Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-26

In the early days of the eighties and prior the morals Of the people in the southeast part Of Arizona. gen orally speaking. were about al as low an ebb as they possibly could get Or course there were some scattered around of the law and order kind. but they were few and far between. Tho settlers who have found their way into ihe country of late years cannot imagine or have any idea what the early days were
 The country looked hard and all it contained did not belle it's looks. when We remember in 179 the peo- pie could be placed in three classes: Tho rough and tough element. the out laws Of all parts of the United States. who made their was into the Terri tory to continue their wild life and escape the punishment of the law for their many unlawful acts. such men going by the cognomen of Scar-Faced Charley. Curly Bin. JOhn-behind-the deuce. Billy the Kid, John Ringo. Pony Deal, the Clantons and McLaw- rvs and others of like caliber-they constituted one class and were known as 'ustleTs." Then the law and or der party, with some slick persons within their ranks who were as bad as any rustlers in the foregoing class: but they were Of the foxy kind. peo- pie who would hesort to murder of the most fiendish kind in order to gain their point They were, too cow ardly tc do the acts themselves. but they could always find men degraded enough who would sell themselves for a mere pittance to do the work. and. if caught, would have their pals to swear them clear. when in reality they should have stretched hemp or been placed behind the bars where they could not give their fellow men any trouble. Ilnt strange some Of these same people are rated very high in this territory today. and are looked Up 10 by a certain class and extolled for their merits. Then our govern. ment mad a class Of men. under the command of officers, called the army They, at that time. were supposed tO keep the various tribes Of AIaches under control and also help peace off eers 10 Keep the unruly in bounds which they seldom done.
 It Was wiid and Wooly.
 Ia looking hack thirty-odd years ago and knowing the difficulties that off cers Of the law had to contend with on account of communications. t ls no wonder, when We come 70 think ci it, that the country assumed the name of The Wild and Woody West" and that the people outside Of Arizona looked upon those within its borders as criminals and outlaws.
 From the foregoing. the people Of Bisbee can have an idea what the early settlers Of that now prosperous city had to contend with. and you can well understand how it came 10 pass so many crimes were committed before the law was permitted to as sume sway and bring the rough ele, ment under control.
 The prospectors and miners as a rule were of the law and order class. and their goodness WIS shown in their many acts of kindness toward their fellow men.
 Crime was an unknown quantity iu Mule Gulch until after the start of the first shelter. We do not pretend to say the starting or it had anything 10 do with the starting of crime: but, as labor was needed. all kinds of characters found their way into the Mule Mountains. and, as a conse auence, tho rough element as weh as the well disposed came
 The First Murder.
 The first murder committed in Mule Gulch, at that time in Pima county, (there was no Bisbee at the timeD, was in the latter part of Aug. ust. 1880. A young Mexican. who was employed al the shelter, camo of shift in the evening and went to his home in the Gulch above what is now known as Castle Rock: and, while eating his supper, one of the bad men, who was not known in camp. shot and killed the Mexican. who had bite or bread in his mouth He tried to kill a Mexican girl who was waiting on the table. She re ceived flesh wound-the ball struck her before 1t did the young man. il hit him in the heart, killing him in- stantly. This was the first cold blooded murder. and it was the first act as Justice of the Peace and F.N. ofiiciO Coroner that the writer per formed. Dr. J. N. Dunha mmade the pOst-mortem examination. The jury found that the deceased came to his death from a gun shot wound, in- fiicted by 2 party unknown to the jury. The man who committed the killing was never caught The MeXi- can was buried down the gulch. on the North side of the road west of the Iiron Spring and where now stands the Bisbee Commercial build. ing. The graTe was marked by large wooden cross. This was not the last murder committed. by any means
 A Second Killing.
 The next case that resulted in killing occurred on the night Of Feb ruary 26, 1881. the victim dying Feb ruary 28th. 1881. This was the first case I had in cOchise county and it resulted from a difference of poinion between a man by the name of A Jordan. saIoon-keeper. and Jack O.Brien- I never did know the cause Of their difficulty. On the night of the occurrence the victim. Peter Ho- gan. for some reason. took O-Brien's pace and went to Jordan's saloon armed with sixshooter, hunting for a row and be got what he went for H0 told Jordan he owed him--Hogan