The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-15
Homicide Assault and Battery. Etc.

Since our lass Issne. Ihe deiaOn Ol cf,ine would sccm to have been turned loose al various poiuts in The Territory, and 10 have driven lhc people 10 acts Of yioicu co such are teldcm witnessed iE ,he midst Of auy people among w.om .aw Is supposed 10 eIist
 letter irom Florence under date oi jaly Cth. srn.s Us an account of the death. by violence, ot Tho-. Ewing, Shch happened on tie 18th ut lt appears that deceased, uile in statc Of iutoXI. cation. had gUne tO ihc rcsidcure Of Col Kuggies for tbc purpUsc of raising difaeg!ty either slIh that gvnsiyiErn or Ais employee, a J named Tbroag DreArug his purpase iu iprciblc aud boistcTous ieru., IS be approached tac h0u.e, hC was met iust Ogtside The door by TArOa.. turned with aEOt. -uu.) aud by him ofdcr-i Co leave ths premises. Paying DO atteBtiou lo thi. command be became more abusive, and, evidently, ceirT- mined tn force his way, attempted t0 draw h.s pistol from ts Gcabbard He bad DO soouSf placed hs hand upon tiis WCip9g iAaa TsrOa. Bred, Killing hirn instaniiy
 The next case took place in Prescott 4 ger. gesnt from Fort NAppie came shooting a man. with whom be exchanged fe~ words on the plaza on Monday The ssrgeaut iuaintains that the Derinsef whica hc happened 10 hold 10 b. hand. at Ihe i.iae. was discharged by a mere accident. aud that It was not drasu on any one Thi, may sccsu iinpTohahie bat from anything we can learH IL is inc truth in tbe mattcr.
 Gu the 5th ipst q difficulty sroae b,t~se. two mcn, at Brndshav, named Fine sad xcClasky, which resulted in ilIc latter beiag NnBncd and disabled from the effect of repeated b!ugs on tue head by heavy revolver in tbe hsbds of the f8f mer. MeClasky siil, howeret, recover frota the effects oi his injuries.
 Tue fourth and last case l=Tpenrl al Fort Whip pie Saturday issi and is by lar thr uo.i tragic aud drpi0Fzhie. Ths pa5fiss in th.s Wrrr Jcsse 4. Hawkins, firm of Kelly X Hawkin,, Govern tneut cnntrts4ors. and Joseph Msrif. ore of his hcrdcrs. The natsre of lhe ficntty seems be that Maiy plain,aiacd he had sold certain cattle ! 10 kins-seitHg thcir value at Sl ,tol. and that he hsd never rcCcived anything in paymrut although he had ireqHsatly demanded ssttls- incut. On ihe oiLcr hand, Hawkiu. denied ever having purchAscd any cattle from Na.iy, aud. Nhen thr latter asked Tor a settlement, prueervc Co Lay L.n sa-vs as Gcrdcr. la which capacity hc was, ln thc iDcautimr, serving. Thts he refpscd
 accept stating st the same titne that lo would
 have fa.r settlement CT no settlement st sll So the matter stood unsl saiurday morning lAst, as HnSkus WIS preparing to return tD tue Little Colorado for ihe balance of his herd. ~hcH Aaiiy again called and dcInaudrd q settlement Bot few words vcru exchanged before Hawkins lnsina4ted | tiiat hr Blig gut "s shoot for settlement" aud ag | the same time pulled bis pistol aud nrri. TiIis shot Inflicted fatal wound yet Mally lived
 long enough iO draw hts pistol and Ire two shots. | but fcll dead as the ffth shot Bred hy Hawiin.
 took effcci tn hi, hcari Ope oi Mally. bullets travcrscd Hawkins breast aud passed througa his ! right lung iodEiu: zi bis back. He taken id 1 the hospital at Fort Nhippic where he fingered uuill Tuosdsy moruing, vhen death carried him 1 oi-the victim or hls own rasbneas.
 or Mally it ia said, he Was an cxcecdiK giy dangerous man, who had done LIs uimrst 10 .iiT up strife and dis.ension between Hawkins and hls hcrdcfs. Littie is known of him here except
 .ha; be had resided in Ses Mexico.
 Hawkins was we have been told. native o
 Missouri and likewise a dangerous man lie hai
 a brother hying "a one of the Northern TerTito rics. lt is said that his Wlfe accompanied hiu [, this Territory and Is uow ai one O; the military
 posts. Before dying he made will conveying
 considerable money and property 10 both his vi'' r and brother.