Two Army Deserters Arrested for Jitney Driver Murder
Clyde Ward and Murphy Dillon alias Vernon Shilley and Clarence Dilon were arrested in El Paso and will be returned to Tombstone for trial. Sheriff Hood heads a contingent to bring them back after authorities broadcast descriptions. A $100 reward is offered for each arrest and conviction, with a standing $50 for the deserters. Walter Anderson, the murdered Elsbee jitney driver, survived and returned home to Bisbee.
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Wert
EL Paso
Hood
Pass City
Clyde Ward
Vernon Shilley
Murphy Dillon
Clarence Dilon
Walter Andersen
Elsbee
el Pas
Tombstone
Sheritf
Douglas
Ancervon
HE Pusa
Anderson
Bisbee
Dream Highway Bond Proposal Sparks Statewide Debate
A dispute letter from Phoenix to the Yuma Sun discusses Senator H B Wilkinson’s plan to bond Arizona for two and a half million dollars to build a Phoenix to Los Americas road. The petition to amend the state constitution faced Greens County orientation and approval with only two charters.
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Yuma Sun
Phoenix
H. B. Wilkinson
Los Americas
Creenles County
Marriage Tickets Still Hold Up to Cupid Pace
Marriage registrations for the week ending June 24 reveal multiple couples listed in the Superior Court clerk's office records. Entries include Dewey Clochetti and Violana Moye Mattingly, John W. Keady and Mary Krown appie, P. W. Hamilton and Bert Butler, John Grant and Mabel Johnson, Lee Schexehhinter and Rance Hilgerard, John G. Hight and Beatrice Coltot, Fréd Carruthers and Artemio Pera, plus Landers and Alberta Keaton. County totals show Democrats 195, Republicans 62, with miscellaneous notes and dates recorded by H. J. Hutchison.
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Cupid
Bae Aef
Jung
John ©. Grant
Mabel M. Johnson
Bisbee
Lee Schexehhinter
Rance Hilgerard
John G. Hight
Beatrice Coltot
Dougion
Fréd E Carruthers
Zan Colorado
Sonora
Mexico
Artemio Pera
W. H. Landers
Alberta Keaton
McNeat
Ronald C. Scott
Charlotte M. Craik
Douglas
H. J. Hutchison
Carl
Burro Meat Story From Tombstone Stirring Local Interest
A Tombstone shoemaker Albert Schnepp allegedly bought a burro and its offspring at a poundmasters sale. The animals were slaughtered and pickled for his dog King of Cochise a pedigreed St Bernard. The action, kept quiet to avoid publicity, later surfaced in Bisbee newspapers prompting local curiosity and concern. King reportedly won a prize at the state fair in Phoenix.
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Poundmaster
Pritz
Scheopp
Cochise
King
Timwt Prise
Phoenix
Tombstone
Hal Smith
Bisbee
Schewpp
Supervisors Clash Over Benson Road Funds in County Report
County Engineer Sid Smyth has issued a report on road spending in and around Benson, prompting a response from Supervisor D. Z. Adams of Dragoon. Adams defends his district, cites personal finance in building roads and the Benson bridge, and notes funds were redirected to the main highways while Benson’s streets remain needing repairs. The exchange reflects countywide calls for economy and fair distribution of road budgets.
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A. G. Smith
Benson
Iineheld
Bisbee
Sid Smyth
D. 2 Adams
Dragoon
Smith
Bynson
Berson
Cochise County
Ike Dave Adams
Suith
Pengsit
Rolf
Board of Supervisors
Benson 1
Isbor
Texas Canyon
Popular Young Local Couple Married Today
John Glacuma hosted the wedding of Dewey Clochetti and Viola Mattingly at his sister’s home with Justice H. P. Merrill officiating. The couple, after a brief honeymoon, will reside on 10th Street Tombstone with plans to start their life together. Viola Mattingly, daughter of Leslie Mattingly of Courtland, is a stenographer at the Abstract Till Insurance & Trust Co. in Tombstone. Dewey Clochetti, a Tombstone native, is tied to a valuable silver lease in the district through his father.
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John Glacuma
Dewey Clochetti
Viola Mattingly
Justice of the Peace
H.P. Merrill
Dongins
Tony Cloestti
el Paso
Tombstone
Mr. Clochett
Leslie Mattingly
Courtiam
Till Insurance & Trust Company
10Th Street
Murder at Prescott Claims Life of Man
Prescott June 23 authorities hunt slayer of E Delgarilio an expert stone miner. Wallet riddled body found near railroad tracks. He worked at a quarry five miles from Prescott. Police investigate jealousy over a woman as a possible motive. Survived by a widow.
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Prescott
E. Delgarilio
Son
Henee
Mone
Poltet
Deigsville
Arizona Governors Fight Over Water Rights and Reclamation
Bisbee June 22 Governor Campbell denounces the Swing Johnson bill as eroding Arizona water and hydro power rights on the Colorado River and endorses the Smith McNary bill as essential for western reclamation. He cites Los Angeles’ power needs and urges federal action with a $250,000,000 reclamation program across 16 western states. Also notes a Fourth of July children’s carnival plan in Bisbee tied to the parade, with organizers visiting Tombstone to arrange events and prizes to boost community celebration.
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Bisbee
Johnson
Antonenity
Arizona
Colorado
Thomas B. Campbell
Gil
Campbell
Los Angeles
United States
Congress
J. J. Bevans
Tombstone
Arizonans Pay Uncle Sam Over Million in Income Tax
Arizona filed 21,812 individual income tax returns for 1980, totaling $67,250,483 in tax and $5,346,199 in net income. The state’s average income per return was $2,711.61 with an average tax per return of $53.44, compared to national figures. Largest filing group showed income between $2,060 and $4,000.
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Uncle Sam
Arizona
Indio
United States
Tap San Simon Valley for Deep Water
PHOENIX June 33 A contract for a new well in the San Simon valley Cochise county seeks deeper artesian flow of water. State Land Commissioner Rudolph Kuchler and University of Arizona professor G E P Smith awarded the contract to P Pistor of Tucson. The project costs $7 704 per foot exclusive of casing with the well planned to reach 2 000 feet depth.
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Phoenix
San Simon
Cochise County
Rudolph Kachler
G. E. P. Smith
University of Arizona
P. Pistor
Tucson
Kuchler
Second Case of Smallpox Reported in Globe
Globe June 24 reports a second smallpox case in the city, a negro girl on Euclid avenue. The note also mentions city hall painting and repainting three fire houses as part of two months of cleanup and improvements.
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Globe
Adams
Euclid Avenue
Public Forum on Education and Freedom of Inquiry
Editor voices support for academic freedom in science and inquiry. Urges teachers to pursue fact through observation and reason, free from creeds or fear. Asserts sciences are nonsectarian and should unite rather than divide families over disagreements. Above all, promote honest investigation and open minds without persecution.
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el Paso
Federal probes into Ku Klux Klan to resume in September
Phoenix June 24 United States District Judge Sawtelle refused to convene the Phoenix grand jury now, but federal investigations into Ku Klux Klan activity in the district continue. Assistant U S Attorney Crable says indictments may be void if the judge is correct about grand jury power. The Prescott July 25 term looms as officials seek immediate trials for prisoners.
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Sawtelle
Maricopa
Phoenix
United States
William H. Sawtelle
Erand
Francis D. Crabl Jr
Crable
Tucson
Frederic Bernard
Jude Sawtelle
Federal Court
Prescott
Tis
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