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TONTO BASIN.8«rlou« Trouble* Hotwron llit» Cattle-men mnl Sln-rjuni'ii Tlirro.J. D. Houck, who hoa ji ranch , in Pleasant Valley known us Houck’s L Tanka, and is also Deputy Sheriff of Apache county, was in Flagstaff Kcveral days of the week.Mr. Houck reports serious trouble , in his section, growing oat of the i never-ending feud botvnnm the sheepmen and cattlemen. The first of the trouble took place about two weeks ago, when Juko bluffer, whose ranch is in the southwestern portion of the valley, was fired at by unknown parties whili out for his horses a few yards from hi* cabin. His arm was broken by on* of the shots from the party in am bush, but he succeeded in reaching the cabin, when the attack ng party left. On the same evening two men named Cody and Coleman, while coining into the valley near Lnuffer , were shot at a number of Unit s from ambush, hut they succeeded in making their escape, though the horse ridden by (Jody was shot from under lulu.It was supposed tluit the shooting was done by .1 etr Wilson, Jim Stott and Jim Scott, and Mr. Houck and a posse succeeded in captur ng them at Stott’s ranch in the Mogollon mount tains. While proceeding with the prisoner* the |tt*we was over-(lowered by a party of about forty masked men and the prisoners taken from them. It is stated that Stott was found the next day hanging to a tree, and a little later the bodies I lt;if the others wore i»L** found hanging, with their horse* ridmless ami grazing near by.Later ad vice* from Holbrook eon- | firm the report that the part ion al»ovo named had been hung. This latter report says that the warrant* were issued and tin* arru^ti unde hv unauthorized partie*, and i.hat the prisoners wore taken for I ho pur- ^ poe*o of being lynched. ii
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Flagstaff Arizona Champion
Flagstaff, Arizona, US
Sat, Aug 18, 1888
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