The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-04-25

upon Campbell sneaked up behind
 Kirby, nearly in front of the Palace
 saloon, and deliberately and premed
 itatedly shot Kirby in the back
 Kirby ran across the street, hotly
 pursued by Campbell who fired an
 other shot at Kirby Kirby stagger
 ed and fell to the ground and, Camp
 bell stood over him with a smoking
 revolver in his hand ready to shoot again if Kirby showed any signs of recovery. Quite crowd of people hcollected on the scene at once, and after a deputy sheriff had cooked a pistol and pointed it at Campbell, he dropped his gun and surrendered A great many witnesses saw this cold blooded murder, which happened on the streets of Prescott, and within short distance of the court house of Yavapai county. There was some talk of lynching at the time.
 Stays Former Wife.
 Miguel Peraita murdered Juan Del were sleeping in bed together in the town of Jerome. The testimony showed that Peralta had been for merly married to Carmen Aros, but that about year before the homicide she procured a divorce from Peralta in the district court of Yavapai coun- ty for cruel and inhuman treatment on the part of Peralta Inasmuch as Carmen Aros had been legally di- vorced from Peralta. for a year or SO before the homicide, it follows that Peralta had no legal rights whatever as to Carmen Aros. domestic rela- tions.
 Peralta procured two revolvers and great amount of cartridges and at about the hour of o'clock at night he (Peralta) sneaked to the shack oc- cupied by Delgado and Aros, and opening the door, proceeded to the bed upon which Delgado and Carmen Aros were sleeping. Both Delgado and Aros were sound asleep lying side by side in the same bed Peralta fired in rapid succession ten or twelve shots into the bodies of Del gaco and Aros, emptying two six shooters into their prostrate bodies Strange as it may seem, although the woman was shot several times, she raised up in bed and spoke a few words. She was taken to the hos pital where she died in few hours. The woman was frightfully wounded The man, Delgado, was instantly killed
 Four Children Orphaned.
 Mrs. Aros had four small children lying around on the floor, their ages ranging from three or four years old up to ten or twelve. Peralta was not the father of any of these children, Mrs. Aros being their mother, and their father, a former husband of Mrs. Aros. It is remarkable that some of Peralta's shots did not strike some of these small children who same room. Some of these children have been taken in by kind neigh bors. They have been made orphans by reason of the diabolicaI acts of Peralta. Immediately after this dou- ble murder Peralta fled and crossed the mountains, and although pursued | by the officers, was not located for 1 several weeks. He was discovered | south of Tucson on his way to Mex co. Peralta's crime was so out and revolting that his attor- leys had him plead guilty, thinking hat the judge, Honorable Frank O. Smith, might possibly give him a life sentence instead of sentencng him to leath
 Did Not Appeal.
 The judge, however, after a full md complete hearing of all the evi- Ience in the case, promptly sentenced 'eralta to die on the gallows. I night add that some of the little hildren, who were sleeping on the oor in the room mentioned, woke up ( nd saw Peralta fire several shots.
 Peralta never appealed his case to he supreme court of Arizona
 The other three murderers, Perez { hayes and Campbell, appealed their aSes to the suprem court of Arizona, nd had able attorneys represent lem, both in the trial of their cases l the lower court and in the supreme 0urt. The judgments and sentences death were all duly affirmed by the U