The recovery of the ten head from Cow…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

tter being from the lower Gila, having come to town for the purpose of attend- ing a stock meeting. They volunteered their services to assist in the capture, and left this city with the deputy about 12 m. Tuesday night, making the arrest on the Gila early the next morning. The recovery of the ten head from Cow Springs, with those found in the possession of the thieves on the Gila, making thirty-seven head in all, is a capture of considerable impor- tance. The capture of the thieves, however, is of far more importance and the chances are that it will be many years before they again come into possession of other people’s property. The deputy sheriff and the three citizens who effected the capture deserve some recog- nition and consideration from the stock associa- tion which meets in this city today. A Bridge Wanted Capt. M. Cooney, of the Mogollons, has been in the city for some days past, and has been circulating a petition asking the county com- missioners to bridge the Gila. When interviewed the captain stated: “The bridge, as everyone knows, is an ab- solute necessity, and should by all means be built this spring.” “Where should it be located, captain?”