Arizona republican., 1921-01-18

The trail, due to the absence Of rain 1 or dew, appeared to have been made 1 but a few hours before. In fact, so certain did even the Indian become that after a few minutes he sent word 1 to the automobile, which was following him on a road, that he wanted a rifle 1 Straight through the Fowler ranch walked Burns. at times almost break ing into a run, while beside him walked or trotted two deputy sheriffs. Al De Witt and Bert Smith, and Sterling Price who was also in Smiths party.
 The trail led across a canal and into cotton field, the field slowing up the chase for a while. Soon, however, Burns started out again at a fast walk,
 and after trailing for about mile word was sent back to saddle some horses and bring them to the trailers, who now had a track so plain that the Indian | could follow 1t as fast as horse could gallop.
 EIoodhounds Arrive
 While the horses were being saddled | and sent to the Indian, the bloodhounds | and the part of the posse with them
 arrived on the scene, and soon the en- | tire party was travelling rapidly toward 1 the Gila river Behind them came I Smith with his big car, running along
 wood roads when he could find them and at other times sending the ma
 chine over the sagebrush and grease
 wood in straight lines.
 But Burns was going too fast to be
 followed by an automobile over virgin
 desert. The bloodhounds were also hot | on the scent and the chase became quicker as the course of the fugitive led with more and more certainty
 straight to the south and the Mexican border. Reaching the Gila the party
 crossed and the trail was followed in | the direction of Maricopa.
 The trail apparently. was very fresh,
 as has been said. and this occasioned
 an unforeseen difficulty. Some of the
 younger members of the posse, seeing
 the trail so plainly in spots, would run
 ahead of the Indian. trampling the
 earth and looking through the brush for
 the fugutives, until Burns became
 vexed and showed it by evincing a lack
 of interest in the proceedings until the
 deputy sheriffs had put him into humor by getting the crowd away from the
 tracks and letting the trailer follow
 them at his own pace. The wisdom of
 this was seen whenever the posse came 1 to hard ground, where none but Mike could pick out the track, and at such
 times his ability was readily apparent. . The bloodhounds, too, helped in these . places, and, all in all it seemed that the fleeing Mexicans would soon be i hailed.
 f Trail Is Lost
 Deputy Sheriff Smith in the mean
 while had reached the Gila and not be- $ ing able to cross with his car, turned ; and ran for Maricopa to meet the posse , there and continue the chase from there ] with it. Maricopa was reached about
 2 o'clock, and within an hour and a
 half the posse began to arrive, the trail having been followed until it came
 within a short distance of the railroad ] tracks about a half mile from the sta- ! ton. Here it was lost definitely Lunch
 was eaten by the members of the posse Q and then the search for the trail was : begun. The country east and south oi Maricopa was searched by several diff : ferent parties. and late in the afternoon what was believed to be the trail of ths : Mexicans was uncovered. The blood : hounds were brought up and they gave ;, unmistalzable signs that the trail wa: the one for which the afternoons searcf
 had been conducted.
 As it was getting dark, new method
 of procedure was adopted. It was re.
 solved that the bIoodhounds should bt ! given the trail. while four or five | mounted men, including the IndiaI : should follow them at top speed. II = the meantime an automobile would h ? sent back to Maricopa for food ana < water, and when the chase had beer . continued in the dark for 10 miles or si . it would stop until the commissary ca.
 had reached it, when 1t would be llep
 up until dawn. At daybreak fresh mel
 and horses would be put on the track . while fresh bloodhounds, which Sherif ' Montgomery was bringing from Flor v ence. would take the place of the dog II which had worked during the night. ', Get Definite Clue
 ,, The plan was no sooner adopted thal z, it was put into execution, and within .r few minutes the dogs had started O n the trail, while Deputy Sheriffs Shit
 and De Witt rushed to Maricopa fe m provisions These obtained, the depu @ ties turned back to the desert. Nigh 2. had fallen by this time and the deputie 'r, had no choice but to go in the genera - direction in which the trail had bee ,d leading, for dogs and horsemen wer ;,, not in sight, and although every effoi ld was made to locate the party, Smith an = De Witt were forced to return at mid ar night knowing that Sheriff Montgom ot cry would be in Maricopa then an W hoping that those who had followed tn ,d hounds would send back a messenge .o At Maricopa they not only found tn ~ ~ao sheriff, but the entire party that ha z. started on the trail at dusk. These, = appeared, had followed the dogs fC ,t but a short time when the bloodhound "a became confused and it was found ths tt1 it was only waste of time to attemT ,a to continue the chase that night. ay At dawn on Friday morning Sherii aa Montgomery directed Mike and Bel Smith to take up the search for th
 trail on one side of the railroad trac Ie while Ernest Smith and Sterling PriC se took up the search on the other. Tn iI resulted in the first definite word { ie the fugitives to have been receive VII since the posse started out frol
 Tempe. About mile and a half frol
 Maricopa Smith and Price found ge rancher and his son who had see ms Martinez and Roman Wednesday mo- it ming. The two Mexicans, they sai I'd work. but in a perfunctory manne to The younger one, they said appear' be very tired Roman went to a Mexico m family nearby and got some food, ar Ter then the ranchers overheard q ,,s younger one declare that he was t .~ fatigued to go farther and express S,t intention to stop walking. His con , panion pleaded with him and final " offered him some money. when ns consented to go, on, and both start' - to walk in an easterly direction. ,,s Identify Photograph
 ~ The photograph of Roman was the An shown to the ranchers and they idel Y. tified IL without a moments hesitatio v They also described Martinez minut - ly. Their description of the fugitiv uS and fhpiY condition fallied ta fl.a lo4f