There was a shooting scrape the other…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

prisoner to strip to the skin, in which condition he was marched through the broiling sun to Solomonville. It is said that the prisoner was completely cooked by the time he reached the county seat. It was rough treatment, but the prisoner was lucky to got off that easy. There was a shooting scrape the other night at Hermosa. A man by the name of Sullivan was abusing another man named Branson. Branson resented and drew his pistol and shot Sullivan twice, wounding him in the shoulder. Branson gave himself up at once, and at his hearing before the justice of the peace, was exonerated from all blame. Antonio Carbajal, who killed a man in Mesilla a few months ago, was given five years in the penitentiary. Sheriff Laird offers to furnish a gang from the county jail every morning to sweep the streets provided the city will furnish the brooms. This is a good idea, and should be adopted by the council. From the May 25, 1888, Issue of The Enterprise The murderers of “Big Mike” Grace, well known in Grant county, and Diehl, who were killed during the Indian outbreak, have been identified among the Indian prisoners recently ( 10 )