BILLY LONG
Sept. 28, 1905
Az Silver Belt

The Mexican who murdered Billy Long, brother of Charles H. Long, 
foreman of the Az Silver Belt has been captured by Ranger Old at 
Nogales.  The name of the man who killed Long is Manuel Luez and 
the name arrested at Nogales gave the name of Luis Ravero, supposed 
to have been assumed to conceal his identity. However, Bisbee 
officers state that the man captured is Luez and he has been 
taken to that city for further identification and preliminary 
hearing.  The Bisbee Review says that the murder of Long was 
one of the most sensational affairs of the kind in the history 
of Bisbee.  The officer was on his way home one night having 
guarded a voting booth during an election, when his slayer 
attacked him with a knife.  In the fierce fight which followed, 
Long received cuts and stabs all over his body and died within a 
few minutes after the Mexican made his escape.

At the time every effort was made to arrest the slayer, but by 
hard riding he reached the line ahead of his pursuers and 
escaped.

The whereabouts of Ravero in Mexico have been known to the 
Arizona authorities ever since the murder, but owing to the 
carelessness of the officials on the other side of the line, 
no extradition could be affected. However Ravero has had 
relatives living at Nogales for years and the authorities 
have carefully watched that point, feeling confident that 
he would sooner or later cross the line and again come 
under American jurisdiction.  This proved to be the case 
and so carefully was the watch for this particular Mexican 
kept up that he was not in Nogales an hour before the arrest 
was made.


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