Arizona republican., 1911-05-17
{. |. Drew Murdered in
Ray By Masked Man
WAS MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY
Presumption is that Outlaw
Planned to Rob a Saloon.
Identify of Murderer Who
Is Still At Large, is Un-
known.

r L. Drew of Ray, deputy sheriff
OF Pinal county, was shot AID killed
by an unknown masked man in sd
loon in SOnOratOwn. a suburb of Ray. a
few minutes before Il o'clock. Monday
night Whether the shooting was an
incident, Of a planned hold-up for the
purpose Of robbery. or whether it was
planned as murder for revenge. seems
not To be a settled point in Ray. The
murderer made no effort 10 ROB the sa-
loon thereafter. and So far aS known
Drew had no personal enemies, being
universally liked as an officer.
According to adviCes received here
last night Drew was reclining on
table near the front Of the harroOm.
Glen Hartford was seated in a chair
nearby and Jack Russell, the par tend
er. was quite close 70 the Otner two
men and between them. The masked
man. whose nationality even has not
been learned here, entered with a re-
volver in his hand and gave the order
Throw up your hands Russell and
Hartford obeyed at once. Drew hesi-
tated in his course Of action until the
second command came To Throw up
your hands damned quick" As Drew
stiII reclined tine stranger stepped up
and slapped him, whereupOI Drew
pulled his revolver but before he could
use il his aSsailant fired II seemed as
though Drew was waiting to get the
drop on his assailant. or at least an
even break with him. before reaching
for his gun.
When the masked man fired Drew
falter-d a moment as though the shot
had been effective. but quickly recOv-
ering he advanced upon mis- adversary.
whom he forced back to the rear of
the barroom while bullets were flying.
the intruder taking refuge behind the
bar until Drew fell. mortally wounded
with two holes through him.
II was not definitely established. ac-
cording 10 The Republicans infOrma-
tion. whether Drew ever fired a shot
or not. or whether the other man was
injured i'm the battle No bullet holes
were found in the room that seemed
to have come from his direction, how
ever. and the murderer was able 10
make hasty departure as soon as his
victim fell
Drew is spoken of as a man well
liked in the community and no Incl
dent is recalled in which he partiCi-
pated that would be likely to have left
spirit of revenge strong enough to
stimulate a man To murder. In fact
the only person that il seemed might
have borne him revenge is a Mexican
whom he arrested a short time ago for
beating his wife. but so far as learned
here there is no certainty that the muir
derer was a Mexican. The only other
incentive suggested is the proposed
robbery of the saloon. and if that was
planned the murderer gave it up after
he killed Drew. evidently believing that
time was more valuable than money
at that iuncture
The officers are following every pos
| sible clew. according To report. but at
| this time will not admit that they have
any definite suspicious as To the iden-
I tity OF the culprit. Drew went To Ray
from PearCe. a mining camp in COchise
county. il is understood. and his body
was brought from Ray yesterday after
noon. as far as Tempe. and from there
sent to Pearce on last nights train.