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for various crimes and shady practices. He writes a long letter to the El Paso Times, declaring his innocence and charging that the local Mexican authorities brought about conviction simply because they were instructed to do so by the officials at the capital of the republic. It became our painful duty to notice the death of Captain Isaac B. Halsey, of Rociado, an honest and virtuous ranchman, whose death occurred in a very sudden and unexplicable manner. Capt. Halsey went away from his home on Tuesday of last week, nobody know- ing his whereabouts, until Friday afternoon, when he was found dead in the vicinity of his ranch. There were no marks of violence on his body, so it is difficult to solve the cause of his untimely death. — Mora Gazette. ( 22 ) GRANT COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1884-1930 — Located at the west end of Broad- way on what is now the courthouse lawn. The picture was taken about 1900. The people and the horse are unidentified. The .jail was in the basement. This was the second courthouse in Silver City, the first was on Hudson St. and later became the Ladies’ Hospital. — Courtesy B. E. Pierce.