Samuel Abrahams, of Clifton, visited Dem-…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ing; J. B. Gilchrsit, H. English, Whitewater; S. H. Fairchild, Kansas City; H. J. Hutchison, Cen- tral: C. C. Hall, Albuquerque. Samuel Abrahams, of Clifton, visited Dem- ing last week to be initiated into the mysteries of the royal arch degree of Masonry. Arrested In Phoenix On the night of January 4th last, two masked men went to the ranch of Augustine Jerques, three miles below Solomonville evi- dently for the purpose of robbery or murder, or both. It was known that Jerques had con- siderable money and it was supposed that he kept in with him at his house or somewhere about the premises. Luckily for Jerques when the assassins came to his house several neigh- bors were there ; also his sister and niece were stopping with him. The highwaymen attempted to enter the house but on seeing several persons there they opened fire with six shooters, shoot- ing Jorques twice, the first ball entering about two inches to the right and above the navel and coming out in the small of the back; the second shot making a flesh wound in the shoulder, the ball passing through the arm but not breaking the bone. Sheriff Olney and posse of Graham county went to the scene as soon as the news reached town, but could not trail the men farther than the road, where the tracks indi- cated that they had gone in the direction of Layton.