Deputy Camarons’ horse gave out following a shot rang out of the forest but Sheriff Fairchild carried on until he met the Prescott train and Deputy Morrell who had followed the railroad track on foot. {{featured_button_text}}They saw the murderer and called to him to throw up his hands -- which he did. Upon being arrested he gave his name as James Walters, and acknowledged that he had shot the conductor but expressed surprise and regret that he had killed him. Sixteen veterans of the Spanish-American War gathered at the courthouse on Wednesday night and organized the Fred H. Champlin Post of the United Spanish-American War Veterans. Champlin was one of the Rough Riders who volunteered from Flagstaff and was the only Flagstaff man killed during the war.

Source: Daily Sun December 13, 2020 17:02 UTC