Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28
source date: 1891
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OLD SETTLERS Hold High Jinks on the Gila. A Gorgeous Feast. A Pleasant Gathering. Wit, Wisdom and Folly. — Music, Mirth and Dancing. Way down upon the Gila River, Where the Gila monsters stay, I wander around without any kiver, And to-morrow h — will be to pay. His chorus was: Oh yes Fm cold and lonely. In this jungle where I roam, I am freezing on the banks of the Gila For I left my blankets all at home. He is still alive however, and if any one is heard on the streets lecturing on the necessity of taking blankets along when you leave home, you may be assured you can point out the frozen poet. Railroad Accident Tuesday about noon, a light engine on the Santa Fe, two miles east of El Paso, jumped the track and ran into the company’s pump-house, at that point, completely wrecking the latter.

hen you leave home, you may be assured you can point out the frozen poet. Railroad Accident Tuesday about noon, a light engine on the Santa Fe, two miles east of El Paso, jumped the track and ran into the company’s pump-house, at that point, completely wrecking the latter. The engine was in charge of Conductor Starr, who with his two brakemen, was riding on the pilot. As the engine left the rails. Con- ductor Starr, it is supposed, jumped and was caught under the engine, killing him instantly and mangling his body horribly. Brakeman J. H. Mudge received several severe scalp wounds, his left hand split open, and right leg very badly cut. If he has received no internal in- juries he may survive. The other brakeman escaped with a general shaking and was insen- sible for nearly an hour. The engineer, Mc- Ginnis, received a bad flesh wound extending across the forehead, several small cuts on the scalp and is badly bruised around the chest. His fireman escaped without a scratch as,; did a six year old boy who was on the engine at the time. , The engine is nearly a total wreck and is lying on her side, twenty feet from the track. It is supposed she climbed; the ifrog, and the ( 72 ) guard rail not holding her, she left the rails.

t a scratch as,; did a six year old boy who was on the engine at the time. , The engine is nearly a total wreck and is lying on her side, twenty feet from the track. It is supposed she climbed; the ifrog, and the ( 72 ) guard rail not holding her, she left the rails. Engineer McGinnis, bleeding, stunned and blinded by blood and injuries, showed great presence of mind by running back nearly half a mile and flagging the east-bound passenger train which was only five minutes behind them. The wreck occurred just around a sharp curve and the passenger train would have crashed into it. All trains were delayed about six hours. Conductor Starr’s remains were taken to El Paso and taken charge of by the Brother- hood of; Railway Trainmen. Johnny Ott has been detailed by that order to take charge of and accompany the remains east. He was a single man and a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 78 of San Marcial, also of order of Railway Conductors. Brakeman Mudge and Engineer McGinnis are at the hospital in El Paso. The former will be removed to San Marcial soon as his condition permits. He is known to most business men in Silver City as he acted as agent here during January of this year.

der of Railway Conductors. Brakeman Mudge and Engineer McGinnis are at the hospital in El Paso. The former will be removed to San Marcial soon as his condition permits. He is known to most business men in Silver City as he acted as agent here during January of this year. John Maddox, a well known miner of San Pedro' District, fell down a shaft in the Allan Story turquoise mine, and was killed. He was engaged in the bottom of the shaft, seventy-five feet deep, and had fired the last blast of the day and started up the shaft in the bucket when the rope broke and let him fall, a distance of about sixty feet. Scarcely had his body struck the bottom of the shaft when the blast of giant powder he had but a few momens before set a match to, exploded. Death was almost in- stantaneous. ,

the shaft in the bucket when the rope broke and let him fall, a distance of about sixty feet. Scarcely had his body struck the bottom of the shaft when the blast of giant powder he had but a few momens before set a match to, exploded. Death was almost in- stantaneous. , AT THE TREMONT— W. H. Constable, G. S. Ramsey, S. B. Brillhart, Las Vegas; Jas. A. Dolan, Gold Hill; E. S. Waddles, F. M. Taber, G. S. Mosher, St. Joe; A. Singer, Chas. Sterne, T. J. Shannon, Albuquerque; John D. Wilson, Phil Prager, John Boyle, Jr., Ike N. Huhn, Chas. L. Massey, St. Louis; J. H. Finch, Tucson; T. C. L. Sergeant, A. Martin, Denver; D. Bauman and daughter, John^J. Quinn, Fred M. Smith and wife. Miss May Thompson, Miss Minnie Horton, Mrs. M. C. Chapman, Mrs. B. W. Smith, Mrs. N. A. Bolich, Misses Jessie and Fannie Rutland, P. R. Smith, W. Woodburn, H. P. Alicott, Dem- ing; Mrs. Jennie Logan, Leon J. Smith, Doming;

daughter, John^J. Quinn, Fred M. Smith and wife. Miss May Thompson, Miss Minnie Horton, Mrs. M. C. Chapman, Mrs. B. W. Smith, Mrs. N. A. Bolich, Misses Jessie and Fannie Rutland, P. R. Smith, W. Woodburn, H. P. Alicott, Dem- ing; Mrs. Jennie Logan, Leon J. Smith, Doming; E. Moyl, Wolf Goodmen, El Paso; W. G. Ren- ner, L. M. Herman, J. E. Clark, T. Park Butcher, New York; H. E. Dawson, B. C. Branstold, S. C. & N. Ry. ; G. O. Francisco, Omaha; C. P. Praff, C. Beeman, Chicago; H. H. Lewis, J. W. Breed- love, Belton, Texas; G. F. Patrick, Chas. Jones, Pueblo, Colorado; N. J. Hicks, Ed Hanrahan, Georgetown; J. J. O’Neill, Cold Springs; Prof. S. A. Daufor, Forman ; Miss B. Payne, Pyramid ; Miss M. M. Killum, Lordsburg; J. G. Woods, Alumina; N. Y. Ancheta, San Lorenzo; Prof. N. C. Campbell and family. Ft. Madison; Mrs. Teats and daughter, Santa Fe; J. A. Lyman, Roe Haven, San Francisco; Vic Culbertson, Sapello; S. B.jBiddle, C. E. Miller and wife, Pinos Altos; Baylor Shannon, C. S. Metcalf, Mangas Springs. DEPLORABLE TRAGEDY Two Fiends Who Narrowly Escape Just Punishment. A Suicide the Sequel! Two Innocent Girls the Victims of Man’s Brutality. A Sketch of the Parties.

bertson, Sapello; S. B.jBiddle, C. E. Miller and wife, Pinos Altos; Baylor Shannon, C. S. Metcalf, Mangas Springs. DEPLORABLE TRAGEDY Two Fiends Who Narrowly Escape Just Punishment. A Suicide the Sequel! Two Innocent Girls the Victims of Man’s Brutality. A Sketch of the Parties. Until last Friday, Calvin Herring, with his two daughters, Sally and Lulu, lived happily at their ranch on Meadow creek, ten miles north- east of Pinos Altos. He had two sons, but both had left the home nest and were caring for themselves; another daughter was married and was the head of another home. His two young daughters then were all he had in the world, and as the sequel proved, they were all the world to him. Sally, the older girl, was sixteen last April, and Lulu fourteen last March — neither of the girls much more than children.

as the head of another home. His two young daughters then were all he had in the world, and as the sequel proved, they were all the world to him. Sally, the older girl, was sixteen last April, and Lulu fourteen last March — neither of the girls much more than children. For two months past a couple of worthless scoundrels have been lying around pretending to work about the sawmill, about a mile and a quarter from Herring’s ranch. They travel under he names of F. O. Thompson and J. H. Staples. Staples about six months since was sent up from Doming to the county jail under a three months sentence for petit larceny, where he served out his time, and has since laid around the sawmill. Thompson is ostensibly a working man, but his chief income is supposed to be derived from horse stealing. During the past two months, whenever the father was absent from the ranch, these hounds have been in the habit of calling upon and courting these young ladies. They were warned that if the father ( 73 )

but his chief income is supposed to be derived from horse stealing. During the past two months, whenever the father was absent from the ranch, these hounds have been in the habit of calling upon and courting these young ladies. They were warned that if the father ( 73 ) caught them they would get into trouble, but they continued to frequent the place in his ab- sence. Last Friday, the father being away on the round-up, these fiends called upon the girls, and being unable to obtain their consent to im- proper advances made them, they induced the girls to come to Silver City to be married — Thompson to marry the older, and Staples the younger one. They came in on horseback, ar- riving about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. They stopped at the Tremont house and registered as F. O. Thompson and lady and J. H. Staples and lady, and were assigned to rooms 16 and 17.

Thompson to marry the older, and Staples the younger one. They came in on horseback, ar- riving about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. They stopped at the Tremont house and registered as F. O. Thompson and lady and J. H. Staples and lady, and were assigned to rooms 16 and 17. No one at the hotel knew any of the parties, and looking like recently married country couples, nothing was suspected until some time next day. On one pretext or another the brutes deferred the marriage ceremony, telling the girls that the papers were being made and licenses got ready. In the meantime, however, they proceeded to fill their dirty skins with whisky, and using every effort to have the girls drink, but without success. Night came with- out any marriage ceremony being performed. The girls, strange, bashful and diffident, as such people usually are, knew not how to extri- cate themselves from the toils of these devils, into whose hand they had fallen. The two couples occupied their respective rooms during the night. Several times passing persons heard the girls protest and beg to be left alone. The parties occupied their rooms until 6 o’clock on Saturday evening, when they made prepara- tions to leave.

hand they had fallen. The two couples occupied their respective rooms during the night. Several times passing persons heard the girls protest and beg to be left alone. The parties occupied their rooms until 6 o’clock on Saturday evening, when they made prepara- tions to leave. D. P. Carr and Deputy Sheriff Muse learn- ing who the girls were, questioned them as to whether they had been married. They replied in the negative. Deputy Muse took Staples to task in the matter, when the latter in his bully- ing way said “that he would shoot the belly out of any d — d s — of a — b who dare say there was anything wrong.” This aroused the ire of the little deputy, who sets no special value on bullies. Muse struck him, and reading the riot act to him in a quiet but determined tone, brought the half-drunken beast to a peaceful standard in short order. In the meantime Ed Birch, who was a friend of the family, had heard of the disgraceful affair and had ridden out to the round-up and notified the unsuspecting father. The heart- stricken father hurried to town to take summary vengeance upon the villains.

ard in short order. In the meantime Ed Birch, who was a friend of the family, had heard of the disgraceful affair and had ridden out to the round-up and notified the unsuspecting father. The heart- stricken father hurried to town to take summary vengeance upon the villains. They had become suspicious, and had gone to the sawmill and got their effects preparatory to leaving the country on a cattle train which they expected to leave at 5 o’clock Monday morning. Sheriff Lockhart, becoming aware of the probability of a killing if Herring ran across the pair, had sent deputies in every direction to arrest them with the double purpose of pre- serving the peace and holding the criminals to account before a legal tribunal.

Monday morning. Sheriff Lockhart, becoming aware of the probability of a killing if Herring ran across the pair, had sent deputies in every direction to arrest them with the double purpose of pre- serving the peace and holding the criminals to account before a legal tribunal. Deputies Muse and Baca discovered them emerging from the Exchange saloon where they had been keeping out of sight in the back room. The deputies started with the prisoners for the county jail ; they had gone but a short distantce and when opposite the Broadway hotel Herring came out of the Broadway restaurant and pull- ing a pistol from inside his vest would have killed them both had not the officers stood be- tween. The cowardly ruffians jumped behind the officers and begged in terrified tones for protection. Staples crying out, “O don’t let him shoot me, don’t let him shoot me.” Muse and Baca covered Herring with their revolvers and told him they could not stand to have prisoners in their charge shot down. He begged them to move just six inches each and he would get them both.

les crying out, “O don’t let him shoot me, don’t let him shoot me.” Muse and Baca covered Herring with their revolvers and told him they could not stand to have prisoners in their charge shot down. He begged them to move just six inches each and he would get them both. Herring was disarmed but then the pris- oners made an attempt to escape by running from the officers whom they had stuck close to until Herring was disarmed, but Muse got one side and Baca on the other and commanded them to halt or they would shoot them. They were taking no chances on death or danger, while they might ruin and disgrace young un- sophisticated children without jeopardizing their worthless lives they were in their element, but they would take no chances. The father, now that the villains were safe from his ven- geance in the clutches of the law, sought for means of punishing them legally. It was found that the U. S. laws would not reach them with more than a $100 fine and it is very doubtful that our territorial laws will inflict any ade- quate punishment. The Sequel — Herring Suicides After making arrangements for a strenu- ous prosecution. Herring started for home to bring his daughters in as witnesses at the pre- liminary examination. While his friends in Silver City were talking to him he seemed reti- ( 74 )cent and would say little.

l — Herring Suicides After making arrangements for a strenu- ous prosecution. Herring started for home to bring his daughters in as witnesses at the pre- liminary examination. While his friends in Silver City were talking to him he seemed reti- ( 74 )cent and would say little. He was dazed and heart broken. He reached home about 6 :30 in the evening while the girls were milking the cows, and calling the girls to him questioned them in regard to the whole affair. The younger one told him all and it seems confirmed his worst fears. Telling the girls to go on with their milking, he sat down in the house, while they went to the corral to finish milking. A few minutes after a shot was heard, two men who were camped a short distance from the house, suspecting something wrong, hurried to the scene and found Herring lying dead with a bullet hole through his head and a Winchester rifle where it had fallen at his feet. He had gone into a work-room in the house and had either placed the butt of the Winchester on the work-bench or on the floor with tlie muzzle to his head and had pushed the trigger with a stick which lay close by. The shame and dis- grace had been too much for the brave, proud, sensitive man, rather than witness the shame of his daughters exposed to the public gaze in a court of law, he chose death.

e muzzle to his head and had pushed the trigger with a stick which lay close by. The shame and dis- grace had been too much for the brave, proud, sensitive man, rather than witness the shame of his daughters exposed to the public gaze in a court of law, he chose death. He who had never feared death could not brave dishonor. A coroner’s jury was summoned who returned ' a verdict of suicide in accordance with the facts. The body was buried at Pinos Altos at 1 o’clock yesterday. Calvin Herring was an old and very I much respected citizen of Grant County. As one of our most prominent citizens remarked yesterday, “There is a dearth of such men in the community and Grant county could ill spare him.” A staunch Democrat, he fought in the Confederate army, making a gallant record, ( until the battle of Gettysburg when he was shot ( in the breast, the ball coming out under the right I shoulder blade. He was allowed to lie on the battlefield for eighteen hours supposed to be dead. When about to be buried signs of life were discovered and with care and attention he soon became a useful citizen, honored, trusted and respected by all good men, hated and feared by such as those who caused his death. Whether the law inflicts adequate pun- ishment or not upon his murderers, retribution sure will come. The criminals will have a pre- liminary examination today.

eful citizen, honored, trusted and respected by all good men, hated and feared by such as those who caused his death. Whether the law inflicts adequate pun- ishment or not upon his murderers, retribution sure will come. The criminals will have a pre- liminary examination today. Thomas Ingram, acting foreman of the Mountain Key, while Foreman McCorkie was suffering from a sore hand, was killed by fall- ing from the 500 foot level to the bottom, 209 feet below. He was sober, industrious and well liked by his comrades. His remains were ship- ped via Wells-Fargo to Springfield, Missouri, where his parents lived. SPRING SPRAYS Gila Hot Springs, August 25 Editors of the Enterprise: The arrivals here during the past week are Tom Hunter and party, H. Rosecrans, W. Mc- Cormick, Wm. Gillett, John Donnelly, Silver City; Col. J. R. Adair, Pinos Altos; Wm. Carr, Georgetown; George Linton, Horace Seber, Hermosa; Jack Herbert, Ben McClure, Magda- lena; Don Jose Tafolla, Canada; Wm. Grudg- ings, Jas. Hoffman, Tobe Terry, Jord Rogers, Erb Bernell, county. The addition of the above parties to those already here makes this segment of the great American desert put on airs, which it is justly entitled to.

n McClure, Magda- lena; Don Jose Tafolla, Canada; Wm. Grudg- ings, Jas. Hoffman, Tobe Terry, Jord Rogers, Erb Bernell, county. The addition of the above parties to those already here makes this segment of the great American desert put on airs, which it is justly entitled to. The curative power of these springs are unquestionable, and the cures that have been effected here, by bathing, alone, are truly phe- nomenal. They are the Veritas Caput of thermal springs. With first-class conveniences for the accommodation of guests, then all other sanitariums of the country will have the same relation to this, that the moon has to our planet — satellites. The present proprietor, J. H. Hill, is doing everything that is possible to make this A No. 1 in all of its appointments.

he accommodation of guests, then all other sanitariums of the country will have the same relation to this, that the moon has to our planet — satellites. The present proprietor, J. H. Hill, is doing everything that is possible to make this A No. 1 in all of its appointments. Last week a party consisting of Mrs. Lou Gatton and olive branches. Miss Minnie Drake, Ben McClure and Jim Hill went up the West Fork about twenty miles above here after moun- tain trout. The makeup of the party on leaving here was of the recherche order. They were having a splendid time catching trout, when on returning to their camp one evening they found it entirely destroyed by fire — tents, bed- ding, provisions, etc. As it was too late to get back here, they set up all night, and swapped prevarications, with an occasional nod, whilst leaning up against a friendly pine. On their arrival here the recherche lustre was gone and the moire antique had taken its place. Preparations are under way for a grand outing party up the West Fork next month. ( 76 ) A Geological Curiosity

s, with an occasional nod, whilst leaning up against a friendly pine. On their arrival here the recherche lustre was gone and the moire antique had taken its place. Preparations are under way for a grand outing party up the West Fork next month. ( 76 ) A Geological Curiosity Judge Bennett, commissioner for the terri- torial fair, received from A. McGregor, of Georgetown, a rock having a perfect picture in colors, of Mineral mountain, at Georgetown in this county. The beautiful stone was taken out of a shaft on the McGregor mine at a depth of 110 feet from the surface. It had a seam in the center and after exposure to the air for a short time, it parted, showing the most beautiful piece of nature’s photograph, of the long hill running down from the parapet to the south- east, being a perfect photography of the moun- tain, hills, trees, rocks, etc. It is on exhibition at Judge Bennett’s office in the Morrill hall. A WONDERFUL MINE— ITS ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERYThe Silver Cell mine situated on Whiskey creek within two miles of Pinos Altos, has a history connected with its discovery similar to that related of the famous Horn Silver of Utah.

tion at Judge Bennett’s office in the Morrill hall. A WONDERFUL MINE— ITS ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERYThe Silver Cell mine situated on Whiskey creek within two miles of Pinos Altos, has a history connected with its discovery similar to that related of the famous Horn Silver of Utah. It is said that two prospectors one day, weary, dirty and discouraged, sat themselves down upon a projecting ledge of rock, one of them in disgust struck the ledge close by him with his pick declaring with western emphasis he would prospect no more. The blow chipped off a piece of the ledge which his partner picked up and examined, casually at first then very in- tently, finally jumping to his feet and shouting, “Horn Silver by G — d! Bill,” and it is told around the camp fires today that the mine was located and recorded as the “Horn Silver by G — d” instead of plain Horn Silver as quoted today on the New York and San Francisco Stock boards. Be that as it may they got sufficient money from their strike that it was not neces- sary for them to prospect any more and since the mine was sold to the company it has paid to date $4,300,000 in dividends, paying a divi- dend this month of $100,000. But to come back home and to our subject. The three Dimmick brothers kept a dairy ranch on Whiskey creek and sold the milk in Silver City or Pinos Altos.

ine was sold to the company it has paid to date $4,300,000 in dividends, paying a divi- dend this month of $100,000. But to come back home and to our subject. The three Dimmick brothers kept a dairy ranch on Whiskey creek and sold the milk in Silver City or Pinos Altos. One morning last September two of the brothers started out after the cows. tiful on the hillside. Closer examination led them to think it was a more valuable ore. Neither of them having a pocket knife and about to throw the piece of rock away one of them bethought himself of biting it, when to their great astonishment and joy there remained dis- tinct and deep the impress of his full set of teeth as if he had bitten into a cake of beeswax. There was now no longer a doubt in their minds as to their find; they had been long enough in the mines to know they had a chunk of pure horn silver. One of them was now enough to hunt the cows while the other hastened home to communicate the glad news to their brother. Procuring picks and shovels they went back and after three days of exciting labor found the vein from which the piece had broken. The first blow of the pick struck on the vein brought up a piece of malleable horn and native silver worth over twenty dollars. They have since sunk a shaft 65 feet deep, from which they have taken $15,000 without stoping on either side.

from which the piece had broken. The first blow of the pick struck on the vein brought up a piece of malleable horn and native silver worth over twenty dollars. They have since sunk a shaft 65 feet deep, from which they have taken $15,000 without stoping on either side. This we venture to say is as good a show- ing as the celebrated Horn Silver mine made to start with. One piece weighing 57 pounds sold to the Kansas City smelter for $514.98, another weighing 35 pounds which they have is a better specimen still than the larger one. The boys had worked hard many years and after being paid for their ores they suspended operations, leaving one of them on guard on the mine, the other two went east on a visit to their parents whence they are expected to return in a week when they will resume operations on the mine. The same character of ore shov/s for a distance of 300 feet on one side of the shaft and 200 feet on the other side. It is their intention to sink shafts 200 feet apart and connect for air when stoping will be commenced and thousands of dollars may be looked for as a monthly product of the mine. There are no mines in New Mexico, if the croakers tell the truth, but dis- coveries of this kind v/hich this is not a solitary one proves them liars.