Dr. Simpson and W. H. Small immediately
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

Dr. Simpson and W. H. Small immediately arrested Johnson, after which he was turned over to the constable. The feeling in Lordsburg at the time was very strong, and is still bitter against Johnson, and, for a while lynch-law was freely talked of, but better council pre- vailed, and at 2 o’clock Monday morning, H. Ambler, assisted by Mike McNichols and Walter Fawcett, started to bring the prisoner over land to this city. They arrived here about 1 o’clock of the same day. The prisoner was first taken to visit his wife and little girl, who reside on Yankie street. They have been living here for more than a year for the purpose of educating the girl, who is a fair haired child of about eleven years. He was then taken to the county jail and locked up, where he will probably remain until after the next meeting of the grand jury, as he waived his preliminary examination before Judge Greaves, of Lords- burg.