Dr. W. S. Bolton: Cattleman, Fugitive, and Killer
Cavitt in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about a year before mid-1891 due to a misunderstanding over a big deal in Mexico [2]. Bolton was arrested for the killing and imprisoned, but he escaped from jail while awaiting sentence and was then somewhere in the United States [2][1]. Bolton had lived in Juarez [3].
Sources
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24 (1891)itt, Clayton and Bolton were all cattlemen and a misunder- standing about a big deal in Mexico caused the shooting; Doc Bolton, who was in jail awaiting sentence for the killing, escaped several months ago, a…
- WILL BE SHOT (1891)WILL BE SHOT A late El Paso telegram states that Bob Clayton, who, in company with Dr. W. S. Bolton, shot and killed J. W. Cavitt, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about a year ago, has been sentenced to be shot. …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-06-12 (1891)Doc Bolton, who killed his partner Cavitt in Juarez, Mexico, and who was imprisoned so long and finally escaped, was seen in Deming on Monday night. Marshal Cantley’s salary is now $100 per month instead o…