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Joe Phillips person

born: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)died/dissolved: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)🌐 Q63553336id: p_joe-phillips_3c7cec

also known as: Joe Phillips

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Summary:  Alias of one of the two horse thieves captured near town.
Completeness: 88/100 Grade B
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Claims (7)

arrested_for

horse theft1888-04-18
cited from An Important Capture (1888)
se esteem and respect the deceased had commanded for years. The deceased had been in the employ of Colonel Hudson, of the Hot springs, for many years, who remained by him in his illness and had everything possible done to alleviate his su…
theft
cited from The boys who followed and captured the… (1888)
from one of the pursuers soon brought him to a halt. The thieves have been going by the names of Joe Phillips and Levi Harkey, and have heretofore borne good reputations, but their hard riding and mountain craftiness would indicate that the…
horse theft
cited from An Important Capture (1888)
An Important Capture On Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. W. J. Parks, deputy sheriff, with a party of four well- armed men, consisting of Buck Tyson, J. T. Phillips, Frank Shriver and Lew Childer, left Duncan on the trail of two horse thieves w…
horse theft
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-04-20 (1888) · +1 more
se esteem and respect the deceased had commanded for years. The deceased had been in the employ of Colonel Hudson, of the Hot springs, for many years, who remained by him in his illness and had everything possible done to alleviate his su…

charged_with

stealing four head of horses stolen four miles from Duncan
cited from An Important Capture (1888)
An Important Capture On Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. W. J. Parks, deputy sheriff, with a party of four well- armed men, consisting of Buck Tyson, J. T. Phillips, Frank Shriver and Lew Childer, left Duncan on the trail of two horse thieves w…
burglary at Nichol ranch and Circle ranch
cited from An Important Capture (1888)
An Important Capture On Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. W. J. Parks, deputy sheriff, with a party of four well- armed men, consisting of Buck Tyson, J. T. Phillips, Frank Shriver and Lew Childer, left Duncan on the trail of two horse thieves w…

stole_to

saddle from Nichol Ranch, Winchester and pistol from Circle Ranch, four horses near Duncan1888-04-18
cited from An Important Capture (1888)
se esteem and respect the deceased had commanded for years. The deceased had been in the employ of Colonel Hudson, of the Hot springs, for many years, who remained by him in his illness and had everything possible done to alleviate his su…

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An Important Capture

1888 · newspaper · public-domain

An Important Capture

1888 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The boys who followed and captured the…

1888 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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