Arizona republican., 1898-04-04
FROM GRAHAM COUNTY.
Newsy Items of Interest to Cattlemen
 Roundup to Start This Month.

Solomonville, Ariz., April 2.-(Spe- cial Correspondence of The Republi- can.)-J. H. Hampson's ranch, located on Eagle creek in this county, was held up the first part of this week by five men who came into the ranch on foot They lined fifteen men up in a row and then helped themselves to the best horses in the corral and loaded them with provisions enough to last for weeks. After the hold-up the men disappeared toward the south. In consequence of the above incident the Southern Pacific company is antici- pating a hold-up in the vicinity of Bowie station and has had a mounted posse at the place all of this week. The posse is composed of the bravest men in the employ of the Southern Pa ciec and all are under the leadership of Southern Pacific Detective Thatcher The posse and horses arrived at Bowie on Wednesday morning in a special car attached to the regular passenger train, which arrived from the west The horses were unloaded at the stock pens and everything put in readiness for immediate action. Hampson's ranch is located in a section of coun- try which fairly swarms with lawless characters and the hold-up which took place is believed to he the work of a remnant of Black Jacks gang, who attempted to rob the Atlantic & Pa cific at Grants station two or three nights ago.
 Last Tuesday at Duncan in the east ern part of this county w. B. Tester shot and killed A. B. Allen. MT Allen is recent arrival from Roswell N. M, and had charge of Ward & Court ney's big ranch at that place for the First National bank Of Fl Paso. which has a mortgage on the property. The killing is a result of a school scandal at Duncan iu which a young lady school teacher played the principal part, and which has involved almost every citizen in the community, either on one side or the other. Foster shot Allen through the door of his saloon with a Winchester rife, killing him instantly. Feeling is very bitter on both sides and further trouble is an- ticipated. Foster and younger brother were brought to So1omonville on Friday and placed in Jail. charged with murder in the first degree to await the action of the grand jury, which meets April 25. The bonds were fixed at $3000. but up to the pres ent time the defendants have been un- able to furnish bail. Foster owns some cattle in the vicinity of Duncan, but lately engaged in the saloon busi- ness. He also was formerly proprietor of the Central hotel at Clifton
 The spring round-ups have not vet commenced in this county. The reasons given by many cattlemen in the northern part of the county are that the cattle are in such poor condi- t1on at present that they are afraid to make long drives with them. The round-ups will probably be a month later than they were last year in hopes that the cattle will pick up enough so they can be handled without loss to the owners
 Jim Parks and Jim Nicks. prominent cattlemen from the neighborhood of Duncan were in Solomonville this week on business. They returned home on Wednesday.
 At Aravalpa last week Ed Drew and Miss Polly Preston were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Justice Harry l.. Firth. Ed is one of the most popular cowboys on the range and what he don't know about handling a horse and using the rope-well. no one else knows. Miss Preston is from Pima, this county, and is a very at tractive young lady.
 Walter Foster, son of W. B. Foster,