The Parker post., 1912-09-21
CELEBRATION
ENDS FATALLY
FOUR POLICE OFFICERS OF PHOE-
NIX STABBED BY MEXiCANS-
YOUNG LAD KILLED DURING
FIGHT AT CITY HALL.

PHOENIX, Sept. H. Phoenix
barely escaped a bad riot, Monday
night, when Scott Price was killed
and five others were seriously in
jured, as a result of a desperate as
sault upon four police officers at the
northwest corner of the city hall.
Scott Price, nineteen-year-old
boy, who has been employed in d. B.
Heard's office, is dead, and Harrison
NJ Williams, the motorcycle police
man, is at the point OF death at the
Sisters Hospital. A j. Moore, chief
of police, and Officer Valenzuela are
badly cut, but not seriously. w. M.
Humphrey. another bystander, re-
ceived one of the two shots lin his
heel, and another man. Ramon Con-
treras, was also cut up in the melee
All the trouble started at the Cen
tral saloon, on East Washington
street Five times the police had
been summoned and the fifth time tho
trouble started The Central saloon
seemed to be the center of different
factions of the Mexicans, and in their
drunken condition they would fight
continually. On the fifth call, Off
to the saloon. Williams joined them,
and Chief Moore, seeing from his of
flee window, which faces Washington
street. that his officers were hay
ing trouble, took Officer E,gley and
went to the scene himself. Valenzu-
ella also accompanied them The of
ficers entered the saloon and after
some trouble succeeded in arresting
eight of the offenders
These eight were taken across the
square to thev city Jail and were
locked up. Upon coming out, Chief
Moore, Williams, Valenzuela and
MAXWELL were RUSHED! by the mob
of Mexicans, and in the chiefs en-
deavors to hit his assailant, the bull
let went astray and killed young
Price instantly.
After the crowd had quieted down
a dragnet was thrown around the
town and all the descriptions that
were given were sent broadcast
throughout the state. The trouble
is that there were too many descrip-
tions OF the men to be absolutely
sure of the identity.
AT last accounts the condition of
Harrison Williams was extremely
precarious The knife wound pene-
trated his chest, and cut him inter
nally. A sad part of Williams injury
is that the young man was to have
been married in the very near fut-
ure. Chief Moore and Officer Val
enzuela are completely out of dam
ger, barring any possibility of infec,
ton from the knife wounds Bot h
are resting easy this afternoon
With no room for doubt, the iden-
tity of the murderouS aSSailant of
Chief of Police A. J. Moore and PO-
liceman Alejo Valenzuela is known to
the authorities That he will be
speedily apprehended is confidently
believed. although the impression pre-
walls that he has left Phoenix and
that he will appear i'm some other
town or city of the state. O. Boni-
Gus. arrested by Chief Sullivan of the
fire department, is still being held
pending investigation. and it is now
quite certain that he is the man who
caught bha arm of Moore when he
wa3 in the act of pointing his gun at
the knife wiclder, thereby causing
the bullet to be diverted and result
ing in the death of Scott Price.
That the toll of death of the bloody
affair of Monday evening will be in
creased is not now believed Chief
Moore. and Policemen Williams and
Valenzuela are resting comfortably.