Adams Announces For Re Election Bandits Attack Gold State
Special to The Prospector Tucson May 15 describes a bandit raid on the Golden State Limited westbound near Jaynes Station. Eight masked men forced the crew to open the safe. a shot killed one bandit and wounded another. The express clerk Hi Stewart resisted, aiding a swift police response. Officers chase the robbers over 150 miles with a broad manhunt ongoing. In separate dispatch, A Adams announces reelection for Cochise County Board of Supervisors, detailing his long service since the 1870s and focus on county roads.
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Golden State
Jaynes
Boo Niles
Hi, Stewart
Jocal Pool
Tombstone
JB Hood
Ble
Frazeds
Crable
Phoenix
Tage
A. Adame
Henven
Dave Adame
Colline County
Cochise County
Board of Supervisors
Adams
Ant
Tombud
Dragoons
Texas Canyon
Mnule
Dave Adams
Robbery on Golden State Limited described by messenger
Harry Stewart, a railway express messenger, shot and killed one bandit and wounded another during an attempted holdup of the Golden State Limited train from Chicago to Los Angeles near Jaynes and Tucson. The attack wounded conductor D M Madigan as bandits fired into the car amid a siege of about sixty shots.
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Chi Rock Island and Pacific
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Los Angeles
Jaynes
Tucson
D. M. Madigan
Orn
Madigan
Pilares Extension to Ship Lead Ores in Sonoita District
Douglas May 10 Developments at the Pilares Extension Mining property in Pilares Sonoita reveal rich ore. Martin L Buckley president and manager traveled to Douglas to arrange with El Paso smelter for several carloads weekly. Gold and silver ore will be smelted at Douglas. Over eight months two tunnels reached a 200 foot level with a rich vein increasing in richness.
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Pilares Extension Mining Company
Pilares
Sonora
Martin L. Buckley
el Paso
Trade at Home Week Urged by Arizona Industrial Congress
Arizona urges statewide observance of Trade at Home Week May 22 to 27 to boost local businesses and keep money in the state. The Arizona Industrial Congress calls on citizens to buy Arizona goods, support home merchants and manufacturers, and highlight the benefits of investing locally for state prosperity.
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Yeeterdox
Arizona
Lts
Tony
Arizona Industrial Congress
Sted Capital
Large shipment of silver bullion sent to East Ports
In San Francisco on May 13 the largest silver bullion shipment to the Orient since the armistice, nearly $2,000,000 worth, aboard the timer President Lincoln as it cleared for Far Eastern ports. The shipment was honored with decorations of crab apple blossoms and featured guests including Mr Sant, Mrs Albert Miller, Rex, Mr and Mrs William Miller, and others, with Me Ledford's mother visiting from Texas.
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Orient
Lincoln
Far Eastern
Japan
China
George Ro Mis
Bal Yoho
Sant
Albert Miller
Rex
William Miller
Leo Gannon
Carl Me
Mra Cooper
Jerome Mine To Resume Work By Mid June
Jerome mine plans to restart operations by mid June after a Jerome Jerome Jerome. United Verde Mining Co. to re open one reverberatory furnace May 25 to June 3, then fire a blast furnace June 15 and a second reverberatory within 30 days. Production aimed at four to five million pounds of copper monthly with 1,500 workers after adding 1000 more.
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Prescott
Ariz
United Verde Mining Company
Arianna
Robert Tally
Prescott Journal
Toniget
Tally
Jerome
Mr. Tally
Charles W. Clark
Train holdup ends in death near Tucson
In Arizona on May 16 a posse searched for companions of Tom Dugat, killed by Express Messenger Harry Stewart during an attempted hold up on a westbound train. Dugat, once a Theron goat rancher, drew officials’ suspicions that other gang members were local. An inquest into Dugat’s death will be held Wednesday before the Tucson precinct coroner. Further news noted a party at the Ledford home in Fairbank reflected the copper industry’s social scene.
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Tom Dugat
Harry Stewart
Golden State
Dugat
Theron
Sant
Tucson
Fairbank
L. L. Ledford
Friin
Reid Found Guilty by Jury in Bank Case
The jury in the case against JM Bell charged with appropriating funds and altering records at the defunct Central Bank of Willcox returned a guilty verdict against Reid after brief deliberation. Prosecutors allege falsified entries and theft of $4900, with Reid admitting actions and claiming funds were repaid from Farmers Ginning Co. of Phoenix. Reid, out on bail, was jailed by Judge Lockwood. Brown faces a parallel action as state case moves forward.
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Central Bank of
N. Stafford
Bank of Phoenix
Actos
Reid
Bin
Farmers Ginning Co
Phoenix
S Tt Brown
Vanick
Reilly
JF. Ross
Relawl Brown
Mr Home
Offic Public Accountant
Alan
Lockwood
Gibson
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Blaben Chamber of Commerce
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Mold Nogales
Nogales
Charles R. Howe
A. Hughes
Frank Luke
Santa Cruz
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Khan
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