Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-26

were then prepared for the trying or. deal. After the caps had been drawn over their heads, they were given a chance to make their last remarks be- fore being ushered into the presence of their God. They all protested their innocence and denied their guiit-one said Heath was innocent. They all died in the Catholic faith. Howard, Kelley and Dowed refused to tell their true names. SheriH Ward d.d the lasl act in the drama by cutting the rope that held the weight; the weight sprung up the door dropped and the five men passed through, they hung between blue sky and earth as their lives went slowly out, paying the pen alty prescribed by law for the terri ble crime they had committed.
 Might Have Done Better
 There Is little more to De said in connection with this awful affair. Had these men who were bent on robbery taken inc pTecaution they could easily have done their work and the lives Of innocent people as well as their own would have been saved; they might have been caught and been com pelled to serve a time sentence for the unlawful act and that would have been the worst. On the stage coming the evening of the killing there was seven thousand dollars This money was to be used by the Copper Queen company to pay the men their wages who worked in the mine and shelter The company's pay day was the 10th or December, 1883. The stage came in after they had done the killing Had
 Lsy gone up the yulch to a point above town aud met the stage they could have held it mp and secured the money, then the lives Of Mrs. Annie toberts John Tappiuer, J. A. Molly and D. Tom Smith would have been saved. Later Tom Baile accidentally shot himself and died; Robert Rob- eTts, husband of Annie Roberts, died of a broken heart, and the unborn ;n. ' iant of Mrs. Roberts also peTished ! Including the persons hung, there were thirteen lives sacrificed for the 1 love oi money. Six of them were 1 Idesperados of the worst type that ever | infested any county or portion of Afi- zona outside of COchise county.
 | We reluctantly entered on this part | the history of Cochise county. lt l ty no means . nice subject, but, as We were trying to give facts in stTaight-fOrward manner, II was a duty We owed to persons who have come to the country later, and who might have heard it iu a manner that might lead to a wrong impression. 8einc cognzant of all the facts st the i time is our excuse Of writing the sub ! ject up in all of it's details. We have | left out some ot the minor incidents that had no bearing on the subject. Many persons took part in this affair to bring the parties 10 justice and 50 see the just sentence they received carried out, but II would be impOSsi- bie for me 10 remember all. IL is enough to say that one and all had tine satisfaction of knowing they acted thc part of good citizens by extermi. hating that band of outlaws, and Knowing they had in a measure stopped the unlawful acts of bad men m this section Of Arizona. 1t was the cause or such men as Pete Spence and others of the rustler element haltiBs iu their kild career. Prior to this the Clan tons, McLswrys, Frank Stilwell and ] Pony Deal were put out of the way by | Doc Holiday and the Earps the latter were no better tEan rustlers-it was mere matter of one gang of outlaws eXterninating the other. They could not both exist in The same section. of country. Persons who were not mixed up with them and who attended | to their own bnsiuess were not in 1 any manner interfered with.
 Other Killings
 John lilies, man around town and ! who was d witness against John lleith, was killed by W. \. Daniels on the morning ol March 22nd. 1854 while in the act of breaking open the safe in Daniels saloon. Previous 10 making the attempt to rob the safe ] he communicated his intention to John ! Reynolds a personal friend of Daniels, and wanted Reynolds to help do tine | job. Reynolds told Daniels and ac- cordingly Daniels had Edward Wal. ters. young man. to help him wstcA for Hiles behind billiard table in the saloon. About two o'clock on the moTuing Of March 23 they hoard. lilies try the, Lack door aud iiuaiiyf fore e. open, and with scrowbar be com, meuctd working op the safe. Daniels spoke, but lilies made no reply. Then Daniels. who had a shot gun loaded with siugs, fired, killing lilies instant ly-he only made couple of steps un- til he fell dead. Previous to the killing Daniels came to me and told me that Hiles intended to do and remarked