Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
PinaI Piekings.
Drill

A force of twenty men are at wOrl
 making a road from Butte to the rail
 read, for the Pinal Con. Co.
 NIT. J. J. Stewart has tendered his res ignation as deputy sheriff and constable
 Petitions have been circulated during
 the week for the appointment of Mr. K K. Kennedy and Mir. M. L. Cross to fil
 the position. Mir. Kennedy hns already had considerable experience in the office having served some time as deputy sher- if and constable and, more recently having frequently assisted Mr. Stewart in the discharge of his duties
 Messrs. Feebles and Roberts have a
 cattle ranch in the Superstition Noun
 tains, near Coles Camp. They OWE some
 $50 head of beef cattle and have sent for
 more, which they intend to sell in this market. Mir Peebles Is well known m the
 history of this Territory as one of the
 earliest settlers, having come to Wick
 enburg in very early days. His combats
 with the Indians have become historical | He is a man in the prime of life and wig
 orous. The business of cattle raising IS
 cue of the most lucrative in the Terri tory.
 Considerable excitement has been
 caused by a rich strike made by Messrs. l Bluett and Dodge while hunting, on the
 9th instant, about three and half miles southwest of Pinal, and one mile on the
 other side of Picket Post MOnrtain- They have uncovered body of q.,s eight
 feet long by eighteen inches wi.' (which
 goes from S40O0 to S20,00O per ton, and
 will average S9O0. The ore contains sil-
 yer glance and horn silver Mir. Hoffman
 has taken up an extension of the claim, and half our population have been out during the week to the scene of the strike. Mir Dodge has gone there with tent, tools and provisions, determined either to develop a bonanza or knock the bottom out of 1t. This claim has been named the Shotgun.
 The construction camp on the Pinal Con. Cos. road, appropriately named "Drunkville." seems determined to re- tain its unsavOry reputation. 4 most dastardly and unprOvoked murder was committed there on Saturday last. It seems that on Friday evening, Wm. Perkins, who had been only three or four days in the camp, and F. S. Stevens, generally known as "Iex-" got into a dispute over a game of cards On the following morning about s o'clock, as Perkins was about to leave camp, Ste vens came up to him, and drawing knife, cut him, without any warning, clean across the abdomen. so that death ensued immediately. The corpse would probably have been allowed to remain on the road till now, had 1t not been discovered that the deceased carried Sl3O on his person. Some boards were then quickly knocked into the shape of a rude coffin flor which S20was charged), the body covered with a blanket, and Judge Benson sent for, to hold an inquest over the re- mains. The suggestion of reac- l ing some sort of a service over the corpse ! was laughed to scOrn, with the remark | that the deceased would "go to hell any | how four half-drunken men bundled | the body into its rough case, John | Browns Body" was sung in rOllicking | manner, as a requiem, and the mortal | remains of Wm. Perkins were tumbled | into their last resting place, leaving, | perhaps, some doting mother m the far | East to wonder why she hears no more | from her boy. 4 free fight was then iu- dulged in over the grave, the money found on the deceased divided amongst | the ribald crew, and the day wound up | with a wild orgie. The murderer started off, immediately after the crime, and has not since been heard from, although dili- gent search has been made b. Deputy ShsrifT StexaFt $5eEEe9s $5eEe9s is ws aeInsq fq9Ep g}IEa in the King mill, where he became i'm plicated in ore stealing and was dis He is suspected of several previous crimes. Lynch law Is not de- sirable, but, if ever a man stood badly in need of short shrift and stout rope" it is this same E. $. Stevens.