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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1902
Page
3
Misone, Ceehite County treasurer and others left for Bisbee on urgent business. A flood of drummers, a Tombstone visitor, and rumors of copper moving west fill the scene as sheriffs report new arrests and a vast mix of civic chatter, storms, and social quirks across the region.
A report describes Alvord and Bravo Juan, two fugitives employed as guards near a Mexican forest reserve, eluding a planned capture after Mexican authorities located them and believed arrests were imminent. Local sheriffs and insiders warned the outlaws, altering the planned operation and delaying their arrest as officials pursued the fugitives.
A report states an enraged Indian man killed his wife using an axe in what authorities describe as a brutal domestic attack. Investigators are reviewing the incident and conferring with witnesses at the scene.
A man described as Nal esti da Tonto 12 and known as Lene Sie faced a preliminary hearing after allegedly killing his wife in San Carlow ten days earlier. The defendant, educated and speaking English, was reported to have attacked her with an ice axe during an argument with a young man at the agency, the husband unable to stand the law. The case was continued to the district court.
A twenty ton iron meteorite fragment was found buried in a field near Sinaloa, Mexico, described as rare and valuable by geologists and scientists. Captain AE Shepherd noted the discovery, naming the field “Field of Iron” after the exposed core.
A tribal note reports the wholesale cremation of Yuma Indians as they follow traditional rites. The account emphasizes adherence to ancestral customs and communal participation in the final rites.
Report summarizes deadly Yam customs and famine conditions as measles outbreak spreads among the Yam people near the Colorade region. It notes burning flesh scents, property losses, and a declaration of poverty as the tribe endures the ritual amid turmoil. Copper and silver production in Arasna reaches nearly 69 million dollars in 1906, while a bandit attack disrupts a General Egao peck train near Sonora with fatalities.
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