Hachita,  Sept.  14,  1890
There  was  a little  surprise  in  camp  last
Friday.  A man  by  the  name  of  George  Forget
was  working  at  the  American.  Billy  Baker
came  in  from  Deming  and  reported  that  Rich
was  coming  after  him,  and  that  there  was  a
reward  of  $200  for  his  arrest.  George  was  told
this  and  he  said  there  was  nothing  against
him.  That  it  was  a mistake.  The  next  day  the
Sheriff  from  Tombstone  came  after  him,  but
he  had  gone.  The  sheriff  said  about  eighteen
months  ago  this  man  was  his  prisoner  in  Tomb-
stone, and  that  he  let  him  have  a great  deal  of
liberty  on  account  of  his  light  charge  as  he  was
only  charged  with  stealing  forty  pounds  of  ore,
but  George  knew  his  guilt  and  when  the  sheriff
went  in  to  one  of  the  cells  and  left  the  keys  in
the  lock  and  his  gun  in  the  office,  George  saw
his  opportunity  and  locked  the  sheriff  in  the
cell,  took  the  sheriff’s  gun  and  made  his  es-
cape. The  sheriff  was  very  badly  disappointed

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