Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-27
MEXICAN PRISONER
 FOR PRESCOTT
DON JOHNSON. FORMER DEPUTY
 SHERIFF, IN NEW MEXICO.
Douglas Wants Bead CVerseer-El Faso Wants Ball oame-Fire De- partr- ent Called Cut.
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Douglas, Aug. 26.-sheriff James Roberts of Yavapai county is looked for in Do"~'as any day with extradi- ton papers from the governor of Ari- zona tc the Mexican officials to take back with nm Mexican prisoner now confined in the Mexican jail. accused of murder in Prescott several years ago. The prisoner has been in the Mexican jail over forty days ani would still be 'anguishing there wait ing for something to be done win his case had not the International American taken the matter up with the sheriff's office in Tombstone and demarsed why the prisoner was held for an American officer and no effort was being made to bring the pTisorer across the Inc.
 Don Johnson formerly deputy sher- if in Dcuglas. is Tow located on the Diamo1d A ranch near Roswell, New Mexico He writes to friends in Douelas that he is well pleased with his new position ani likes New Mexi- co better than Arizona.
 New concrete sidewalks are being placed in front Of the T0vrea and Constable buildings on G avenue.
 Douglas is badly in need of a road overs ger. The stree's since the last late rains are in bad condition. and nothing is being done to drain the wa ter of the main thoroughfares. Yes terday evening the water in front of the Copper Queen store on c avenue was nearly three feet deep and i'm passable. There has been no enc act- ing in the capacity of road overseer since Thomas Vaughan was killel. and none has been appointed by the board of supervisors.
 Jack Hankins is getting together an aggregation of baseball players which are called the Douglas Juniors. Jack expects to take his team up to Bisbee before long and show the smoky city fellows how to play the game.
 J. s. Douglas, manager of the Mon tezuma Copper company, came down from Bisbee CT route to the mines at Nacozari Mr Douglas was ac companied by his son, Don Louis Douglas.
 V R. Stiles, passenger agent of the Fl Paso & SCuthwes 'ern railroad, is in Douglas on business connected with his company.
 A letter has been receive2 by Ma-- ager Nichols of the Douglas baseball team asking for a game with the Fl Paso remnant in Fl Paso CT Sunday. August 30. On account of the short time between now and :he S0th it will be impossible to get the Douglas team together 10 play the game. but the Douglas boys will probably go to the pass city some time next month and play 9 series Of games.
 The fire department was called out to a burning house back of the Fl Paso store Wednesday evening about 6 o'clock. Several parties with water buckets had the fire under control when the depar' ment arrived and it was soon extingushed. A cOl0red man working in one of the saloons on Tenth street roomed in the building hut was out when the fire took place. Most of his effects were pulled out of the house and saved.
 Douglas was visited by .ano.her soaking rain Tuesday night It raine1 for about four hours and con tir.Ted rafring thgorgh Wednesday, making the streets look like lakes in sonoe places.
 MT. L. R. Hogue. the civil engineer 4 has moved hs office in the McGui-e block opposite the Copper Queen store.