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J. H. Staples person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_j-h-staples_36634a
Probable 70%
Summary:  One of two men accused of deceiving and assaulting the Herring girls; previously served time for petit larceny.
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arrested_for

deception and improper advances
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891) · +3 more
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 …

arrived_in

cited from caught them they would get into trouble, but… (1891) · +1 more
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 …
cited from For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)
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…
cited from caught them they would get into trouble, but… (1891)
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 a…

departed_for

county jail from Doming
cited from For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)
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…

lived_at

sawmill (after release)
cited from For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)
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…
cited from caught them they would get into trouble, but… (1891)
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 a…

registered_at

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)
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 …

sentenced_to

three months for petit larceny
cited from For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)
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 …
three months for petit larceny
cited from For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)
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…
three months for petit larceny
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)
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 …

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