J. W. Fleming – Silver City Mayor and Rancher
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Card's hardware store, where about $150 worth of cutlery and several watches were stolen [2]. He and Card searched a suspect in Chinatown and recovered twelve or fourteen watches from Charley Wing, who blamed an accomplice named Au Sin—possibly a fictitious person [2]. Around that time, a John W. (Jack) Fleming reportedly won the “White House” ranch at Mule Springs (Duck Creek) in a horse race, kept it about three years, then sold it to the L-C Cattle Co. [1].
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- HEADQUARTERS OF THE MULE SPRINGS DIVISION OF THE L-C RANCH — Generally (1889)HEADQUARTERS OF THE MULE SPRINGS DIVISION OF THE L-C RANCH — Generally called the “White House” Ranch, it was located on a rise just above Mule Springs (Duck Creek.) It is said John W. (Jack) Fleming won th…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-03-07 (1890)On Friday of last week the hardware estab- lishment of John B. Card was forcibly entered and about $150 worth of fine cutlery stolen, together wTith a number of watches left with W. J. Foley for repairs, s…