Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBuRG. FEB. 10. 1889

Remember the Wahara MINISTRIES to-
night. They arc giving satisfaction
wherever they appear.
Died, ia Grand Haven. Michigan,
February 4, A. S. Kedzie, aged 'Sl
years Mr., KedzIe was the father Of
the editor OF the LIBERAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Strangc's daugh-
ter, aged thirteen months, died from
Inflammation OF the brain Tuesday
night. The afflicted parents have the
sympathy Of their umerou friends
In their sorrow.
In December the LIBERAL printed
an article telling how Sheriff McAfee
had buncOed Tom Tong's restaurant,
the publication OF which greatly
angered the then shstlf. Recently
a second CHAPTER OF this proceedings
bias come 70 light. McAfee collected
a large sun Of money, about forty dol
lars, from the restaurant, which he
told the man Ia charge was TO pay the
restaurant license up to December 81,
1898 and pay the cost OF the Indictment
against Tom Tong, who then was IN
China. He said that as soon as he re-
turned to Silver City he would send
over the license. In due time a H.
cense'was returned. The restaurant
people, although they knew they had
been buncoed, charged the cash up to
the experience account aud we're
happy in the Thought that the license
was paid up to the end OF the year, and
there would be no trouble. When the
new year opened they sent over to the
probate clerk enough money to pay
the license up to the first OF July, but
when the license came back it was dis
covered to read up to the first OF April.
A letter was written to the probate
clerk asking him IL he had not make a
mistake, IL was answered, aud the
answer gave the Information that
when McAfee settled for the license
he paid only up to the lrst Of October.
His attehNou was drawn to the fact
that he did not pay up to the time the
collection was made. lie said that
the amount he paid into the clerks
office was all that he had collected
from the restaurant for license. The
| Cinnamon cannot satisfy themselves
as to whether McAfee did not know
what he vas doing when he made the
collection from them, or simply held
out ten dollars Of the money he col
lected from them. If McAfee had
not ad vertised Ia the Independent
that he made no mistake about this
matter the LIBERAL would have been
willing to believe he had made me
b~utsxsihc wis so CERTAIN that Rs mis-
take was made the LIBERAL is forced
to believe, much against its incllna-
ton, that McAfeef.e cid out ten dollars
Of ~the1saeney paid him by the Chiua-
man. The Silver City papers an
nounce that he has recently helped to
organize a cattle company with a
capital OF SI00ee0.
On the afternoon Of the second
there was a serious and fatal railroad
accident this side OF San Simon. The
paycar was c%ouitng east and had or
dos to wait until a certain time for a
west bound freight train, which had
orders to. meet it at San Simon.
When the time had expired the
freight train was not in sight, aud
presumably, according to the rules Of
the road, it was ON a side track, wait
ing for the pay car. The pay car
started out, having the right OF way.
When about a mile out from the sta
tion IL met the freight train and a
terrible ac0fiision 'eecuysed. There
was a severe sand storm blowing, and
the men on the engines did not see
the other train until they were but a
few@eet apart. Albert Falvey, fire.
man on the pay car was instantly
killed, and Jas. Leavitt, the engineer,
had one eye put out and was badly
bruised aud burned. Ralph Fetterly,
engineer on the freight train had both
legs broken and was otherwise badly
Injured. Thos. King, fireman on the
freight train, was painfully, but not
serious hurt. No others on either
train were much hurt. The two en-
gines were complete wrecks, and were
piled up In a hcapwlth the passenger
car from the pay train, their tenders
and ten ears from the freight train
piled up on top Of them. Luckily the
water tanks OF the tenders were
broken and distribhted the water
down on the engines, putting out
their fires. The pay car was not
wrecked, the dead aud wounded were
put into 1t, aud the helper engine took
them to Bowie, where the doctor from
Wilcox met them aud dressed theH
wounds, the wounded were taken u
the hoantta at Tuceon and the word