At Lake Valley recently a miner by the…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

recent grand jury for the murder of Lawrence Meagher (better known as “Yorkey”), on the North Percha last fall. Several other indict- ments were found, charging parties with being accessories to the crime, but to date the only arrests made are as above mentioned. — Advo- cate. At Lake Valley recently a miner by the name of Dacy ventured too near where some shots were being fired and a stone struck him on the forehead, from which he died. From the April 6, 1888, Issue of The Enterprise H. H. Whitehill and Mr. Emery, an old time prospector, who have been prospecting near the headwaters of the Gila, have been in pretty hard luck. While several miles from any ranch Mr. Emery, in some manner, broke his right leg below the knee, and for fifteen days Mr. Whitehill took care of the old gentleman as best he could in camp, after which he was loaded onto a burro and after many hours of tedious and painful travel, the Rogers ranch on the Gila river was reached and the wounded limb cared for as well as circumstances would admit. Mr. Emery is almost 60 years of age. A gang of outlaws are still operating in the neighborhood of San Lorenzo. Recently N. Y. Ancheta’s safe weighing 1500 pounds, was ( 7 )