The Coconino sun., March 31, 1911, Image 1

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TORRES HAS b BUR RECDRB
Torres Arrested for Alleged Murder of
Albe Brought to Flagstaff By
Deputy Sheriff Pulliam
Jesus M. Torres, a notorious
outlaw who has been in all the jails
oi central and southern Arizona,
was arrested here Saturday morn
ing at the request of the sheriff of
Coconino county, on a charge of
murder. Deputy Sheriff Pullianj
of Flagstaff left Saturday night for
the noith with Torres.
Or, really, at the time ol the ar
rest of Torres he was not charged
with murder, but after he was taken
into custody Deputy Sheriff Pulliam
received a telegram from Flagstaff
saying that a man that had
been assaulted by him had just
died.
This affair occured about a week
ago in a disreputable saloon nt
Williams. At first Torres, who
had been running a barber shop
near by, was not suspected, but
the bartender was taken into cus
tody charged with murderous as
sault. The victim, a white man,
had been horribly beaten. The bar
tender denied that he had done it,
but said that the assailant was a
Mexican who had entered the place
through a window.
The authorities at first believed
the bartender's story and began
looking about for the Mexican as
sailant and finally their attention
was turned toward Torres, who had
left town.
Torres had been here for three
or four days and he had been a
Irequent visitor at the office of the
. sheriff. He called so often to' in-,
quire in an off-hand manner,
'What's the news?" that he ex
cited suspicion that he was troubled
Ivy a guilty conscience.
'Triuugii Torres had been in lie-
quent trouble in the southern part
of the territory he first came to the
official notice of the sheriff's office
last summer when it was learned
that he had been engaged with two
other men in extensive thievery,
the plundering of hen roosts, shop
lifting and burglary. The three
men were arrested, but on an ex
haustive search of the premises of
Torres nothing could be found.
Finally one of the men "squealed."
He told Deputy Sheriff Adams that
the plunder had been hidden in an
old well on the place.
The well was opened and more
than an express wagon load of
stuff was taken out. Tfie lot was
as miscellaneous as the stock of a
department store. The associates
of Torres said that he was the
directing head of the enterprise,
and it was thought that he might
be sent to the penitentiary. But
it could not be proved that at any
one time or place goods of enough
value had been stolen to constitute
grand larceny. While there was
no doubt that some of the goods
were the fruits of burglarious en
teprises, there was not such evi
' dence of burglary as would warrant
conviction.
' Torres could only be convicted
of petty larceny and he was given
the longest term injail allowed by
law. His term expired about three
months ago, and he went to Will
iams, where he opened a barber
shop.
The officers here, having failed
to establish a felony charge against
him in connection with his thievery,
thought they had another hold up
on him for the violation of the
Edmunds act. It was ascertained
that he had never married the
woman with whom he had been
living, a handsome girl of a re
spectable Mexican family of Phoe
nix, When Torres learned that he was
about to be prosecuted on this
charge he decided on marriage and
.was married in a peculiar way. A
jjcense having been procured, a
priest stood within the corridor of
the jail'whilc the woman sat on a
bench outside. Torres was in his
cell. With the :;high -contracting
parties at this remote distance from
each other the knot was tied.
'XTortesis'saidtohaveserveda
term in the Colorado penitentiary
for murder and he is suspected of
participating in the murder of a
Mexican at Nogales. But his con
nection with the tragedy could not
established.
There were many other crimes
for which he had been arrested.
The authorities always believed
that he was guilty, but when he
was brought to trial it was always
found that there was some loophole
of escape, Thus he came to be
looked upon as a dangerously
smooth criminal. At length he fell
into the error of himself believing
that he was so smooth he could
afford to entertain a feeling of con
tempt for the officers of the law.
Phoenix Republican.
Baseball Dope
Edgar A. Brown has resigned
as manager of the Flagstaff team
and Gus Jakel has succeeded him.
Gus is an erstwhile crack player
himself and will soon frame up a
team to handle local laurels. Just
who will be the star bunch has
not been decided as yet, but it is
conceded on all hands here that
they will nail down the pennant.
Rear Admiral William C. Al
vord was called to Prescott Mon
day on baseball affairs. The
Prescott team has been practically
made up and are anxious to try
conclusions with other teams of
the Northern league.
Denny For,d, a crack south
western leaguer, has signed up
with the Flag team and will arrive
this week to commence working
out with the local team. More
real live ones are being heard from
and it will not be long before the
list will run up to a full team of
fast players.
Manager Jakel has commenced
operations on the ball grounds
and is, having Mr. O'Neill prepare
the diamond for strenuous ball
playing.
Small Concession in Insurance
Insurance companies arc issu
ing for a term of three years, at
double the annual rates, policies
covering B or C class mercantile
buildings (not contents) occupied
exclusively for mercantile pur
poses, and for office, lodge hall,
public hall, (without movable
scenery), hotel or dwelling pur
poses, provided a 70 per cent co
insurance clause be made part of
each and every policy covering
such mercantile risks.
The above modification of exist
ing insurance rates was put into
effect for Arizona by the insurance
trust March 24th, last.
Iris to be hoped that the trust
will also look into other rates and
get them low enough so that a
poor man will be able to insure
his property without mortgaging
it. It is about as cheap to let it
burn now as it is to insure.
Curfew Shall Now Ring
City Marshal Wheeler has a new
job, or at least an old job re
vamped. Now promptly at 9
p. m. the fire bell clangs a warn
ing to all younger fry to scamper
for their cots. The Curfew ordi
nance has been dug up, brushed
off and started to work anew.
This will prevent a considerable
wear and tear on the streets and
will give many a young fellow
more opportunity to be at home
with his family and to study up
for the next day's Work.
Is Perfecting a Patent
A. A. Milligan, last Saturday,
resigned his place with the West
ern Union linemen crew and left
that evening on the limited for
Los Angeles, where he will make
his home for some time. "Al" is
perfecting a typewriting machine
and his time in Los Angeles will
be spent in having models made
of the different parts' of the ma
chine. Williams News.
Election of School Trustee
At the school election held Sat
urday, George T. Herrington was
elected to that responsible posi
tion by a vote of 25 over Edgar
Hash who received 10 votes. The
heavy vote would indicate how
stfenuous'was,the.'election. .. ,,
WOUNDED Mi DIES
Oleson, Who Was Shot at Williams by
Colored Denizen of Redllght .
District, Dies
The second death within a week
from rows at Williams occurred
Sunday night when 0. C. Oleson.
a Swede lumber jack, died at the
county hospital as an indirect result
of wounds received it the hands of
Leah Howard, a colored woman
who run a house of ill repute at
Williams.
Stories differ as to the cause of
the shooting. One side maintains
that Oleson was drinking" heavily
and had been thrown out of a
couple of dives before coming to
the Howard place and that he was
in an ugly mood. He was or
dered out by the colored woman,
but seized a plank nnd was smash
ing up things generally when she
shot him. Others say he was
shot when leaving the place.
His wounds were not consid
ered dangerous when brought to
Flagstaff. One ball entered his
side and penetrated the lining of
the stomach, coming out in front.
Another made two wounds in the
fleshy part of his arm. A post
mortem examination was made of
the body Monday by physicians to
arrive at the direct cause of his
death if 'possible.
The Howard woman is under
arrest and was placed under
$2500 bonds last week when it
was thought Oleson would get well.
It is reported that physicians
who made the postmortem exami
nation say that death was caused
by effection of the lungs, no men
tion being made of the wounds as
having caused death.
The funeral services were held
at the Whipple undertaking par-
lorsconducted by Rev. Metcalf,
and were largely attended by the
many friends of the deceased from
here and Bellemont.
Mrs. Marvin Beal Dead
Mrs. Marvin Beal passed away
Wednesday morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. John W.
Francis, after a brief illness. Her
illness was not alarming until a
few days before her death when
her children were notified.
Mrs. Martha J. Hatfield was
born in New York state and was
3 years of age at the time of her
death. She was married in Elgin,
111., to Marvin S. Beal, and came
to Flagstaff in 1880, where they
made their home up to the time of
the death' of Mr. Beal, April 10,
1908. Since that time Mrs. Beal
has lived a part of the time in
California but always claimed
Flagstaff as her home. She leaves,
four girls and two boys to mourn
the passing of a loving mother:
Mrs. J. W. Francis, of Flagstaff;
Mrs. W. C. Bayless, Florence,
Ariz; Mrs. Everette Hanna, Mrs.
Irene Meyer and Frank Beal, of
Ontario, Calif., and Edward Beal
of Flagstaff.
Mrs. Beal was a woman of the
old school, whose love of home
and family was always uppermost;
a motherly woman, whose early
life as a pioneer was a rugged
one, entailing many hardships,
which brought forth strong char
acter. .
f Though age made invidious in
roads, her many friends did not
realize the end was so near and
were greatly grieved at the news
of her death. The sympathy of
the community is extended to the
family in their loss.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, con
ducted by Rev. Clyde P. Metcalf.
Allen Greenlaw Breaks Leg
Allen Greenlaw had his leg
broken, Thursday morning, at the
Greenlaw mill. He was working
on the carriage and accidentally
got the leg in between a log com
ing down from the roll-way to the
carriage. Dr.'Schurman dressed
the broken limb and brought him
in to the Milton hospital a short
time after the accident occurred.
The leg.was broken below.tfie.knee.
Paroles Granted
Governor Sloan has granted
paroles to three students in the
industrial school at Benson. One
is Carlos Arbiso, who at the age of
15 was sent there from Maricopa
county on March 6, 1910. Another
was Clarence Dwiggins, who was
sent from Coconino county, Octo
ber 6, rgo8, and who is released on
the application of his father, who
thinks he can now properly care for
him. The third is Fred Turner,
who was sent from Maricopa coun
ty, April 23, 1910. The paroles
were all endorsed by the recom
mendation of J. E. Mahoney, su
perintendent of the institution.
More New Residences
V. P. Wyland commenced the
construction of a model borne on
the hill Monday which will cost
1500.
The Dr. Switzer residence is
well under" way north of the court
house and will soon be closed in
by Contractor Walker.
More people are hunting lots
every day and new homes will be
epidemic in the next month.
Work was commenced on the
new stone store building for S. L.
Finley Monday. Herman Deitz
man has the contract and will soon
have the long walls running up
skyward.
Order of Owls Coming
Now it is proposed to organize
a nest of unfeathered Owls in
Flagstaff to better protect their
hoots. Charles Rice is gathering
in the material to build the nest.
The order pays sick, accident,
disability and death benefits. The
initiation fee is $5, and fifty cents
a month dues. The Owls origi
nated at South Bend, Indiana, in
1904, and now have a membership
of 146,000 hooters and is rapidly
gathering in more. Flagstaff has
man lodges but there is always
room for another one.
Anent Our Constitution
A Kansas butcher was driving a
cow to his slaughter house when
a stranger stopped him and said,
"What are you going to do with
that cow?" "I'm going to kill
her," said the- butcher. The
stranger looked the cow over very
carefully. "Oh, I don't believe
I'd do that; if you feed her up
awhile I think she will live."
Good Company Coming
The Chicago Entertainment Co.,
under the auspices of the Santa
Fo, will give one of their enjoya
ble entertainments at Emerson
hall Monday evening, April 3.
It will be an evening of music
and light drama by teachers of
these arts from Chicago conserva
tories. Inspection Company I
All members of Company I are
hereby ordered to report at the
Armory Saturday, April 1, at 7:30
p. mM prepared for inspection of
arms and equipment.
Wm. A. Campbell,
Captain Com,
April Court Postponed
Judge Doe has notified District
Attorney Steeves and Clerk of the
Court N. G. Layton that the April
term of district court has been
postponed to April 17th, owing to
press of other cases at Prescott
and Kingman.
Two men were injured at Fair
view, west of Williams, last Sat
urday, by a premature explosion
of thirty cans of giant powder.
One man was thrown twerity feet
against a boulder and was thought
to be fatally injured; the other was
thrown forty feet, but escaped
with minor injuries.
Mr. F. W. Perkins returned this
week from attending the big meet
ing of wool growers at Salt Lake.
He expects to go to Washington
shortly as a member of the nation
al committee to protest against a
reduction of the tariff on wool.
George Babbitt has purchased
the old Brannen drugstore build
ing of S. L. Finley and is having
it remodeled and fitted up for a
store building.
FIRST MUSIC OF THE SEASON
Open Air Band Concert Sunday After-
noonJJAppreciated Band Making
Rapid Progress Boost for
a Band Stand
The Flagstaff band lined up on
the court house lawn Sunday after
noon and rendered a few selec
tions in a manner so creditable
that it elicited all sorts of praise
from music lovers of the city. It
was a day of freakish weather
snow and rain with sunshine be
tween times otherwise a larger
crowd would have turned out to
hear the music. However, hun
dreds of people listened at open
doors and windowsand.the unani
mous verdict was that the boys
did handsomely.
Evidently the band is beyond
the experimental stage and has
come to stay. It is composed en
tirely of home boys, many of
whom have purchased expensive
instruments at their own expense.
They practice twice a week regu
larly and have long since passed
the critical point where so many
bands go to pieces and are now
working on a good grade of music.
That they handle it admirably
was evidenced last Sunday as well
as on previous occasions.
It would seem that the least,the
city can do is to fall in and boost
the band and thus insure frequent
open airconcerts during the sum
mer. The erection of a good
band stand ought to be under
taken at once, and the boys arc
also planning to get uniforms,
more new instruments and other
paraphernalia which they will
need as they progress. They are
making arrangements to give a
ball and concert the Monday night
following Easter, Fwhich will give
everyone in the city an opportu
nity to do the generous thing by
them. Let us all join in and give
them a boost. We want lots of
music this summer. It will make
the city goand grow.
Will Open Lolomai Lodge in May
Mrs. F, W. Sisson has announc
ed that she will open Lolomai
Lodge on Oak Creek about May
15th next. Lolomai Lodge is situ
ated in the most beautiful spot in
the west and is rapidly gaining
fame as a summer resort where
guests may enjoy rugged scenery
in a canyon renowned for its beauty.
Oak Creek has long been famous
in Arizona for trout fishing and its
fame is spreading to the outside
world. One who has not visited
Lolomai Lodge on Oak Creek can
hardly realize that such an Arcadian
spot exists. Each year more a"nd
more visitors spend their summer
vacations there and bring their
mends the next time.
MAINE MENTIONS
Maine, Ariz., March 29.
Conductor Reynolds made a -flying
trip to Winslow and return
the middle of the week.
Mrs. James Morehead and family
moved to their ranch four miles
north of Maine Monday for the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. iohn Baumtrart-
ner spent Saturday in Williams.
Miss Minnie Tarr was a Finer-
staff visitor Wednesday.
R. C. Stripp spent several hours
here Monday.
W. W. Kellv and E. T. Coffv
were Maine visitors last week.
Smith construction camp No. 2,
which has been stationed 2 miles
east of Williams for some time,
moved to Maine the first of the
week, settings out their steam
shovel at mile post 363.
Messrs. Franklin McGaha and
Richards, with their wives, ar
rived Monday and have rented
houses from Babbitt Bros, at
Maine.
The three Misses Gaston, Supt..
Gibson's nieces, are stationed at
Riordan finishing up their tele
graph work under the tutorshipof;
Mr. William Hayden.
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