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Bob Clayton person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q100770156id: p_bob-clayton_be69a9

also known as: Bob Clayton, Clayton

Probable 70%
Summary:  Cattleman sentenced to be shot for killing J. W. Cavitt in Ciudad Juarez.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (11)

convicted_of

killing S. H. Cavitt
cited from Clayton To Die (1891)
Clayton To Die Nearly all of the people of this county know Clayton, who several years ago made a race from this city to Doming with a horse vs. bicycle. About a year ago Clayton, with his partner. Doc. Bolton, killed S. H. Cavitt, in Juarez,…

killed_by

cited from Mr… (1891)
tigation disclosed the fore- going facts. Mr. Porter says regarding the statement that “they are having much trouble among themselves,” that they were never more quiet nor doing better work than at present, Apaches as well as Tontos, Yumas an…
sentence to be shot
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24 (1891)
tigation disclosed the fore- going facts. Mr. Porter says regarding the statement that “they are having much trouble among themselves,” that they were never more quiet nor doing better work than at present, Apaches as well as Tontos, Yumas an…
cited from Clayton To Die (1891)
Clayton To Die Nearly all of the people of this county know Clayton, who several years ago made a race from this city to Doming with a horse vs. bicycle. About a year ago Clayton, with his partner. Doc. Bolton, killed S. H. Cavitt, in Juarez,…

occupation

cattleman
cited from WILL BE SHOT (1891)
WILL BE SHOT A late El Paso telegram states that Bob Clayton, who, in company with Dr. W. S. Bolton, shot and killed J. W. Cavitt, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about a year ago, has been sentenced to be shot. His lawyers immediately appealed the …

raced

horse vs. bicycle from this city to Doming
cited from Clayton To Die (1891)
Clayton To Die Nearly all of the people of this county know Clayton, who several years ago made a race from this city to Doming with a horse vs. bicycle. About a year ago Clayton, with his partner. Doc. Bolton, killed S. H. Cavitt, in Juarez,…

refused_to_leave

prison
cited from Clayton To Die (1891)
Clayton To Die Nearly all of the people of this county know Clayton, who several years ago made a race from this city to Doming with a horse vs. bicycle. About a year ago Clayton, with his partner. Doc. Bolton, killed S. H. Cavitt, in Juarez,…

sentenced_to

execution by shooting
cited from Mr… (1891)
tigation disclosed the fore- going facts. Mr. Porter says regarding the statement that “they are having much trouble among themselves,” that they were never more quiet nor doing better work than at present, Apaches as well as Tontos, Yumas an…
execution by shooting
cited from WILL BE SHOT (1891)
WILL BE SHOT A late El Paso telegram states that Bob Clayton, who, in company with Dr. W. S. Bolton, shot and killed J. W. Cavitt, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about a year ago, has been sentenced to be shot. His lawyers immediately appealed the …
death by shooting
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24 (1891)
tigation disclosed the fore- going facts. Mr. Porter says regarding the statement that “they are having much trouble among themselves,” that they were never more quiet nor doing better work than at present, Apaches as well as Tontos, Yumas an…
death by shooting
cited from Clayton To Die (1891)
Clayton To Die Nearly all of the people of this county know Clayton, who several years ago made a race from this city to Doming with a horse vs. bicycle. About a year ago Clayton, with his partner. Doc. Bolton, killed S. H. Cavitt, in Juarez,…

Mentioned by (2)

Bob Clayton killed_by Bob Clayton
J. W. Cavitt killed_by Bob Clayton

Sources (4)

Clayton To Die

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Mr…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

WILL BE SHOT

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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