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Thomas Lyons person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q88967286id: p_thomas-lyons_ba4442

also known as: Mr. Lyons, Lyons

Probable 70%
Summary:  Imported two dozen Bob-White quail and released them on the Gila.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (13)

arrived_in

Gila with imported quail
cited from The Gauntlet Thrown Down! (1891) · +1 more
getting only about sixty yards distant when the rest of the powder exploded, blowing the cabin to atoms. $1,299,276.25! Grant County’s Mineral Production for 1890. The Gauntlet Thrown Down! Grant County in the Lead of the United States Propor…
cited from Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to (1891)
Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to inform the public that he has recently imported two dozen of the “Bob-White” variety of quail, and has turned them loose on the Gila. Hunters will please refrain from killing them until they have had an …

departed_for

cited from Put Them Down (1891)
aptured cannons. There, in 1851 the writer saw a pyra- mid of dismantled guns — from an 18-pounder carronade to a mountain howitzer and in mem- ory of its heroic service, Capt. Shoemaker placed as a cap stone, the spiteful, little gun from Mass…

killed_by

Felix Jones (allegedly)1917-05-17
cited from Image 14 of El Paso herald (El Paso, Tex.), February 12, 1918, (HOME EDITION) (1918)
H Tuesday Feb 12 1918 EL PASO HERALD TELL Of FELIX JONES BEING 1011 Jill SILVER GIT Trial of Man Accused of Murder in Connection With Killing of Thomas Lyons Begins Women Relatives of Both Men in Court Defence Bores Into Witnesses Regarding Relationship TAKING of testimony on the…

occupation

superintendent of the L. C. Cattle Company
cited from On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-… (1891)
o some lonely, isolated place in the hills and there rope the cow and kill her by beating in the forehead with a rock. The calf was then driven to the ranch and branded with the Hall brand. The better class of mares with suckling colts …

owned

two dozen Bob-White quail
cited from The Gauntlet Thrown Down! (1891) · +1 more
getting only about sixty yards distant when the rest of the powder exploded, blowing the cabin to atoms. $1,299,276.25! Grant County’s Mineral Production for 1890. The Gauntlet Thrown Down! Grant County in the Lead of the United States Propor…
cited from Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to (1891)
Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to inform the public that he has recently imported two dozen of the “Bob-White” variety of quail, and has turned them loose on the Gila. Hunters will please refrain from killing them until they have had an …
cited from pounds each… (1891)
pounds each. Mr. Lyons thinks that by Septem- ber they will average about 1300 pounds and will be ready for market. They will be shipped to Chicago and will probably bring from $65 to $75 each. The same steers could not have been sold four w…

witnessed

carcasses of two of his best cows recently killed by the Hall gang's method
cited from On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-… (1891)
o some lonely, isolated place in the hills and there rope the cow and kill her by beating in the forehead with a rock. The calf was then driven to the ranch and branded with the Hall brand. The better class of mares with suckling colts …
cows
cited from On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-… (1891)
On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten- dent of the L. C. Cattle company came across the carcasses of two of his best cows recently
cattle killings
cited from killed in this manner… (1891)
killed in this manner. In just anger at such barbarous business he threatened punishment to the perpetrators should he find one more. Mr. Lyons’ conversation was repeated to Tom Hall who remarked that the d — n fool might have found another if h…
killed cattle
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-09-11 (1891)
s Dick and Bob together with him- self had killed the second day after those found by Mr. Lyons. There is also evidence showing that the gang were in the habit of driving cattle from the ranges and butchering them and dis- posing of the …

worked_for

cited from On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-… (1891)
On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten- dent of the L. C. Cattle company came across the carcasses of two of his best cows recently

Sources (10)

killed in this manner…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

On one occasion Thomas Lyons, superinten-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

pounds each…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Put Them Down

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The Gauntlet Thrown Down!

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Thomas Lyons desires the Enterprise to

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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