Walter Birchfield: Cowboy in 1889 Separ Killing
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Birchfield was a cowboy implicated in the Christmas Day Hachita shooting, where cowboys shot up the town and killed Hines [6][5]. He and Bradshaw were arrested near Chase & McCabe's ranch [6][7]. At trial in August 1890, he was charged with flourishing and firing a pistol and fined $50, for which he felt thankful [2][4]. Birchfield stated that Devine did the shooting and that Billy King was not present [1][3]; he also witnessed Devine's powder burns and picked powder from his face [7].
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- Walter Birchfield did not have anything to… (1889)Walter Birchfield did not have anything to say in particular, but did not appear in bad spirits. He said it was not as bad an affair as reported. He was sure that Billy King was not there at the time of …
- This afternoon the trial of the territory… (1890)This afternoon the trial of the territory vs. Walter Birchfield took place. The defend- ant with four others was charged with flourish- ing and firing a pistol at Hachita on the 25th of December last. Defendant’s…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)Birchfield did not have anything to say in particular, but did not appear in bad spirits. He said it was not as bad an affair as reported. He was sure that Billy King was not there at the time of the …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-08-29 (1890)Court Proceedings Fifth Day Friday The trial of Frank Murray and Geo. West, indicted for stealing three horses from Davies and Lesinskey’s ranch at San Augustine, Dona Ana county, was concluded at noon today…
- A Killing (1889)A Killing A telegram was received by Sheriff White- hill last evening announcing the killing at Separ of Pat Himes, by Walter Birchfield, W. H. King, Pat Devine and W. A. Bradshaw. Yesterday evening Deputy Sheri…
- There are so many rumors in regard to… (1889)There are so many rumors in regard to the killing at Hachita, that it seems almost im- possible to get at the real facts in the premises. From all that can be learned, it looks very bad for those who are …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-12-27 (1889)ent Sheriff Whitehill and Judge Jones. Hines was a poor Irishman who has been in this part of the country for some time. He for- merly worked on a section for the Southern Pacific company. Birchfieid and Br…