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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1912
Page
3
Prisoner Gabe Adams was arraigned in superior court before Judge Sutter on the charge of murdering W. J. Bruner. Adams claimed no recollection of the event and declined counsel, with the court setting 10 a m tomorrow for entry of plea.
Frank Brown resigned as superintendent of the Arizona Industrial School at Benson after less than a year. Rumor cites friction with the board of control rather than the governor as the cause. No successor named yet. several applicants expected for the job in Cochise County.
Deputy Sheriff Allie Howe faced a hostile mob near Douglas as troopers surrounded the scene. Howe maintained order for five tense minutes and eventually placed a prisoner in jail while the crowd dispersed. Howe, known countywide as cautious yet fearless, kept firm control without favor as danger loomed.
The secretary of the treasury issues a positive order regulating public drinking cups on all U S railroads. Railroads must provide drinking receptacles while the public cup is banned and adhere to interstate quarantine rules. The move follows state bans on common drinking cups and aims to curb disease spread, seen as a key commerce regulation measure.
Col Reppy a founder of the Epitatih in Florence writes a strong letter in the Silver Helm rebalt of the San Carlos Car project praising the reclamation effort as vital for Arizona. The ad offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and wholesale druggist details.
Pension letters and checks will be delivered by local post offices to anyone other than the addressee under a congressional act. If the recipient has died, moved, or remarried, the letter must be returned to Washington. Checks now come from Washington rather than local pension offices.
Dispatch from San Francisco reports Judge Morrow of the United States circuit court granted Southern Pacific an injunction restraining Arizona from enforcing the three cent fare law. The injunction is temporary and a hearing is set for December.
List of names including Felipa Caberera J B Breher Mise Mate Izlaba Concha Rose James Raye Frank Romero Abelina Romero Abelino Paredes Lionardo Wren. Notice states these letters are unclaimed and will be collected on delivery date. postage due by addressees. Postmaster D Cuanie signs the notice.
Probate proceedings list real estate sale for estate of Dee Johnson and orderly publication for creditors. Administrators Fred Horow, J P Chapman named with Js Sutherland, J Parker and Xd Recliff as appraisers. Hearing and deadlines to be announced.
The young son of Mr Geo Whaley of Lowell is ill with reasset fever. No new cases in Bistel and the Robinson home quarantine at Quality Mill was lifted. Rev HA Deck, longtime Tombstone preacher, has been transferred. Rev Duncan and family will arrive to take duties. Sheriff Wheeler pursues a killer in Siding. Paradise hunters fined for deer poaching after local pursuit.
Misa Clee Miller and Billy Hath wed in Prescott after a legal issue in Phoenix. Governor Hapt’s party traveled to Yuma and back by rail with unknown machine trouble. A priest was assaulted on a train by Henry Goldbaum and jailed after the incident. A Colorado Springs group tours via two large Stanley cars to Los Angeles for the winter. Jim Houston failed to ride a star-stable outlaw despite money stakes. Castle Hot Springs attracts visitors nationwide for winter retreat. Great Western Transportation trucks tested for ore haulage, to be shipped to Nucorama Mexico.
The nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Engle of Timberline died Sunday from cerebro spinal meningitis. Due to contagion the funeral will be private. The house and family are under quarantine and eight neighborhood children are under modified quarantine. The Engles, long residents here, are well known and the community hopes the epidemic is contained.
The funeral of Jack Bruner, victim of a wanton killing, was held yesterday afternoon in Tombstone under the auspices of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. A large crowd attended as the deceased, an honored member, was laid to rest in the city cemetery. The services conveyed condolences to a wife and three children.
Chief of Police George Brayin reports Tombstone pioneer Richard Trezona was killed in a cave-in at a mine near Nacozari Sonora. He worked there many years and was a respected miner and Bisbee resident. Funeral plans not announced.
The Santa Fe Railroad was fined 5000 in Phoenix federal court for fifty violations of the 16 hour law. The judge imposed 100 per violation after the railroad confessed judgment. The act, effective March 4, 1907, limits work to sixteen hours for locomotive crews. Also pending in U S court are James B Alexander cases set for December 16 and unrelated charges against a former Indian agent at Sacaton for making false claims.
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