Arizona republican., 1894-06-22
AN ODD LITIGATION.
A Valuable Mining Property
 Near Bisbee Involved.
A Grantee of the Locator, a First and Second Wife Contending
 for the Mines.

Says the Tucson Citizen: An inter- of some valuable mining properties near Bisbee with three claimants, the grantee of the locator, one James Daly, who fled from the law, his wife at Bis bee, a Mexican woman, who was granted the mining properties by. the Cochise county court as alimony, and a recent arrival, the first wife of Daly, of Denver, Col, who recently appeared on the scene, and has engaged counsel to stay the granting of a patent to the grantee of the Bisbee wife.
 James Daily, miner formerly of Leadville, Colorado, came to Bisbee n the eighties and located several mining claims in the immediate vicinity oi valuable properties of the Copper Queen Mining company. He resided at Bisbee until April, 1890, when per sonal difficulty of minor importance arose between Daly and constable.
 Some one procured the issnance of 6 warrant charging Daly with breach ol the peace. When the peace officer went to arrest Daily he was met by Daily with a shotgun, words ensued and the peace officer was killed. DAly escaped and las not since been captured.
 During the residence of Daily at Bis bee he lived with 8 Mexican woman whom he left in his home on one of the mines when he escaped.
 Time passed and Daly not returning, the woman was induced to sue for di- vorce and alimony, which was done and the several mining claims decreed to belong to the Mexican woman az the wife of Daly. In the meantime, Daly at some point procured a notary and deeded all his mining property, num- bering about ten claims, to friend and the deed was placed on record in Co., chise county. Litigation between the grantee and his creditors and the sup posed wife of Daly followed and resulted in favor of the woman. The grantee of the Mexican woman has applied for patent for several of the mining claims and time for issuing same had about expired.
 Then there appeared on the scene Mrs. Daly No. 1, Mrs. Sarah Daly and her fonrteen-year-old son, from Denver, Colorado. She filed her protest and ad verse claim to the United States issuing patent for the Daly group of mines to the present applicant. The con- testant on her affiavit filed in the United States land office sets forth that she and James Daly the locator of the mines intermarried at Leadville July p. 1877, and lived together as husband and wife until about May 5, 1880, when her husband abandoned her and went to Bisbee that there was issue of said marriage, twin sons, one of whom still lives and is with and has been reared by Mrs. Daly No. 1.
 The affiant asks that proceedings with the land office he stayed and that she be allowed to establish her claims and protect the estate and herself and son in the mining premises in question.
 Mrs. Daily No. IS pleasant and intelligent appearing woman of about 40 years of age and has selected the Phoenix firm of Alexander x Stilwell as her attorneys for the interesting and important contest. Judge Stilwell is in- itiating the proceedings. The mining properties in question are considered possibly of great value on account of their close proximity to the valuable Copper Queen mines.