Arizona republican., 1913-11-15
PETERSON SHOT FIRST
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Collins surrounded the little camp.
 Murphy was first to show himself As
 he advanced with his rifle ready, he
 said quietly, Hold up your hands,
 one of the fugutives elevated his hands
 but the other reached for his gun.
 Sears, who was close behind Murphy
 fired a warning shot into a pile of
 rocks near the moving prisoner, and
 both resumed their attitude of surren-
 der. Connors and Collins then searched
 them. They took a single action Colt
 45 off Tomin and a double action 38
 off Leonard.
 In a conversation with the prisoners,
 as they were bringing them to the rail
 road, the following was elicited.
 The boys admitted they had killed Peterson "We knew he had us for
 swiping the bicycles. and we knew it meant the pen for us. Peterson caught up with us as We were riding back from Tempe to see some friends. He caught at us and said, I've got you. There was tussle and his gun went off. If there had only been two officers, there would have been something doing back l on Date Creek"
 Leonard when arersted, had a wound in his right leg A bullet had struck him near the knee. ranged downward and came out near the left side of his 1 foot.
 "Peterson shot first put 1 my 45 against Peterson and pulled the 1 trigger. Tomlin then shot the six loads 1 in his gun at Peterson.
 The captives admitted making the l trail the officers followed into the cot 1 ton patch They confessed to having l stolen the buggy and later the two horses of George Tisdale. The horse 1 taken from the Longmore ranch was found by the officers to be in good con- dition, although unshod. The fugitives l had with them the brown mare taken 1 from Tisdaes This animal had been worked almost to death The black horse, the wild one, had been left in pasture between Glendale and Peoria, where it can now be found The Long Trail. l At i. 30 yesterday morning the posse 1 reached Congress Junction, where
 Manager Cox of the hotel provided fresh horses. The officers cut back 1 four miles on the road to Phoenix and l picked up the trail of the murderers. l They followed it northwestward to q road that leads to the Brill road. They continued to the Hassayampa and near | the stream followed the tracks across l the railroad bridge. From here. the | trail cut straight north to Congress Junction, about E miles
 Five miles south of Congress, the trail circlcd abruptly and re-entered l WickenbuTg. Here the officers learned | the fugitives had rested four hours | before for nearly three hours. It was | q simple matter. then, to follow the new | trail past Congress Junction northwest
 to Date Creek. At Congress Junction | the second time. the posse was but an ] hour behind the fleeing murdercrs. and l that time was easily made up when l the latter stopped to make camp and l eat dinner
 | The murdercrs never succeeded in
 eating that meal. For before it was 1 prepared. the officers had caught up with them, and the law took forcible | possession of their persons 1 With the two men in tow. the posse l came directly to Wickcnburg. arriving
 there just in time to catch the Santa F'e train for Phoenix At Congress l Junction the sherifrs office here was | called by phone and instructions were l gotten as to the disposal of the men when they arrived in Phoenix, and the 1 manner of avoiding the large crowd l which was expected at the depot | The train was met at Glendale by | Deputy Sheriff Woolf. and party, in | the county machine and the prisoners l were placed in the machine and | brought to this city as speedily as pos l sible This was the only way in which l the mob at the depot could be avoided l However. there were some hundred 1 or more persons waiting at the court l house when the machine arrived there | There was practically no demonstra- 1 tion on the part of the mob. and the 1 prevalent attitude seemed more of nor 1 bid curiosity than of revenge or hos l tility.
 We'll Provisioned.