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

Ural Jordan corroborated the testimony of Mark and John Brad i berry as to leaving the ranch, how the two Bradberry boys were armed, what was said after the shooting. and he being left in charge of tlia bodies, remaining there from Il a. m. until almost dark when the wagon came to remove bodies. He said he was there continuously all this time, but later said, he left the bodies a short time when he went to meet the wagon coming down the canyon He said no one came near the bodies during this time until the officers came
 In the course of his testimony Har- vey Grady said he accompanied Sheriff Casey from the Rayburn ranch to the scene of shooting that night and the following morning at the request of sheriff Casey he and Bill Lewis, deputy sheriff of Granty county, N M., made an ex- animation of the ground at the scene of the shooting. Others in the party were Messrs Harris, Rayburn, Simp- son, and that Joe McAllister and John Bradberry joined them later at the scene the next morning. Con tinuing Grady said:
 "Sid had said they rode up on their horses and were shot off their horses. Examining the ground we fouEd where the horses ridden by Butchers came out of a little side canyon just off from the spring. The shooting took place 75 yards above the spring | We found where Bradberry horses came into spring. The tracks show ed this. It was ten feet to where Johnny Pitchers body lay beyond where Johnny's horse whirled and went back down canyon.
 From where Sid's horse had turned back we could see where Sid had stood There was pool of blood there. He made quarter circle around some bushes and there was another pool of blood.
 MT. Harris cut bullet out of the
 tree where Bate was standing, a A
 calibre Also we found twig cut
 off the bush between this, tree and where Sid had stood. The examina- 1 tion showed that Sid was on bank
 above Bate who was in bed of stream
 by a tree. There were two bullet
 holes in this tree. One came from 1 direction of Sid Fulcher and one
 from direction of Johnny Fulcher.
 In some trees back of Johnny Full cher's body were bullet marks in di- rect line with booy of Bate Brad berry which shows Johnny Fulcher
 was sitting down at time he was killed The body of Butcher laid
 down stream from Bate Bradberry and where Sid stood was also down
 stream, - On cross examination by Lynch Grady admitted that the place where Bates body was found behind tree , lying in a hole washed out by water of creek, would be good place foI
 an ambush.
 Continuing his testimony Grady said it was 50 or T5 yards from where the Fulcher horses came out of the side canyon to where the killing took
 place and that when within 45 feet
 of the body of Bate the tracks of tue f Fulcher horses showed where they
 had turned and went back dow1
 canyon Pitchers body was lyine
 ten feet away from the tracks. Grady
 estimated the distance from wherf
 Sid Fulcher stood to Bate BradberTy behind the tree, was 20 feet. Bill Lewis of Duncan, deput!
 sheriff at Carlisle for Sheriff Casey
 told of going on the scene the nex
 morning and doing some trailini , with three or four men. Lewis sa1e
 he took the back trail of the Fulchel
 horses and followed the trail dow
 Cherry Creek from the scene O
 shooting for 75 yards, when it tUrne; ' out into a little side canyon, cam out again, and on down Cherr!
 Creek. where it turned cut in direc
 tion of Carlisle. Bass and Harri - were with him at the time of trailing
 The trail showed, said Lewis, that th' e two Fulcher horses were side by sid' T most of the time, sometimes one wa J. in front of the other. The track [, went into the side canyon, came ou J. again. and towards the open spac. e where killing occurred.
 ,. Sheriff Casey of Silver City told 0 e going to Steeple Rock from Siive Q City the night of the killing ant n there arresting Mark Bradberry ant | then went to Rayburn ranch where | he 41,d d .I.<.