Weekly journal-miner., 1910-05-11
(Dsaa Vso8s1nV's Dsn1.)

x,,e the victims of two men who visited his camp in the Gro Fino ,lseer section is the belief of the of s,,n who investigated what is re- sardsd as without question one of ,be most eowardly and dastardly crimes that has ever stained the fair name of Yavapai county.
 Immediately on receipt of the news of the terrible crime, Coroner Nc. Lane and sheriff J. W. Smith went to ibe scene of the killing and were sorifed 10 find that Mrs. Mahard had also been assassinsted.
 l. is the belief that she was .aip while attempting to 20 to the rescue of her husband, who was un. doubtedly slain before he had any opportunity to make . defense.
 Than George Mahard there was no better nor more popular mining man ir the entire county and his death came as most severe shock to his br of friends in Prescott and the tb'ire county.
 l. is the belief of the officers that Nshsrd was assassinsted either on Saturday or on Sunday morning. It is thought that the murderers lay in vaii for him, and that he was shot ps as be was stepping out of the tent house which he and his wife oc. eupied in the lonely Orc Fno sec. top.
 l. is the supposition that Mrs. Ma. hard, on hearing tho shots, rushed out of ,he tent house to the assistance of her husband, and was shot by one of the eowardly assassins. The bull ls. which ended her life struck her in ihe head and it is believed that death was instantaneous.
 Removed more than mile from sny other house, and in a section 'Sa, IS not frequently travelled, it is small wonder that the bodies of Ma. hard and his wife were not found for one or two days. According to first report only Mahard was slain but 'he officers on investigation found 'Aat Mrs. Mahsrd had also been mur. ddsd
 To all appearances robbery was 'he motive of the assassins of MT. nd Mrs. Mahard, ss the tent house vas ransaeked. The murderers even turned back the bedclothes in their mad search, supposedly for money, and tore open . number of MT. Ma. ha'ds private letters.
 N~ Mabard was slain in the tent sh'eh she and her husband occupied ga residence, and her body was then faned by the assassins to another ''ht, about thirty feet distant, and plaeed on n bed, where it was dis. o'ered later by the officers. In the ''' named tent there was blood on 'ee floor, and this had been covered The linen of the dead woman, 'hleh had apparently been thrown Ion the gruesome spot after the lu'derers had ransacked the place. in the second tent, where the body '" found, there were large blood 'a'ns upon the couch. There is n ."somc theory entertained by the neers that her body was ravished i'u the murder was committed, but w. Looney, after an examination F night of the corpse, was unable
 confirm this suspicion. The pe- u'af position in which the woman 's Ody was found on the couch, is wat gave rise to the theory ad- aneed by the officers.
 The exact sequence of the murders ua 'he incidents connected with the ""e' will probably remain forever
 aafk mystery, unless the murderers 'A'ess in the event of their cap
 thrilling in the extreme was the
 " to the scene of the dastardly '"e' En route one of tho wagons % nearly overturned and was saved
 V by juniper tree, against which
 wagon was jolted. Coroner Nc.
 '' was on this wagon, and when
 accident occurred he jumped to
 ground and aided in keeping it O% % completely overturning.
 I"e miles from the scene of the
 ' sherim Smith dismounted and .a,, n advance of the wagons '1ng the road with a pocket cleo
 amp This preeaution was taken
 'o'd any possible ambush.
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