Ada Humes — Piano Player Who Killed Jack Brown
Brown at the Centennial saloon; the bullet struck him in the left side, ranged upward through his heart, and exited at the right nipple [3][4]. The trial, described as one of the most remarkable in southern New Mexico, lasted nearly five days; she was found guilty and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary [1][2].
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- Probably one of the most remarkable as well… (1889)Probably one of the most remarkable as well as most interesting trials that has ever occurred in southern New Mexico, or for that matter, in the southwest, was that of the trial of Ada Humes, charged with th…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-10-11 (1889)led by a blue winged “gad.” Not a sign of business was there, but the flies kept on buzz- ing about the old man’s hair. At last in misery he shouted: “Great Scott! I’m covered with flies.” And the zephyrs…
- On Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock the start-… (1889)On Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock the start- ling announcement was made on the streets that John V. Brown had been shot at the Cen- tennial by a fallen woman, going by the name of Ada Humes, who had been engage…
- walked up to Jack, who when he saw her, evi-… (1889)walked up to Jack, who when he saw her, evi- dently anticipating trouble, attempted to get away. As he started to run Ada fired the fatal shot, the bullet striking him in the left side ranging upwards through…