Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
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PACIFIC COAST.

Iince Messrs. B. c. Scott and Bonnet eft Tombstone for the Nacasari copper nInes, Sonora, with a load of freight for W. E. Parish. This morning a Mexican courier has arrived here with a note from Scott, stating that on the thlrd his outfit was attacked by Apaches 20 miios below Fronteras. He was shot through the left arm, breaking it, and Bonnet was shot through both hips. The note states that the parties are having the best of care, but needed medical a,ten- tion. A physician was sent from hero st once.
 Bob Hateh's party returned last night from a ten days unsuccessful hu t a,,er the train robbers. They secuted through the San Simon valley into Skelet.a a can yon on the Sonora line, but fould DO trace of the robbers. The recent rains have destroyed the tra1 if the band went that way.
 The District Court met this morning, and IS now engaged in the trial ot the Copper King vs. Copper Queen, involv- ing the title to the former mine.
 A heavy snow fell ou the Drasoon mountains, ten miles east Of the ci,y, last night, and the weather to-day is very cold.
 TOMBSTONE, Dec. GA miraculous e,oape from death occurred ar tue True Blue mine, three miles west of Tomb ssone, last evening. Two men, named Harris and J. Randall, were working near the top of the shaft, " en the scaf- folding gave way. Harris fell about four feet, when he caught the tagging and -aved himself Randall grasped at the timber but. missing, fell perpendicular distance of forty feet to the mouth of the incline; thence down theiuciine fifty feet, and th.1 fell twenty feet to the bot tom of the shaft. Upon going down, expecting to find his manglei remains, their companions were surprised to find him alive He was brought tp the hos pital, where sn examination showed no bones broken, and beyond few bruises and general shaking up, he seems all right. ThIs morning he was able to walk, with assistance.
 TOMBSTONE, Dec. 7.-About 23) this afternoon a carpenter named J. Camp bell committed suicide ia cabin at 5ns corner of Third and Bruce s.s-, by shoot ing himself in the head with a rifle. The shot took the entire tcp O, bis head of; financial embarrassment is sad 70 bo the cause. Deceased was about 45 years of age and So far as known unmlrriel.
 LoRDsBURG, \. M., Dec. T.-5ix men have been arrested in Lake Valley and held as che train robbers. They are held in custody awaiting identIfcli7l, and special train will probably leave here today carrying parties who are supposed to know them. l will send particulars as soon as I get them.
 We learn from the railroad authori- ties in this city that the arrest of the parties soove referred to, has since been learned 10 be a mistake, and that they
 will probably be turned loose. ED
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Dee. j.-It is stated this morning that the deficit oi Percy Jacobus, late Secretary of the Eure6a Consolidated Mining Company, will reach S50000. The board of directors
 will probably conclude thelr IuyestiEa- tiol to-day.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 6.-The Alta publishes an account of an attempt made on the life of Chas. Cracker by William Andrews, formerly prominent | contractor Of this city. Andrews is said | to have been suffering from dciirum tremens. After having been taken m charge he continued to declare be would | take the lives of Stanford and Crocker | for having, as he claimed, robbed him | of his quarri6s which came into posses
 slon of the railroad through Gn act giv-
 ing the company every alternate section of land.
 Gov. Stoneman has parloned r. 2. ! Conway the last of the ten men arrested | for participating n The Chinese riots at | Chico in 1877, when five Chiuamlu we-e murdered. The other nine had already been pardoned at different times.
 Florentine Borel, sheep herier for l merlv of Los Angeles county, attempted ! at a late hour last night to murder Mrs. l Zoe FRure, French lauudge=s. because
 she would not marry hin. lie fired
 three shots at her; the 2nd hit her in the
 back between the shoulders causing l painful but not necessarily fatal wound l A German grocer, DisdrIch Wie.gln, | living next door, ran ont Co see what wns ] the matter and received ths third bullet He thiuks he would have done better ii
 stayed m the store and minded his own | business.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 6.-Florentint Borel who attempted tO kill Zoe Faurea ! lauudress last night WAS found dead
 thls morning having shielded with a
 Gose of stryehnine.
 SAN FRAxc1sco, Dec. T.-Ihree years
 ago Robert Peacock married man Inv ing in Oakland, Cal, was arrested ! charged with felonious assault on Edith l Mqrtin Gn year old child. He was con- | victed and sentenced to San Quentin prison for II years. Mrs. Martin, mother of the girl, now lying at deaths door ha. | just confessed that the arrest I'd con ! vIction of Peacock was the result of a | conspiracy between her. Mrs. Peacock | and a man by the name of Cobb, Bul l that Peacock Is absolutely innocent 0' l the crime with which he was chargc1 | Cobb was intimate with beacock's " e. | Mrs. Martin says she was induced to
 enter into the scheme by an offer Of l money, and between them instructed rhe | young child To make the charge and | swear to 1t. The strange part of rh, | whole proceeding IS that at the time CI ! the trial iu Oakland, the physicians | testified to an attempted outrage on the
 child having been committed. The un- 1 fortunate man Peacock, has already | served three years of the sentence lm- | posed. It is stated steps will be taken
 to obtain his release.
 SAN FRANCIsco, Dec. L-Waltersen, of
 the firm of Waltersen & Dewey, prodnce ! merchants, who decamUed with Sl2un
 all the available funds of the firm, an | nounced few days ago, IS now accused | of having forged the name of his part ner to several notes negotiated by him, | 10 the amount of about Sl5,u9o. Wal | tersen left his wife, au elderly lady, sick | in bed, and stole every cent of money in
 the house, leaving his family entirely
 destitute. Detectives have been placed on his track.
 SANTA CRUZ, Dec. G.-The Board Of | Supervisors to-day repealed the county | license ordinance adopted last month. | Several petitions, with most of all the
 business mems names of the city of | Santa Cruz signed thereto, was pre-
 sented to the board asking for such re-
 peal.
 FOREIGN.
 LONDON, Dec. 5.-The Times thinks