The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-04-10

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Gain Violent Ends of Principals, all
of Whom Will Recover.
A recurring wave of violence swept
Morenci on Tuesday, the result OF
which was, that four Mexicans were
painfully injured, three sustaining
their wounds in a complicated person
al encounter, occurring in the section
known as Chihuahua Hill, while the
fourth man was the victim Of an at
tempt, abortive, at self-destruction. At
latest reports none of the men Will
die, which is remarkable when con-
sidering the character Of wounds sus-
tanned.
The difficulty in which three men
were injured occurred at about seven
o'clock in the forenoon, the place of
the encounter being in the Mexican
settlement known as Chihuahua Hill,
and near the Cansler livery barns.
The injured in this difficulty are Jose
Duran, A. Galarza, and F. Olguin,
Galarza, being shot in the abdomen
by Cruz Martinez, a brother of Oh
guin, while the other two men were
beaten about the head with stones
held in the hands of the assailants.
From the information obtained, and
from the evidence adduced at the trial
Of Martinez, the version of the affair
seems to be that Galarza, Duran, and
a number of Mexican friends, were
at the time of the encounter return
ing from Newtown, where they had
been since eleven o'clock of the pre-
ceding evening, and they encountered
Olguin just below the residence of
the latter. The Duran and GalarZa
crowd work at the smelter of the D.
C.. M. company, and left there for a
visit to Newtown, where they became
intoxicated. Before meeting Olguin
they were engaged near the A. C.
concentration with an Italian, who was
badly beaten by the men. Upon meet
ing Olguin, the men Immediately be-
gan to abuse him, and followed this
by beating him. Olguin escaped and
ran to his home, securing revolver,
which was removed from him by the
Mexicans, who again began beating
him, throwing him to the ground, and
striking him about the head with
stones held in their hands. While
beating him, Galarza in his zeal to
assist Duran, struck drunkenly at Oh
gum, and instead hit his friend
through mistake, this being the
cause of the bruised condition of
Duran.
The screams of the mother and sis
ters of Martinez and Olguin awaken
ed Martinez, and he seized a derringer
pistol, of large calibre, and ran to his
brothers assistance. Arriving there,
he warned the Mexicans to desist, to
which Galarza replied by advancing
upon Martinez with a stone. At this
juncture Martinez fired, the bullet
striking Galarza in the abdomen, and
lodging near the spine.
Upon the shooting of Galarza, who
with Duran was at this time uncon-
scious, all their companions fed. Off
Ger Hoffman responded upon hearing
the pistol shot, and found the two
Mexicans lying upon the railway track
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counter. He went to the home of Mar
tinez and Olguin, and effected their ar
rest, carrying them to the Morenci
jail, where Olguin received medical at
tention. Having, after studying the
case, no reason for holding Olguin i'm
prisoned, he was released on the after
noon of the same day, and sent to
the hospital of the A. C.. company,
where the two injured opponents had
been carried earlier in the day. Mar
tinez was released on bond of $500. 90
late in the same afternoon.
The preliminary hearing of Martinez
was held before Judge Lally on We'd |
nesday, States Attorney Horton COM
ing from Clifton to represent the !
prosecution. After hearing all the !
evidence, Horton recommended that |
Martinez be held blameless on the |
charge, he apparently having sufficient
for his action in shooting
Galarza. This acquittal was with the
appreciation of the people of the COM
nunity, where Martinez has spent his
entire life, and where he has always
borne an excellent reputation, which
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