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I tomaIIsirili;aItt.0,ivmtoofn*liB*h#roP*.toX»eson on L/cccmoer 15, ioo», wnneCoi. Rynerson was a member of the territorial council- Colonel Rvnerson was chairman of a comHIV I Ml IWV MUII*commissioned officer** who werein it tee of the council which hadgreatly censuredin ironsjin^the'ituardjhoust He insisted in the'tnoveji'e 1. u cofa-roenced, and as 1 learned after*thecourt and district court of the territory in Santa Ke of whichJudge Slough was chief justice. Judge Slough heard of this, andwards, the thing had alt been arranged since reveille, that alljthemen would stick together, and1 then askedused some improper language roward Col. Rynerson jind threatened to kill him 011 sight. Rvnerson who hada splendidier being told of!this went to the Fonda then thefollow the corporal.it there were any other man whorefused to do duty, and to mysurprise nearly the whole company stepped to the front, andon examination I found threeprivates who had not stepped to the front, and upon questioningreatest hotel between Kansasthtm found that they propos'dity and the Pacific coast where [ to do their duty, I ordered thedt-he met Judge Slough, and tnanded that he retract what hemen to go into tbeir quarters, toH Jheir arms.take oandhad said. Judge Slough refused, and put his hand behind him.placedthe three i.nen who proposed towhis pistol and killed him instaot-do their du*V» as sentinels overRynerson drewjlbe men, and Jo allow nobody toandnot tolymVcoroner’s jury investigatedthe affair and completely cxnn*erated Col. RynersonI'pon the arrival of the column. mon the Rio Grande, Gen, Jamesf * I - f I * . . . 1 31 i ..-I, 1enter the quarters, allow any mem ter of thr company to leave the quarters until Ireturned, - # ^ i0I went up to the* quarters andreported the matter Jo Col We|oritttMM U 1 . 1 1 aL m f . • I • n m /4t
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jan 09, 1909
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