Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-05-23
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

Fatal Accident About six o’clock on Tuesday morning last, people residing in the vicinity of Bullard and Market streets were startled by loud cries of “Help! Help!”. On repairing to the scene of the commotion it was found that Mrs. Mary Brown, wife of Robert Brown, had fallen into the well on Market street, close by Wm. Mar- shal’s blacksmith shop. Mr. A. Harris, who was coming down Bullard Street, had seen Mrs. Brown slip and plunge headlong into the well, when about to lift out a bucket of water, and gave the alarm. The lady was taken from the well as quickly as possible and Dr. Slough was soon in attendance, but she was beyond human aid, as her skull was fractured in several places, and life was extinct before she was taken from the well. Shortly after waking in the morning, deceased had told her husband that she felt badly and had a strange presentiment of im- pending misfortune, to which he paid but little attention. Deceased was highly esteemed and much beloved by all her acquaintances and relatives, and many passed a sad day after the report of her untimely death. Mrs. Brown was 48 years old, she was buried on Wednesday. Funeral from the Catholic church of which she was a devout member.

ceased was highly esteemed and much beloved by all her acquaintances and relatives, and many passed a sad day after the report of her untimely death. Mrs. Brown was 48 years old, she was buried on Wednesday. Funeral from the Catholic church of which she was a devout member. A Mexican who is employed on the section gang between Lake Valley and Nutt station was bitten on the left forearm by a rattle snake while at work on the road. The whiskey remedy proved effective. They Come Around From the Lordsburg Liberal. In February 1883 a stage from Lordsburg and Clifton was robbed by three men. The place selected for the transaction was near the meet- ing point. The men did a complete job, and then sat down and waited for the stage from Clifton to Lordsburg. When they heard it ap- proaching they walked down the road and held it up. Besides other plunder they rode away three of the horses. Pete Spence and a com- panion trailed them to Shakespeare, but could not borrow nor buy fresh horses and so gave up the chase. A few weeks later information was re- ceived which led to the belief that the stage was again to be held up by the same parties and George Olney was put on the stage with a shot gun, to convey to the robbers the compliments of the stage company.

d so gave up the chase. A few weeks later information was re- ceived which led to the belief that the stage was again to be held up by the same parties and George Olney was put on the stage with a shot gun, to convey to the robbers the compliments of the stage company. Sure enough, the robbery was attempted and George emptied his shot gun into the party of three before they could say “hands up,” and this unceremonious reception stampeded the robbers. A party was made up to trail the hold ups and in the party were George Olney, Jim Ran- dall, Henry Grey and John Hoovey. They fol- lowed the men around back of where Morenci is now, and just at dark came up with them. The robbers left their horses and took to the brush. The pursuers stood guard all night and at daylight again took the trail and soon ran the men down. There proved to be three in the party, one of whom was a small or medium sized man, but a great talker. He told his captors that he had done nothing but rob stages for years, that this was the first time he had ever been caught. He seemed to take the matter as a huge joke. The men were taken to Clifton, irons riveted on their limbs and then taken to Solo- monville, the county seat.

captors that he had done nothing but rob stages for years, that this was the first time he had ever been caught. He seemed to take the matter as a huge joke. The men were taken to Clifton, irons riveted on their limbs and then taken to Solo- monville, the county seat. Graham county had just been organized and was in poor condition financially, and so when the United States marshal came down from Tucson and demanded these men, saying he would taken them to Tucson and try them before the United States court for holding up the mail, the Graham county officers were only too glad to let them go. They were tried in ( 17 ) Tucson and given about three years apiece, and it is supposed served their time as they have never come around this section to renew their old acquaintances. When Henry Grey was in the county jail, brought there by the unfounded charge of Dick Huber, and awaiting bail, he noticed one of the prisoners confined there and thought he recog- nized him. After he secured bail and just before he started for Lordsburg he met Jim Randall on the street in Silver city. He talked with Jim and told him he though there was a man in the jail that Jim was acquainted with and asked him to go up and see him.

he recog- nized him. After he secured bail and just before he started for Lordsburg he met Jim Randall on the street in Silver city. He talked with Jim and told him he though there was a man in the jail that Jim was acquainted with and asked him to go up and see him. Henry left for Lordsburg and did not see him until last week in Tucson. After congratu- lating Henry on being honorably discharged from the complaint of being a participant in the Boyle hold up, Jim said: “I went up and saw the fellow in the Silver City jail you was telling me of and he is one of the fellows we arrested up near Morenci in 1883 for robbing Pomeroy’s stage. He is the one who talked so much and bragged about robbing so many stages.” “What name is he going under now?” asked Henry. “Dick Huber.”

ilver City jail you was telling me of and he is one of the fellows we arrested up near Morenci in 1883 for robbing Pomeroy’s stage. He is the one who talked so much and bragged about robbing so many stages.” “What name is he going under now?” asked Henry. “Dick Huber.” Dick Huber came to New Mexico in 1882, and first went to work for Lew Fifer in Hanover gulch. In 1884 he commenced working for Vic Place, at Pinos Altos, and continued in his em- ploy for two years, after which he commenced work for H. G. Noel, on the Mangas, where he remained for about a year. He then com- menced working for Bell & Stephens, at Pinos Altos, and remained in their employ until about two months before the holdup. Sheriff White- hill and the guard at the jail both state that Gray was confined in the jail. It is strange that while Huber was using Gray’s horse for a month or more that Gray did not then recognize him. Gray’s story looks rather fishy. The Enterprise was informed, during the week, by a very reliable gentleman of Silver City, that the justice of peace at Central City was carrying the law out with excessive stringency. As told the Enterprise : “A soldier was fined for some trivial offense, whereat a colored woman remarked on the street “that it would injure the town.’ The justice ordered

ver City, that the justice of peace at Central City was carrying the law out with excessive stringency. As told the Enterprise : “A soldier was fined for some trivial offense, whereat a colored woman remarked on the street “that it would injure the town.’ The justice ordered her arrest for contempt and fined her $5. She went to her house and closed the door, when the justice ordered the door broken in and the woman re-arrested. Mr. Bruesch, who is in the butcher business, noticing that the woman was in a delicate condition, gave her $5 to pay her fine, and remarked that her treatment had been too harsh and severe, whereupon an order for his arrest was issued. Coming into the room where court was to be held with his hat on, he was fined for another contempt, fines and costs amounting to $17. Mr. Bruesch offer- ed to give bonds and appear which was refused and he was given the option of paying or going to jail. He accordingly paid the $17 for which he holds a receipt.”