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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1882
Page
5
The Daily notes Lanuixn G. Meap the Vermont sculptor has been elected to a professorship in the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts. It covers various global items including political shifts in Pennsylvania and proposed reforms in London.
A Memphis telegram reports a grand jury directed indictments for J W Dorsey L W Vail John M Miner J B Sanderson M Berder and Thos J Brady in the horsey conspiracy to defraud the government. Also notes false outbreak rumors in Jack’s Reservation and recalls De Long’s party sighting.
A Pennsylvania railroad accident near Huntington fatally injured Conductor Stone brake and Fireman Kennedy, with David Coulter and Hanmenone killed. A wheel broke as freight trains passed, causing heavy rolling stock loss and an unforeseen crash. In other news, Chinaman Charley Hing was hanged in San Francisco for Ah Lick’s murder, claiming self defense and bribery of witnesses. Ottawa’s governor general open parliament expresses Canadian sorrow over Garfield’s assassination.
Local items note adjournment to the 20th from the 2d inst. Wells Fargo expresses shipped five bars of bullion weighing 1,048 pounds valued at 14,097 dollars. Catholic festival saw Hook and Ladder Co win the silver trumpet by 38 votes to 86 for the engine. Funeral of Alfred Fackrell aged 24, native of England. Father of his Country birthday celebrated by Masons with a grand ball at Schieffelin Hall. Fran Costen arrived from Chicago to pursue mining and plan smelting works near Bisbee in Warren district. In district court Judge Stilwell sentenced George Everett to five years for assault to murder, John Gage seven years for grand larceny, Lewis McGinnis twenty-five years for robbery, and Chas Ewing twenty-five years for robbery. crime involved robbing a shoemaker in Galeyville under revolver cover, tied to the Leopold Graf male team theft found with n Black? animals at El Paso.
The Catholic church ladies hosted a successful festival with a lunch spread, a well attended evening program, and dancing after. Meritorious music and recitations by Cuddy and Brooks were praised, with "To Oblige Benson" drawing laughs. Net receipts reached about $300.
Territorial cases include Godfrey Trio Tet pleading guilty to assault and battery with a 15 dollar fine. W Coline pleads guilty and is fined one dollar and costs. A case against a mayor for assault and battery on John McRae near Drew's ranch is noted. Telegraphic updates describe troop movements near Cochise stronghold and suspected hostiles in Sulphur Spring Valley with alerts for residents.
From the Democrat the note reports Judge J A Anderson partnering with Judge James Buell and a head office in Tucsor. It notes Strong team and the Tip Top mine paying $100000 to stockholders in the past year. It adds the Canon Diablo bridge won’t be finished by May 1 and the railroad will be opposite to the city by then.
President calls Congress to modify the posse comitatus act to permit military aid to civil authorities amid Arizona and New Mexico lawlessness. Acting Gov Gosper argues for repealing the act to relieve Cochise County, noting cowboys and hidden allies endure widespread disorder. Senate territories committee aims to move quickly with a bill to empower troops to support sheriffs and local officials.
A committee reports on city books and accounts. Auditors find the treasurer’s balance debited by 13 thousand dollars due to preexisting discrepancies. The ex-city attorney owes 165 dollars for licenses. a suit is recommended if not settled. Recorder’s docket shows irregularities. the court calendar and supreme court session are summarized with cases and motions.
Justice of the Peace notices require defendants to answer within sixty days in a Cochise County case in Tombstone. A separate assessment notice demands $100 in 1881 mining work costs for the Empire claim near the Huachuca Mountains, with repaid expenses due within ninety days.
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