Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-02-22
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY! John V. Brown Shot Dead By a Woman of the TownOn Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock the start- ling announcement was made on the streets that John V. Brown had been shot at the Cen- tennial by a fallen woman, going by the name of Ada Humes, who had been engaged as a piano player in the Monarch saloon. An Enter- prise man hastened to the saloon in which the tragedy occurred, and found that the rumor was only too true. The saloon was full of men, and several of the frail creatures of the opposite sex were drinking at the bar as the reporter passed into the big saloon. The body of the murdered man had been carried into the wine room where it lay awaiting the coroner’s inquest, but was soon afterwards removed to his own home near the Catholic church. As near as the Enterprise can get at the facts, they are about as follows : Brown had been more or less intimate with this woman for some months, but had broken with her. She had that day sent him a note, asking him to spend the evening with her. He replied in a note that he did not wish to have anything more to do with her, at the same time sending a note to Claude Lewis, who lived in the same house, to meet him at the Centennial on busi- ness. Both women received their notes by the same messenger, and together came down from their abode to the saloon.

o have anything more to do with her, at the same time sending a note to Claude Lewis, who lived in the same house, to meet him at the Centennial on busi- ness. Both women received their notes by the same messenger, and together came down from their abode to the saloon. Jack was standing in the gambling room watching a game when the women entered from the side street. walked up to Jack, who when he saw her, evi- dently anticipating trouble, attempted to get away. As he started to run Ada fired the fatal shot, the bullet striking him in the left side ranging upwards through the heart, and com- ing out at the right nipple. He ran on through the room, falling on the sidewalk on the south side of the building. He never spoke after he was shot, and died in a few minutes. Ada then fled to the rear of the building which is occu- pied by people of her own class, one of whom, Savanah Randall, a golden-toothed sirene, lock- ed her in an out building, with the evident hope of concealing her from the officers. Deputy Sheriff A1 Card and C. L. Cantly immediately arrived, kicked in the door, and arrested her. She came forth swinging her arms and yelling like a hyena, disclaiming all knowledge of the affair, and evidently attempting to appear in- sane. She was taken to the jail and locked up.

riff A1 Card and C. L. Cantly immediately arrived, kicked in the door, and arrested her. She came forth swinging her arms and yelling like a hyena, disclaiming all knowledge of the affair, and evidently attempting to appear in- sane. She was taken to the jail and locked up. There is a good deal of truth in the remark made by Judge Henderson while on the bench in this city not long ago, when a murderer was turned loose on our streets, to the effect that he had seen enough of American juries in this section, and that for his part he preferred a Mexican jury in criminal cases. The remark was generally condemned at the time, and yet the records of the court in this county will bear the judge out in his opinion, as it is a rare thing that a murderer is convicted at all, and when they are, they generally get off with from one to five years. The sentiment of the people of this section seems to be with the live man, and prevails to such an extent that our courts of justice are almost a farce. Our ladies are much given to equestrian- ism. Numbers of them may be seen daily in- dulging in their favorite exercise. Vic Culbertson, manager of the GOS brand on the Sapello, came in to attend the meeting of the stock association.

our courts of justice are almost a farce. Our ladies are much given to equestrian- ism. Numbers of them may be seen daily in- dulging in their favorite exercise. Vic Culbertson, manager of the GOS brand on the Sapello, came in to attend the meeting of the stock association. There are a number of other mining camps in the Burro mountains. Gold Hill, some ten miles south of here ; Black Hawk, ten miles, and Telegraph twenty miles north ; Cow Springs, fifteen miles, and Bauna and Knott’s, twelve miles southeast, and then to the northwest, forty miles, the Carlisle, in the Steeple Rock range; ( 5 ) Fleming, thirty miles to the northeast, in the Bear mountains; Silver City and Pinos Altos nine miles beyond the latter; Shakespeare, twenty-three miles, and Leitendorf still nine miles west of that; Stein’s Peak and San Simon districts forty-five miles west.