, 
as  the  Hudsons  state,  he  replied  that  it  was 
none  of  their  business.  At  this  Steve  states  that 
both  drew  at  the  same  time  and  fired,  Steve 
was  shot  through  the  neck,  and  McAfee  fell 
dead  from  his  horse,  the  ball  passing  through 
his  head,  entering  just  above  the  eye.  Steve 
says  that  he  fired  two  shots,  and  does  not 
know  which  one  took  effect.  He  also  says  that 
his  brother  Ed.,  who  carried  a Winchester,  did 
not  fire  at  all.  The  Hudsons  then  rode  back 
to  Central  and  notified  the  officers  and  not 
finding  a physician  continued  to  Fort  Bayard 
where  Steve  entered  the  hospital,  where  he  has 
since  been  in  a very  critical  condition,  but  the 
chances  now  seem  to  be  in  favor  of  his  re- 
covery. His  wind  pipe  was  cut  with  the  ball. 
Ed  was  arrested  at  the  hospital  and  is  now 
in  jail.  He  refused  to  be  interviewed  by  an 
Enterprise  reporter.  His  preliminary  examina- 
tion will  probably  be  held  tomorrow.  It  is 
claimed  that  the  ball  taken  from  McAfee’s 
head  was  that  of  a 44  Winchester,  but  Steve 
Hudson,  who  carried  a 45  colt,  states  that  he 
was  in  the  habit  of  using  such  cartridges  in 
his  pistol.

The  following  statement  is  made  by  the 
friends  of  the  late  A.  L.  McAfee,  and  Geo.  F. 
Patrick.  It  is  first  but  fair  to  state  that  there 
has  been  considerable  trouble  over  the  NAN

brand  of  cattle,  and  that  there  is  now  a case 
concerning  the  property  in  court.

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his  pistol.

The  following  statement  is  made  by  the 
friends  of  the  late  A.  L.  McAfee,  and  Geo.  F. 
Patrick.  It  is  first  but  fair  to  state  that  there 
has  been  considerable  trouble  over  the  NAN

brand  of  cattle,  and  that  there  is  now  a case 
concerning  the  property  in  court.“The  Hudsons  were  working  on  the  NAN 
ranch  as  the  employes  of  S.  T.  Harkey.  On  the 
18th  of  December  Geo.  F.  Patrick  went  out 
and  took  peaceable  possession  of  the  upper 
house  on  the  NAN  ranch,  which  has  not  been 
occupied  since  the  Indian  raid.  J.  D.  Simmons, 
Sul.  Simmons  and  John  Dodd  accompanied  him 
to  look  after  his  interests.  On  the  19th  S.  T. 
Harkey  and  Steve  Hudson  swore  out  a writ  for 
the  arrest  of  Geo.  F.  Patrick,  Wm.  A.  McAfee, 
O.  N.  Meyers  and  J.  D.  Simmons  for  creating 
an  unlawful  assembly  and  for  taking  a wagon 
from  the  NAN  ranch.  On  Saturday,  the  22d, 
the  case  came  up  for  trial  and  was  continued 
until  Monday,  when  it  was  dismissed.  On  Fri- 
day, the  21st,  A.  L.  McAfee,  who  had  come 
into  Silver  City  to  spend  the  holidays  with  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Patrick,  was  asked  to  go 
out  and  get  two  of  the  partnership  horses 
which  were  then  in  the  possession  of  Dodd  and 
Sul  Simmons,  to  enable  Meyers  and  J.  D.  Sim- 
mons to  get  back  to  the  ranch  without  hiring 
horses.  Mr.