Weekly journal-miner., 1910-05-11
After MurdererS
 V V V V w Search Continued
Believed However That the Guilty Parties Will be Apprehended With-
 in Short Time by the Officers.

'"~ her beneath the right eye and emerged at the back of ths nead, near tho base of the brain.
 Mshard was struck twice. One bu,. .et entered the skull to the right of 'he right eye, at an angle, and ,o,e away section of his face. fou, inches long, and extending to the car. The wound was about one inch deep and one and one.half inche. wide. Another bullet entered Ma. hard's body, about three inches he. low the left nipple.
 The remains of MT. Mahard and his wife were brought to the city about 6 o'clock last evening and were taken to Ruffner's undertaking par. 'ors' Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
 Following the commission of the crime the slayers stole one of MT. Mahard's horses and di.ap. peared.
 According to telephone message received last night at the sheriff's ohee, two men who arc suspected of being the murderers were seen by Constable Ike Woods riding along the bed of the Hassayampa at wicken. burg. Constable Woods at the time did not know of the double murder or he would have arrested the men on suspicion. While the evidence is not conclusive the officers believe that the two men are the much wanted murderers.
 No crime in recent years has aroused the citizens of this county as much as the cowardly slaying q MT. and Mrs. Mahard. Both were quite we'll known and were popular in this section, and should the guilty parties be apprehended, they might be given an unexpected reception.
 MT. Mahard, only a week ago, was n visitor to this city. coming here To transact some business matters. He appeared jovial and apparently had no enemies on earth.
 Sheriff Jim Smith, who, with Cor. oner McLsne, visited the scene of the double murder, is still in the south. ern portion of the county, endeavor. ing to get trace of the murderers. The sheriff is determined that noth- ing shall be spared in the effort to run down the assassins. He has with Sheriff Carl Hay. den, as well as other sheriffs in the giving details of the crime.
 The Board of Supervisors, at their session, yesterday, offered $500 re- ward for the apprehension of the and it is possible that lhis amount may be increased to tl ,00O.
 The county officials are determined 10 spare no expense in their en- deavor to run down the criminals and 1t is believed that the guilty parties will be apprehended within short time.
 George Mahard was one of the best known of the pioneers of this section of Arizona, through his strik- ing personality and his association with politicians. He was strong and ardent in his outspoken Democracy, and had attended every convention of his party for the past sixteen years in this county. At various times his name was mentioned for various offices, and at one conven- ton he was approached to submit his name for the office of sheriff. To this honor, he declined. He was in- in any vocation he followed and bore an upright name with all.
 He came to Arizona in 1889, ac' his brother-in'law, Robert Cole, and after about one year of a residence in Coehise county, the party came to Columbia, and located in Car penter Gulch, where, with his brother in.law, and George Cole, they formed a copartnership in mining. They fol lowed that line for about two years, and the copartnership was abandon ed. Ho then went to Richinbar, working for few months as miner, and later as a stoekman.
 Arriving at Mayer he followed toaming, and later went tc McCabe, where for some months he ran the Chaparral express line to Prescott abandoning that vocation when trade were dull. He was on Big Bug for some months engaged in furnishing mine timbers. and after several contracts were filled went to