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THE COPPER ERA
Friday, October 11, 1912
STATE NEWS
GILA MONSTER ID
RATTLER IN BIG
FIGHT
Snake Struck Three Times and Miss
ed; Lizard Gets Its Grip on Rat
tler's Neck,. Ending Struggle.
GLOBE, Ariz-, Bob Henry, the well
known prospector, tells the following
story of a fight between a rattlesnake
and a Gila monster. There were 17
rattles on the snake and two were lost
He has the rattles in his possession .
At first he hesitated to tell the story
on the fear that h would not be be
lieved. One evening about the middle of
last August, while on the way from
town to his camp on the Pinal moun
tain road, he was attracted by th-3
sound of a rattlesnake. Turning to
the rieht. he discovered a rattler
about seven feet long, and three feet
away. To the right a Gila monster
was sitting on an ant pile. The
snake stood up from the ground
higher than a man's knee in the shape
of an elongated "S". The remainder
of his body was upon the ground be
hind him in a straight line. In addi
tion to rattling, a hissing sound is
sued from his mouth. The Gila hal
evidently been 'eating ants when
called to attention by the snake. He
was standing up from the ground as
high as his two short legs would per
mit, which was close to two inches.
His tensed attitude indicated that he
knew trouble was ahead. Suddenly
the snake struck full at the big lizard,
but the fangs passed over the mons
ter, because he had seen the blow
coming, and quick as. a flash had flat
tened himself on-the ground. The
snake -drew-himself up and struck
again, but missed his. mark r. .For the
third time the snake drew back and
struck, but he struck only empty air,
for the lizard was over two inches to
the right. At the completion of his
third attempt Jo sink his fangs into
the motled body of the Gila monster,
he started to draw back for another
attempt, but he "reconed without his
host." Before the triangular head
had traveled backward over four
jnchesXha Gila dealt his card . With
a lightning-like lunge, equal to the
fastest stroke of the famed king snake
he plunged for the back of the rat
tlers neck and the fraction of a sec
ond later the seven-foot snake was
writhing helplessly in the bulldog
jaws of the eighteen inch lizard. Ha
twisted, turned, flapped and -wriggle.'.,
but there was no relaxation of that
' iron grip. Several times the lizard
was thrown vertically into the air,and
as many more he 'was dragged upon
the dusty road with his feet vainly
attempting to find a hold. But the
jaws held tight. After two or thres
minutes of the struggle, the efforts
of. the reptile became weaker until
finally he lay dead upon the ground
Then and not until then did the death
grip of the Gila monster relax. Hav
ing fought his battle and won, . he
started quietly on his way. He had
earned his freedom, for he' had done
well. Man, however, his unconquer
able enemy, reached out and gathered
him in. . . . ' '
FATALLY SHOT BY
FURIOUS
WOMAN
Prescott Mining Man Fatally Wound
ed at Zonia Mining Camp- Shoot
. ing Outgrowth Of Litigation
of Long Standing Was
Looking for Trouble and
Found It.
.PRESCOTT, Ariz., Oct. S A report
reached this city yesterday to th'i
effect that Mrs. F. R. Moses had
shot and fatally wounded Joe Mackin
at the Zonia mining camp about
nine mlies southeast of Kirkland val
ley.
The shooting was the climax of
trouble that has been brewing be
tween Mackin and Mr. and Mrs.
Moses. A week ago Mackin and
Moses figured in a criminal suit in
Yavapai county when Mackin was
held in ?1,000 bail to the Superior
Court for the crime of assault and
battery on the person of Mrs. Moses.
This happened in the early part of
September.
The trouble culminated at the home
pf Moses. The Moses' home Wd'i
some distance from where Mackin
lived and it is supposed that Mackin
came to the Moses nouse looking for
trouble. It is not known at present
whether any fight took place beside
the shooting or not as the telephone
line between Kirkland and Zonia
down and the only communication.
was the mail carrier who came to
Kirkland for the doctor.
- Mrs. Moses fired six shots into
Mackin and it is also said that she
fired one barrel of a shotgun into
the man. ' Dr. J. B. McNally was
called to aid the injured man and
left for the scene of the shooting at
once. It was expected that Mackin
would be brought into Prescott last
night but has not arrived so far.
became unmanageable as it was
coming around the mountain, and
before any of the occupants rea
lized the situation it was going at
break-neck speed, and all at once
went over a fifteen-foot embankment
turning three distinct summersaults
as it fell. Every one in the car went
headlong after it as it fell, but fortun
ately none or tne occupants were
caught when it landed. The machine
was a complete wreck.
KILLED BY LIGHTENING.
J. W. Copelano. of Dayton, Ohio,
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for his boy. who had a
cold, and before the bottle was' lal
used the boy's cold was gone. Is
that not better than to pay a five do'
lar doctor's bill? For sale by all
dealers.
RAILROADS IN THE NEW STATE
After Seven Years of Constant Travel
He Arrives in Arizona Was One
of the First in Alaska During
the Rush.
From Nome, Alaska, to Prescott,
Arizona, by way of Maine and Florida
and every other state in the Union ex
cept California, is a long hike. Sue a
is the trip being made by Eli Smitn,
who hit the Mile-High City last Wed
nesday, driving a dog team . The or's
inal team consisted of ten genuine
malamutes. Of the team which land
ed in this city, after 44,000 miles of
travel since November 14, 1905, only
one dog started with the original
team. About 150 other dogs had
gone .to the bad.
The trip is being made by Mr.
Smith to win large wagers. The min
ers of Nome and the small carriers of
the same district wagered $25,000
that Mr. Smith's dog team could not
travel from Nome to Washington,
D. C before May - 1.-1970, start to
be made on November 14th, 1905. Un
der the terms of the wager, proof
had to be made that the distance
had been accomplished, and this was
done by the delivery of a letter froin
Alfred S. Moore, chief justice of the
SiinrAme Court of Alaska, to Pres'.-
Hont Rnnsevelt. at Washington. The
feat was accomplished on Feb. 20th,
iQn7 some 69 days ahead of sched
ule.
Besides the above wager, Mr. Smith
had taken a side bet of 16,000 that
he would with his dog team visit the
anftai nf every state in the union
before Mav 1. 1913. The last capi
tals to be visited will be Phoenix
and Sacramento, which will finish the
long pilgrimage.
Many millions of dollars are invest
ed in the railroads of Arizona, and
with the constant expansion of busi
ness, extension of the railroad service
are being made from time to time
with increasing frequency. At th?
present time Arizona has more than
2,000 miles of railroads.
Within the past year the El Paso
& Southwestern has built an exter-
sion of its line from Fairbank, in Co
chise county, ' to Tucson, in Pima
county, a distance of sixty-seren
miles. The same company is now
building a fifteen-mile extension from
Lewis Springs to Fort Huachuca, oa
the strength of assurance by the war
department, that the fort will be a
regimental post. The Arizona East
ern is engaged in. building an exten
sion of the Globe-Miami branch line
to the Inspiration Copper company's
property, while a forty mile branch
line is being built by th eSanta Fe )
tap the fertile Verde Valley in Yava
pai county.
The first railroad line to buold
through Arizona was the Southern
Pacific, which entered the territory
from the west at Yuma in 1878. It
passes through Tucson, Benson, Case
Grande, Wilcox, Bowie and San
Simon, crossing the line into Ne v
Mexico. It passes through Yuma
Pinal, Pima, Maricopa and Cochise
counties.
George D. Pittman, a rancher near
Willcox, was struck by lightning Wed
nesday and killed, according to the
brought into Tucson by O. C. Park
er of the Parker Undertaking parlor
recently. Mr. Pitman was struck oa
top of the head by the bolt. It rang
ed down his neck and left leg, and
blew one shoe ' off. Nothing of the
shoe could be found.
In discussing the question Mr. Pac
ker said that the queer thing about
the accident was ttat the man hai
hardly a scar on him. On top of his
head there was a slight scar. The
bones of his shoulders were crushed
and his neck was broken. The bones
of his leg were split lengthwise. His
shoe disappeared uto the air, with
out injuring the foot to any notice
able extent. ' The body was sent to
Alabama.
PROCLAMATION OF REPRIEVE
AUTO HEADFIRST
OVER EMBA
INT
DOUGLAS, Oct. 9. Albert Brown,
C. C. Lockhart, Mrs. W. S. Melvm
and Mrs. J. W. Childres, all of Doug
las, had a most remarkable escape
from instant death last night when
an automobile in which they were
riding became unmanageable on a
hill, ran away, plunged off a nembank-
ment fifteen feet high into the gulch
below .
As it was, Mrs. Melvin sustained
a broken collar bone, and some
severe bruises about the body. Mrs
Childers a severely sprained arm
and many bad bruises. Mr. Lock-
hart was hurt in several place3,
and Mr Brown received a gash on
the head which required five stitch
es, and was otherwise hurt.
The accident occurred at 6:30
o'clock, just as it vas getting pretty
dark, about four miles this side of
Lowell, while the party was re
turning from a trip to Bisbee in a
car owned by John Owens, which wai
being driven by Lockhart.
For some unknown reason the car
STATE OF ARIZONA,
Executive Department. . '
To All To Whom These Presents Shall
Come, GREETING:
WHEREAS, pursuant to indictment
for murder in the County of Yavapai
Territory of Arizona, and trial there
for and conviction thereof in .the Dis
trict Court of the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict in and for tfce said Couniy of
Yavapai, William Campbell, Eduardo
Perez and N. B. Chavez were senten
ced to be hanged by the neck until
dead at the State Prison, Florence,
Arizona, on the eleventh day of Octo
ber, 1912; and
WHEREAS, pursuant t oindictment
for murder in the County of Yavapai,
State of Arizona, and trial therefor
and conviction thereof in the Super
ior Court in and for said County of
Yavapai, Miguel Peralta was sentenc
ed to be hanged by the neck until
dead at the State Prison, Florence,
Arizona, on the eleventh day of Octo
ber, 1912; and '
WHEREAS, the citizens of Arizona,
grateful for their recent accession to
the privileges of Statehood, feelygenu
ine pride in the high rank which their
State has taken among the most pro
gressive Commonwealths of the Un
ion, by the founding of a Government
on the principles of Humanity, Utili
ty, and Economy; and
' WHEREAS, by actual experience
and by comprehensive statistics com
piled by the World's most Eminent
Sociologists and Political Economists,
it has been proven, beyond all doubt,
that Capital Punishment is not found
ed upon Utility; that it does not ac
as an efficient Deterrent from Capi
tal Crime; but for reasons that are ap
parent, incites the Social Conscious
ness to further violence-and bloodshed
as is shown by the fact that the States
leading in the number of legal execu
tions also lead in lynchings; while
Michigan and Wisconsin, which abol
ished Capital Punishment over fifty
years ago, have during the last ten
years had only half as many murders
in proportion to population as Ohio,
which has rigorously applied the
Death Penalty; and
WHEREAS, a murder is none the
less a murder when committed by
Society instead of by an individual;
contravenes the dictates of Modera
Christianity and the Ideals of Civili
zation therefore has no more rightful
place in the Social Order of two cen
turies ago, but is a ghastly error of
ancient judgment, a dictum of darker
ages; and inasmuch as the First Stats
Legislature, during its regular and ex
traordinary sessions, was so occupied
by matters of vital importance to the
State, as to have been prevented from
making Capital Punishment adequate
ly the subject of investigation and de
liberation, and
WHEREAS, I deem it to be for the
best interests of Arizona and in ab
solute accord with the irreproachable
record thus far maintained by this
State as a Commonwealth alive to
every need of the Age ,and alert to
every call of Progress, that the Legis
lature, which of necessity must be
convened in Special Session within a
few months, shall have a second op
portunity to apply its Energy, States
manship and Judgment to a proposal
for the Abolition of Capital Punish
ment and thus forhid that our fair
State should stain her career by the
quadruple' execution scheduled to oc
cur on October 11, 1912; and
WHEREAS, it is my earnest belief
that the will of the people of Arizona
in being a servant of whom I am high
ly honored, would not dictate or sanc
tion the deliberate hanging of four
men under sentences of death at the
State Prison, in transgression of the
Law of God and in defiance of th;
Teachings of Christianity, that great
est of civilizing influences whereby
Retribution is tempered with kindly
Mercy; and inasnwich as every bet
ter human instinct and the importun
ate admonitions of Conscience cry out
against delegating to one man the du
ty of putting to death his fellowman:
and
WHEREAS, If the Legislature of
our Sovereign Stace,. after furthsr
conscientious investigation and due, de
liberation, should deem it inexpedi
ent or unwse to eliminate Capital Pun
ishment from our Penal Code, I would
desire, under the salutary provisions
of the Initiative embraced in our Con
stitution, to circulate a Petition pro
posing he Abolition of the Death Pen
alty for Capital Crimes, and to sectite
the submission of the question to the
Electors of this State at a Special
or General Election;
NOW. THEREFORE, Be it known
that I, Geo. W. P. Hunt, Governor of
Arizona, by virtue of the power and
authority in me vested, do hereby
grant until the said William Camp
bell, Eduardo Perez, N. B. Chavez
and Miguel Peralta reprieves from the
aforesaid sentences until the twelfth
day of April, A. D. 1913.
IN WiTNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Arizona to
be affixed.
Done at Phoenix, the Capitol, this
ninth day of October, A .D. 1912.
By the Governor:
GEO. W. P. HUNT. '
Attest:
SIDNEY P. OSBORN, .
State Secretary
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Startling Figures Which Show That
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and the High Cost of Living Must
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$2,000,000,000 each year, or over $100
per family on manufactured goods
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President Taffs vetoes of the wool
tariff bill and the steel tariff measure
passed by a Democratic house COST
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES ABOUT $650,000,000 PER
ANNUM.
The cost of conducting the federal
government MORE THAN DOUBLED
between the close of President Cleve
land's second administration (Demo
cratic) and the beginning of President
Roosevelt's second administration (Re
publican). As the DIRECT RESULT OP HIGH
REPUBLICAN TARIFF SCHED
ULES the people of the United States
pay a tax FROM NINE TO SEVENTY-EIGHT
PER CENT on food and
ordinary household articles used in the
home by every family, rich and poor.
The total cost of running the federal
government in 1860 was $55,000,000.
The amount appropriated at a single
session of the Sixty-first congress for
the fiscal year 1911 $1,027,133,446.44
was more than double the amount
$954,496,055.13 appropriated for the
fiscal years 1897 and 1898 at both ses
sions of the Fifty-fourth congress, the
last congress of the second Cleveland
administration.
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