The Arizona Miner
Prescott, Arizona Territory
August 10th, 1867
SUPPOSED MURDER ON THE LA PAZ ROAD.
The teamsters with Fencer' s train, which
arrived here a few days since ,
report
that at a point about four miles from
Black Tanks ,
and about a hundred yards
from the road, they found the body of a
soldier much decomposed. Upon arriving at
Camp McPherson they learned that one
William Lawyer ,
who
having
lately
received $600 from his wife in the East,
determined to desert, and did so, with
one Collins, about four weeks since. It
is supposed that Collins killed him for
his money, and we hear that a man answer—
ing Collins' description lately crossed
at the Bradshaw Ferry in the night ,
( seizing the boat, ) with Callahan ,
who
killed McGee at Wickenburg. The precious
pair are probably in San Francisco by
this time ,
and we commend them to the
police. Collins is said to have, during
the war, been a member of Mosby' s famous
band of guerillas.
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