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OWS HAS MORE TROUBLE RATURE OVER WILSON CATTLEth a Cold/eatherist.r just clos-lothing un-eather. The Jed during noming of ( mercury ibove zero.ipened with the winter registering first and 18 •ond of the lat colder leing lower St.e recorded as) sixteen 1913, when tube until . The min-ich of the inclusive, res beinges.egrees.Tees.igrecs.•grees.rees.s recorded ’ the year rears wereI be under-for the-not to be rage. For erature re-r 16 years hove zero. 13.hat is the mperatures tin during follows:John Esser Again Arrested On Complaint of Jim Wilson On Rustling Charge.John Ksser was again arrested on Thursday on complaint of Jim Wilson, cattle owner. The complaint alleges that said defendant, John Es ser. on the 27th day of December. 19i8. or thereabouts, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously steal, take, carry, lead and drive away one head of cattle, branded with the figure 5 on the left hip and marked with both ears split, which said cattle was not then and there the property of said defendant, but was then and there the property of .lames II. Wilson and George T. A. Wilson, co-partners, then and there doing business under the name of Wilson Brothers.”The hearing was set for January 8. 1919. before Judge Lillis. Justice of the Peace, and the defendant was released upon a bond for $500.It is alleged that the complaint is based upon the action of Esser in butchering a heifer which was run-niiit: in the valley, and selling the meet without the knowledge or consent or Wilson Brothers.John Ksser. being interview by the Age, claimed that the charges were without foundation and gave the following circumstances as surrounding the case.Since the date of the former charge against him which is now awaiting tilil before the District Court, in whC:h case Jim Wilson was also the conipiainiug witness. Tweed Wilson, brother of Jim and one of the firm it Wilson Brothers, sold to Esser on NnvVmhei 19 a bunch of cattle, whicti were delivered to him on No-vtiuifcr Za. .ftler that date.'Joe May repotted that two head of cattle belonging to Wilson Brothers, came dowTi with a bunch of cattle whlcfi May was driving down, and were left to range in the country between the Egllngton ranch and Tule Sp .tigs, Tweed Wilson was later In vegas, anti, it is stated by Esser. wanted to sell the two head to Ksser for $5ti. Esser declined to take them until they were found and delivered to him. but finally agreed to pay $25 each for them when he found them and at request of Tweed, paid $3.00 down to bind the bargain, agreeing to pay the balance when he got the cattle. Following this. Esser states. Tweed went to the butcher shop and got Stanley to make a further advance of $12.50 on the deal, to be (Continued on Page 3)
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Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Sat, Jan 04, 1919
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