Arizona republican., 1910-10-13

 DESERTED
 - .4g Truant Mother Leaves Six Little Girls UnpPoVided For FLED WITH HORSE THIEF
Children for Three Days in Kindly Care of We'll Dis posed Yaqui, Now Being Looked After By the Au- thorities.

Cirilo Cantua, Yaqui Indian, who lives near the Crosscut canal. four
 or five miles east of Phoenix, ap- peared at the sheriffs office yes terday and announced that he wanted
 warrant for the arrest of Enriaue
 Flores and a woman named Maria
 Martinez for stealing his horse and
 buggy. He was taken to the office
 or Justice Parker where the com
 plalnt was sworn to and where he
 related story that is of far more
 concern to the public, especially the
 sympathetic reader, than the loss of
 his equipage. In substance 1t was
 that the pair in question had driven
 away in the vehicle on Sunday
 morning, ostensibly for a little ride
 only, leaving in his care six little
 girls, children of the woman, the
 oldest of which is II years of age
 and the youngest 8 years old The
 truant pair have not been seen nor
 directly heard from since, though
 they are believed to be somewhere
 in the vicinity of Roosevelt by this
 time, and the officers are trying to
 locate them.
 The Yaqui, Cirilo Cantua, is a
 kindly person and said he had been
 doing all he could to care for the
 children since they were deserted
 by their mother, but that he was a
 poor man, his store of provisions is small and he appreciated that he
 did not have the proper facilities
 for caring for such a needful brood.
 Deputy Sheriff Jeff Adams accom-
 panied him to his home and return
 ing brought the little girls to the
 sheriffs office where Miss Gilchrist
 of the Associated Charities was ap-
 pealed to for aid in securing them
 food and shelter. They said they had had something to eat at noon but
 they seized with avidity a little cold
 luncheon the deputies provided for them pending a disposition of their case.
 The father of the children is an American by the name of Tom Hall. who is said to be employed at the
 Wooley mine near Kelvin and who is said has been separated from his wife for several months. That fact. however, is not construed by those who saw the children yesterday, as absolving him from all responsibilities of fatherhood which should include some care for his offspring It is said by those who know him, that he is addicted to the incorporate use of liquor and altogether is not a | man of high ideals. It Is not un- likely that the children are better | off in their desertion than to be | under his influence, especially when | he seems to be doing nothing for their support.
 Little could be learned of the do- nestle woes of the family except from the oldest girl who is a bright little body and seemed to feel the of an acting mother to all her younger sisters some of | whom are nearly as large as her self, while the little one, aged 3 years, is given her special care and attention. All semed to be fairly well clothed but naturally unkempt | rom their recent experiences. All are good looking and seemingly bright, intelligent children with compIexions fair to demonstrate American parentage on one side of { he house. They have practically nothing however except what they { wore when they were brought in by | Deputy Adams. As the six little Il sat ranged in chairs in t he sheriff's office yesterday. no one vho saw them could help being M ouched by their pitiful plight, which most of them are too young to ap- 'reciate in any great degree
 From the oldest girl 1t was learned ' hat Enrique Flores has been a ire uent visitor at their home in Kel- in during recent months. On Fri l ay or Saturday the entire party, eaded by Flores, came down from Kelvin as far as Mesa City. From | here they secured conveyance to 'hoenix in a wagon. by whom fur ished the little girl did not seem c 3 know. Anyhow they found them 2 elves in Phoenix on Saturday and II heir mother made an effort to place d he children in the Indian school | he authorities there said they had c O license to enroll them and Flores. ? ne woman Martinez and the chiId- II en started in a cross country pro- | ession toward the Crosscut canal. r irilo Cantua says that when they rived at his abode the children 2 ere drawing a little express wogan \ l which was packed the community s possessions consisting of a quilt, a W offee pot, frying pan. and about Il n pounds of flour Presumably g lores and the Martinez woman T ere walking also, though nothing O. as said concerning them a Cirilo received the party as hos O tably as possible and made them as n 'mfortable as he could for the sl ght- Sunday morning about b clock they told him they wanted p ] take ride for couple of hours rs Id he gave them permission to hitch