J. H. Staples is one of two men accused in 1891 of deceiving and assaulting the Herring gi
About six months before August 1891, Staples was sentenced to three months for petit larceny and sent from Doming to the county jail, where he served his time [7][3]. After his release he lived around a sawmill near Herring’s ranch [3][7]. Staples and lady,” and were assigned rooms [5]. They deferred the promised marriage and occupied the rooms overnight; the girls were heard protesting [4]. Deputies arrested Staples for deception and improper advances [1][2]. While being taken to jail, Herring confronted them and Staples begged for protection, crying out “O don’t let him shoot me” [6][1].
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- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)Monday morning. Sheriff Lockhart, becoming aware of the probability of a killing if Herring ran across the pair, had sent deputies in every direction to arrest them with the double purpose of pre- serving the…
- D. P. Carr and Deputy Sheriff Muse learn- (1891)D. P. Carr and Deputy Sheriff Muse learn- ing who the girls were, questioned them as to whether they had been married. They replied in the negative. Deputy Muse took Staples to task in the matter, when the …
- For two months past a couple of worthless… (1891)For two months past a couple of worthless scoundrels have been lying around pretending to work about the sawmill, about a mile and a quarter from Herring’s ranch. They travel under he names of F. O. Thompson a…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)hand they had fallen. The two couples occupied their respective rooms during the night. Several times passing persons heard the girls protest and beg to be left alone. The parties occupied their rooms until …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)Thompson to marry the older, and Staples the younger one. They came in on horseback, ar- riving about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. They stopped at the Tremont house and registered as F. O. Thompson and lady …
- Deputies Muse and Baca discovered them… (1891)Deputies Muse and Baca discovered them emerging from the Exchange saloon where they had been keeping out of sight in the back room. The deputies started with the prisoners for the county jail ; they had gone b…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-28 (1891)as the head of another home. His two young daughters then were all he had in the world, and as the sequel proved, they were all the world to him. Sally, the older girl, was sixteen last April, and Lulu…