Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-15
FOREST RANGERS ARE | SUSPECTED OF MURDER
Coconino Sheriff Believes the Suspects Have Gone Into
 Mexico

FLAGSTAFF, May IA. Subsequent to the finding of the body of Edward Schwartz near Williams by some sheep herders. rumors of the cause of his death were many. It was re ported here on Saturday that Reuben
 Nein. forest ranger and Herbert
 Wood of Williams had left for parts
 unknown and that warrants had been sworn out for their arrest. This was done at the instance of a witness
 whose name is withheld and who
 states that the man Schwartz, who posed as detective. had been killed by Neill and Wood some months ago. about the latter part of last Septem-
 Der, and the body hauled in a wagon two miles beyond Williams and
 thence on a pack horse to where il
 was found on Thursday. Both Neill and Wood are missing and the off l cers are ie search Of them.
 Schwartz came to Flagstaff last fall
 and posed as a detective and tried to secure work in that capacity from several of the stock men Failing in | this, he went to Williams and disap- peared from there last September. It now appears that Neill and Wood and Section of the act provides that l Schwartz had some trouble over a l woman and the matter came to the attention of the last grand jury. | when several were threatened with prosecution for adultery. Sheriff Francis went to Williams with a | bench warrant and tried to secure the person of Schwartz for the fall term of court, but the man could not be located and 1t was learned that he
 had disappeared some days before, Several days ago the witness to the killing told Sheriff Francis that
 Schwartz was buried on knoll north
 of Williams and wanted to take him
 to the spot. Thinking the man was drinking or crazy. Francis paid little or no attention to him, but few days ago a sheep herder found the
 body. partially buried, in the spot in
 dicated by the man. and at a coro-
 ner's inquest it was found that ! Schwartz came to his death through gun shot wounds inflicted by un-
 known parties. It was then that some
 stock was taken in the story of the
 witness. and Francis went to Will
 Hams to make the arrest of Wood and Neill. Thomas Drum. proprie- tor of the Grand Canyon hotel and 1 step-father of Neill told Sheriff Fran cis that on Wednesday night Neill
 and Wood went to bed at the hotel.
 and about midnight Neill came down stairs and told him that he was in trouble and was going away. Drum.
 thinking that it was trouble with the government. as Neill is a forest rang CT. tried to talk him out of it. but f. nally gave him hundred dollars and Neill told him good bye and said that he would never be seen here again,
 as the trouble was very serious. That
 night both men disappeared and DO
 trace of them has been found.
 Neill is a young man of about thir- ty years and has held a position as
 territorial ranger. as has Wood. Neill for the past three years has been in the employ Of the government in the
 capacity of forest ranger, with head. quarters at Williams, and has here. tofore borne good reputation. Some
 three years ago he attempted to ar
 rest Mexican at Williams and shot the man as he attempted to escape
 but his action was justified by the
 authorities. Wood is the step-son of Thomas Wagner, well known COW
 man of Flagstaff and formerly of Vii. Hams, and has been in the stock bus.
 mess here for years. There Is not the slightest doubt that they will be
 apprehended. as Sheriff Francis has sent out the following circular and {, both men are we'll known in the southern part of the territory.
 Arrest For Murder
 Reuben Neill and Herbert Woods Left Williams on May 9th. 1903 Neill riding buckskin horse branded
 H-O on left shoulder. Woods riding bay mare branded CHI on left thigh Neill about thirty years old. light complexiopcd. blue eyes. brown hair about feet II inches high, weight about 175 pounds. Woods about same , age and weight. feet tall, browI eyes and dark hair. Ex-territoria
 rangers. It is believed will try te escape to Mexico. Address JOHN w FRANCIS. Sheriff. Flagstaff. Arizona