Six People Shot in One Day at Bonita

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lth of the southwest. ( 24 ) Wholesale Shooting Six People Shot in One Day at Bonita Bonita, four miles from Fort Grant, was the scene of several bloody tragedies last week, resulting in the death of one man, a woman and a child, and the wounding of three other per- sons. The first shooting was done by Wm. Roberts, the Bonita merchant, and resulted in the death of J. W. Cress, who has conducted a a saloon and dance house at Bonita for a num- ber of years. It appears that Robert’s store is built within a few feet of land which belonged to Cress, and as the latter recently fenced his land, the fence running close to the former’s store, bad blood was engendered between the men. Roberts has a large family. Cress, who was an industrious man of good business ability, had accumulated property — horses, cattle, etc. — estimated to be worth from $20,000 to $25,- 000. He leaves no relatives in this territory, but is believed to have a brother in Texas.