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source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

ll to $51. This woman has been a mischief maker of the most depraved, worthless and dangerous char- acter and if she returns to town she will again be arrested under the same law, and will get a sentence which will prevent her from making trouble for a few months at least. J. W. Lynch, one of the big cattle men of San Miguel County, with six of his cowboys, is under arrest. Lynch is held in the sum of $5000 for trial and each of his men in the sum of $1000. Lynch has been considered a tough citizen for years, and will now no doubt have a chance to explain many of his crooked actions. If he is guilty he should be sent to the pen at hard labor for years, and the chances seem to be that he will get there. There is entirely too much stealing in this country, and an example should be made of the big as well as the little thieves. A little shooting scrape occurred at the Exchange last night. Butch Wyatt was shot through the left hand by McWilliams, a dealer for Billy Bell. Some words had passed between the two, when Butch says that he saw Me. draw a pistol, and he slapped him and attempted to grab the pistol. Both parties are under arrest. A sergeant of troop D, 10th cavalry, was shot at Fort Bayard yesterday by a private in company M. Both colored. The trouble was over a woman. From the June 28, 1889, Issue of The Enterprise