The pardoning of Jasper Thomason, the…
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They resisted, and in the fight
that followed one of the murderers was killed
and the other captured. The latter will be
turned over to the civil authorities for trial.
Old Chilchuana, who, it is believed, was as-
sisting the scouts, was wounded during the
fight. — Stockman.
The pardoning of Jasper Thomason, the
slayer of A1 Potter, will meet with general dis-
approval by all of the people of the Mogollons
and the San Francisco valley. Thomason was
convicted principally upon his own testimony,
as he was the only witness present when the
deed was done. He acknowledged, in his evi-
dence, that he shot down an unarmed man, but
claimed that he thought Potter had a gun be-
hind a tree. The evidence showed that Potter
was peeling poles, with his coat off, and was
unarmed. The bullet struck his left chest and
came out near his right hip, which would indi-
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