Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ed and O. Bulow, Pueblo; J. W. Eliel, Jim ranch; C. F. W. Schmidle, Burro Cienega; T. W. Holson, Lone Mountain; John R. Adair and D. V. Coleman, Pinos Altos; Bud Williams, Deming; John Cooper, Burros; J. N. Upton, Mimbres. From the August 14, 1891, Issue of The Enterprise Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell City, bent on taking the town in true cowboy style. He broke several windows, knocked out the glasses and insulted every person whom he met. Some unknown person put a stop to his fun, by sending a charge from a double- barrelled shot gun at him and a bullet from a 44-calibre revolver. An examination showed that 100 shot were imbedded in William’s abdo- men, chest, face and arm. The wounds are not considered dangerous, but Williams has been taught a lesson that he will not soon forget. They had a cattle roping tournament as a part of their fourth of July celebration at Solo- monville, Arizona, and Billy Birchfield, a Dem- ing boy, took the first prize, fifty dollars ; aggre- gate time, one minute and eleven seconds in tying three steers.