CON SULLIVAN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 15, 1909

Word was received in Bisbee late Wednesday afternoon, says the 
Bisbee Miner that Justin Rose, who is wanted for the murder of 
Con Sullivan in the Gailuro Mountains about three weeks ago, 
had gone to Solomonville and given himself up to Sheriff 
Anderson of Graham County.  He is now in the Graham County 
jail at Solomonville and he will be held there until the men 
suspected of the complicity in the cowardly murder are 
captured.  Rose is a young man, not over 22 years of age and 
lives at Pearce in this county. His father accompanied by a 
Douglas attorney has gone to Solomonville to arrange for his 
defense.

Sullivan who was an old timer in Bisbee was undoubtedly the 
victim of a cold blooded murder as the result of a dispute 
over a herd of goats which was owned in partnership by 
Sullivan and Dick Lockett. The trouble resulted in a insult 
brought by Sullivan, an attachment on the goats and the 
restoration of them to Sullivan.

Sullivan was murdered on Feb. 21 on which day there was a heavy 
snowstorm in the mountains. A man named George Feagles saw 
Sullivan that day at a little abandoned cabin in the mountains 
near the Kennedy ranch.  Feagles was on his way to Kennedy's 
place for a sack of grain and upon his return trip, Sullivan 
and his entire outfit was gone.  The floor of the old cabin 
had been freshly swept, but as the roof had leaked the interior 
was wet.  Sullivan had told Feagles that Rose and Dave Roberts, 
the latter's partner had threatened to kill him if they got a 
chance and Feagles immediately surmising that Con had been 
foully dealt with, got Jim Kennedy to assist him hunt for 
Sullivan.

On the return of Kennedy and Feagles to the abandoned cabin, 
the floor had dried sufficiently to distinguish blood stains.  
Blood stains were also found on the walls and on an old 
bedstead. Outside the tracks of three men leading to the 
cabin were found in the snow and led to the goat camp, which 
was three miles above the cabin.  Sullivan's horse and burros 
had been rounded up and driven off as were the goats. The 
trail was followed by two men until the snow had covered the 
tracks.

Feagles and Kennedy then went to Solomonville and notified 
Sheriff Anderson that they believed Sullivan had been murdered 
and that his goats were stolen by the murders.  Anderson went 
out and took the trail.  He discovered Suillivan's gun and part 
of his cooking outfit hidden in a rocky place.  The next day 
the sheriff and his hunting party came across the body of the 
murdered man hidden in a rocky crevice covered with a bed quilt, 
a bloody wagon sheet and some cedar wood thrown on top.  
Sullivan had been shot in the back of the head.

Rose and Roberts were seen together on the following Wednesday 
in their camp by Feagles.  They said that they did not know 
what had become of Sullivan.  Two Mexican goat herders who 
were taken into Solomonville by the sheriff reported that 
when they came in with the goats Wednesday night, Rose and 
Roberts had gone, leaving the three dogs tied up.  They had 
not taken their own horses and saddles, but only their guns.  
They also took Sullivan's horse, Feagles' burros and pack 
saddles and all the bedding that belonged to Sullivan and 
Feagles.  They also took all the food supplies in the camp.

Roberts has been in considerable trouble lately and he was 
recently tried at Pearce for shooting up a ranch, being now 
under bonds to appear before the next grand jury. His family 
is said to be living at Del Rio, Texas.