The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-08-11

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 We went over to the camp pastare and changed horses and went on through the pasture to the north gate on North side. We rode up Cherry Creek about two miles when we came to spring. I was riding a broncho horse and suggested that we get down at the spring and get drink John Bradberry- said he did not want drink and he and Jordan rode on up the creek. Bate Bradberry and myself dismounted and got a drink and Bate stopped to roll cigarette We were at the spring less than five minutes.
 Bate and I got back on our ponies and started up the creek to over take John Cranberry and Jordan. | was riding little in the lead os Bate. We had gone about 75 yards when my brother turned his head and at the same time said to me: Man, look out I looked behind and saw Johnny and Sidney Butcher coming up behind. They were both on their horses. Sidney shot from his horse with his right hand at Bate. John Fulcher jumped off of his horse, with rifle in his hand, and took sitting position. At the first shot fired my horse bagan pitching. Johnny Butcher was shooting at me. I fired back at him from my horse, ? or shots
 The Butcher boys were 35 or 40 steps behind us when Bate first called to me. Sidney Fulcher fired the first shot at. Bate while on his horse. Sid shot twice.
 ''The bullets from Johnny Fulch- CTS rifle passed closed to my head, He was shooting at me. q was seventy five yards from Johnny Fulchert on my horse, which had piched out into the brush, when l shot at him.
 Johnny FuIcher shot rom his position, sitting on the ground, before my brother did.
 At the first shot Bate jumped from his horse towards a walnut tree near by with his rifle. Sid Full cher was standing, shooting at my brother, from behind a bush Bate was shooting at Sid when he first hit the ground. When I looked back, once, I saw Bate shoot at John Full cher.
 'Sid shot from his horse with his right hand and on the ground with his left hand.
 When I went out of sight up the canyon, after John Bradberry and Jordan, John Fulcher was then lying on the ground. My horse pitched out through the brush. I got him stopped and turned up the creek. 1 rode 40 or 50 steps and met John Bradberry and Jordan coming to- ward the scene of the shooting.
 ''I told my brother they had killed Bate.
 "Who killed him?'', asked Johnny.
 ''I said: Sid and Johnny Fulcher.
 Well let's go and see," said my brother, and I told him. No, it's not safe. Sid is in the brush with plenty of ammunition and will kill us all..
 !" A few minutes later we rode back near the bodies. Johnny said he did not believe Bate was dead, yet, as he saw him kick. We rode up-to within 20 or 30 feet of the body and Johnny got off his pony and went fairly close to the body of Bate and said: The old boy is dead
 John then said: I wonder where the Fulcher horses have gone. We must get them.' "
 Turning to Jordan. who was with him, John told him to stay there with the bodies until we got back. We trailed the horses Butchers were riding down the creek for three quarters of mile and found them across a little canyon in the brush. We came back to the scene of the killing and John tied them up on the bank and then we started for Car lisle for helR, stopping at Jack Tip tons first, but there was nobody at home, and we went on to the Ray burn ranch where John went in and found Sid Butcher there in wounded condition. When we left the Ray burn ranch we went to MT. Whites and I went on to the Bradberry ranch to get Mrs. Bate Bradberry and my wife and brought them up to MT. Whites where Johns auto was
 Although Sidney Butcher never went on the witness stand in his own behalf or to testify against Mark Cranberry, the story he is al legged to have told to three differ ent witnesses, was repeated during