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Carl Ehrman: Pioneer Prospector Killed in Hatchet Mountains

person Carl Ehrman · 📝 Short · 84 words

Carl Ehrman, a pioneer citizen of Deming, New Mexico, was killed by Indians while prospecting in the Big Hatchet Mountains in August 1890. [chunk:2751][chunk:2729]

Canuto Armijo – Georgetown resident died in Silver City, 1888

person Canuto Armijo · 📝 Short · 34 words

Canuto Armijo is a resident of Georgetown, New Mexico, who died by suicide in Silver City in 1888 while attending court as a witness in a cattle-stealing case [chunk:1615][chunk:1617].

Peter Kavanaugh: Mountain Key night boss arrested for ore theft

person Peter Kavanaugh · 📝 Short · 137 words

Peter Kavanaugh, formerly night boss at the Mountain Key mine near Pinos Altos, New Mexico, was arrested in 1890 for stealing high-grade ore and selling it to the Silver City National Bank [chunk:2626].

Bob Anderson, Foreman for Head and Hearst, Wounded in 1883 Apache Fight near Hachita

person Bob Anderson · 📝 Short · 112 words

Bob Anderson, a foreman for Head and Hearst, was shot through the leg during an Apache attack near Hachita in 1883 and later recovered in Deming, New Mexico. [chunk:2742][chunk:2758]

Bill Young — Chinese Restaurant Keeper Killed in Deming

person Bill Young · 📝 Short · 62 words

Bill Young, a Chinese restaurant keeper in Deming, was shot and killed in 1888 by Leon Heifca, a Cuban negro who claimed the murder was over unpaid waiter wages [chunk:1542].

Jose Dominguez: Grant County Burglar

person Jose Dominguez · 📝 Short · 67 words

Jose Dominguez is a Mexican man who, with Desidoria Ochoa, burglarized Ed Dickenson's house in Grant County, New Mexico, in May [chunk:2738].

Tom Woods — shooting altercation over wife, Pinos Altos

person Tom Woods · 📝 Short · 67 words

Tom Woods is a former resident of the upper Gila who lived in Pinos Altos and was involved in a shooting altercation over his wife’s intimacy with another man [chunk:1730][chunk:1739].

The Kid (Apache Indian) and His Family – Southwest New Mexico

person The Kid · 📝 Short · 22 words

Kid’s family committed depredations in Arizona and was among a group of Apaches taken to Fort Union for education in 1890 [chunk:2524].

Prof. Philpin

person Prof. Philpin · 📝 Short · 115 words

Philpin is a recently married man living at Shakespeare who, in June 1888, got drunk in Lordsburg and missed his train to Arizona, where he had accepted a job with a mercantile establishment [chunk:1667].

N. Y. Ancheta, San Lorenzo store owner repeatedly robbed in 1887-1888

person N. Y. Ancheta · 📝 Short · 80 words

Ancheta is a store owner in San Lorenzo, New Mexico whose business was repeatedly robbed during late 1887 and early 1888, ultimately leading him to close the store [chunk:28][chunk:1472][chunk:1561].

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