Arizona republican., 1914-08-08

Alberto Lopez in this case. AS Spe- cial noliceman. as a regular member of the force and as deputy sherlll he has worked faithfully and well ana ln- telligentlv upon the case for two months. He has shadowed the consplr- ators at all times. oftentimes in dls- guise attending their meetings he has worked at times foras many as seven ty-tWo hours at a stretch Tn oruer that no phase of the conspiracy mlght escape him. The final corroboratlon or his reports enabling the arrests 10 pc made. came when the letters were dls- covered. At night Lopez has laln out side the meeting places of the consplr- ators and learned more of their plans and more of the men engaged in them. He now has a knowledge of the whole affair that is invaluable and when will doubles lead to the early capture of the rest of the 'jefes' of the pro posed storm.
 AS is usual in cases of this kind one of the men confessed. The confession was made on Thursday evening in the sherifrs office in the presence of a number of officers and a representa- tive of the Republican. This man told of meetings in the south part of town, at Guadalupe, in Tempe, in Mesa ana even in the I. w. w. hall in this city. Ii appears that the first meeting was | held in the l. W. w hall, but the 1 growth of the movement became too swift and too savage even for that ! organization and the men who were once identified with the beginnings Of the agitation quietly dropped out, the hall was closed against the others, and the meetings were then held Tn the houses of MeXicans on the south slde' The First Arrest
 Having pursued his investigations sufficiently far enough to warrant an arrest, Officer Lopez "pulled' one Of the members of the local Mexican col ony for being a suspicious character. This was five or six weeks ago. At a conference held then in the sherlft office between the officers and the man, it was decided that the charge would not be pressed against him if he would go to work and assist in un- earthing the conspiracy. This he dld, and faithfully, adding still further evil dence to the accommodating pile, bring ing in the then unbelievable story Of the contemplated attack on the Ezra Thayer hardware store, and or the underground telegraph to the villages south. He alleged that an emissary of Ricardo Flores MagOn of Los An
 geles. the Mexican anarchist, has visit l ed Phoenix and added his word Of wisdom @ to the council, advising that all the Mexicans take up arms against the United States and the pres ent condition of affairs. This man is said to be Teodoro Gaytan, who it was
 planned to make "jefe,' although ac- cording to the man that Thursday con- fessed there were to be mo generals, all being companeros."
 The Wicked Flee
 Jose Maria Torres, now hotfoot1ng if to Mexico with all unseemly haste,
 considering he has no money and no
 mule, was the secretary of the 'junta. and kept the full lists of names of the Iconspirators. Still another conspirator with a likely name for such goings on
 is that of "Zapata," whose present whereabouts is unknown. His relation ship. if any, with the rebel Zapata is unknown also. A man, SalaZar, said now to reside at Clifton, who also has
 a name with a twang to it to those
 who have followed Mexican conspira-
 cies, is also at large as is Viviano Al faro. The net is out however for all i of them and they may be brought in
 at any time There are number of local "companeros' still at large for
 whom the drag net is out and who will
 be apprehended in the very near fu-
 ture.
 The Plan Outlined
 The man that confessed Thursday
 night said that he had gotten quite in-
 nocentIy into the conspiracy, but that
 once in he was willing to Ego through
 to the end with it." He considered it no crime to take up arms against the
 United States and the people of this
 valley especially, since he had been
 without work for five months and had
 a 'familia' consisting of una esposa,"
 only one wife, to depend on him for lsupport. He had lived in the United
 States he said for thirty-six years, but