The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-07-22
GRAHAM OFFICERS CAPTURE ABDUGTORS 0F BOY WITNESS
 IN KANSAS MURDER
Stafford Guardian)


 As the result of information re. ceived Saturday afternoon by Sheriff | Skaggs from Under Sheriff Gus Will 1 Hams, of Giila county, man named | Skinner alias Eddings, charged with | the abduction of Orville McKinstry, | aged 21 years the only witness of the 1 murder of his father, Albert Mckin- stry, near his home on his ranch at i Kendall, Kans.. last March, was cap- tured and placed in jail here shortly l after 500 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. l The boy was found at the home of James Hayes. in Solomonville, and was taken into custody by the sheriff
 Monday, man named w. R. Hud son aged P years, was arrested in | Globe by Sheriff kinsey. Hudson con fessed to the sheriff that he was one Of the men wno had abducted the boy and brought him to the home of Ja'Hes Hayes. in Solomcnville. The | other man was Eddings, a half-breed | Cherokee Indian.
 According to the boys story, his father Albert McKinstry, was shot and killed by man, who came in an auto, accompanied by another man and q hoy. to his fathers ranch, near Kendall, Kans., on March 27th as the result of a dispute over a mortgage Cn some property. McKinstry started to leave the men when one of them shot him in the back, killing him instantly. Shortly after the murder, woman named Eva Miller, of Syracuse, Kans, who says she is the stepmother of the boy. Orville, was arrested and placed in jail, charged with being one of the accessories of the murder of Mo Kinstry. The woman Miller is alleged to 1 have hired the two men, Hudson and Eddings to kidnap the boy and kill him Both men had been employed | by MckinstTy on his ranch. Hudson left Syracuse, Kans., with 1 the hey two months ago, finally reach. ! ing Albuquerque, N Mex, where his money gave out and he wired the woman for more.
 1 Before leaving Syracuse, Hudson i had been supplied with poison to give ! the boy, some of which was given | him in the form of liquid and pills ! before he left Syracuse, but the boy i did not like the medicine and after they had started west, refused to | take any more, and for some reason. Hudson did not insist.
 When Hudson's telegram was re- .ceived in Syracuse. Eddings was sent west to join Hudson and the boy, and when they met they came to the Gila valley where the boy was left at the ! home Of Hayes, in Solomonville, while Eddings was preparing a place on Bonita Creek to kill him, carrying i out the plan to of the murderers to i prevent the boy testifying as the 1 only witness of the murder of his i father. as well as heir to the property. l The boy was later taken to Bonita i Greek. and brought back to the Hayes ! home several days later.
 1 Before their plans could be con- ! pieted, Hudson was arrested by ! Sheriff Kinsey on a description sent ont by the Kansas officers, and he | confessed to the abduction Of the boy. A description of Eddings was sent i to Sheriff Skaggs Tuesday and the 1 sheriff learned that man answering 1 the description was stopping at the : Cooch home ;n Solomonville. i Sheriff .Ska--s.', ccc3:-, -72@ied by | Deputies Alfred, ATangum, Beece Boy i Ie, John Peppers and Walter Tidwell, went to the G0och home about noon Tuesday and asked for Eddings, but was told he was not there.
 The officers found that he had left the house O. their approach and they | followed the trail to the ditch, where | it was lost.
 They continued the search and i after several hours. discovered their man crossing the Gila river. north of Solomonvil]e, wading and swimming i the swollen stream until almost on the north shore when the officers | got him and brought him back, final ] ly reaching here about 5:15 o'clock and placed Eddings in jail.
 Sheriff Skaggs took charge of the l bcv- Orville McKinstry.
 The boy, Orville says his mother | Mrs. Dorothy McKinstry, is living 1 in Oklahoma. and may be implicated in his fathers murder. with the wo- man, Eva Miller who claims she is the boys stepmother.
 Albert McKinstry. the murdrred i man, was a large property owner. and his murder and that of his son Orville was planned for the pur- pose of securing his property
 Under Sheriff Williams. of GiIa county, arrived here Wednesday morning, returning to Globe on the evening train. accompanied bv Ed dings and the boy, to await the arriv- ! al of the Kansas officers. who will take Hudson, Eddings and the boy back to Kansas.