Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-12-05
WESTERN LIBERAL.
FRIDAY, DEcEMBER 8, 1890.

Assessor Classen has been up to
Santa Fc this week to settle his
accounts with the territorial officials.
In the advertising columns win be
found a notice from Adolph Butnuh'
the administrator OF the estate Of the
late d. Scherrer.
Tom Woods, who has had charge Of
the Wells-Fargo Office at Deming dur
ing the vacation Of Agent Brown, has
returned to L%ordsburg.
Chas Wilcox, the handsome pass
enger engineer, has returned from his
California trip. He has settled his
bride in a neat little cottage in Ell
Paso and intends hereafter to take
life as comfortably as any married
man.
Tom Tong. the almond eyed celes-
tial. who has been running the Q. X.
restaurant for a couple Of years, has
saved up enough American dollars to
make a trip to China and see his wife
into whose eyes he has not gazcd since
he was fourteen years old. Tom is
stuck on America ana has got his pa
pers fixed so he a return which he
expects to do next july and bring his
wife with him.
The Liberal is happy to announce
the marriage of c. b. Schultz ana.
Miss Mollie Mcdonald, which took
placerat Ell Paso last Sunday. The
groom is one of Lordsburg's well
known business men and the bride is
the charming niece Of j. B. Kerns Of
Guthrie. Joe Leahy went to El Paso
with the couple to see That the cere-
mony was properly conducted and
brought them safely back to Lords
burg.
Chauncy Nicholson, the Kid fer
fore Judge Titus last week for steal
ing a razor from Frank B%illingsly,
celebrated his discharge by stealing a
horse from Tom Kennedy and starting
for the lower Animus. lie was cap
tured, however, and brought back to
Lordsburg, when Judge Titus re-
manded him to the county Jail to
await the action OF the grand jury.
Constable Ownby took him to Silver
City Saturday night along with Bin
Caldwell, the hold up.
Last Saturday night Jim Parks and
Kirk Esty, who have been working on
the round up near Duncan had q
quarrel over a game Of cards in Dun
can. The affair was supposed to have
been amicably settled that night. Al
breakfast the next morning they hat
a few words, when Esty stepped over
the fire and hit Parks in the mouth
Parks idmDed to his feet and pushec
Esty back against the BLACKSMITH
shop. which was simply a shed. In {
few seconds and apparently before any
hard blows were given on either side
tney released each other and Esty i'm
mediately walked out OF the shed e.
wards his bed which was on the out
side of this shed. Jim Parks shutdown
again hut only for a second for as sooi
as Fsty went behind the side wal
whore his bed was Jim walked Gu.
from under the shed and looking TIM
way Esty's bed was saw him turn will
his six shooter in his hands, and al
the boys say that Esty fired the frs
shot. Parks had his six shooter in hi
hand and taking it in both hands tool
deliberate aim and no doubt killei
Esy the first shot, the shot striRin.
him a little above the heart and CON
ing out near the right shoulder blade
the second shot struck him in tn
center of the chest and came out i
the back. his third shot missed Esty
Esty shot three times, some say h
fired four. Parks went to Solomon
vile and gave himself up. The jur
pronounced il justiiable homicide.
Last Friday night occurred the fur
NEST hold-up Of which there is an
record in this section OF the countr.
At midnight Messers. Doyle, Plunkit
and D~ougherty, three miners workin
for the New Mexico mining and mil
ing company at Pyramid, came out
the shaft to eat their lunch. III
men were wet through but instead
sitting down by a fire and eating the
lunch they were invited by Bill Call
well to stand up.and put their hanC
above their heads. As the reque
was emphasized by a Winchester rit
the invitation was complied wit
Caldwell marched them down the ro'
apiece, turned Plunket loose and the
went on with the other twomen. A
ter going about a mile Caldwell turn'
Doyle loose but kept Dougherty st
going. Doyle and Plunkett raised
alarm and soon an armed posse "
on the trail. The two men we
found about three miles from can
and brought in. Dougherty says tn
heard the pursuers sometime befo
they we're discovered but Caldw.