Arizona republican., 1922-04-12


| was the other. We left him il Ayles-
worths charge while we went to
Globe to get Hawley.
That evening after dark, Gabriel
with Lindsay Lewis and Norman Sal
ter went to Hawley's cabin. just back
OF where the Dominion hot Il now
stands in Globe Salter, who was
| operating mine east OF the Buffa-
10, knocked at the door and H&wley
came to the door with his gun in his
hand. But when he saw Salter, he
apologized. saying the Mexicans mad
been bothering him a great deal and
he had concluded TO stop it. Salter
then bargained with Hawley to de-
liver two or three hundred bushels of
charcoal at his blacksmith shop at
the mine the following week.
At this moment Gabriel showed his
| Winchester through the window with
the command. Hands up!'' Salter
showed his hands into the air. and
Hawley followed suit, dropping his
gun at GabrieRs order. Lewis then
went into the cabin and disarmed
both men and handcuffed Hawley.
Gabriel then brought Hawley up town
and sat him in chair in Eaton and
Bailey's store (where the Gila Valley
bank building now stands), holding
him there until the town Quieted down
for the night. In reply to several in
quiries as TO why he had arrested
Hawley, Gabriel said it was on a
warrant from "up north" and as it
had been rumored that Hawley had
stolen a saw mill in Utah. all sup
posed that he was being arrested for
that crime.
About o'clock Gabriel told me to
get Lewis and our horses, and meet
him about IL o'clock at. Duryea' $
store, which then stood where the
Miners Union hall now is. We were
waiting for him when he came along
mounted on q led horse, and fell in
about half past eleven with Hawley
behind. Going to the Golden Eagle
mill, we picked up young Grimes,
and started for Bloody Tanks. en-
route to Tucson, where Gabriel pro-
posed to put the two men in Jail,
where they could be safely held for
trial
When we got to Bloody Tanks the
Mexican herder was Just getting
breakfast before going out to bring
in the stage stock. Lewis and / ate
breakfast while Gabriel held the pris-
oners in the rocks above the station.
After we had finished we took food
for the prisoners and relieved Gabriel
who came in to the station for his
breakfast.
We had just made the change when
we heard an altercation in the cabin,
and, leaving Lewis with the prison
ers, walked over to the house and
found that Bill Lowther. the Globe
sheriff, had got word that Hawley
and Grimes were the murderers OF
Hall and Vain, and that Gabriel. as
cherfff re pfNai Nntev4fvy h IN YAfstroA
thenn,y and was taking them out of
Gila county. The combined rewards
by Welis-Fargo, Gila county, the
citizens of Globe, and the citizens of
Florence (HaIl's home) by this time
amounted to $4,000. and Lowther of
course stood to get none OF this
amount. He demanded that Gabriel
turn the prisoners over to him to be
tried in Gila county. Gabriel said
he intended to place them in Jail at
Phoenix Eve were headed for Tue
SOM where they would get a trial;
that il they were returned to Globe
they would be lynched in an hour
after their arrival. Lowther insisted
upon the delivery Of the prisoners
then and there Gabriel said:
'.No man alive can take prisoner
from me, Mr.. Lowther, unless he
kills me first; IL you want them that
bad, get into action as soon as you
please"
It really looked for a few minutes
az though these two sheriffs, both
of them brave men, were TO go after
each others scaips: in fact, Gabriel
invited Lowther a second time 10
start something If he felt able to
finish it. They finally quieted down.
and began 10 talk something besides
fight, and after few minutes Gabri-
Ell said:
AS deputy United States marshal.
/ have arrested these men for stop
ping uae mails, and. propose to take
them to jail where they viii be held
safely and receive legal trial. know
ing that IL you take them TO Globe
they will be lynched in an hour.
But il you are so stuck on getting
them strangled, go to Globe and tell
your district attorney exactly what
have told you. If he will write me q
letter stating that you have explained
the situation to him as | have just
explained it to you, and that your
warrant for murder ranks my arrest
for stopping the mails and that |
should deliver the prisoners to you
under that warrant. get your deputy
with that letter to Irion's Pinal ranch
=
deliver the prisoners to him. But get
your man and the letter to me by 2
o'clock, for after that time, they will
be in Pinal county, and you haven't
got deputies enough to take the pris
oners away from me-"
TO this arrangement, Lowther as
sented. and started for Globe, while
Gabriel came out and called Lewis
and myself to bring the prisoners,
and we all mounted and started for
Irion' ranch where we arrived about
IL o'clock. Lewis and / took the
prisoners out south of the ranch
house, among the big granite boul-
ders, to hold them until o'clock. At
noon Gabriel came over and relieved
us while we went in for dinner. l
very distinctly remember that feed;
it was one OF the best dinners / ever
ate.
At about 10 minutes OF 2, Long
John Jones and Jack Eaton, as Low
ther's deputies, arrived at Irion's
ranch, with a letter from District
Attorney McCabe OF Globe to Gabriel,
stating that Lowther had told him,
in GabriePs own language, just what
the conditions were and that Low
ther felt that he was fully able to
hold the prisoners against any mob
that might try to take them, and that
under his warrant for murder the
prisoners should be turned over to
Lowthers deputies. Gabriel kept
this letter, suppose, until his death.
for he showed it to me in Florence
several years after its receipt by him.
On receipt OF the letter Gabriel
came but OF the ranch house and
fired his revolver twice, this being
the agreed signal and Lewis and
brought the prisoners in, and after
taking a receipt for the prisoners
from Jones. he shook hands with