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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1913
Page
2
Arizona reports feature a May Mother’s Day observance and a $20,000 subscription contest. It notes state pride, policy debates, and anti landsale measures, with discussions of tariffs, corporate debts, and Blue Sky securities laws across states. It mentions Montenegro boxing, Austrian rifles, and aviation fatalities, ending with a call for a mid July special session.
The Prescott jury verdict absolves the Arizona Power Company of responsibility for Melbourne Bixby’s death two years ago after an electric wire accident. A post verdict petition urged compensation for Bixby’s widow and child, which company officers approved citing prior consideration.
A lengthy account describes a Johnson event titled Fiesta de la Mata Ubince a cinematic reenactment by Mexicans of Johnson. The performance portrays a chieftain’s daughter abducted by a rival tribe leading to capture and execution. Costumes came from Mexico and the dance ran over thirty six hours with participants including children and women. A moving picture crew from El Pato filmed the performance.
Early June start on a reinforced concrete bridge at Fairbank to complete the state highway chain from El Peso to Yuma via Douglas Bitec Tombstone Pairbank Tucson Florence and Phoenix. Bids open in Phoenix for labor suspensions and 1600 barrels of cement in Tombstone June 3 as portions of the route from Bisbee to Tombstone are finished this season.
Willan Weteo’s sons Fred and Otto Waton were arraigned in Douglas on murder charges and waived preliminary examination. They were bound over to the superior court in Tombstone without bond. Sheriff Wheeler will transport them to Tombstone after funeral services at 2 pm. Officials say circumstantial evidence points to the sons’s possible involvement amid financial troubles linked to cattle. Otto Waton testified of threats and mistreatment by the father.
A ranch hand named Jane Borquer fell seriously ill after exposure to poisoned dipping solution 12 miles east of Douglas on the Mexican side. The toxin caused abdominal swelling and severe pain along the stomach and spinal column.
Mr and Mrs WM Neel of Foar Bar ranch visited the city and planned shipment of cattle to Douglas. Neel says his company will ship about 3000 head this spring, similar to last year, as spring range gains relief and cattle numbers rise in Sulphur Spring valley.
The Superior Court will open a civil calendar session in Tombstone on Friday at 10 a.m. All nonjury civil cases will be tried, and some jury cases may proceed. Lawyers have been notified.
Preliminary steps for a state highway from Bisbee over the divide through Tombstone to Fairbank have been taken. The state engineer will seek supplies for the camp and 1600 barrels of cement for the Fairbank bridge. Bids open in Tombstone on June 3 at the supervisors meeting.
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