The Clifton clarion., 1885-04-29
NABBING A NEWSPAPER.
How Montague Got Away With
 the yvilicOX St0ckman.

l hiA. v. ttO DOCh running the Southwestern Stock man at Wilcox. The journal was started mainly in the interest of Sierra Bonita county, which proved an abortion. Mir. Stewart, of Norton & Stewart, was the chef packer of the enterprise. As soon as 1t was found that the new county scheme had fallen through and Wilcox was not to become a county seat and headquarters for other fat things besides steers, Phil. $. began preparations for moving his plant to this metropo- lis of the Santa Cruz and centre Of Arizona civilization. His plans becoming known, received severe check in the shape of an attach ment plaster, marked $27O, applied on the printing material by Harry
 Woods, the great county segrega- tionist, who had been working on the Stockman in the capacity of editor, foreman, type-setter, busi- ness manager and general roust- about. Mir. Montague claims that the attachment was really made by Stewart, although in Harry Woods name. He also says that he only owes Stewart about $50, and that is for money received to aid in the successful delivery of Mrs. Sierra Bonita from the womb of Mrs. Cochise. The office was sold by the Sheriff and bought by Stewart for $500. Finding that too much capital was arranged against him for an open fight, Phil. resolved on strategy. He clothed himself in a long face and made believe that he was ruined for life-all the time perfecting his plans to get even. The parties who brought the suit had left Philip in charge of the office, con- sidering that a printing outfit weighing several tons was safe as long as 1t was right under their noses. Their noses were, how ever, not quite long enough, as they discovered when, one day at the end of last week, Montague quietly loaded so much of the office as he needed on the west bound train and politely waved his hat from the rear platform to Stewart, Woods ct al, who arrived at the depot just in time to gaze upon the departing cars-pictures of blank astonishment and vex- ation.
 Montague arrived in Tucson on Saturday, and at once began preparations for having the Stock man published at the Citizen office. The first number was to have appeared yesterday, but an unexpected obstacle was forth coming in the shape of a deputy constable from Wilcox, with a warrant for the arrest of Phil. S., on a charge of grand larceny, sworn out in the name of Harry Woods. Montague could have stood the odium of being arrested as a criminal, and even the vex- ation and delay caused by such arrest, but the idea of being taken in charge by deputy constable ''broke him all up," to use vulgar phrase. To add to his annoyance, his keeper was none other than a bold butcher of Wilcox, whom Montague had once, in the course of his journalistic duties, been forced to charge with having stolen a hide-not only that, but had proven it against nina cir cumstance which naturally did not tend to make the deputy con stable any more conslderate in his dealings with the purloiner of a printing office. In fact, he stub bornly refused to allow MT. Mon tague the freedom of the city over night, assuring Judge Meyer that he wouldn't take the responsibility of allowing such a hardened crim- inal to run at largein . city where there were so many unprotected safes and females-especially the latter Friends of Montague in tervened, however, and he was permitted chance to see "Vir- ginius," and thus acquire frame of mind suitable for the fate which certainly awaits him at Willcox-whither he was taken this morning-for if a Wilcox deputy constable can serve a grand larceny warrant on man in another county, 1t is very sure that full-blown Wilcox, J. F., on his native heath, has power to