Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-22
Arisuna Enterprise.
GRAHAM COUNTY.
SOME OF THE HAPPENINGS OF RE
 CENT OCCURRENCE.
Fruit Tree Thief Apprehended---Turf Notes-Mining Matters-Severe
 ErOsts.
lsolomonville Bulletin.

For some time past a great deal of petty thieving has been going on in Solomonville. and finally the thieves got things down so fine that they would watch man plant out fruit trees in the day time, and then come around at night and steal them to transplant for themselves. For some time Dr. Hoeffer has been missing trees out of his garden, and last Sun day morning he found that about 20 more had been pulled up and carried away the night before. To say the doctor was mad feebly expresses the state of mind he was found in upon making the discovery. He immedi- ately offered $35 reward for inform ation that would lead to the capture of the thief, and on Wednesday morn ing sufficient evidence had been gathered to warrant the arrest of Jesus Asevada, a Mexican who lives in the east part of Solomonville, as trees cor responding with the stolen ones were found on his premises, newly planted out, and the story he told as to how they came into his possession being regarded as extremely fishy. He was accordingly arrested and placed in the county jail to await his trial. The case was set for Thursday, and after considerable wrangling jury was se- cured. The case was tried before Judge Palm; P. J. Bolan acting as attorney for the defendant. Up to the hour oi going 10 press the jury are still out with good prospects of their disagree ing.
 A representative oi the Bulletin call cd upon the Indians captured mur- derers of Freighter Herbertl in the county jail, and found them feeling unusually well and apparently caring very little as to what the results might be. Two of them are quite old men and their repulsive faces would go 8 great way towards convicting them oi any crime with which they might be charged. The other one is a young buck with quite pleasant face and said to be a son of the one of the old CT ones. The wounded man has ( slight wound in his left forearm, prob ably produced by piece of bullet ricochetting on the rocks. The only thing to be regretted is that the ball did not strike him Squarely between the eyes.
 The long talked of race between tho Parks mare and the John Hill mare from the San Pedro has at last beer matched and will be run on the Sol omonville race track in the near flu ture. MT. Parks received letter from MT. Hill yesterday stating that h' would leave for Solomonville on tht 18th with the marc. The race il matched for $500 side and will bt run for blood.
 Great interest is being taken in min ing matters since the recent sales anC development of mining property 1T that vicinity. And specimens art wearing more holes in the pockets o some of our citizens than all the coir they carry.
 MT. and Mrs. Geo. H. Kelly, of Tue son spent Saturday and Sunday il Solomonville. MT. Kelly was very favorably impressed with our valley and will probably make it his future home.
 Fewer deaths have occurred in Sol omonville, in proportion to its inhah itants, during the past year, than il any town on the Gila river.
 The Gila valley has been visited b. severe frosts during the present week damaging tic fruit crop to consider able extent.
 Died, in Thatcher, on Tuesday March 1lth, the infant son of MT. an, Mrs John Birdino, aged 9 months am 20 days.