Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-02-08
PLAIN DRINKS
GIVE OFFICER
MERRY CHASE
False Alarm of Murder, Grow
ing Out of Family Row,
Causes Los of Sleep TO.
Farley McRea,

''Ting-s-ling, Ting-a-ling-a-ling,T
That merciless disturber of slumber
changed forth at about o'clock the
other morning and brought Farley
McRea out of bed in double time.
big row on Chihuahua Hill, Some
body's getting killed. think" came
the voice at the other end of the
wire
Slam went the receiver, Into his
clothes dived Farley and was out and
away in less time than IT takes to
tell it, Hallway down town he met
a Mexican woman. with three or four
people following her
To say the least. there were unnis.
taxable evidences that she had eeen
in a fight Somebody had landed on
her mouth to the extent that her lips
were so swollen that at first the Of
ficer took her for a colored woman.
All he could learn was big tight
and the fact that her husband had
licked her. With the woman, clad
IN a scarf about her head, skirt
and a pair of shoes. the psrty quickly
nleandered down Naco road and com
mensed the climb of the tortuous
Paths of Chihuahua hill
Tortuous path indeed. There wasn't
any moon or semblance of lines com
ct to light the way. Every dozen
steps the gallant band. numbering by
that time seven strong. would tumble
on some unseen hole. Down would
90 one and all Several times it
was a case of missing going over
embankments by a fraction of an
inch-that is to all but the woman.
She knew the ropes. Had it not been
for her the bunch never would have
reached their destination, inasmuch
as none of them. save perhaps the
officer. was used to making trips up
Chihuahua hill be gaslight-minus the
gas.
The woman was hystericaI and
kept raying and sobbing by turns; as
she relented, during the progress Of
the journey, narrowing tales of
rough house in her abode By four
people. how she got beat up and run
for help while the others were still
going il. She had everybody nerved
TO the pitch where they expected to
find nothing short of a double muir
der
-Finally she paused before a dwell
ing and hung back. afraid 10 enter.
That was the casa" she said. McRae
pushed open the door. The place was
empty. The birds had flown! Then
the woman demanded that they fol
low her. The crowd was led over
paths more tortuous than the first
and literally had to go it blind. Not
knowing whether they were going to
some mysterious sRye TO be entrap-
ped by brigands or to be eaten alive
by some hitherto undiscovered spe-
cies of man or beast. everybody
strung out, Aztec style, and followed
the woman's lead. II finally wound
canyon, far up on the hillside.
Then there was an opening of doors,
much gesticulating. volIeys Of Span
ish Oaths and McRea dragged out
poor, harmless looking Mexican nam.
ed Juan Garcia According to the
woman, he was there when the fight
took. place, and knew where the hus-
band was concealed. He was brought
back to town and placed in the Gala
bose.
sum and substance Of gum-shoe trip
four Mexicans, two men and two wo-
men, engaged in debauch and wound
up in free-for-all fight Man NOS
wanted can't be found Two hours'
sleep losts for officer and NJ returns.
But that's their life.