Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-18
| W w PRESS AGENT WORKS OVERTIME ON
 STORIES OF BISBEE
Yuma Sun Prints Story of One "Bogartus," Which lnvesti- gation Locally Fails in Any Way to Substantiate.


 men who have been in Columbus for weeks past. have adopted a press agenting scheme becomes apparent from the new stories which are to be
 seen in various papers, throughout
 the country and particularly in the southwest One of the last spurious
 stories to be printed is found in the
 Yuma Sun, of Yuma, Arizona.
 It deals with man by the name of Bogartus, initials unknown. The story follows:
 "A miner named Bogartus just from
 Bisbee yesterday told the officers a story that makes the blood boil, and after doing so exhibited some of the bruises and scares on his person re ceived at the sands of the Copper Queen thugs operating in the Kingdom, of Cochise under the guise of ''Loy. alty Leaguers."
 This man said he formerly worked in Bisbee and went there to see his sister who is ill., He was not con nected with the striking l. w. W.'s and does not even belong to that or der. He belongs to the Western Fed eration of Miners. He said he had il, no manner made any trouble and did not intend to. In fact, he said he had concluded to go to work there if he could find a clear way to do so. As soon as he arrived in the city of Bis bee, however, he was approached by an armed guard and asked as to his identity. He told them who he was and mentioned the sad mission which brought him to town. They searched him, and finding a union card on his person, marched him out of town, fir ing all kinds of questions at him as they went. He declared he answered their queries as best he could and without acrimony, but they seemed to be enraged that he was a union man and bounced upon him, beat him all up,tore the clothing nearly off his body, and perpetrated other outrages such as intended to make man, uI- der favorable conditions, kill some one. Now you get out and never come back here, if you value your life,' they told him, and taking them at their word he kept going, and when in Yuma said he was proceeding to San Francisco.
 Thus the echoes of. that lawless section of Arizona, where even the governor of the state is defied by out laws, and being heard far and near from the lips of men who have been beyond the power of words to describe. By all means President Wilson should send federal troops to Bisbee to bring order out of existing anarchy"
 In the first place no such man as 'Bogartus' is on the l. w. w. role, as t appeared in Bisebee. There is no record of such man having been de- ported or of having any connections in | he Warren District.
 Moreover, investigation has failed to | uncover any sick sister referred to in he article of the Yuma paper The l act that Bogartus failed to give the | paper any initials. or any other facts | other than those fancied-leads | many local people to discredit even he name.
 The Tombstone Prospector. in com nenting on the story, has the follow ng to say:
 "A recent issue of the Yuma Daily | Sun gives a graphic account of the | lardships man by the name of Bo | yartus experienced in Bisbee recent y. When read shere the article at | once attracted attention because of he fact that it appeared right after Windy Bill Cleary passed through | Yuma after his celebrated hair cut in | 1l Paso. Another thing that attract d the attention of observers was the act that the item did not give the initials of this man Bogartus. How | sver the l. w. w. tendencies of the | Yuma Sun and its editor makes he and | lis paper the easy subjects of any hing that is said in favor of the Wob- )lies finding free access to the col | imns of the Yuma Sun. Diligent in luiry and search of the most exact ng kind could not locate any person who knows Bogartus He never work sd in the Warren District for any of | he companies and he is not a mem- per of the Bisbee l. w. w. order, so | aken on its face value it is quite evi- lent that this person Bogartus is only | l myth so far as having had any ef- ects of rough treatment it is quite evident that he bruised himself either rom the brake rods or in falling from l train on which he was beating his way. He did not buy a ticket to Yu- na and if he bought through ticket o California it would not carry stop )ver. It appears that the Yuma Sun las been made the goat of one of Bill Cleary's dream children. For Bill. it must be known. is giving birth to many illegitimate stories. The Sun i would do well to verify the stories it prints in favor of the Wobblies. The Associated Press was imposed upon ..f.-