Arizona republican., 1911-06-22
CONTESTS ! ID MURDER
 At Boy Declares His GuiIl to Officers ANOTHER MAN CONVICTED
Machinery of Law Con- demns Wrong Man, Now Serving Life Sentence Sheriff Believes Comics sion May Be Untrue.

After speeding eight months in the prison at Florence. where he was sent on a life sentence after his conviction at Globe of the murder of Rex Chiqui- ta ,.it. has been learned that Harry Jose. a young Apache. is innocent of the crime. and that Frank Owen of Globe. on his own confession. commit ted the murder with Virgil Hayes as his |accomplice. Jose was convicted on the testimony furnished by Indians who were with Chiquita on the night of the killing. June 22. 1910. and from the ev- idence gathered by the officers at the time il was indicated almost cOnclU- sively that he was guilty.
 Following his confession Frank Ow- en was arrested in Winkelman last Sat urday night. and was taken to Globe yesterday for preliminary examination before Justice Thomas. who issued the warrant for his arrest Since his con fessiOn duplicating Virgil Hayes. an eighteen -year-Old son of a well to do rancher near Globe. d posse has been sent out to locate the young man. who left Globe some time ago. It is be- lieved at the sherifrs office that he will be located sometime this week. He is said tO have either gone to New Mexico or California.
 Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank Haynes acknowledges himself puzzled by the alleged confession of owen. At the time of the killing he believed that ev- erything pointed to the fact that Jose and Rawhide were the two young men on horseback. as an investigation showed the tracks of the horse leading Go the camp southeast of Globe. where the two Indians lived There was also evidence to shaw that Jose had been doing LothariO stunts around the fire side of the domesticated Rex. which furnished the motive for the killing
 Several times since the conviction of Harry Jose. young owen is said to have admitted that he was mixed up in the killing. but it was believed by the authorities that it was only the vain boast of a wOUld-be bad man" owen and Hayes were in trou- ble last fall over the passing of fraud Ulent checks and both were released on five years probation by Judge Lewis sat the same term of court at which Jose was found guilty of killing Rex
 According to the officers. Owen told several persons in Winkeiman that he and Hayes killed Rex in self de- fense. His story as reported here was that he and Hayes were coming in from the Maben ranch to sell two rifles. On South Broad stree they encounter ed Rex. who was drunk. and the In- dian attacked them The boys were riding one horse and Rex pulled owen off the horse. The latter shouted to Hayes to shoot the Indian and his com panion complied. inflicting a wound from which Rex died almost instantly. This is the story told by owen and it lis believed by the officers that if the story is true. the silencs of the boys can be accounted for by the fact that the rifles they had were stolen weap- ons and the additional fact that at the time of the trial of Jose both were un- der indictment for forgery.
 District Attorney Shute places no credence in owens story To a repre- sentative of the Daily Globe. the pros- ecuting attorney stated that he beIiev- cd It tO be a ConcOcted story of a boy who wanted to pose as a bad man. as he believed from the evidence at the trial and prior to that. at the prelimi- nary examination. was conclusive that the crime was committed by the man who is now in prison