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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1881
Page
6
The Tombstone weekly column roasts an anonymous intimidation campaign while urging united action. It says judges, officials, and civic leaders faced threats, notes Judge Moses has moved to California for safety, and criticizes the “Laughing Hyena” for alleged falsehoods about local cowboys and rustlers.
Broragr Meixtyre preaches on Hell as Cochise County appears to verge on hellish conditions. The latest telegrams summarize resolutions by an Anglophobe faction, political moves in Washington, and a crowded calendar of senate and house business, including Blaine’s diplomacy and new measures on territories and public lands.
From the Star dated November 17 Col. Tiffany departs for San Carlos noting quiet prosperous affairs at the Reservation He cites Indians raising 6000 bushels of wheat this year with seeds left and 1800 bushels of corn last year Also twenty five miles of irrigation ditches were dug by the Indians themselves Tiffany adds white men in Globe and Maxey killed more foes recently than the Indians did in five years A map of Cananea mines by HB Maxon is praised for quality Brown's Hotel at Fourth and Allen offers refined accommodations under Charley Brown.
Anonymous letters ordering people to leave Tombstone have caused concern but are likely a juvenile prank. The piece notes the letters damage mining interests and urges calm while warning against moblike reactions. It also lists a dense roundup of mining deeds, mortgage notices, and local affairs in the district.
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