Arizona republican., 1921-01-18
Apache Trailer Leads Hunt

With. an Apache Indian, using the lore that had come from many genera tions of trailers. following the foot prints of the fugitives; with blood hounds straining at the leash as they also followed the tell-tale tracks over the hills and through the gray desert; with COW ponies, carrying armed riders, trotting beside automobiles of the latest standards, and with the hope in every heart that the quarry would stand at bay in some patch of mes quite or fastness in the hills where the score written against their names would be paid with their lives, the pursuit of Nictoriano Martinez and Tomas Roman, confessed murderers of C. M. Spangler and Ernest Hintze al Tempe on last Tuesday evening pre- sented a scene and a series of events which could be duplicated perhaps only in this section of the Southwest, and which soon will be numbered with the things that have passed.
 The organized pursuit of the Mexi- cans began early in the morning oi Thursday, although preliminary work had been done the day before. The most important part of this labor had been undertaken by Si Williams. fanch- CT of Tempe, who had uncovered the trail of the alleged murderers at tho Maricopa mountains. and who also had found it on the other side of the hills at the Fowler ranch. Although he had spent all of Wednesday following the footprints of the Mexicans. Williams joined the posse after the few hours sleep and accompanied it from Tempe to Maricopa on foot.
 The posse had planned to leave Tempe at daybreak on Thursday morn fT1rr A arf,.o T4-l1 from Fort McDowell whose skill 1T trailing has become famous throughou the state through his participation ir 1 several notable man hunts, was waiting at Tempe when Ernest Smith. deput, sheriff, who had brought him from tn, ] fort, came into town with several othe
 members of the sheriffs office and number of saddles.
 Pick Up the Tracks
 Without waiting for daylight Smitl took his own party, Burns and Will
 Hams, and started for the point wher the ranehers had picked up the trai
 of the Mexicans on the preceding day The remainder of the posse. includin
 a warden from the state penitentiar
 with two bloodhounds were to star
 at dawn and meet Smith at the FowIe ranch where the chase was to be take
 up in full force.
 Smiths party reached the foot of tn
 Maricopas just as dawn was breaking
 Here Burns, the Indian. and William searched until the tracks had bee
 picked up. They were leading over
 saddle of the range and it was resolve that the big, seven passenger car , which the party was travelling shoul [ be driven. if possible, over the hill an
 down the other side to the Fowle { ranch to save time. With Smith { the wheel the journey commenced, tI r only guide being long disused woo ' road, which at times faded away ini : unmarked desert and at others becan so precipitous and crooked that seemed the acme of foolhardiness | attempt to drive the car further Bl
 the members of the party pushed an showed and blocked the wheels wit huge stones while Smith lurched an swung in the drivers seat as the cs balanced first on one side and then tt : other until it seemed certain that II t trip would come to an end with u ] automobile wrecked and the pos. hours away from the starting poin Soon, however, the ridge of the sadd
 was reached aud the car started dow f toward the ranch.
 \ Marvellous Ability Shown o1 when It reached the foot Of the ran: q and the softer soil, Williams and Burr r found the trail again and followed Q until the Indian had impressed it upt s his memory. Then the trip towal o the ranch was taken over the road . save time, the idea being to pick up Il . trail some distance aN 4y This pls . brought to the attention of the oth Il members of the party the marvelol 0 ability of the Indian When the c t neared the ranch, travelling at abo = Is miles an hour. Mike picked up u a trail as it crossed the road. and calliI