aug. 18th: that old
 unlucky number again. The above gentleman not being content with the above charge made a successful attempt to break jail on the 14th by tearing up the board of the floor of the jail, presumably with the aid of a bar passed through the aperture for ventilation by outside connivance. As the floor that was removed was splintered up into a semblance of kindling wood. it was out of the question that he should have done so with his bare hands. As to how he could have succeeded in getting through the hole of the floor and through the very small space under meath the floor is mystery; as there was not enough space to wiggle in after he had made a start and the only satisfactory explanation that can be given would go to prove that some one must have been on hand and pulled him through bodily. On be-
 ing found he was at a Mexican tent eating his breakfast and when the officer Francis Cooper, started to re- arrest him for the additional crime of jail breaking the would not be pris- oner put up a fight, using a table knife on the deputy, who promptly knocked him down with his revolver, only to have the Mexican come back at him again. The chances are he would have had to seriously injure the man if a couple of other MeXi- cans, who were standing by had not made a proposition to the deputy that if he would let them they would land the prisoner back in jail. Francis told them to get busy. and they pro- ceeded to fulfill their contract, but the prisoner put up such a game fight that another Mexican had to help them out, before they landed him in the jug. This was finally accom- plfshed. however. and the next day he was turned loose on payment of a s1O fine for drunk and disorderly con duct and an additional fine of $15 for breaking jail.
 Geo KerbotO. a Jap, who was ar rested. pleaded guilty and was fined SGO on a charge of cruelty to anil mals, was again served with papers for a damage suit brought by Jose Maria AceVado, the owner of the burros that were maltreated. as the plaintiff claimed to the extent of $25. He had five days to make answer in, but took time by the forelock and faded away towards Mesa. Judgment was rendered against him, but as yet has not been collected. When the fine of S60 was paid. the Mexican thought he was going to get the money. He was promptly told nay! nay, by the justice and hence the additional suit for damages to get his slice.
 Roosevelt has had a flood of music during the last week with dance at the new town and a larger one at O'Rourke's camp. Leslie Middleton of Livingstone rounded up three mu- sicians from Globe and has been keeping herd on them ever since As i Leslie is something of a rancher him. 1 self, he is quite an expert on round | ing up a bunch of strays and keep ing them milling around long enough in one district to answer all and | sundry purposes. Ira Sheepy is a natural born fiddler and is the proud 1 possessor of a Stradivarius made in | the year TAI and the way he cOaXes | harmony out of it would lead one