MCCULLOUGH, Patrick Henry

Wickenburg (AZ) Sun Friday, November 20, 1942, p 4:4 Army Deserter Held In Miner's Death A 22-year-old soldier who told E Graham, Mohave county sheriff he deserted from an army camp near Rice, Calif., was locked up in the Mohave county jail last night as a suspect in the slaying of Patrick H McCullough at Almo (sic) Crossing November 8. Sheriff Graham, aided by Willis Butler, Yavapai county sheriff, made the arrest near Prescott Tuesday night after trailing his man over a wide area of Mohave and Yavapai counties for 10 days. McCullough, 64 years old, candidate for state mine inspector in 1934, was found dead in his cabin at the Rawhide mine near Almo (sic) Crossing, 75 miles northwest of here, with a bullet wound in his head. A small caliber rifle was found a half mile away, Graham reported. After making an investigation at McCullough's cabin, the sheriff took up the trail of the suspect after learning he had stayed overnight with a near-by rancher, four days before the shooting was reported. Twenty miles away, Graham found a man who said he had given a soldier a ride to Congress on November 11. The search then turned to Yavapai county, where it was learned the hunted man had stayed at the Congress mine. From there the trail led to the Mule Shoe ranch in the Kirkland district, on to Hillside and into Skull Valley. Tuesday night Ray Contreras, Skull Valley rancher, notified the officers that the suspect had been there. He was arrested while approaching Prescott. On the prisoner's person, Sheriff Graham said, were a watch, mineral glass and keys believed to have belonged to McCullough. The officer said he would question the prisoner further tomorrow before deciding what charges to file against him.