Williams news., 1910-04-09

to come before the district court next week. THE NEWS hopes the boys will be given every opportun- ity to prove their innocence of the terrible crime with which they are charged, but we repeat now. as we said at that time. If the evidence shows Reuben Neill and Herb. Wood guilty of the alleged murder they ought to be sentenced without sympathy according to law for the taking of a human life; so cold blooded as was the murder of Sherlock" Swartz a year and a half ago the guilty ones should not be allowed to escape the strong hand of the law.
 The crime with which Neill and Wood are charged is the murder of E. P. Swartz, whose body was found the first part of last May on the crest of hill two miles east of town and about mile and half north of the Santa Fe tracks. An examination showed that his death was the result of gun shot wound. apparently that of 38 caliber re- volver, the bullet entering the right and emerging on the left side of the body and piercing the heart. Swartz disappeared in Septem-
 Der, 1908. He was last seen at
 Flagstaff during courn week where he had been summoned as a wit
 ness in the Duncan murder trial.
 His failure to appear at the ap- pointed time caused a warrant for
 his arrest to be issued. While the officer was looking for him he show ed up at a Flagstaff hotel, but
 when the sheriff arrived Swartz had just left and no trace of him could
 be found until his dead body was discovered in the hills east of town.
 The murdered man was about 60
 years of age and left a wife and four children in Wisconsin. He ca me to Williams from Globe in company with a man named Gates
 and started detective association
 and a few weeks later took into
 partnership a young man named
 Stevens.
 The absence of the deceased creat-
 ed no particular notice at the time, as he was somewhat cratic in his
 habits and his acquaintances sup
 posed he had gone to some other
 locality, although the fact that he
 left his dog locked in the room
 in which he lived caused some little
 comment, but excited little intrest.
 Stevens also left about this time.
 Rumors at the time of the find ing of the body as to the cause of the death of the murdered man : were many. A few days after the discovery of the body Reuben Neill, ' forrest ranger. and Herb Wood l both of this city. left for parts un- , known, and warrants for ther ar- ' rest were issued on the information , of former Ranger Olds, who stated to Sheriff Francis that Swartz had l been killed by these two men. Neill, Woods and Swarts had 7 trouble over woman and the mat
 ter had come to the attention of the } grand jury and several were threat. ed with prosecution for adultery Sheriff Francis came to Williams . with a bench warrant for Swart7
 but he could not be found. Some days after Old told the sheriff thai r Swartz was buried near this city l and wanted to take him to the spot ) but the man had been drinking ano Francis paid no attention to hin 3 until after the remains were founc l in the place indicated, and it wal g then that some stock was taken 1T
 the story, but when the sheriff :. ca ne to arrest the two men they f had disappeared
 8 A little over two weeks elapsed 6 when both Neill and Wood rodt l into Flagstaff and going direct te