Chaos in El Paso Court as Bribe and Bloodshed Emerge
A bomb shell in the El Paso commissioners court district erupts amid bribe claims. J Hague exposes a $500 check, $200 cash and $500 in bonds paid by Britton Long’s agent to halt prosecutions, with judiciary and local figures present but unnamed. Separate shootings, duels, and murders populate a brutal regional report from Nueva street to Fort Worth.
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el Paso
New Court House
Commissioners’ Court
J. Hague
Britton & Long
A. Giles
Hague
Sheriff White
Alderman Dieter
B. H. Davis
Britton
Davis
Long
Giles
Mr. Britton
Dallas
Uneasy Utes Threaten Grand Junction Area
A Grand Junction report says White River Utes, about 150 men, camped near Whitaker's ranch on Salt Creek, 40 miles NW, returning from Utah. Ranchers move to Fruita as signals fire along Grand Mesa warn of possible movement toward Grand Junction and the Roan plateau.
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Grand Junction
Globe- Democrat
Garfield County
Fort Meeker
White River
Utah
Whitaker
Salt Creek
Grand
Grand Valley
Roan
Dolores
Fruita
Vally
Grand Measa
Bloody affray in Maine leaves several dead or wounded
A dispatch from Augusta Me reports a fierce clash on the Kennebec river between a French convoy of wagoners and a gang of river drivers. About seventy-five men fought from early afternoon until night, with ten mule drivers slain or maimed and three captured, one critically injured.
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Kennebec
Augusta
Kennebec River
Robert Bean
Interior secretary orders open cattle trails in Indian Territory
Washington dispatch reports L. Q. C. Lamar telegrams to Kansas City stockmen and inspectors enforcing the animal industry law. The note directs opening and keeping open trails for cattle driving through Indian territory and the public land strip, warning obstructionists and promising removal of stock. It cites prior action under Secretary Teller and Inspector Benedict who opened trails last year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
W. A. Towers
Thomas A. Lee
the Stock Association
Kansas City
Indian Territory
Texas
Colorado
Missouri
Neutral Strip
Armstrong
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency
Texas Vanhandle
United States
L. Q. C. Lamar
Teller
Benedict
Death by Own Action in Galveston Railroad Chief
A Galveston dispatch reports Thomas Hussey 25 superintendent of the city railroad street gang shot himself in the left breast during a crisis, the bullet passing through the heart. He had been drinking for a week and, after a moment alone, said he was not fit to live before firing. His father, Michael Hussey, died by his own hand in New Mexico about two years earlier, lending weight to hereditary risk.
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San Antonio
Nueva Street
Ignacio Cortez
Bagnio
Sid M. Standiforth
Standiforth
Graves
Ignacia
Kemp
J.G. Holt
Jim Pryer
Holt
Pryer
Pryor
Galveston
Thomas Hussey
City Railroad
Hussey
Friends
Michael Hussey
New Mexico
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Home Office
Three Kingdoms
Ten News Veadors
Fowler
Spurgeon
Edeitor
Reform Club
Thompson
Reform
Atheneum
Highland Home Hair Raid Suspect Mortally Wounded
Charleston dispatch reports Charles Williams terrorized Highland Home women by waving a pistol on roads and demanding a hair lock. After a home invasion a sister cried out, a brother intervened and the suspect fled. Deputies filed charges and a jail transfer to Laurens, but a masked posse halted the convoy and riddled the prisoner with bullets.
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Charleston
Chas. Williams
Highland Home
Laurens
Durand Bros Begin Massive Rail Shipment of Cattle
An Abilene special reports Durand Bros started shipping 9000 to 10000 head of cattle to Presidio county by rail. Four full trains departed recently with more to follow as fast as the railroad can move them.
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Abilene
Durand Bros
Presidio County
Bank Robbing Postmaster Named in 1875 Georgia Heist
From Washington comes word that Chief Post Office Inspector received a communication accusing Postmaster Latham of Superior Nebraska of robbing the bank at Crollesville Georgia in 1875. An inspector was sent to Superior and upon charging the postmaster with crime he admitted his identity with the bank robbing and was suspended.
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Washington
Latham
Superior
Nebraska
Crollesville
Georgia
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Gite Graham
J. W. Graves
Propeteter
Graham
Texas Topics
Marshall
Robert Cahill
Vink Gresham
Harry Williams
Cahill
Duck Linn
Will Raynor
Comanche
Billy Mathews
Secrist
Matthews
Mathews
Palestine
Creer
Dick Creer
Kickapoo
Henderson
Nekro
Fort Worth
Decatur
Decatur University
Dallas & Northwestern Railroad
J. J. Lang
J. W. Booth
DD. A. Holman
Morgan
J. P. Lane
W. Watson
Woodey
Cleburne
Lane
Gilpin
J. H. Milliken
Weatherford
James Lee
Messrs
Mack Ellison
J. Longmire
Farmers’ Branch
Bum Bosey
Hearne
Maine
LAMAR
Kansas
Judge Lynch
South Carolina
Gomorrah
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