Weekly journal-miner., 1913-09-10
Clue Given by Indians Results in Un. earthing Fiendish Crime by Officers Suspect Now
 in Custody


 large to hold the corpse of Esparica. This work completed. the body was doubled up and squeezed into the hole. The proportions of the grave are about eighteen inches wide, four feet long and two feet deep. The body buried, the murderer then covered up the hole and its grue- some contents with the soft soil.
 That the murderer was crude specialist at his chosen vocation for
 the night is easily gleaned from the conspicuous sight presented by the1
 grave to wayfarers. In order to| pack down the grave, the murderer made his way to. stone wall about
 thirty yards away From this he extracted two huge rocks, carried them to the grave and piled them
 on top. Then the murderer made his
 getaway.
 When informed of the discovery
 of the grave. Sheriff Keeler i'm
 mediately rushed to the scene in a
 machine. He dug the body from the grave and immediately notified
 the Coroner, who in turn gave Un-
 dertaker Lester Ruffner permit to
 remove the body to his establish
 ment.
 1 A blood-covered rock was found in the roadway where 1t is believed the victim was felled and then
 stabbed. The gruesome object was offered in evidence at the Coroner
 inquest.
 Had Knife in Hand. T When the murdered man was taken from the grave his hand was . tightly clenched about stilletto l The officials are inclined to scoti . at the idea that he held the knife |, and attempted to use it in self-de- . fense. They believe that 1t Wa:
 prior to the burial.
 The, murdered man was abou k twenty-five years of age, rather lgh d in color for a Mexican and of al [ exceptionally light weight. Two o | the thrusts, one four inches in depth Il were through the heart. A hideou n thrust was lodged in the abdomen ;- and the others about the face, necl e and chest.
 His exact residence and occupa " tion are not known to the official: n Until last Friday night he was work T. ing in railroad gang. He was en U gagged at this task for only shor " time. Prior to that period nothin d is known of him.
 is Evidence Is Damaging. y The inquest was started at e1 o'clock in the morning in the LII ,e dertaking establishment The II le dians were examined and told (
 their knowledge of the quarrel. M sr Oliver then told his story and W; le followed by section foreman of tf en railroad, who identified the murderl
 , man.
 o Shortly afternoon the members re the Coroner's Jury autoed out n- the scene of the crime There, du st. ing the course of an hour and ha Is a remarkable chain of evidence w re woven against the suspect. lmpre he sions in the sand corresponding
 measurement and shape to the t li- shoes, were traced from the gray lie thence to the stone wall, retrac Ire back to the grave and also to a ks from the camp along the creek. ng some certain points were visible .nb foot marks of a woman and at oth TO- places those of the fleeing man. I he officers had in their possession he shoes of all three and they cor %oe % sponded to the marks in the sa on: in every way.
 his It was plain just where the il get ing man ran from the creek bed ,o- some harder ground and thence b; mo to the creek bed. It was evid' lily where the murdered man had ina the climbed the enbankment to the rC rus rus while the pursuing man had follow the the shorter course along the cr' I in order to head off the victim ul nus the road.
 ,IS ,IG The jurors, together with the | 1r,- 1 oner and the officers, traced the his ferent foot steps, investigated 'out scene of the murder and inspec the the the grave. Then the course ot .i;tI & oursuit was retraced by them the after a fifteen-minute walk, wed camp of the suspect situated at was foot of a hill was reached. II, 1n There all was desolation. No
 in was in sight. Far off in the
 the tance could be seen woman was two children vending their way
 o,o the city. Sheriff Keeler jumped eTeT machine and gave pursuit 1ild- woman was arrested and taken long the county jail. According to ma officials she may prove the II
 u" important witness in the case