Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-07
FOREMAN DETAILS HIS MURDER OF
 TON|OLO
SELF CONFESSED SHAY FER OF MEXICAN MINER AT JEROME IN 1901 IS LODGED BEHIND BARS IN COUNTY JAIL HERE.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

in this city yesterday afternoon in charge of Under Sheriff Johnny Rob- inson, and is now confined in the county iail to await his trial Forman waived his extradition rights and came back without giving the autbori- tics any trouble
 When interviewed yesterday even ing at the county Jail by a Journal Miner representative, Forman did not hesitate to tell of the murder with which he is charged, being reticcnt only when questioned as to the mo- tive which had impellcd him to make his confession to the California oit- ccrs. Forman is man Of about 5 years of age. gray-haircd, white-faced, and of an appearance which would in' dicatc that-his life had been anything but one of case. According to his statements, he has been employed at variety of tasks since making his escape from Yavapai county l6 years ago. his work having ranged from pccling potatoes on a Southern Pa cifc lumber schooner on the Pacific, 10 helping build the McAdoo tubes under the Hudson river, between New York and the Jersey side.
 Forman Tells His Story.
 Forman's story of the circumstances of the murder and oi his subsequent escape was as follows:
 q had been working in the lower levels of the United Verde at Jerome . for some little time when the trouble between myself and Franco Toniolo took place.
 ! As you probably know, there IS rulc which governs the manner m which cmploycs of mines must get on and of of the skips which carry the men 10 their stations underground. The rules of safety provide that the men must get onto the skip from certain side. The other sides of the sl,ips are usually protected by having a wooden wall or fence built up against them so that ipan cannot get on from any but the proper side. However, on the skip on which l had 10 mai,c my trips up and down the shaft, the boards had been knocked off the unused side, and l and mum | Der of the other workmcn had been in the habit of boarding the skip from the forbidden entrance. If any of us were caught getting on and off the skip from this side we were diScharg- ed. One morning Toniolo saw me getting on the skip through the hole in the wall, and he at once reported me to the company offices, and l was discharged soon afterwards. The tact that the Mexican had reported me tC the superintendent made me quite angry. and the next morning l went to the shaft entrance as Toniolo was going 10 work, and after "bawling him out" for few minutes because oi his actions in reporting me, l picNcd up a shovel, and struck him over the head with 1t. He was knocked cold, and fell 10 the earth. At that time did not know that he was dead, and l took off large hat which one ot the miners was wearing, and went to d water tap and filled it with water. This ! took back and threw in the face oi my victim He did not move or come 10, and l gave up the attempt to re- yivc him. None of the fellows who witnessed the scrap believed that the man was dead, and when I started away from inc mine entrance, no one made any attempt 10 stop nc.
 ] Realizes His Predicament.
 Realizing that | might have killed the man, ] decided 10 get out of the country. and struck out across the mountain. l kept off the roads as much as possible and went down through Ncagcr canyon across 10 Joe , Mayors place. From there l started down the Black canyon road, and passed the New River station and came to the old Phoenix mine. Here
 worked several shifts, and it was while | was al work here, learned ,f-. Touiolo was dead. | knew then that l must make my escape, and | continued on toward Phoenix. l dId not go into town, but hung around the outskirts of the place for several days, and then went to Tempe. Here II worked for short time, and then siarlcd ont south again. l struck the Southern Pacific tracks at Maricopa Wells. and had been there but few minutes when d wcslbouud freight came along. rode the Train 10 Yuma and stayed there while, and then went to Colton, and from there l." Los Angeles. Here shipped on q southern Pacific tie schooner and went to Frisco.
 Feeling that ] was now fairly safe from pursuit, l took it easier, and hung around Frisco for while, and then started East | visited practically every big mining camp and city in the West and Northwest. and then finally driitcd over tU Duluth, Minu Here | shipped on a lake steamer bound for