Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-25
(From Tuesdays Oaiiyl

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 With dozen posses in the field in search of the murderers of Horace
 Harrison, chief guard for the Unit ed Verde Copper Company, reports
 from the various groups up to late hour last night bore no hope Of their apprehension.
 When the Jerome officers. return ing from their encounter with the Mexican, Acero, were informed of the staying of Harrison, they immediate fy telephoned the news to the sher- iff's office here. Shortly thereafter Under Sheriff J. H. Robinson, with all the available local deputies, de- parted for Jerome by auto, leaving here at a. m.
 Later in the day, after receiving more complete reports from Jerome, Sheriff Joe Young headed another posse going to Jerome Junction. from which point it was intended to work toward Jerome, forming a juncture with the posses leaving the mining town. Two other posses, un- der the direction of Deputies Roy Young and O. F. Hicks, also took the field, Hicks going to Davis siding, on the narrow guage, while Roy Young headed for the Yaeger Canyon coun- try.
 In the meantime Indian trailers and posses from Jerome were follow ing the trail left by the fleeing MeXi- cans, who, after the killing of Harri- son, made their way toward Jerome Junction along the line of the mar TOW guage railroad.
 Passes On Trail
 This trail, made easily discernible by the fact that one of the Mexicans was wearing a pair of No. hobnail- ed boots, the nails of which left q clear imprint, was followed for sev- eral miles out of Jerome to a point where the slayers left the railroad and cut into the hills in the general direction of Clarkdale. At this place it became evident that the Mexican> had divided their party, each going in a different direction, but the trails, so far as they could be followed in the rocky country, trcnding toward the smclter city.
 The various posses then began a systematic combing of the hills. guards being left to watch the var ious outlets from the district. but 1t is' feared that the Mexicans, with the hours of darkness favoring them, may be able to make their way into Clark dale and Cottonwood, there to lose themselves among their countrymen. as no information as to their identity has as yet been obtained.
 Aroused to action by this latest outbreak of the lawlcss element in the mining district, following closely on the heels of the staying of James R. Lowry and J. w. Mullican, there was a gathering of local citizens and district captains of the previously . organized Home Guards at the City Hall yesterday morning. at which time a general meeting was called fo,- } o'clock on the afternoon to devise ways and means for pcrfecting per- maneat organization of patriotic cit;- zcns to work in conjunction with the city and county officials in breaking up what is evidently a well-organiz-i 1 cd attempt to rouse the Mexican ele- mcnt to deeds of outlawry.
 Crimes Are Correlated.
 That these crimes, which have led 10 the deaths of five men and the woundiug of several others within a comparatively brief span of time, are the outgrowth. not of personal griev- ances or individual lawlessness, bu' of a systematic inflaming of the Mexican element against constituted