Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-05-06

water Outnt; J. n, Curfen with
wheel barrow load of type with which
he got out lively little paper; Laird
a Kerr,gan, A. Laird and Tom Col
lins, w. Berg, DIR. Keefe and a
host Of Others to numerous to
mention, and early in 1888,
j. A. Lockhart Bob and John Hupper,
Louis Altman, Postmaster Caness, Sig
nor & Robinson, C. w. Greene, and ed.
Pennington with the Tribune: Thur
man & Sheppard with the Cabinet sa-
loon; Steve Birchfeld and his 'Bulhead"
John Worden and Andy Price, the Hop
kins family, J. A, Mahoney and DR..
Byron, C. Bellertin Judge Field; Aaron
Frost with his insurance portfolio,
Chambers the lawyer, Drs. Proctor and
McChEsney, Julius Elby and Ed Merz,
Charley Rorahr, j. L. Burchard and
Mclaughlin, II. C. Van Norman, who
built the first two story hotel in the
park, Swede Nelson and his rough house
on Gold avenue, Julius Rosch and Otto
Leopold, Sig. Lndauer and Ed. Walters
with the biggest mercantile house south
Of Las Vegas, Bauchman Kid Bowman
and many an other old timer that this
old timer can not think Of
Judge Warren Bristol was our first
District Judge, and put up the first two
story residence in the town. Vermilion
was the first Justice of the Peace, and
dealt out Justice according to code of
his own making, Judge Rilea succeeded
him and suited theplace so well that he
died in office. b. Tucker and T. iilpin
were the first pace officers, and when
business was dull used to go cunning for
each other. then every body else hid out.
Gilpin went cunning one afternoon in
'S3 and ran up against Charley Roberts
by mistake. The coroner had job
that night and Gilpin was given an old
timers burial in Boot Hillnext morning
Charley Roberts followed Doc shortly
after, dying with the same disease that
killed Gilpin.
Chas. II. Dane was the first postmas-
ter and was succeeded by Caness, who
held the Office but a short time and
was succeeded by j. p. Byron. Dane,
at the bir.h of peroing was Wells
Fargo express agent and had his office
in a box car alongside the S. P. track.
By energy and perseverance, he became
leading citizen of the new town and
finally President of the two worst-wreck-
cd banks in the southwest.
The first cemetry was located in the
park Just in front of where W. j. Wam-
el now lives. 1t was known as Boot
Hill" because all of the first citizens To-
Gated there died without removing their
foot wear. The formal Inauguration of
the cemetry did not occur for some little
time after it had been decided to devote
the ground to burial purposes. The
first subject buried there was a China
man who had a misunderstanding with
a customer as to the payment of a meal,
but this was not considered suitable
material for the Inauguration, and he
was planted without ceremony. Shortly
after this Andy Price killed white
man and the event came off with gre at
ceremony. Bob Campbell delivered the
funeral oration, Nell Gilpin lead the
singing, and the principal citizens of
the Park afiliction to the town acted as
mouners. In 1887 or 1888, this spot
was abandoned as a burial ground,
and most of the bodies were re-
moved to the new cemetery east OF
town; but many an unknown or unfor'
gotten one still sleeps under the sod OF
Boot Hill in graves unmarked and
locations obliterated.
No western town is fairly and fully
inaugurated in an up-to-date manner
without its vigilance committee, but
this detail was neglected until 1888
About this time man named Brown
made killing in Tom Collins saloon
about where the Lindauer mercantile
establishment now stands, on Pine
street, but before the committee could
get into shape Brown vanished and was
never seen in these parts after. Some
thing, had to done, however, to keeT
the committee in working order and
when a long-haired gentlemen, whC
came here without introduction inserted
a knife between the ribs of one of oul
citizens, he was promptly takenin hant
and escorted down to where the Merrill
lumber yard now stands, and with due
formality suspended from a telegraph