Arizona republican., 1913-11-15
PETERSON SHOT FIRST
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Collins surrounded the little camp.
 Murphv 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 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 Tomlin 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 1t meant the pen for us. Peterson caught mn 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 a tussle and his gun went off. If | there had only been two officers, there 1 would have been something doing back | on Date Creek"
 1 Leonard when arersted, had wound | in his right leg. A bullet had struck him near the knee, ranged downward and came out near the left side of his I foot. % @ SA Peterson shot first I put my 45 against Peterson and pulled the l trigger. Tomlin then shot the six loads | in his gun at Peterson.
 The captives admitted making the l trail the officers followed into the cot | ton patch. They confessed to having ! stolen the buggy and later the two 1 horses of George Tisdale. The horse | taken from the Longmore ranch was l found by the officers to be in good con ! dition, although unshOd. The fugitives 1 had with them the brown mare taken l from Tisdale's. This animal had been | worked almost to death. The black | horse. the wild one, had been left in a l pasture between Glendale and Peoria where it can now be found.
 l The Long Trail.
 l At 4:3O yesterday morning the posse 1 reached Congress Junction, where 1 Manager Cox of the hotel provided l fresh horses The officers cut back l four miles on the road to Phoenix and 1 picked up the trail of the murderers l They followed it northwestward to a | road that leads to the Brill road. They l continued to the Hassayampa and near 1 the stream followed the tracks across l the railroad bridge. From here the l trail cut straight north to Congress 1 Junction, about 15 miles
 l Five miles south of Congress, the l trail circled abruptly and re-entered l Wfckenburg. Here the officers learned | the fugitives had rested four hours l before for nearly three hours. It was
 a simple matter, then, to follow the new | trail past Congress Junction northwest | to Date Creek. At Congress Junction l the second time, the posse was but an l hour behind the fleeing murderers, and l that time was easily made up when the latter stopped to make camp and eat dinner
 1 The murderers never succeeded in l eating that meal. For before it was prepared, the officers had caught ur 1 with them. and the law took forcible l possession of their persons
 l With the two men in tow, the posse l came directly to Wickenburg, arriving 1 there just in time to catch the Santa l F'e train for Phoenix. At Congress
 Junction the sheriff's office here was 1 called by phone and instructions were
 gotten as to the disposal of the men l when they arrived in Phoenix, and the ! AlflulltI oI dNOlNlDS Ine large cTONC l which was expected at the depot
 The train was met at Glendale by | Deputy Sheriff Woof. and a party, in | the county machine and the prisoners
 were placed in the machine and
 brought to this city as speedily as pos
 sible. This was the only way in which l the mob at the depot could be avoided However there were some hundred or more persons waiting at the court
 house when the machine arrived there
 There was practically no demonstra-
 tion on the part of the mob, and tho prevalent attitude seemed more of mor-
 bid curiosity than of revenge or hos tility.
 | Well Provisioned.
 | When the two men were captured
 they were found to be well provi- l sion a.l -CLaA- LaL L..L -.s