Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-28
NIGHT HUNT FOR BLACK HAND
 MEXICAN
Warren District Officers have Exciting Time in Effort to Locate Sender of a Threat ening Letter.


 ceived by well known resident of the Mexican colony Of Bisbee and placed in the hands of F. E. Thomas. . consulor for the Paisanos and men. tor for their many complaints and Ills. For Thomas Is the official inter preter of the Warren District justice courts and the city court of Bisbee and does a great deal Of the htans lating from Spanish into English and vice versa. IT 1t had not been for the 1. fact that Thomas was party Co the following trouble. it might have been thought he was the real insuEator As it was Charles (Wm BurnsJ Bal ley. "Red' Lawrence Cannon. "Sher. lock- B Policy and the interpreter were involved
 According to the letter. the writer urged the recipient to meet Dim . where the lights of Bisbee are first ! discemed upon coming into Tomb ! stone Canyon" This was interpret l ed to mean at the top of the Divide ]. by the officers. The threats in the !. letter were varied and should the re. cipient ever have to suffer them he would be in the worst shape ever mortal found himself What the writer promised Co do Co the recip- fem would shame a BlackHander Co . the point where the latter would have to go back to the Mafia school and learn an over with the idea of perfecting himself
 Now, the officers. upon securing the gist of the letter, decided 10 al-' low the man who received it to go to the top Of the divide and meet the sender of the threat The officers also decided that they would follow at discrete distance and catch the sender in the act of making good his threats. And it is said, confidential ly, that the officers wanted Co see the threat at least started But that { is jumping Go a conclusion.
 The start was made about seven o'clock with the object of the threat ening letter in the lead. About half way up the hill Wm Burns Bailey. in flashing his night lantern about among the craigs and jags of the Din thought he discerned some footprints He dism6unted and with the other officers, called into consultation. de- cided that a lone Indian must have ridden over the trail several hours before The footprint turned out to be a hoof print. and could not have been followed but for the fact that it hadn't rained nor was, the ground chronically soft enough to allow Of ] such fine perception.
 When but short distance from the top of the divide the officers again sighted something far below in the dip of the canyon This discov. cry was credited to Sherlock B. Poll 1 ey, though he denies the credit. All unlimbered their night glasses and raised their sights The object was light yellow in color and seemed to be perforated in spots. It appeared to be moving in the direction of Bis bee at a very slow rate of speed
 Every now and then when the night wind would veer in the direction of the officers the odor of something familiar yet un-nameable. would float up to them At last after some ar gument over the question as to whether the object had anything to do with the business in hand F. E. l Thomas was nominated and elected unanimously to carry the message to | Garcia-or see what the object was A short wait ensued and then Thom- as returned and told the officers that some enterprising domestic economy 1 students of the Bisbee high school ! were making Swiss cheese out of the | American product by cutting holes in it. the officers marched on.
 Several other incidents took the chill of the night from the officers and the top of the divide was reach ed but no uperBlackhander was found Red" Cannon, at this time proposed that a return to the city be made and proved his ability of moy- ing fast by arriving at the Elks' club before any of the other officers reach ed the bottom of the divide road.
 The officers are still busy trying to locate the sender of the letter. They have placed the matter in the hands of the postonice authorities who will. undoubtedly, search for the sender also. Ia the meantime, an of the men involved in the night search for the Mexican Black Hand are laughing over hoof prints and Swiss cheeses.