The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-06-17
LaWleSsResS Run Wild.
A oslsa Men KILLED in an Arsza.a Braxl.
Specimen Insiisnts.
Tombstone EpItaph, May 25.l

The southern wing of Pima eoHn- a,
is rapidly earning a reputation q
II lawlessness and affect wicked :,
ess that, If it holds ont, will lay :
lincoln county, New Mexico, in !,
he shade. The building of the !
Arizona and New Mexico Railroad ;
0 the Sonora border has intro ,
Iuced a band of reckless charac-
ers from all parts of the country,
nd owing to the facility Of escape
Ifforded by the close proximity of /
Sonora crimes of more than usual
fieiousness have been prevalent
If late. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that the Sonoita valley, through
which the railroad passes, has been
thoroughly irrigated with blood.
Mexicans from Sonora, Irishmen
from Galway, Enghshmen from
Cornwall, Germans from Luxem.
burg, Italians from the banks of
the Arno, Russians from the step
pes of the Oural, Scandinavians
from Denmark, Sweden and Nor.
way, and Americans from every
part Of this vast continent, have
contributed their mite to this hite-
rogeneous medley.
For some time back the Ameri-
can and Mexican laborers have not
been getting along amiably. Ere
quent and heavy doses of mescal
on one side and bad whisky on the
other led to frequent disputes, and
the lively six-shooter and keen
blade have been made to play q
prominent part in the settlement
of disputes. Not moro than three
weeks ago an American and a Mex
lean engaged in drunken Draw
and the latter was shot and instant
ly killed. A Coroner's jury wa
held next day and the murdere
was made foreman of the jur,
The evidence was clear and expli'
il as regards the shooting and tn
| identity of the participants. Notl
! ing was smoothed over and notl
: ing held back. 1t was an homes
, open investigation. The jury n
!. tired and after an absence of
! minutes returned the followin
+. verdict: awe, the jury empal
neled in the above-named cas-
/, having examined tho body, do d
, clare that the name of the dccea
a ed, when living, was Jose Moreno
, that a stiff Arizona zephyr WI
! blowing across the plains on Tue
f day evening, and that the win
!, concentrating on one point q no
p was bored through the said Jos
and he died in consequence"
, The chief seat of the deviltry
, on the border; sometimes the RI
, fans are in one country and som
y times in the other. Calabasas, IL
!. Flat and Crittenden are way st
tions, not unfamiliar with the crac
of the pistol or the sharp shrie
indicating the entry of a knife I'M
+ the human body. Igo's ranch
p situated about an equal distan'
a from the places named, and n
n more than an hours walk fro
= Sonora. Sunday evening a nul
ii ber of Mexicans with their famill
il arrived in the vicinity of the RAM
+ and went into camp. There we
II fourteen men and eight women al
e girls in the party. A number
It railroaders were engaged in &c
d eral jamboree at neighboring
5. loon, and were soon joined by Z
d Mexicans, and a kind of an int
d national drunk indulged in. So
y the railroaders began to coyet t
Ie Mexican women and a demand "
,s formally made for their surrend
H. This, of course, was refused a
&c row ensned. Pistols and kniS
10 were drawn and freely used. I
le noise of exploding shots, the sho
e. ing of men and the shrieking
ye women for time made the attn
Id sphere hideous. In half an he
10 II was all over and the smo
clearedaway. Seven Mexicans
stark dead and thrice that numl
of Mexicans and Americans w
al lying on the ground writing
ce the .agonies of pain. Three of I
ID Americans were fatally wound
e, and are probably dead BY |
he time, and it is expected that t
in more of the Mexicans will die.
.e, course the chief instigators of I
tic terrible deed, if not dead OF 81
he ously wounded, are across the b
lis der and out of reach of the office
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