The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-22
KILLS CONPAN|ON ID GET AUTO AND BUR|ES HIM IN
 DESERT GRAVE

A desert grave this week yielded up the body of Charles H. Lyshon, murdered on the nigth of election day by Bill Taylor, 20 miles north of Phoenix on the Black Canyon road. The first news that the murder had been committed came in telegram a few days ago from the sheriff's office at Las Cruces, Clark county, Nevada
 Deputy Sheriff J. w. Squires of Las Vegas arrived in Phoenix this week with Taylor and Leonard Thompson, a 16 year old boy who was present at the tragedy. On the way to Phoenix Taylor, after having related a variety of stories of the tragedy, in all of them exonerating himself, opened his breast and admitted that he had kill ed and buried Lyshon. He probably told all the truth except in his dis cription of the motive, which he said was anger, the result of a running quarrel with Lyshon.
 The real motive no doubt was rob bery, to obtain possession of car and other property of Lyshon.
 Taylor and the boy came on to Phoenix, and Taylor later sold the car at Tempe for $100. With that money he and the boy at once return ed to Las Vegas where, soon after, the boys curious actions attracted the attention of officials.
 Boy Tells of Crime.
 Deputy Sheriff Squires said that on the way here three weeks ago Taylor Lyshon and the boy had come under the notice of the authorities on ac- count of some trouble. There was doubt as to the ownership of the car, Hudson GAO which had Utah li- cense. An investigation proved though that Lyshon had bought the car and had bill of sale.
 Soon after that, Taylor and the boy left with Charles Shorty Morris who came with them as far as Selig- man. On the return of Taylor and Thompson, Undersheriff Squires said that he noticed the troubled look and nervousness of the boy. He took him to the jail and questioned him. He found that he was in deadly fear of Taylor who, he said had murdered Lyshon on the desert about 20 miles from Phoenix. He related the de tails of the killing.
 Squires went to the Oxford hotel where Taylor was stopping and enter ed his room with gun in hand.
 Applying a vile epithet to him, Tay- Tor said: 'I have nine hicks on my gun and would just as soon make it ten"
 "You haven't a chance,' said Squires ''put up your hands,"
 Accuses the "Kid."
 Taylor at first said that he knew nothing of any murder. Later he said that Lyshon had been killed by the 'kid,'' but that he had helped to bury him. Taylor did not know that the boy was in custody; he had been told that he had escaped. After he had related in detail the story of the killing by the boy, Thompson was brought in, with the statement that he had been captured at Agua Calien- te and brought back.
 That is not the kid I meant" said Taylor; cit was Shorty Morris who killed Lyshon."
 There Taylor's story was allowed to rest until the officer had started with him to Phoenix. On the way Squires pretended to have received a telegram which he showed to the boy with instructions to him to make known it's contents to Taylor who had manifested some curiosity about it. The boy told him that it was from the sheriff's office at Phoenix and stated that Morris had been arrested and had given an account of his move