Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-18
ITAL|ANHELDAT
 CLIFTON |S NOT
 PETE RAvAGL|A
Suspect Arrested By Officer There Is Not Murderer
 Wanted 1T Bisbee

Not Pete Ravagli8 the Italian al legged to be implicated in the killing of Parker Bowling and D. w Faulk. on the night of December 12, but another of the same race who. judg ing from his actions and armament is badly wanted, Is man held in the county jail at Clifton This is the report of Deputy Will White who returned from the Clin Dwellings yes terday, after fruitless journey in answer to an urgent telegram from Sheriff l. E. English. The captive is being held as suspicious char acter and his photograph sent all over the country in the belief of his being wanted for some serious crime.
 Upon his arrival in Clifton. MT. White was informed that the man in jail was surely Pete the GenoG sc. " A visit to the jail however proved this not to be the case. although the man rosembled the fC tive to a re- markable extent
 The story of the caoture Of the man, who gave his name as Barney Ronquitti, is one of the most starr ling tales told for many moons. Sev eral days ago Deputy Frank Hodges. of Clifton, had occasion to ride to a ranch, several miles distant from the town. Ronquitti. who wsG working in field near the road, saw the off cer ride past and asked another man who was with him at the time, who the man on horseback was He was told that it was a denlty sheriff That night the Italian, who had come to the ranch during the night. dis appeared. This led to suspicious that he had some reason for doing so. his question concerning the officer having aroused suspicion.
 The rancher notified Sheriff Eng fish of the disappearance of the for eigner and. large reward being of fered by the Cochjse county officials for the capture of RsTaglia, whose description the missing man filled practically all dsrticulars, the sheriff and Deputy Hodges took up his trail.
 The Italian was traced to a ranch sixteen miels distant from the one on which he had been working but again he had disappeared A two days search of the hills in that yiein ity resulted in his capture by the officers who mana ged to catch him unawares as they had been warned that he was heavily armed. 4 rife and a revolver of heavy calibre were taken from him and he wes then taken to Clifton and lodged in jail.
 It has long bsen customary. in every jail in the country. that when a new prDoner enters he must stand trial before a kangaroo court" upon the charge of breaking into jail. This procedure was followed by the Clifton prisoners. who after pronoun- cing sentence. threw the prisoner down and commenced to search him for money he might happen to have conceaie The proceeds of their search were to be expended upon
 tobacco and other luxuries uscally denied them
 The surprise of the prisoners and the horror of the officers when they were later informed, may well be i'm agined. The search revealed a mur deroU5 dirk concealed in a secret sc3bbard concealed upon the inner seam of his right trousers leg in his sock was found a small revolver Of .3S ealibre.
 These circumstances and the evi- dent intention of the man to make his escags at the fihst opportunity have led the Clifton officers to be-