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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1921
Page
3
Tombstone announces a three day July celebration with baseball, speed car races, a grand parade, band concerts, fireworks, boxing cards, dancing, and civic events. Notable entrants include Captain Harry Wheeler and J J Bowen organizing events, with a Tenth Cavalry band and a mammoth fireworks display planned for July 4.
El Paso June 27 Mrs Fay Krupp escaped from the courthouse after a habeas corpus hearing Judge W D Howe released her to answer extradition requests from New Mexico alleging she was a fugitive. She was arrested near Deming New Mexico June 1 in a car with 25 liquor cases and two pistols.
Report from Papago reserve at Barroquivari notes severe hunger among Papagos with scarce salt, bread, and essentials. Cattle depleted, water and grazing scarce, Indians admit to extreme conditions and seek loans of water and access to springs. Authorities blamed for little aid and ongoing distress among a hard working agricultural tribe.
Phoenix June 23 The board of pardons and paroles met at Fort Grant with 98 cases reviewed over two days. W. J Galbraith attorney general announced no more pardons will be granted this term and those paroled must serve the original sentence if violations occur. Of the 16 men who appeared, two paroles were revoked and the rest dispositions completed.
Fragmented OCR notes report state teachers certificates granted under a 1900s examination process. Names such as Mary Frits and Katherine Harrimas appear amid garbled county references and late 19th century city entitlement details.
Report from Tombstone states oil indications at Wolfgren ranch near the Whetstones have drawn hundreds of carloads of visitors. L A Boedecker and Patrick McCarty report grazing owners say land is scarce with homesteads and leases filling off locations. Boedecker and McCarty were early grazing settlers protecting their claims while others follow suit.
State game warden Joe V. Prochaska departed today for Flagstaff to supervise the transplanting of fiats in the Mormon take.
Information from Lordsburg New Mexico says Raymond Wells two was arrested after word reached officers about the abduction of a Merear old girl Ia n Templeton of Casa Grande. Wells and Templeton were still in the car and headed east when captured late yesterday afternoon. they were being returned to Casa Grande for a serious charge pending against Wells.
A skunk attacked a baby during a family gathering near Thatcher and Coles. The infant remained in critical condition as rescuers and relatives rushed to the scene, with the incident unfolding amid movement to El Paso and other towns as key figures assisted during the night.
Police arrested Margaret Diarte and Rath Callendar on charges of transporting liquor. A Ford found with three gallons of mescal was tied to their ride into Bisber at about 6 o clock yesterday morning. The pair left the car on Brewery Gulch and entered a house. bonds set at $100 each, which they could not meet.
Sheriff Montgomery concluded a thorough search of the county jail and prisoners found no evidence of a plot to gain access by sawing through bars. The jail holds 47 men including five or six federal prisoners.
A man identified as JH Brantley known as Skeeter fired a gun at a woman at 434 Potrero Avenue this afternoon, claiming he was cleaning a run and the weapon discharged. The woman was taken to St Joseph's Hospital and is not believed to be seriously wounded. Brantley is jailed pending investigation. The incident is described as an accident.
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