The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-13

snratFu heAhFf A~UdeF~suaf#u ptrNW OF
xfuund situated iriueen the two pnop-
critics mentioned. There u q huge
bluw out of quartz on IL surfacs. and
In this spot the captains prospecting
last week revealed a body OF fine ore
which had all the indications OF being
extensive. The or / of the same char
acter IS that Of the American Flag
The Mystery has the same owner. a.
the Amaiieanc mine.
Lew White left Chloride yesterday
morning Tor his home in Maine In re
Spouse 10 a letter containing the news
Of the serious illness Of his father. Lew
came TO this country three years ago
for his health being hardly able TO
walk from pulmonary trouble. lie goes
home strong and hearty. rendered 50 by
our glorious climate. During the
three years he has never been more
than ten or fifteen miles away from
town aud then not 10 stay long conse-
quently biz departure creates a vacan-
cy as n~oticable As the confederation OF
several houses. lie does not expect TO
return but it Is more than likely that
he will.
The party Of cowboys. or at least a
portion thereof. among whom the kin.
ing occurred last week. while pa ssing
through Robinson en-rOute TO tn, spot
where the fight occurred INDUCED in a
vandalism which though doubtless ap-
pearing smart TO them. doesn't have the
same light TO the owners Of the prop
erty destroyed. The vandalism con.
sisted in the shooting out of the win
dOws from the vancant houses notably
the mill company two story house and
the printing office building. and the
perforating of the sides Of the build
ings with bullet holes. The damage In
the matter OF window breaking Is con
siderable for these hard times and the
w%antonpess, even with the liquor in
tluenee that undoubtedly entered into
the %frolic, is without excuse II the
men who committed the acts have any
style about them they will come for.
ward and pay for the property destroy
ed by them. The names of a portion of
the offenders are known.
Messrs. Halleck. Donaldson, ct nj, the
cattlemen who came up this way on a
Understanding tour, last week. men
ton of which was made in the RANGE.
captured Johnson Of the old mill ranch
and took him with them to Hillsboro.
jim Johnson, the senior member of the
firm of Johnson Bros, had been pre-.
viously arrested under eliminating cir
cumstances, and so the brother was
wanted and sent for. HIS captors
Travelled all Saturday night and came
upon their game on Silver creek above
Antelope Springs. He was just in the
act of raising a cup Of coffee to his lips
when he was told TO surrender. He
coolly drank the beverage and set
down theoup before replying. Johnny
Canada who was with Johnson when
the arrest was made was also taken
prisoner and brought to Chloride. but n
preliminary examination before Judge
Holmes showed that Johnny was there
Incidentally only; that he was in the
employ of the Alley company, and that
he was on his regular ride. Conse.
quently he was released.
On Saturday Judge Holmes held the
c%oroner's inquest over the body of NJ.
II. Speare, the dead cowboy whose de-
cease was chronicled in the RANGE of
last week. The facts developed before
the Jury were substantially the same
as those published. Speare went by
the name of Charley and his true name
was unknown among his associates here
until he told it in his dying moments.
or relatives or friends he spoke no
word. His age was about t~hirty-fve
years. He had been on the ella some
four months and during the last six.
weeks of the time had been in the ser.
vice of Graham and White. The evil
dence showed that the blame of the
ARRAY rested with Speare who shot an
instant the soonest. The combatants
were abont eight feet apart when the
firing begun and Speare's first shot pow
der burned Yaple's face. Yaple's sec
ond shot appears to have been the fatal
one for upon receiving it Speare turned
and fled, shooting back as he ran. Each
had fiye-shooters and both emptied
their revolvers before stopping, the
stray bullets killing one horse and cut
ting the bell from the neck of another.
Speare ran about a hundred yards and
then fell and called for help. He lived
about twenty-four hours and was given
an unhonored grave close by. Some.
where in the world, doubtless. loving
hearts are reaching out for the prodigal
and anxious eyes never weary in look
ing for his return, knowing not that his
journey on this earth is done. The un
certainty which is harder to bear than