We need to write a short mode story about Jo Baker. Mode: short, 80-150 words, one tight p
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Jo Baker is a gambler and cattle puncher who worked for Head & Hearst in Grant County, New Mexico [2][3]. In the early morning of May 23, 1889, between 1 and 2 a.m., Baker stabbed Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno after Bruno asked for repayment of a loan [1][2][3]. Baker drew a knife and stabbed Bruno several times, then fled and was not yet caught [2][3]. Bruno was taken to the hospital in a dangerous condition, with recovery deemed improbable [2][3].
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- A Cutting Affair (1889)A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the Exchange on the night watch. Bruno had closed …
- to the O… (1889)to the O. K. and taken supper, and as he left the restaurant met Baker in the middle of the street. He asked Baker for some money which he had loaned him, and a row was the result. Bruno was getting away …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-05-24 (1889)l several days afterwards on McCabe ranch. A Cutting Affair Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 a.m. Jo Baker stabbed and fatally wounded Franz Gustav Valdemor Bruno, a German boy who had been employed in the …