“Why,” remarked the lady, “my husbandJs…
source date: 1888
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locking the door of his house at time when (as he claims) Buck assaulted him with the scantling, striking him on the shoulder. He threw his left arm up over his eyes and face as a shield, and with his right drew his gun and fired at random, not knowing or caring where. “Why,” remarked the lady, “my husbandJs shoulder is terribly bruised where he was hit with the scantling. I employed Dr. Slough to care for his maimed shoulder.” A representa- tive of the Enterprise hunted down the doctor and asked the condition of the prisoner’s shoul- der. He replied that he would probably be called upon by the court to furnish expert testi- mony in the case, but until that time he had nothing to say. A fine horse was recently stolen from Mr. Slayback, on the Gila. The thief was followed by Back Smith to Graham County, Arizona, and the horse recovered. From the July 6, 1888, Issue of The Enterprise Pete Jensen In Trouble