Arizona republican., 1912-09-17

, arm. the ball passing through ana 1 lodging in the heel of an unidentified man.
 Motorcycle Policeman Williams ar rived just at this point and in going to the assistance of the chief. was engaged by another Mexican who drove a knife, once into his back l and again into his side. His gun.
 which he had drawn was wrested | from him about the time he received l the wounds. The assailants of the Tclicemen made their escape through the dense crowd which filled the city ! hall plaza to the east of the city 1 hall
 A drunken brawl in which a num- Der of Mexicans were engaged in the l rear of the Central hotel bar, and in which knives flashed freely, was the , real starting of the trouble which re- suited so dsastrously In effecting the arrest of the majority of the par
 ticipants, four or five policemen and Fire Chief Sullivan united forces with the result that practically all of the principals were lodged behind the bars in the city jail The prisoners booked. Chief of Police Moore and Policeman Valenzuela started upstairs for the office
 There was a dense throng about the front of the city hall building con sisting for the most part of Mexicans. but with a gOodly sprinkling of ] Americans It is quite evident that the assailant of Chief Moore and NaluenZela was prepared for the con- 1 ing of the officers, for no sooner had the two made their way a few feet 1 into the crowd. than man with a
 knife lifted high in the air made a lunge at Vaenzuela. Chief Moore was but a step or two away and the assailant then turned his attention to the head of the department after hav | ing inflicted a deep gash in the left ] breast of Valenzuela.
 Before Moore could appreciate just
 what was happening he was struck with the knife which entered his left shoulder inflicting a severe gash- Be l fore he could pull his gun. the Mex
 ican had struck him in the groin, | inflicting another painful wound At 1 this instant Moore elevated his gun and pointing it at the Mexican fired 1 Either by reason of the jOstling of | the crowd, or as some of the bystand = CTS claim, because a friend of the 1 man with the knife caught Moore s
 arm throwing it aside. The first bull 1 let struck Price just above the heart passing entirely through his body l and coming out on the right side
 Price, who was eight or ten feet dis
 tant fell without a word, and the
 Mexican started on the run eastward through the crowded plaza.
 1 Moore, who was suffering from his wounds, retained sufficient presence | of mind to give chase firing his gun
 the second time as he ran. The bull | let struck a man, who appeared al | the police station a minute later and exhibited a wound in the right heel
 and departed in search of a physician without giving his name.
 | Williams in the meantime hearing
 the shot. ran to the top of the stairs
 and drawing his gun made for the
 man with the knife. arriving just
 about the time Price was seen to fall
 Before he could bring his gun into | action. it had been knocked from his 1 hand by another Mexican, and an in | SJdnI ldIeT I1t Idu IHCtiNe GU lWO SldOs from the knife, one entering between the fifth and sixth ribs, the other z | few inches lower and penetrating the intestines.
 1 Moore continued after the fleeing man who made his way into tho densest of the crowd and a minute later was lost to sight Weakened from the loss of blood the chic staggered against a tree. eXclaimine I'm all in I'm stabbed bad
 Price lay where he had fallen, Val enzuela had made his way unaided t' the police station. and Moore ant | Williams were quickly surrounded b! people ready to help. Each was hal
 carried and half walked into the DO
 lice station and hurry calls sent fO
 conveyances to remove them to thu
 hospital Chief Moore insisted tha
 his wounds were slight and that h'
 would do as well at home and h'
 was accordingly sent there.
 | Within a few minutes after thu
 chief had reached his home Drs, Pal