Arizona republican., 1920-06-28

labor and under bond, and yet was able to work in Phoenix as a cement Iaborer. His statements in regard to this will be checked out and t will be definitely determined whether he is a deserter from some cotton camp of some of the cotton companies.
 Discrepancy in Dates
 Barboa stated that following the murder and the ransacking of the hause he walked back to Litchfield, where he worked six days before leav- ing for Naco He admitted he left sPhoenix on the morning of June 13. The ticket which was taken from him at Patagonia was bought here accord ing to the stamp on the back on June II, but the front side of the ticket hes been punched June 13. It will be definitely checked up which date is correct. Barboa, according ito the rec ords in the sheriff's office at Nogales, was placed in the county jail there on the evening of June 14.
 Barboa, according to his confession, left the train at Tucson, and said he walked to Patagonia. This is about so miles and could never have been travelled in a day by a Mexican walking. He may have left here on June II, instead, however, which would give him time to have walked from | Tucson to Patagonia. The stub on his | ticket calling for bus transportation | from one depot to the other in Tucson had not been used, and this, the off | cers say, might indicate that he got on train bound for Nogales, thinking | that it was the Naco train, and that i the conductor put him off the train 1 about 30 or 40 miles south of Tucson. l When arrested Barboa had several letters in his possession that had been written to him by his wife at Cananea, 1 Sonora, Mexico. It would appear from the letters. which were of very en- dearing nature, that his wife missed ] his absence very much. She men toned in the first letter. dated some time in April that it had seemed a year then since he left her on the ninth of the month. Tn this letter she mentions the possibility of him send ing her some money-$10 or $15.
 Chded By Wife in Letter
 In another letter written about the middle of May, she mentions letter ! from his mother and states that his mother said she would rather see him 1 (Barboa) dead than the victim of some ! disease. the name of which is not ! mentioned in the letter. In this same letter, his wife again asks him for money and chides him on the short ness of his answers. A letter written a few days after this states that she could come to him instead of him com
 
 the train arrives in Phoenix.
 Tn the last letter written to him, dated May 25, his wife sco1ds him for not coming in May as he promised and asks him to let her know what time he will leave Phoenix and the time of his arrival at Cananea so that she can meet him. In this letter she also mentions her urgent need for money. The. writing of the wife and her use of the Mexican language, the interpreter said, indicated that she was educated.
 From the last letter written the of ficers think that perhaps they have the theory of his entering the Erhardt home. He was in need of money to mako this trip to Cananea to see his wife, and his wages of $2 a day as a contract Iaborer was not sufficient to carry him there, so he took a chance of entering home in Phoenix and securing the money necessary to make the trip.
 Wanted to Visit Wife?
 Lonesomeness and homesickness, the officers figure. must have had a great deal to do with encouraging him tC commit such an act The fact that he did buy a ticket from Phoenix tC Cananea the officers take as proo that he intended to make the trip bacl to see his wife. But for his slip 1T either taking the wrong train at Tue SUI UT icdNlIS lI6 lEdln anu WdlhlIs out of Tucson,- he might have gone back to Cananea, although the officer. believe that the immigration official: would have held him up because O his passport and the fact that he wa; a. contract laborer
 Deputy Patterson yesterday stated that he first had a report of Barbos early in the afternoon on June IA from several people who said the Mex ican appeared craby and wanted t avoid everyone by going over to tn brush by the roadside. While goin, out to investigate, he said. he met tn girls whom the Mexican had tried t
 hold up, and a little farther along tn road,A he saw Barboa cutting acros a field. He arrested him on suspicion he said, that he might be insane O
 that he might be trying to escap some crime.