Bessie Harper person
also known as: Bessie Harper
Summary: Woman who assaulted Ruby Fowler with a stone in a towel, bound over for grand jury.
Completeness: 65/100 Grade C
- Editor summary
- Sourced claims (≥3)
- Multiple primary sources
- Coordinates
- Operating / life dates— A bounding date (year is enough) sharpens the timeline and the map slider.
- Wikidata authority— Link a Wikidata QID to unlock automatic enrichment from authority records.
- Published story— Generate a permanent story page via the admin Story API — drives SEO + reader retention.
- Alternate names
Next steps to raise the score:
- Published story: Generate a permanent story page via the admin Story API — drives SEO + reader retention.
- Operating / life dates: A bounding date (year is enough) sharpens the timeline and the map slider.
- Wikidata authority: Link a Wikidata QID to unlock automatic enrichment from authority records.
📖 Tell Me the Story:
Claims (5)
arrested_for
assaulting Ruby Fowler— 1888-06-08
cited from morning after the animal had been killed and… (1888)he Gila last week, by unknown parties,
who took the meat away with them, but leaving
the hide after cutting out the brand and cutting
off the ears. As the round up was going on in
the neighborhood the thief must have been a
bold one. …
waylaying and assaulting Ruby Fowler with a stone tied in a towel
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-06-01 (1888)uesday by Tom Dowd, G. W. Wheatley and
Cash Keen, for shooting up the camp. Three
or four weeks ago he fired into a party of
Mexicans, wounding one of them. Of course it
was all done in fun, but John may find it a.
pretty serious affa…
charged_with
assaulting Ruby Fowler
cited from Bessie Harper, who waylaid and assaulted… (1888)Bessie Harper, who waylaid and assaulted
Ruby Fowler, was bound over by Justice Givens
to await the action of the grand jury. Bessie
assaulted her victim with a stone tied up in a
towel, and after knocking Ruby senseless beat
her in a shameful …
assault upon Ruby Fowler, bound over to await grand jury action
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-06-01 (1888)uesday by Tom Dowd, G. W. Wheatley and
Cash Keen, for shooting up the camp. Three
or four weeks ago he fired into a party of
Mexicans, wounding one of them. Of course it
was all done in fun, but John may find it a.
pretty serious affa…
sentenced_to
cited from A Mexican by the name of Quintano, who… (1889)
ough acting under orders, is creating dis-
cussion both pro and con among the soldiers,
and they want information on the subject. They
claim that they could have captured this man
Dorsey, but were afraid that if they shot him
the civil auth…
Sources (4)
Bessie Harper, who waylaid and assaulted…
1888 · newspaper · public-domain
morning after the animal had been killed and… ↗
1888 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-06-01
1888 · newspaper · public-domain
A Mexican by the name of Quintano, who… ↗
1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details