Sam Carpenter person
also known as: Col. Sam Carpenter
Summary: Colonel who purchased candles to illuminate the court house during a commissioners meeting.
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purchased
cited from County Commissioners Meeting (1889)
saloon into the semi-darkness
of the morning, without any quarrel having
taken place, and in a few minutes the fatal shot
was fired. It was one of those foul murders re-
sulting from the vicious, depraved disposition in
man which causes him …
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-01-11 (1889)
County Commissioners Meeting
On the re-assembling of the board at 7
p.m. it was found that there was an insuffi-
ciency of oil, and Col. Sam Carpenter sent down
to the city and purchased fifty cents worth of
candles and illuminated the cou…
cited from County Commissioners Meeting (1889)
County Commissioners Meeting
On the re-assembling of the board at 7
p.m. it was found that there was an insuffi-
ciency of oil, and Col. Sam Carpenter sent down
to the city and purchased fifty cents worth of
candles and illuminated the court …
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County Commissioners Meeting
1889 · newspaper · public-domain
County Commissioners Meeting ↗
1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-01-11
1889 · newspaper · public-domain