The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-23

Sheriff Patty, in company with Off,
 Ger Manuel Munguia, visited last
 week at Maria, Texas, and other points in that section, and while there
 effected the arrest of S. Martinez,
 who for three years has been fug- l ]itive from justice concerning crimes
 committed in Greenlee county. Mar
 tinez, about three years since, during the administration of Sheriff Eng fish, escaped from the county jail,
 where he was confined while awaiting transportation to the states prison,
 to which he had been sentenced for
 term of five years on the charge of
 robbery. Directly after passing sen tence for the crime, the Court sus-
 pended sentence, at the time admon- ishing the Mexican that only by good behaviour could he retain his liberty.
 The man soon after his trial again became involved in a serious offense, and was re-arrested and confined in
 the county jail During his imprison-
 ment, and just before arrangements
 had been made for his transportation
 to the state prison, he effected his escape, and efforts to locate him
 proved friutless until he was acci- dentally found by Patty at Maria, while Patty was searching the thousands of Mexican Ojiniaga refu- gees in the vain hope that among them he would discover Arviso, the young Mexican outlaw who about one year since murdered Officers Alberto Munguia and Jack Campbell in the Eagle Creek section while the off, cers were attempting the murderer's arrest. <;
 The Sheriff of Presidio county, Tex as, had wired Patty that Arviso could probably be found among the many retreating federals, and that he was holding a man who answered Ar visos description, the Texas officer having, with all officers of Arizona and surrounding states, received full from Sheriff Patty of the dangerous young Mexican. Since the killing of the two Morenci officers, Sheriff Patty has been untiring in his efforts to effect Arviso's capture, and has often received from officers at various towns in the Southwest the that at last Arviso had been located, yet all of the suspect ed Mexicans have been proven after examination by Greenlee officers to be the wrong men.
 The arrest of Martinez was purely accidental, the officers having their entire attention devoted to the dis ,overy of Arviso. Patty followed along one side of the long proces- sion of marching refugees, while Munguia followed along the opposite side. And while searching the faces of the battle stained federals, Patty recognized Martinez, the Identification being complete.
 Sheriff Patty reports that the .hor- 'ors of war are more than exempli- jed in the thousands of tired, wound ed and hungry refugees who were breed to hastily retreat across the Rio Grande upon being so fiercely as- tailed by the Villa constitutionalists 1t Ojiniaga. In the long procession hat wended it's way to the United States military posts near Fl Paso, many of the Mexicans were wounded md dying. Among the thousands were many women and children, who the many civil wars that lave devastated Mexico have faith ully followed their husbands and athers.
 Martinez, in the custody of Officer Iunguia, arrived in Clifton Friday, nd is now confined in the county ail. His appearance before Judge 1aine will probably be next week.