Morris Cloney – Grant County Cowman

On Tuesday of last week in April 1888, Morris Cloney, a well-known cowman in Grant County, was roping a steer near Cow Springs when he was thrown with his horse and fractured the base of his skull, causing paralysis of the left side ^[1][2]. He was never conscious for more than a few seconds afterward ^[1]. A cowman named Ross, who was with Cloney, secured help; Cloney was carried on a hay rake to Cow Springs, then taken by railroad to a hospital in Silver City, where he received every attention until his death on Tuesday evening at 4 o'clock ^[1][2].