An Important Capture
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

An Important Capture On Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. W. J. Parks, deputy sheriff, with a party of four well- armed men, consisting of Buck Tyson, J. T. Phillips, Frank Shriver and Lew Childer, left Duncan on the trail of two horse thieves with four head of horses stolen four miles from Duncan, Arizona. The trail was followed to the Nichol ranch, where the thieves had broken in and taken a saddle, the property of a cowboy. From there the trail was followed to the Circle ranch, a few miles south of the city, which had also been broken into and a Winchester and a pistol stolen. The party from Duncan was there joined by H. O. Peck and Billy Quinn. The trail was again taken up and the thieves overtaken and captured at Al. Carwile’s place, about a mile below town. One of the thieves halted when commanded, but the other spurred his horse and attemped to ride away. A few pistol shots from one of the pursuers soon brought him to a halt. The thieves have been going by the names of Joe Phillips and Levi Harkey, and have heretofore borne good reputations, but their hard riding and mountain craftiness would indicate that they are not novices at the business.