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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1916
Page
4
The piece notes rising case filings in the Superior Court with six of nine being divorces, discusses Mountain States Telephone installing a modern Tombstone system, and highlights broader Arizona topics from placer mining potential and state highway work to university agricultural reports and local printer merchant dynamics.
Nanquished by white death, Michael Geronimo, son of the Apache chief famed as a scourge in the Southwest, died Sunday morning at St Marys hospital after a decade with Wild West shows. He returned from Europe seeking his father and learned of his death. He was 34 at the time, educated and intelligent, with tuberculosis cited as a cause amid police inquiries into his cases.
Conte School Superintendent Mies Mineir Lints sends a letter to teachers and trustees outlining meetings at Willeos, San Sumon and Benson nations. The note lists subjects for discussion and suggests cooperation among teachers and trustees. Meetings set for Piet School February 5 and San Simon School February 12.
Sheriff Wheeler and Deputy Peary Rowden captured G. W. Stone and B. B. Burke with whiskey and cases of liquor in Douglas and San Bernardino routes. Adam Johnson and William Murrey of Bisbee were also taken in an auto with twenty gallons of alcohol destined for manufacture. Stone and Burke to plead guilty and join the road gang. the haul strains bootlegger operations across the county.
A Bisbee party led by John Williams visited Middle Pass near Tombstone to explore Middlemarch properties. Billy Delbridge said development work will begin and a shaft will be sunk immediately as ore markets rise. Mines lie about 15 miles from Tombstone with roads to supplies and smelters.
The State vs Michal Muargry, charged with the murder of Sergeant Wm F Lawrence, is before the Superior Court. Jurors and witnesses are listed as proceedings begin, with statements and dates noted for trial and voir dire in the Tanetes district.
The ongoing case in Superior Court in Cocotilio county involves Claus Spreckles and Mackay in a corporation dispute against the Federal Plantor Company and Cook of New York. A receiver writ may be sought to convene stockholders as legal maneuvers heighten the battle between prominent millionaires, with hearings planned for March or April and school curriculum debates linked as side topics.
Through joint action by the Warren District Commercial Club County Engineer and state officials convicts at work in Tombstone Canyon will stay for six more weeks with plans to extend the road toward Bisbee top of the Divide. The open stretch was closed for packing and deep ruts but has been dragged into shape and will reopen shortly. The last bridge across the creek nears completion with guard rails and approaches being installed.
Jan 29 mapping of the Merchita section of the Borderland Route was completed to support Blue Book maps. Secretary Gray compared distances on the road from Rodeo to Deming, noting forks, crossings, ranches, fences and railroads. The Redco-fordsburg section is abandoned. Borderland shifts to Machite Lordsburg routing with a new road cut-off to Rodeo.
Phoenix January 29 State Game Warden Willard announced strict enforcement of the federal prohibition on killing ducks after February. The federal law takes priority over state rules, warning hunters they risk penalties if they shoot ducks after the first of next month.
A riderless horse discovered four miles northwest of Tombstone by Fred Bennett, Cochise County Cattlemen's Association president, is identified as Boquillas company property ridden by Juan Pesquira. He was thrown and injured, and the horse escaped to Fairbank after trekking days without rider. Authorities contact Willcox owner and assess foul play, with updates sought from Fairbank and Boquillas Dam staff.
At the fourteenth annual writing at the Woman's Club in Flagstaff on January 31, Avizena Federation president Henry D. Ress urged attendees to embrace loyalty to the state. He called for ending catalog buying to support domestic goods, studying state history, and improving rural education and living standards.
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