The Daily Tombstone., 1886-10-15
THE HERO.
Captain w. II. LawtOn Is Received Right Royalty by the ( iti-
 zens of Tombstone.
Good Speaking, Good Feeling and q Good Time Generally
 Last Evening.

Yesterday afternoon, when it be- came known that Captain Lawton, the hero of the Apache campaign, had arrived in this city, Mayor Thomas and Jas. J. Nash, publisher of THE ] TOMBSTONE. started out among our citizens aI.d in short space of time secured money enough to tender Captain Lawton an informal recep- tiUn.
 The Tombstone cornet hand Was engaged, stand erected in front Of the Occidental hotel and wood fur nished for three large bonfres.
 Promptly at S;30 the band com menced to play and entertained the audience, which was unusually large, with some very fine music.
 When they had finished, Mayor Thomas, Capt. LAwton, Capt, Woods. Lieutenant Richards, Judge Herring. Judge Robinson and Judge Stilweli took their seats upon the .tand, awd Mayor Thomas made brief speech of welcome to Captain LAwton and then introduced him to the audience. As he stepped 10 the front of the plat form, cheers from hundreds Of throats rent the ail and the band played, ''Sce, the Conqurrins Hero Comes" When they had haish,d tliis air, which was cxcellently rendered, c tpt. Lawton in a few words addressed the vast concOurse of people who had as stated that he had never made d speech in his life, and could not make one ii he tried, and that he had Be lectcd Judge RJbiGsoa to make one for him. After thanki s the people of Tombstone fer the honor thy had conferred upon him, he tunk his eeat amid thrn,!eIs uf applause. The baud then played, "uAil to the Chief, The Mayor then introduced ,Ju lge Herring. Mr. Hernrg commenced by remarking that this was an i'm promptu demonstration. He felt 1t :. privilege tC speak on this occasion, Referring to the murdcr0us raiI If Geronimo, the speaker said that if ever there was all Occaaipn for the band 10 play "iIAil tu the Chief" Il WAS to- light. The pe1pl: uf Ariz 'na were hy no means ublirious of he profound debt of gratitude which they owed to General Miles, (chcersO st:ll i in his effective work GAncrai Niles had to have gooI right HraI, and that right arm Was hare. Ihroush Il the courage, self-sacritice and hard work of Captain Lawton, tie happy end has been attained. It was eEpe- cially in this attribute of steady, per sistent and effective work that Capt. Lawton hsl so dis inguished him. self, and without work the attain ments of the soldier amounted to nothing. Captain Law;on would prob. bly, never find in any portion of the United States, 80 cosmopolitan an audience as that which was now met to greet him. Here were gathered men from every portion Ci the United Statrs-nurth, south, east and west They were Il lso men of wOIk, men oi aciiun, who fully appreciated tht achievements of our gallant troops What our people i'll this section want ed from the government, Was not sC much government as protection, anc that protection had, until recently been lacking. The name 0f LawtOr was written in letters of gold in the home of every citizen in Arizona That name was lIsped by every bah' at every ranch along the border; Il would never ke forgotten as long a' inc descendants of the present gen eratiou inhabit this broad land. This continued the speaker, was no occa- sion for an extended speech. We de sire to assure GLpt. LIwton tha
 ,hould he ever have ucoasiun to conn amsng the people of Arizona, h worvl find that h's name would eve DC pass werd to our hearts. Ou people tendsred their thanks, not onl to him, but Ia all bis comrades. Tn
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