Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-05-10
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

How Cady Was Killed The following particulars of the killing of Cady is from the pen of Oscar Roberts: “He was stopping alone on Deer creek ranch and was found forty yards from the house with his head all mashed, his body had decayed so that it was impossible to tell how many shots he might have gotten. He was naked from the waist up. Only one bullet hole showed in his pants, and that looked as though he had been shot through both legs about the knees. He was found by one of the Mexican guards prob- ably a day and a half after he was killed, and was buried by the Mexican and Wash Peters. He was stripped and laid on his cook stove, pieces of his flesh adhering to the stove testify- ing to this fact, his ears and nose cut off and head and breast scalded with hot water with which he was preparing his lonely meal. Most of the Indians arrived on foot but they stole twelve head of horses from Deer creek, then went through San Luis pass and secured about twenty more horses at the Lang, another of Head & Hearst’s ranches.

lded with hot water with which he was preparing his lonely meal. Most of the Indians arrived on foot but they stole twelve head of horses from Deer creek, then went through San Luis pass and secured about twenty more horses at the Lang, another of Head & Hearst’s ranches. The largest individual sale of steers made in New Mexico, was consummated at Las Vegas recently by the sale of 7,000 head of 1, 2, and 3 year olds belonging to the J. C. Lea Cattle Company and the Black outfit, of Lincoln Coun- ty, to W .E. Weeks, president of the Soda Springs Cattle Company of Idaho. The prices paid were $14, $19 and $22, respectively, de- livered at Soda Springs, Idaho. We are glad to announce, with almost posi- tive certainty, that the various Indian rumors of last week were without foundation,, except the report of the killing of B. F. Cady on Deer creek. Deer creek is in Grant County, only a few miles from the Mexican line at Cloverdale, and while the killing was done by Indians, we

rtainty, that the various Indian rumors of last week were without foundation,, except the report of the killing of B. F. Cady on Deer creek. Deer creek is in Grant County, only a few miles from the Mexican line at Cloverdale, and while the killing was done by Indians, we have every assurance that they were not from the San Carlos reservation, but a remnant of the old band which did not surrender, and have ever since committed more or less depredation along the border, especially on the Mexican side. While the killing of a citizen, by Indians, is a sufficient cause for alarm, as a general thing, yet we do not apprehend any further seri- ous trouble from this band. The officers of Dona Ana county in two days arrested forty couples for living together in an illicit manner, in the town of Mesilla. From this it would seem that the minority re- port was not so far wrong after all. Let the officers of this county do their duty and the justices of the peace and ministers will reap a harvest.

ty couples for living together in an illicit manner, in the town of Mesilla. From this it would seem that the minority re- port was not so far wrong after all. Let the officers of this county do their duty and the justices of the peace and ministers will reap a harvest. James Turner, early Friday morning, stab- bed Wm. Courtney with the blade of a pocket knife, one of the wounds being near the heart in the left breast. During the melee Turner bit a piece out of Courtney’s chin. Courtney states that the trouble was brought up by his refusing to loan money to Turner. Turner is now in jail. Courtney was able to be on the street on Wed- nesday. Jose Maria Rascon, of Morenci, recently shot and killed Carmen Calderon. The mur- derer has been arrested and confined in jail at Solomonville. The woman was well known and popular in Morenci. Her remains were fol- lowed to the grave by three hundred people. J. J. Taylor, formerly a blacksmith of this city, who was sentenced to be shot for robbing a train in Sonora, is still alive. He is being held as witness against two others, who were impli- cated. Taylor’s partner, Rohling, has been sen- tenced to ten years in the salt mines.

J. Taylor, formerly a blacksmith of this city, who was sentenced to be shot for robbing a train in Sonora, is still alive. He is being held as witness against two others, who were impli- cated. Taylor’s partner, Rohling, has been sen- tenced to ten years in the salt mines. C. M. Shannon, with his mother and wife, spent several days in the city. The Indian rumors brought them in. C. M. has laid in a supply of cartridges, something that most ranchers have been short of since the last out- break. It is well enough to be prepared. A bridge should be built across the Gila River. ( 11 )