The border vidette., 1921-09-03


 United States postal inspect ors, Investigating the killing of Postmaster and Mrs. Frank J. Pearson at Ruby, .Ariz., last Friday, have recommended to the postmaster general at Wash ington that a reward. of $5 ,OOO be offered for the apprehension of the murderers, it was announced in Nogales this afternoon, says Wednesdays Nogales Herald.
 Dr. A. H. Noon is in receipt of a letter from George A. Camp hins, mining engineer, who is developing the Austerlitz mine, and who, with his brave wife. went to the immediate assistance of Postmaster and MT. Frank J. Pearson following the bandit raid Friday, and washed and dressed the dreadfully maltreated bodies of the murdered postmaster and his wife.
 Camphius, who is mining engineer, in his letter to Dr. Noon, says in part, as follows:
 i've reached Ruby with bag containing medicine and band ages about 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. We found scene of desolation beyond description, not soul to be seen or heard in any direction, as my wife and l walked through the open doors of Pearson'S s store to do what we could for the unfortunate bodies of MT. and Mrs. Pearson that we found lying there in dreadful shape-poor Mrs. Pearson-shot through and through and beyond recognition, the cruelty of her murder apart from that of MT. Pearson ought to be enough to stir somebody to action.
 We cut of the clothes from the bodies, swabbed. washed and dressed the bodies in their night clothes, and wrapped them in clean things, and could do nothing further except to com fort as best we could, and take away with us the two sisters and Pearson's four year old grille.
 My wife dressed Miss Pur-- cells hand that had been grazed by bullet she got in return for one she pluckily shot at one of the gang. Altogether, too mad deninR a mess to. write about calmly without swearing.
 1T wish the editors of news papers could have seen for them. selves the bodies as we found them. They would get properly worked up to cause something to be done, so that the United States would be safe for Ameri cans in the future. This is the second postmaster killed at Ruby, and the fourth murder here, and the assassins are all so far still free across the line in Mexico"
 TROOPS TRAIL BANDITS
 Mexican soldiers are searching for the seven bandits who cross ed the border and murdered Postmaster and Mrs. Frank J. Pearson at Ruby, Arizona, B miles west of Nogales, Friday, according to Jean Sykes, nephew of Joe Wise of NogaleS, who arrived here last night from Arizona Ranch, 80 miles south, west of Nogales.
 Sykes resides at the Arizona Ranch and on his way to Noga- les yesterday afternoon he said he saw Mexican soldiers looking for the bandits.
 He talked to the leader of the soldiers and stated that they ex pected to spend last night at the ranch.
 On last Wednesday, when Sykes was on a trip to Nogales, he saw seven Mexicans on foot, walking down the road toward Ruby. It is thought that prob ably they were the bandits who killed the Pearsons at Ruby, Friday.
 Sykes did not talk to the seven men. He had no occasion to. He stated that he went around the seven, and gave them a wide berth.
 PLANK'S BROTHER IN CHARGE
 The brother of General Carlos Plank of Magdalena is directing the detachment of soldiers