Tombstone epitaph., 1919-05-25
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
 SHERIFF j. F. MCDONALD

many Hall. of Bisbee, from Sheriff James McDonald. who is at present
 in Boston. awaiting eXtradition pa pers for NJ. Artenof, accused of kill ing his wife and burying her on his ranch near Stark:
 Dear John:
 have of.en wondered how things are progressing along the "gulchH dur, ing my wanGerings about this funn! ola town Il might sound like bull -o ere ot ,ae ul:nitiatei fl a fellow said that he was attached to such a pros aic place as Brewery Guich. Perhaps such an attachment is odd. but the old alley has been so true to me in my stormy career that it is really part of me and of it. Per haps. too. some of the bunch may be interested in me and I know of no better place for them 10 get their in formation than al Tammany Hail Therefore this letter
 My story has been protracted much longer than l expected. and while would ra her be back trying 10 break my neck in that good old Hudson. a man could be marooned ill worse places than Boston New England is SC, in her ways, and the people are harder to get acquainted with than any section of Uncle Sams domain that I have as yet visited, but while 1he people are very much reserved have never met officials who were more courteous or more disposed 10 aid a wayfariag western sheriff. The po- lice Of Lynn have been unusually will ing 10 help. and the judge at Lynn al lowed me 10 state the amount of bal 1 thought necessary 10 held Artenoff. Al my suggestion he set the same at s5,o00 cash. which. by the way. our friend from Sod Town succeeded in getting The attorney general and his assistant too, have shown me every consideration except to approve of the extradition Of Artenoff.
 The hitch has come over the papers, which the attorney general is of the opinion will not stand up in the Mass achuseits courts ia their present form. IT. is 10 be commended in this for Ar,encr will fight to the last ditch. and naturally no lawyer want to get into court on defective papers. Fix tradition from Massachusetts is not difficult or indictment. but as we have no grand juries in Arizona to indict. proceedings mus; be based CT com plaint. which is almost equivalent 10 trying the case here. The statute IS an old one that has come down from the days ot slavery. You know, Of course that this sta.e was strongly abo,iticnist al that time and the law was designed 10 protect darkies that made their way here from the south. The attorney general, however. has written French letter stating just wha: he wants 1T the way of papers, and I will have 10 await their arrival which will be al least TWO weeks long CT.
 Boston is a peculiar town. Never have l seen such narrow streets nor such crooked ones. IL has at least tha. much in common with Bisbee, and l migh: add it is no breach of etiquette 10 walk in the middle of the street, provided. Of course, that you can hold your own with the automobiles. There is no end Of old landmarks in the city such as the old church from which were hung the lanterns that started a well known night riGer named Paul Revere on his famous hike to Lexing- ton. am a little jealous of Paul, for after looking the grucnd over I don't think it was such a dirIcult stun., and believe the Arizona bootleggers have given me many a wilder chase Paul has it on ne though, some old poet wrote him up and he got his name in the schoolbooks Now as schoolbooks have wider circulation that Dunbar's Weekly. Paul is better known than l. A pretty short cut to fame I call it. Just a question of press agents, that's all
 On the whole the weather has been rather cold and blustery with an oc- -casional nice day. Yesterday was fine and I uenf ouf in Fenvay Dark and