Alfred Job, Jr., indicted for shooting at John Coleman in Grant County
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Alfred Job, Jr., was indicted for shooting at John Coleman near Silver City, New Mexico, and held in the Grant County jail after failing to post a $2,500 bond [2].
Alfred Job, Jr., and his father Alfred Job, Sr., were indicted for shooting at their neighbor John Coleman [2]. The Jobs lived a few miles east of town and had been feuding with Coleman for years; about a year earlier, they began shooting at him, interfering with his gold-washing work [2]. Coleman filed a complaint [2]. The young man’s bond was set at $2,500, and unable to furnish it, he was held in the county jail at Lockhart [2]. The case was also charged as assaulting to murder John Coleman and was continued for term [1].
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- Territory vs… (1891)Territory vs. Alfred Job, Sr., and Alfred Job, Jr. Assaulting to murder John Coleman, con- tinued for term.
- IN COUNTY JAIL AFTER SHOOTING (1891)IN COUNTY JAIL AFTER SHOOTING Alfred Job, Sr., and Alfred Job, Jr., are under indictments for shooting at John Cole- man. The bond of the young man was fixed at $2500 and that of the old gentleman at $1500.…