The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-04-25
STORY OF CRIMES OF MEN
 WHOSE LIVES HUNT SAVED

PHOENIX, April 19.-In view of the fact that the penal code will come up for consideration in the House some time this week, the section limit ing >the pardoning and parole powers of the governor will be under debate, members of the legislature have written P. w. O'Sullivan, county at torney of Yavapa1, for the records of the four murderers now in the peni- tentiary, and to save whose necks Governor Hunt vetoed the penal code.
 Four of the murderers are from Yayapai county, and the following communication from Judge O'Sulh- van gives the histories of their crimes in detail:
 Eduardo Perez shot and killed an- other Mexican near Congress Junc- tion, Yavapai county, Arizona, Perez went to a railroad camp where Feli- ciano Chaco1 was working, and in- vited him to take a walk, at the same time giving Chacon drink of whiskey from a bottle. They walk ed up the railroad track for a few hundred yards when Perez, without any warning in cold blood, suddenly stepped behind Chacon and pulled out six-shooter and shot Chacon in the back-of the head. Chacon, from the effect of the shot rolled down the railroad dump, and Perez fired another shot at the dying man. Chacon died almost instantaneously The testimony disclosed that Perez was living in adultery withs.a Mexi- can prostitute, and that he imagined that Chacon was paying attention to the woman. The testimony further disclosed that Perez armed himself with a six-shooter at Congress, and walked three miles to Congress Junc-l tion for the purpose of killing Cha con. Perez's occupation was d .tf1unky'' around a saloon at Con- gross. The Perez murder was will ! ful, deliberate, premeditated and i with malice aforethought He was seen to kill and murder Chacon by eye witnesses, and did not himself deny the killing. There is not single mitigating circumstance of any kind or nature in this case
 Murders Policeman.
 H. B. ChaVes shot and murdered | Charles King, night watchman, of the | town of Jerome. The testimony | showed that Chaves, about o'clock [ in the afternoon, went to a store and | purchased a six-shooter and a box | of cartridges. During the evening of the same day after dark Chaves went to a shack in the town of Jerome, which had been occupiedi by himself and certain Mexican woman of dis solute habits who had been living with Chaves in a state of adultery, and commenced shooting up the en- tire neighborhood. Someone tele- phoned to Mr King to come down to the place IS the whole neighbor- hood was beng terrorized by Chaves MT. King accordingly hurried to the ] scene. Chayes went jrto the shack and prepared himself for action When MT. King, the night police, ar rived, Chaves froi through the win
 
 shots, one of which hit MT Kin 7. from the effects of which MT King lan- guished for two or three days and then died. One of the bullets fired by Chaves struck a small child in the leg, infiicting dangerous wound Chaves was apprehended and con- victed of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. This same Jhaves was covicted in Jerome some en or twelve years ago Of the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon; md spent four or five years in the state prison of Arizona at Yuma, for said offense. After serving his time , le came back to Jerome and started 'n the warpath again. He is cer- /, ainly a dangerous criminal and mur- z lerer who has no regard whatever for luman life.
 Slayer Made Threats. William Campbell was a negro boot Jack in the city of Prescott He anne to Prescott from the city of = yuma. I know nothing of his ante = edents. The testimony showed that t- n the day that he shot and killed :. lrnest Presti, commonly known as Kid Kirby" he (CampbelD told va = ious parties in Prescott that he was =, oing to fix Kirby Campbell pro- ured a gun and ammunition and ung around the streets of Prescott