The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-02-06
MORENCI NEWS.

From Our Resul.fCorre.pond.nt.
c. F. Spencer has returned from a
trip TO California.
L. Fiuckel.tuh has resigned his po-
sition with the d. c. n. Co. and has
gone 10 Mexico,
The D. C. NJ. 60. store now opens at
S a. M and closes at 7:30 p. m. except
on few days Out OF the mouth.
Francis Editl{. infant daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. Davis, died Saturday
night alter brief sickness. The fun
eral services were held Sunday after
roon. The parents have the sincere
sympathy OF the community in their
second afiiiction in the past year.
Mrs. Alice II. Hancocks class in elo-
cution concluded their work with a fine
entertainment last Thursday, before i
large audience. Mrs. Hancock's pupils
did credit to their instructor and gave
abundant evidence OF their own ability.
The program consisted of readings by
Mrs. jameson, Miss Floyd, Mrs. Storey,
Mrs. Rice. Mrs. Work, with selections
by Mrs. Hancock. the concluding num-
Der being series of artistic poses in
Greek costum by the whole class. Mrs.
Hancock excelled, il possible, her work
in the previous entertainment, de-
lighting her hearers. The work
OF the members OF the class was
very praiseworthy, and tho entertain
ment as a whole was amply satisfactory
to the audience We hope to hear
from the class again. There is room
for a good dramatic society in Morenci,
and it woult-ss} ibute very much TO
the social life OF the camp.
Saturday evening a serious accident
occurred in the tunnel near the Long
fellow store. The ore train in charge
of Henry Fowler was just entering the
tunnel when the trainmen discovered
that man had been run over. The
train was stopped at once. and the I'M
fortunate man was pulled out from I'M
der the cars. He gave no sign Of life
at first but subsequently revived, and
gave his name as Guy Thompson.
Thompson was employed at the A. c.
conce ntrator. He was taken at once
to tn a. c. hospital. whore his injuries
were dressed. His left foot was so bad
~ crushed that it was amputated Sun
dav afternoon. He received besides a
severe scalp wound and bad bruise
on the left side OF the body, but is do
ing as well as could be expected now.
1t seems that he entered the tunnel
while intoxicated and went to sleep on
the track, with the above unfortunate
results.
Thursday night the post Office was
visited by burglars, and Uncle Sam
was relieved of some of his surplus,
the thieves securing booty amounting
in all to about 81 900. Tools were stOl-
en- from the work boxes OF carpenters
at the new hall, two doors were neatly
pried open, the combination was
knocked off the safe and the contents
were quietly and thoroughly removed.
There is no exact information available
as 10 the time when the robbery was
committed, but it seems probable that
the robbers were watching the office
when Postmaster Taliaferro left about
$3.50, and Immediately went TO work,
when the presence of light would
create no supicion. This would give
them long start for the burglary was
not discovered till next morning. The
officers are working hard on the case
but so far have not many clew5 to assist
them. The registered mail punches
were found down the canyon. L. o.
Inspector ]. I. Duscoll, whose head
quarters are at Prescott, has been in
Morenci working on, the case.