Information comes in from the lower Gila…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

Carlisle, became enraged at one of his horse, which was too poor and thin to work, and almost beat it to death. He came up to the camp and got supper, and bragged of what he did, stating that he was going back and finish the job. The miners did not like his talk. A couple of them went down to where the team was, and found the horse almost dead with one eye knocked out. They organized a mock court, and sentenced Mr. Adams to fifty lashes on the bare buttocks. Before the sentence was carried out they of- fered to let him off if he would fight any man in the crowd. This he declined. He was then stripped to the heels and laid on his stomach and given thirty-five lashes with a mesquite switch, when he was released. The action of the miners was approved by everybody in camp. It is the opinion of the Enterprise that Adams was served just right, and hopes that he will not soon forget the lesson. The Enterprise thinks however that the full sentence of the court should have been carried out. There is no reason why such brutes of men should be allowed to abuse animals who are so much their superior, and if more of such punishments were inflicted, that noblest of all animals, the horse, would receive the consideration which he is entitled to.