Mariano Fabron |
| Posted 2018-02-12 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Monday, April 19, 1907, page 4, column 4 Dead Mexican Was Struck With Gas Pipe Mariano Gabron Killed At Wood Spur by Antonio Aylia Mariano Gabron is the name of the man who died Wednesday on an S. F., P. & P. train, on route here, of injuries received at the hands of Antonio Aylia in a drunken altercation, Sunday afternoon, at White's commissary, at Wood Spur, according to Under Sheriff Neagle, who returned from Wood Spur last night, after making a thorough investigation of the affair, which still appears to be shrouded in more or less mystery, as there were no eye-witnesses to the affray, according to the statements of the Mexicans employed there. Mr. Neagle says that from what information he could gather from the Mexicans he found at the different wood camps, it appears that a large number of them gathered Sunday evening at the commissary for the purpose of settling accounts and purchasing rations for the coming week. Several of them had been at Ash Fork earlier in the day and had returned to the place with bottles of whisky and nearly all were under the influence of liquor, when Gabron and Aylia got into a dispute outside of the building. Gabron picked up a rock and was about to strike Aylia with it when the latter seized a short piece of gas pipe and struck Gabron on the side of the head, felling him to the ground. Attracted by the noise several of those on the inside rushed out and saw Gabron bleeding from a wound about four inches in length on the side of the forehead, exposing the skull, which on examination yesterday, was found to have been fractured. Aylia told the others that Gabron tried to hit him with a large rock and that he struck him with the gas pipe in self-defense. After Gabron's nose ceased bleeding he walked with the others to the wood camp, some three miles distant, and made no complaint of feeling ill until Wednesday morning, when his fellow workers decided to send him here to consult a physician. He was taken to the station at Wood Spur, in H. B. White's wagon, and placed in charge of the Mexican, Rosalles, who was on his way here. Aylia could not be found by the officers yesterday, although a search of the locality was made for him. One Mexican claims to have seen him at his camp, Wednesday afternoon, but none of the others appear to have seen him since Monday morning. His description has been wired to officers in different parts of the Territory and it is possible that he may be apprehended. In appearances he is about 40 years old, 6 feet in height, and has a reddish colored beard and mustache, light blue eyes and light complexion. When last seen he was dressed in his overalls and jumper. Both murder and victim are strangers here and have no known relatives or connections to the county. During the last two weeks Aylia has told several of the wood choppers employed in the camp that he intended to leave for California in a short time, and the officers are of the opinion that he will endeavor to make his escape in that direction. Rosalles, who was arrested Wednesday, when he arrived here with the dead man, will be released today, as he apparently had no connection with the crime. Transcriber's note: Mr. Fabron is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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