Arizona republican., 1921-01-17
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Local Officials Collect Evi- dence on Tempe Murder sers Captured Near No sgales = Identification Is Complete
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TUCSON, Jan. 16.-Maricopa county officials today began gathering togeth- er4the various pieces of evidence con- cefning the death of Victoriano Maru- nez, confessed slayer. with Tomas Roman, of c. M. Spangler and Ernest Hihtz at Tempe, Martinez died last night after having been shot and nor fanv wounded at Calabasas, near No- gales, Friday. Roman Is in the hos pital at Nogales with a bullet hole thfough his chest but with a fair chance to recover, according to attend ing physicians.
 Sheriff Montgomery, who arrived in Ndgales Saturday evening and idenu- fled the two Mexicans, made a second examination this morning. Soon after he, had completed this, Joseph E. No- ble assistant county attorney of Mari coba county, arrived in Nogales and immediately started gathering all the evidence in Nogales connecting Roman ana Martinez with the killing in Tempe.
 fn the afternoon a coroners inquest wuk held, attended by all who had been present when Martinez was killed at Calabasas. Chief among these was Harry J. Saxon. the cattleman who shot Roman after the latter had tried 10 shoot Immigration Inspector Swink. There Is still a doubt concerning who sh6t and killed Martinez, opinion being that 1t was one of the immigration officers.
 Mr. Noble will remain in Nogales until he has completed the case against Roman for the county attor- neys office in Phoenix. Hughes Carr special investigator for the county at- torneys office, will also remain in Nogales. having arrived last evening win Sloane, the stage driver who pointed out the Mexicans to the i'm migration officials at Calabasas. Sloane and Carr were busy this afternoon trying to find the rifle which Roman is Thought to have carried from Tenn pc and to have left about six miles out of Tucson when he and Martinez boarded the stage.
 Reports that Martinez had repudi- atdd the confession made by him anc hid confederate after they had beer shqt were denied this morning by Ar. thur De Riemer, county attorney oi Sahta Cruz county, who got state mant from the dying man in which tho latter said, after having been interro- gated again about his share in tho murders at Tempe: T can say no tC th4 charge as long as you fellows cad say yes" This statement is inter pr9ted officially as simply defiance.
 Roman has consistently refused tC talk since going to the hospital. HI; Republication is complete. having beer determined by photographs. In addi- tioh to this, Deputy Sheriff Al De Wit of naricopa county identified the shoes of both Mexicans as tallying with th' tracks followed by him and the Apachi Indian trailer, Mike Burns, from Tem pc Ito Maricopa.
 sheriff Montgomery and his part. left Nogales this afternoon for Phoe nix He is holding in the jail therl Romans wife and a Mexican man wh' is known to have been a friend of tn mJirderers. and who was the last on to gee Roman and Martinez together ShAriff Montgomery also has informa tion that after the killing Mrs. Roman sent a letter addressed to her husban at tSilverbell. towards which he an Martinez were walking when Maritime became fatigued and the two boarde tha train east of Maricopa-