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WEEKLY EPITAPH.
TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, JULY 29. 1883
Hnnily Hob'M Ntnco Uuc.
OlUce, Well's Fargo & Company's build
tug. yucca leavu Tombstone for Conten
tion at Ha. m. to connect with the eastern-bound
Lruln and al 1 :U) p. ui. to connect with tho west
ern hound train. Accommodation stage for Con
tention will leave every day at" :30 o'clock a.m.aud
2:30 p. m., city time.
Opposition lilno.
N. Smith's Opposition Stage Ltneleavea Tomb
atone every day at 8 a. m. and 1 :S0 p. m and con
nects with the morning and evening trains at
Coutcntlon. Fare, 81.O0.
Mails.
Eastern Mall Inclndlng all points east or Ben
son closes 9 p. m.
Western Mail Including all points west o n
a on closes 11 :80 a, m.
Money Order business closesJ3 p. m.
Rtglster business closes 3:30 p. m.
No Money Order or Register business transact
ed after office hours.
Xi:W lt.VIl.KO A I TI3IK TAHIii:.
EASTWARD.
San Francisco leave at 8:30 a.m. every day
Los Angeles leave at 7 a. m. second day
llenson leavo at 8:25 a.m. third day
Doming leavo at 8 p. m. third day
Kansas City leave at J:30 p.m. sixth day
St. Louis leavo at 7 p. m. sixth day
sw York arrive at 10:30 a.m. elgalh day
WESTWARD.
Now York leavo at 6 p.m. everyday
St. Leula leave at 8:50 a. m. third day
Kansas City leave at 10:15 p. m. third day
Demlng leavs at 7 a. m. sixth day
Benson leave at3:4ip.m. sixth day
Tucson leave at 6 :30 p.m. sixth day
Los Angeles., leave at 8:15 p.m. suventn (lay
San Francisco arrive at 3:35 p. m. eighth day
1 iii
THE BENSON RUSTI4EUS.
Au F.mlgraut Train Taken In, anil tho
I'amsencera ltobbed.
The industrious scoundrels who are rap.
idly arning an unenviable reputation Tor
the town of Benson, added another to their
long list of outrages and crimes Wednes
day morning. An emigrant train steered
into tho station auout daylight, and was de
layed nearly an hour, switching freight
cars and catching on empties. The two
last cars on the train wero second-class
emigrant can and were left
back a couple of hundred yards
on tho 'track. While the railroad
employees were busily engaged at their
business, about ten of the rustlers sneaked
back to the emigrant train, and in western
parlance "took it in." Four of the scoun
drels stood at each of the four doors and
with pistols tn hand commanded silence.
The, rest of tho robbers then ransacked the
two cars and took everything of value that
could be found, even going so far as taking
car-rings, and jewelry from women
and young girls One old woman
who was traveling to California with twa
daughters, had a purse containing $370
forcibly taken out of her clinched hand ;
an old man had a pair of fine boots
pulled off his feet, and ttree young girls,
who wera sleeping in a corner of one of
the cars, were robbed of all their bedding.
It took about fifteen minutes to complete
the job, and the robbers absconded and
have not been heard from since. It is
estimated that not less than $500 worth
was stolen.
AN INDIAN KAID,
Vrclclitera Attacked N'onr Ccilar
Hprlngt.
A dispatch was received at Foit Ilua
chuca about 0 o'clock Wednesday even
ing, informing tho commanding officer
that a band of hostllcs had raided in the
neighborhood of Cedar Springs, attacked a
freighting party and killed one of the
drivers. The freighters resisted the attack,
killed one of the savages and by a vigorous
fire succeeded in driving oil' tho red devils.
The freighters scalped the dead Indian
and possess the top-knot as a trophy of
their victory. Immediately on receipt
of the intelligence the commanding of
ficer ordered Lieutenant Bailey and
twenty men to take the field, and if pos
slblo Intercept the savages before they
crossed into bonora, for which place they
were evidently heading. Captain Thomp
son with his company of the Third cavalry
Is now scouting in the vicinity of Cedar
Springs, and Lieut. Bailey will co-operato
with his command and try to Intercept the
savages if possible. The dispatch reached
tho post at sine o'clock, and ere daylight
next morning, horses were shod, mules
packed and the detachment on the road.
The men wero supplied with 20 days rations
and eighty rounds of ammunition. The
promptness with which they got ready to
depart cannot be too highly commendod.
It is generally supposed that tho band were
some White Mountain Apaches, who were
iccently raiding in Pleasant Valley, and
are now escspint? to Bonora.
TKAILINGCRIMINALS.
A Hand of Determined Men In Hot
l'ursmt of Slurdercrs.
A few days ago a man named Talroland,
who was in the employ of Mr. Slaughter,
Tancher on the San Pedro, near Hereford,
was killed by a gang 01 tne lntamous Cal
abasas roughs In the south end f tho
Sonoita Valley, near tho Sonora frontier.
Ho had $800 on his person at the time of
his death, the securing of which doubtless
was the object of tho murderers. Word
reached town yesterday that Mr. Slaugh
ter, at the head of a select
party, was hot on the trail of
tho criminals, and doubtless captured a
portion of the gang before he gave up the
pursuit. Our information comes from a
man who was in Mr. Slaughter's party
until yesterday morning, but returned to
Tombstone on some business. Whiio the
man was not inclined to give much infor
mation, still it was learned indirectly that
thero was not less than eight of the mur
derers, and that five of them went to
Sonora, and three were heading northward.
The Slaughter party are on the trail of the
latter, who, from what can be learned, are
soma where in the vicinity of the Santa
Itltas. It is hardly necessary to stato that
if the pursuing party catch up with the
fugitives, the county will be saved tho
expense of trial and punishment.
.
The Tombstone Club.
The elegant rooms of the Tombstone
Club, in the second story of the Kitchlo
building, were thrown open to the mem
bers last evening. A casual glance at the
rough, unplastered walls and crude stair
way on the exterior, would not lead one to
bellove that such taste and elegance reigned
wituin. me main sitting room ot the Club
Is 19x43 feet, tastefully furnished", with
writing and card tables, easy chairs and
reading tables. Tho floor is carpeted
with rich Brussels carpet, large
pattern, and yellow the predominating
color. Tho unity of color in the furnish
ing of the room immediately attracts atten
tion. The chairs, cuspudores and curtains
are of the same general color as the carpet,
which has tiio eirect of making tho appear
ance more pleasing to the eye than a hete
rogeneous blending of hues. A magnifi
cent sideboard, well laden with choice
liquors and cigars is not the least attrac
tive portion of the furniture. ,.A spacious
apartment in rear of tho reading room w ill
be subdivided inffo card, store,
and wash rooms 111 u fow days.
The Club has about sixty merabeis and is
in a very flourishing condition. Moic
than seventy publications, comprising all
the leading American and foreign, news
papers, magazines and periodicals are re
ceived. To Mr. Richard Utile, who has
had charge of furnishing the. rooms and
arranging them, the Club is Indebted for a
display of elegant taste and good Judg
ment W. A. Daniels, a prominent c'tfren of
Iiisbee, is visiting Tcmbstrnc.
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.
The prospects of the mining industry in
this district were never so cheerful s at
present. Never did thoso interested enter
talu such unbounded faith in the mineral
wealth of Tombstone district, and never
siuco tho first pick was stuck iu the
ground, has thero been such zeal in
development. There is no doubt but tho
quality of the mineral extracted is an im
provement on that herctoforo brought to
tie surface, and tho supply stems inex
haustible. Tho Empire and Tranquility,
neighbors on Contention Ilill, are now
yielding oro of a very high grade, and from
general appearances promises to remain
veritable bonanzas. Tho great producing
mines, aro shipping' tho usual amount to
the mills, and the Iugersoll, Stonewall and
Randolph maintain the reputation of the
western end of the district. Tho following
are the litest Items of inteie9t so far as
collected by our reporters:
THANQUIHTY.
This mine is yielding some very high
grade ore, carrying free gold and horn sil
ver. About thirty tons is extracted daily,
and tho prospects of a large oro body aro
very good. A drift is being driven north
on the first level, and sloping is continued
near tho shaft. AVill start up the steam
hoisting works on the first of August.
Putting in a cago and rigging
up tho hoisting machinery now. Tho
timbers and guides are all framed and
ready." for use. Ten stamps of the
Girard mill are at work on Tranquility
oro sinco last Sunday.
LSQERSOLL.
A fine body of oro was discovered in the
west drift from the second level, a few days
ago. The upraise is now 9G feet from the
level, and is making good headway. The
rest of the works heretofore reported are
continued with good results. A crosscut
has been started north from the main west
drift on tho first level, with good indica
tions ot ore. The usual amount of ore is
hoisted, all covered with horn silver.
STOXEWALL.
The west winze on tho 100 level is now
down 130 feet. The crosscut, north, from
the ICO level, is in 10 feet in pay rock.
Sloping Is continued on the 160 level, and
the usual amount of ore is being shipped.
LOXOFJELLOW."
Work is being prosecuted with avidity
on this claim, and it is opening up nicely.
Adrift has been started south from tho
bottom, and a nice body of low grade oro
opened up, that promises to increaso in
quality as developments are prosecuted.
An air plunger has been erected and is
doing good work.
EAQLE.
Tho shaft is now down seventy feet, and
has struck a vein of very nice ore, about
two feet wide, and expanding as the york
progresses.
COKTACT.
The sUnlt on this claim is now down 125
feet and still sinking. The drifts from the
shaft are pushed along vigorously, looks
very fair, and the indications of being bet
ter are good.
BLUE MONDAY.
A lino body of ore was struck in this
mine, a lew days ago in the south drift
from the 1)0 level. The oro is of the same
general quality as the Ingersoll, and pro
mises to open up into aline body. The
shaft is down 1G0 feet.
CONTENTION.
Thcic is nothing of unusnal interest to
note from this mine'this week. The cross
cuts on tho S00 and GOO levels are pro
gressing slowly in consequence of ex
tremely hard ground, work is being
pushed both ways from the bottom of the
winze. The usuM amount of ore is being
shipped to the mill on the river. Ten
stamps of the Girard mill are still pound
ing away at Contention second-class.
There is still about 10,000 tons of the lat
ter on the dump. "
OIUND CENTUAL.
The drifts and crosscuts on the 500 and
GOO levels arc about the same as when last
reported. Tho ground is somewhat softer,
ana belter progi ess is neing maae. no
thing has been btruck as yet on the lower
level, though tho prospects look encourag
ing. The stopes throughout the mine are
looking well, uiiil there is plenty of ore in
sight.
HEAD CENTUE.
Sloping Is continued above and below
the first level. Chutes are being erected
near the shaft to facilitate loading. Au
upraise from the (list level to the sut face
has been started.
EMl'IItE.
This mine is turning into a veritable
bonanza, .and from present appearances is
second to none in tl e district. Tho stop
in tho 450 level has tuincd into a huge
body of horn silver beariuc mineral, and
the 400 level is about in the samo condi
tion. M010 than 5,000 tons of extremely
high grado ore is now in sight, assaying
from a general sample $211 in gold and
$373.31 in silver. Tho north drifts from
the 400 and 500 levels are about the same.
The west drift from tho 450 is still in hard
lime rock with good indications ot ore.
The south drilt of the 450 level Is
looking well. No first class ore extracted,
except what is absolutely necessary in the
work of development. Tho second-class
dump is increasing rapidly and now con
tains more than 1500 tons. Thero is
enough of $40 ore in sight to keep twenty
stamps at work for two years. Under the
active management of Mr. R. H. Cavill,
tho Umpire is rapidly moving to the iront
rank of the Tombstone bonanzas.
T. Jf . AND M. CO.
There is nothing of unusual consequence
to report from the mines of this company
this week. The works heretofore re
ported are being vigorously prosecuted
and the mines are looking well. Steam
hoisting works are being erected at the
West Side, and will be ready for actual
operations in a few days. No. 1 incline is
looking better. The usual amount of ore
is being shipped, and everything is run
ning along smoothly.
OLD GUATtD.
A wino has been started from the 230
level, and is being sunk through a solid
ore body. A winze is also being sunk
fiom the south drift of the 150 level. Tho
north drift from the 80 level is being
pushed forward in a cood quality of ore.
Seventy tons of ore was recently milled
with very satisfactory results. The ore is
somewhat similar to the Iugersoll, but not
quite of such a high grade.
SEOItEOATED (CIUEIJ'H CO.).
Work was commenced on the 13th, and
an open cut run. Now down eight feet,
and tapped a nice body ot chloride. Im-
prcgnatcd with horn silver. Lumber, fcr
lagging purposes, has been shipped to the
mine- The prospects aie good and work
will bo vigorously pushed. This mine is
on the samo ledge as the Randolph.
W1NKIELD.
Drifting vigorously on tho 130 level and
sinking on both shafts. Shaft 1 is down
130 feet and shaft 2, 100 feet. Connec
tion made between the two a few days
ago, at 100 feet fiom the surface. A nice
oro body was struck in the mnin drift
within tho ptst week. Sixteen men are
employed, and from four to six tons of ore
aro hoisted daily.
RANDOLPH.
'Die developments continue, and tho ore
bodies are increasing in every quarter of
the mine. Winze No 2 is now down 00
feet, all in solid ore. Winze No. 3 is down
37 feet in good oro. Drifts have been
started each way from winze No. 4 . The
southwest drift is in 40 feet nil in oie, and
ho northeast nearly the same distance in
like ground. A winze has just been started
from the crosscut connecting the two shafts.
About fifteen tons of oro aro hoisted dally,
only development woik being done, and
no ore taken out only what is necessary.
Thlrly-two men aro employed. It is ex
pected that the mill will stmt up by the
first ot the month.
Itt.UE JACKET.
Shaft No. 1 is down 50 feet, No. 2 25 feet
and No. 3 40 feet. All are being sunk iu a
solid body of ore. Work is progressing
rapidly, eight men aio employed, and
ore assaying $350 a ton extracted.
FRANKLIN.
A winze has been started ou a small
vein ot low grado ore, sixty feet west of the
shaft. Several stringers wero cut, and all
are seemingly coming together at no great
depth. Eight men are employed.
HON TON.
A contract has been let to sink the shaft
on this mine 100 feet. Now sinking
ing in fair ore, with promises of future
richness.
1'AIK VILLA.
Mado better progress during this week,
averaging two leet daily, ten hours, four
men to shift. Formation improving.
Ledge lying against hanging wall. Widen
ed to two feet, showing some ore of a fair
quality. Ledge making the true course,
with several stringers of quartz passing
through it. There is no sign of a toot
wall yet. Shaft is securely timbered. Ven
tilation good. Everything working un
interuptedly and rapidly. Depth of shaft
01 feet.
THUNDERBOLT CON.
The combination shaft is now d6wn
about 50 leet, on u solid body of ore, bnt
further progress is retarded on account of
foul air, the ore carbonizing so rapidly in
sinking that it gives out a noxious gas.
This trouble will soon bo obviated by put
ting in a blower and air pipes, when de
vclopinent will be pushed with all speed.
NOTES.
Tho San Raphael will be started up in a
few weeks. This claim will bo represented
at Denver by ore giving $488 a ton.
Tha Mamio, near the Randolph, is being
developed briskly, and is showing up
nicely.
Tho Hope shaft is now down 75 feet.
Nothing has been struck as yet, but the
prospects are very good.
The Luck Sure, one of tho most promis
ing mines in the western part of the
district, will start up in a few weeks.
Unusual actiyiiy prevails throughout
the entire district.
The Little Devil is turniug out some
very fine 01 e, and promises to turn into a
veritable bonanza at no distant day.
Prof. John A. Church is examining the
company's mills at Charleston.
E. B. Gage, of the Grand Central, and
family arrived from California Wednes
day evening.
M. T. Williams, the office man of the
T. 31. &. M. Co. is the most industrious
ledger fiend in town.
Dan Mangan, an old mill man, and a
bully boy, is in town. He will take a po
sltion in tho Randolph mill.
Wallace Corbett, foreman of tho Conten
tion, is a perfect sphinx. A reporter might
as well try to pump the Sulphuret dry as
to pump an Rem of news out of him.
It is thought that the Girard will com
mence operations again in a few days.
TURQUOISE DISTRICT.
From this camp come accounts brimful
of hops for its future. In addition to the
Last Chauce, now largely developed, from
which we a few days since received most
encouraging news, tho Dcflanco is once
more being energetically operated under
the direction of Mr. Withercll, of Black
Bear notoriety. Nine men are employed,
and two winzes located in the tunnel art'
being pushed down with all possiblo dis
patch to test its merits deeper down,
it is being opened for a Chicago capi
talist, to whom Mr. Stebbins gave a 00
days' bond. Tho Defiance exhibits excel
lent prospects, but when greater depth is
reached we entertain no doubt but that
those prospects will largely increaso in both
extent and intrinsic value per ton.
In a few weeks more it is probable the
Last Chance will increase its working
force, as Mr. J. D. Power yesterday re
ceived advices which leave room for such
probability. Then we may look for a
boom in Turquoise.
.
COCHISE DISTRICT.
JtuHsell Htlll lloomlng An Important
Male The Population IncreaninK
ltrlght Prospects.
CorrespenJenct of the Epitaph.
Russell, July 24, 1882.
Notwithstanding the Egyptian muddle,
Eastern complications, England's temerity
tad other questions of vital and compre
hensive interest occurring with the day,
we are able to contriuute somo matteis of
interest to the public from this live and
thriving camp.
The Peabody mine is being-worked with
a full force of men, under the well known
vigorous foremanship of Mr. Al. Burring
ton, and every daj's operations but demon
strata the gieat and growing value of that
property. The winze from the 110 foot
level is down nearly 30 feet, with a breast of
14 feet, and showing a width of pay ore G
to 7 feet. The southeast drift from this
samo level is in 100 feet, and discloses for
the entire length a well-stored vein body
of hich grade ore, tho face presenting the
full width of drift in ore. The upraises
will, within a few feet, make connection
with the main shalt, and then a free cur
rent of air will better enable the working
out of the immense bodies of ore opened
up by the upraises. In grade the ore of
this mine is higher with tho depth at
tained. Copper very high, appearing in
terspersed in native form, with gold and
silver in paying quantities.
On the 24th a sale was effected of the
San Antonio mine here. The parties sell
ing being A. Jores, Geo. Scherer, J. P.
Stnith and II. C. Ze'uler, and the purchaser
being Mr. S. M. Wessels. The amount
paid was $50,000. This is one of tho best
properties in the district, aud with the vein
merely bared at the surface by removal of
the wash and drift gives a width of ore 14
feet. There had been no development of
this property of any consequence until the
recent sale, when Mr. Wessels, with char
acteristic energy, immediately put a full
force of men to work to explore the mine.
Tho chiracter of ore from this claim is
leading copper, both auriferous and ar
gentiferous, and from surface assays gives
great promise of a grand mine.
Work on the San Antonio will be pushed
with great vigor and unceasingly to a de
velopment that will justify tho election of
reduction works, which will be erected
then without delay. Three shifts of men
will work, filling 24 hours the day, and
within the next thirty dtys something is
expected of tho San Antonio.
The Russell Co.'s smelter Is runninc to
its full capacity, and a steady yield of bul
lion is tho result. Mr. James Hughes is
showfng himself master of the situation in
tho manipulation of the smelter.
The general tone of the camp is good.
Business of every kind is prosperous, and
all seem happy and assured. Even the
usually sedate features of Mr. R. E. Hum
phrey, the camp's discoverer, are now more
often to be seen wreathed in smiles, as he
contemplates the good work ot his life bear
ing so near fruition.
We are receiving accretions in the way
of substantial citizenship and population
daily, and with them tho refining elements
of social organization. And ere many
months shall have come nnd ?one a com
munity will have beep 8tullishpd hero of
commanding consequin 'p. Very tiulv.
II. T.
TOMBSTONE POSTOFFICE,
Chorees of Carelessness and Irrccu
larltles in the Transmission aud
.Delivery of nails.
Ever since the appointment of Post
Blaster Brooks frequent complaints have
been made to the EriTAru, ot carelessness
or incompetency in the transmission and
distribution of mails. While the office
was in temporary quarters, after tho fire,
these shortcomincs were partially excused
in consequence of a lack of room and
facilities, but now that the office is in pei
manent quarters, and Mr. Brooks familiar
ized with the work, people aro not inclined
to be so lenient. There is hardly a doubt
but grave abuses exist, some of it being the
result of gross carelessness and in
efficiency, while a part may be at
tributed to pure cusscdness. Scarcely
a day passes but we receive com
plaints from subscribers in the county
towns, about tho Irregularity with which
the EriTAru is received. Sometimes the
paper is not received for three or four days,
and then several arrive at once. Mr.
Brooks lays the blame ou the country post
masters, but an investigation will not bear
him out; the fault is in tho Tombstono of
fice and it can bo proven. Letters for
Charleston, 111., are invariably sent to
Charleston, Arizona, and letters have been
received at tho latter place after making
a trip to Illinois and back.
A prominent business man of Benson,
in conversation with an EriTAm
man, Sunday evening, said that he
bad business connections with
a firm in this city and correspondence
passed back and forth frequently. Some
times it tase a letter three days to get to
Benson, and not unfrequently have letters
Iain in the office here lor two days without
being delivered. The Benson gentleman
also remarked that complaint was general
in his town about the slovenly manner in
which tha mall from this city arrives. Tho
same ciy comes from Contention and oth
er adjacent towns, and there is no doubt
but there is good cause for it. These are
examples of the inefficiency, now for the
cusscdness. On the 21st Inst, new rules
were put in force by the P. O. department,
requiring second class mail matter to be
prepaid. Sunday morning, the mailing
clerk of the EriTAPir, went to the postoffice
to pay the postage on our outgoing
mail, but could not get ono of
the clerks to answer him, though he
plainly heard them walking inside the
partition. Later in the day Mr. Brooks was
informed by the clerk that he had discovered
tho EriTAPn mail bag. and inquired why
it had not been forwarded, and was in
formed that the new rules were in oper
ation, that the Epitaph had been picking
at him, and the boys were mad and did not
propose to show any favors to this office.
He said the county mall had been duly
forwarded. On the evening (of Sunday
Mr. Hausucr, the Charleston news agent,
reached the city, and iu company with
him tho book-keeper went to the postoffice
to make certain whether the Charleston
papers had been forwarded, as Mr. Hausuer
would tako them out if they were not. Tho
red-headed rooster who blinks through the
delivery window reasserted that all county
mail, including Charleston, had been sent.
Yesterday the following letter from the
gentleman In question was received :
Charleston, July 23rd.
Epitaph Publishing Co. We did not
receive any papers to-day, although the
postmaster at Tombstone, or his clerk in
formed Mr. Hudson in my presence that
they were duly forwarded. Either the
bundle was lost or the postoffice officials
arc liars. Respectfully,
R. Hausuer.
Yesterday's post also brought the follow
ing epistles:
Russill Citt, July 23, 1882.
Editor of Epitaph. Sir j I sent $3.00
by Mr. Glass on tho 15th instant, for the
daily, and I have not received a copy as
yet. Yon will please see to it and oblige,
Yours, Wit. II, Jordon,
Summit Station, Cochise Co., A. T.
Russell Citt, July 23, 1882.
Mr. Samuel Puudy Sin : I have been
subscribing for tho daily for a little over
a month and have not received more than
half tho copies, and they are from threo to
four days behind. Please send me regu
lar and' oblige Yours,
Georoe Julian.
It is hardly necessary to slate that these
papers are promptly and regularly mailed,
and thus being not received by the parties
to whom they are addressed is solely the
fault of- the postoffice. Mr. Brooks has
been frequently remonstrated with for his
carelessness and admonished to pay a
little more attention to his busines. On
one occasion ho informed the editor of
the Epitaph that he would discharge his
present foice as soon as he got the run of
things himself. On that occasion ho ad
mitted their inefficiency, and said com
plaints were coming in all around. He is
trying to shift the blame on the country
postmasters, but that won't do. From all
wo can hear, the Charleston, Contention
and Benson postmasters understand their
business, and pay proper attention to the
details of their offices. If Brooks don't at
tend to his duties more strictly, a reaion
strance should be sent to the Depart
ment and his shortcoming made known.
1
A TOUGH STORY.
Doe. IlolIIday Takos in a Jteporter.
A copy of the Denver Republican about
a month old wandered into this office a
tew days ago, which is in a certain sense
interesting, as it contains an interview
with the now notorious Doc. Holliday. If
the statement before us is a specimen of
Doc's veracitj , thero is no questioning the
strength and power of his imagination.
Doc's first great lie was that he was an
honest, peaceable citizen while In Arizona,
and contributed more than any other one
man towards preventing stage robberies
and outrages of all kinds. Lie No. 2
That when Sheriff Behan was nominated
for sheriff of Cochise county tho "cow
boys" packed the convention in his favor,
and by terrorism caused by a flourish of
revolvers and bowle kalves forced his
nomination. When Doc spun that yarn
we wonder if he teally remembered that
Mr. Behan was appointed Sheriff by a
Republican Governor..
Doc introduces the Epitaph into lie No.
3, by stating that the cowboys raided the
office on the morning of May the first, and
by what is known as " revolver argument"
induced the editors to change the policy
of the paper and make it a " cowboy or
gan" henceforth The same veracious
narrator states that Charles D. Rcppy, the
then editor of the Epitaph, was run out of
the country at that time, and dartd not
rdurn since. Several extracts from the
Epitaph (published since the renaissance)
were quoted to show that the "cowboys"
not only induced a change of policy re
garding thrin, but also a change of poli
tics. Several other statements of like im
port are contained in the interview, but
the above is sufficient to show the general
tenor.
An Epitaph reporter met Mr. Heppy
after reading the interview and inquired if
he had seen it. An affirmative answer, ac
companied by a laugh, was given, supple
mented by the statement that Hollidsy was
the most thoroughly equipped liar, and
smoothest scoundrel in the United Mates.
The reporter then inquired If Mr. Heppy
was not a fiicnd of the Earp3 and Holli
day, ana was immediately answeied in the
negative. He said thut he was Ecver on
intimate tonus with any member of the
gang, and believed that the greatest bless
ing ever bestowed on Arizona wai their
dcpaitare from beyond its borders. Reppy
said his attention was called to thf Inter
view while In Colorado, but it was too ab
surd, and too thoroughly pregnant with
glaring falsehoods, about the people of
Arizona, to take serious notice of.
Police Court business has been pretty
dull for the past few days.
GILDED AGE.
The Latest Supreme Conrt Decision
in this Famous Case.
The following is tho decision of
the Supreme Court of tho United
States in the celebrated Gilded Age
suit, which for the last two years has
been such a fruitful source of turmoil
to the people of Tombstone. It re
quires no comment.
NO. 1,215, OCTOBER TERM, 1881.
MANDATE SUPKK1IE COURT. UNITED
STATES.
Gray et al., vs. Field & al.
UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, S3!
The President of the United
States of America, to the Honorable
the Judges of the Supreme Court of
the Territory of Arizona, Greeting:
Whereas, lately in the Supreme
Court of the Territory of Arizona,
before you, or some of you, in a
cause between Al. Gray, William
Matherson, Reuben F. Coleman,
Mary A. Morton, Jay Archer, John
Green, C. U. Fitzhaugh, Tong Woo
and James C. McKecp, defendants
and appellants, and Edward Field
and Horratio S. Sanford, plaintiffs
and respondents, wherein the judg
ment of the said Suprome Court, en
tered in said cause on the I2th day
of April, A. D. 1881, was in favor of
said plaintiffs and respondents, Ed
ward Field and Horatio S. Sanford,
and against the defendant and appel
lants. Whereupon the said defend
ants and appellants sued out a writ
of error to said Supreme Court di
rected to remove said cause to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
as by the inspection of the certificate
of the Clerk of the said Supreme
Court under the seal of the
said Supreme Court, which was
brought into the Supreme Court of
tho United States agreeably to the
act of Congress, and the rules of the
said Supreme Court in such case,
made and provided, fully and at largo
appears, and
Whereas, in the present term of
October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one; the said cause came on
to be heard before the said Supreme
Court, and it appearing that the
plaintiffs in error have failed to have
their cause filed and docketed in
comformity with the rules of thi
Court, it is now ordered and ad
judged by this Court, that the writ
or error in this oause of the Supreme
Court of the Territory of Arizona, bo
and the sane is hereby docketed and
dismissed with costs; and that the
said plaintiffs and respondents,
Edward Field and Horatio S. San
ford, recover against the said
defendants and appellants, thirty-two
dollars and seveDty-one cents for
their costs herein expended and have
execution therefor.
And it is further ordered that this
cause be, and the same is hereby
remanded to the said Supreme Court.
Alarch 27, 1882.
You, therefore, aro hereby com
manded that such excoution and
proceedings be had in said cause, as
according t right and justice, and
the law qf the United States, ought
to be had, the said writ of error
notwithstanding.
Witness the Honorable Morrison
R. Waite, Chief Justice of said Su
preme Court, the seventeenth day of
Alay, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty
two. James H. McKenney,
Clerk Supreme Court U. S.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
The Careless Handling of n Pistol
Nearly .Ends a Life.
Sunday afternoon, the careless handling
of a pistol in the Delta saloon on Allen
street, came near ending tho existence of
Louis Kissingsr, a step-brother of Billy
Lo Van. It seems a man named James
Tompkins, was exhibiting a couple of re
volvers to a Mexican aud expatiating on
their fine points. James Wilson, a young
man a little over twenty, who recently ar
rived in tho city was a spectator, and took
one of the guns from Tompkins, and com
menced to flourish it. He was
evidently trying to impress on the specta
tors, his familiarity with pistols, and
his knowledge of their use, and swung the
dangerous plaything around rather lcck
lessly. He was showing tho spectators
what is called "the Colorado cowboy plan
of practicing for a sheriff," the modus
operandi of which is to swing the pistol
around on the forefingers with rapidity,
bringing it to a ready at each revolution.
He was admonished to be careful, nnd the
barkeeper got judiciously out ot range.
Louis Kessmger was sitting at the end ot
tho room reading, and taking no notice of
of the performance, when suddenly the
pistol went off and the bullet took effect
in his right breast, about two and a half
inches above the nipple. It then took a
downward course, strikinS the sternum
and the fourth rib, then glanced upward
and diverged on the left side ot the breast
two inches above the left nipple, and
lodged about the middle of the left fore
arm, after first glancing off the back of a
chair on which the arm was leaning.
Dr. McSwegan was immediately summon
ed, and under his skillful treatment the
wounded man is getting along as well as
could be expected. Tho wound is very
painful but not necessarily fatal, and at
last accounts the patient was resting easy.
Wilson was arrested and lodged in the
county jail, but as soon as the facts were
learned, he was released, the matter being
purely accidental.
A lluachnca JUonnnza.
The Dunton mine, in Ramsey's canyon,
is beginning to attract consideiablc atten
tion, owing to the richness of the ore
extracted at the surface. The ledge w as
found only a short timo ago, although
some $2,000 have been expended in woik
on tho claim. Tho vein carries virgin
silver, rich chlorides and galena. A twelve
foot shaft has been sunk, and on the dump
are fifteen tons of first-class ore, and twenty
tons of second class, all taken out by two
men in fifteen days. The ledge is six feet
wide, carrying a two-toot streak of ore im
pregnated with native and horn silver
and black sulphuret, the balance contain
ing galena ore, running high in silver. A
lot of first-class ore will be shipped to a
smelter and given a thorough working
test. The mine is very available, being in
a heavily wooded country, within 1000
yards of an abundance of water, and eight
or nine miles from the railroad. A mile
away a saw-mill will shortly be construct
ed. The fortunate owners of this remark
able prospect are O. W. McCullough and
R. V. Dunton. In the Epitaph office can
be seen a very rich specimen of the ore.
It is reported that the Hon. Richard
Rule will sack the Democratic nomination
lor member of the Territoiial Council at
the eaauing election.
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