Arizona republican., 1905-02-04

Davis has been appointed deputy sher- if to take the place at least tempo rarily of John Wright who was a member of the office force at the be- ginning of the term of Sheriff Walker. He was taken i'll just before the time for the beginning of his duties arrived and has not yet recovered.
 A NEGLECTED HORSE-Some man when he gets sober this morning will think that his horse and buggy has been stolen and he will apply to the sheriff's office or to police headquarters for relief. He will learn something at the latter place to his advantage and at the same time to his cost. The horse was hitched on north Center street sometime yesterday afternoon and remained there through the storm until after midnight when the police took it to a corral ans gave it a feed of which it was sadly in need. The corral keeper will be justified in put tng a fancy price on the entertainment of this horse.
 A CRAZY WOMAN-Constable Ike Ford came to the city yesterday morn- ing bringing a woman by the name of Saide Vaughn, who is charged with being insane. Yesterday being a hoI- iday she could not be examined but her case will come before the probate court today. She was at one time a resident of this city, living in the ten derloin district. She had been the wife of gambler who died here about sev- en years ago. She was at one time an attractive woman, but a more re- pulsive one now could not easily be imagined. For some time a change in her manner had been noticed but two or three days ago insanity began to fully develop.
 WOULD BUILD THE DAM-J. B. Walker of Pittsburg and New York, representing the Ferguson Contracting company, arrived in the city yesterday morning for the purpose of bidding on the construction of the TOntO dam. MT Walker Is a cousin of Sheriff J. Elliott Walker. The cousins had not seen each other for more than thirty years, except for an hour about ten years ago. The firm of which MT. Walker is a member is engaged in the business of general railroad contract ing and has been operating in the east for a great many years. MT. Walker left last nights for Roosevelt to make general survey of the situation. The representatives of contracting firms in all parts of the country are now in the city.
 WELL KNOWN IN CHICAGO John s. Cheevers, who died at his tenn pOrary residence on Second avenue on Thursday was a well known man in Chicago, where for twelve years he filled the position of assistant auditor in the pOstOffice. He also gained dis tinction in the Illinois National guard, ali n 9 9 ing earned a diamond medal for con tinuous service in the second regiment He had been i'll of tuberculosis for a long time, spending last winter in Phoenix for the benefit of his health He returned to Chicago and remained during the summer, coming back to Phoenix last fall. He was unmarried and two sisters were with him when he died. They will leave for home on this mornings Santa~Fe train, talk ing the body of their brother with them for interment
 HELD UP. PERHAPS-J. Bernard, one of two young men who live in tent in the western part of Capitol ad- dition, reported to the police yesterday morning that an attempt was made the night before to hold him up near the Capitol grounds. He was en route home on foot after -escorting young lady home from the theater. As he passed the Capitol grounds two men stepped from behind a palm tree and made a grab for him. They caught him by the coat collar and threw him. But he says they were either afraid of him or he got up and ran so quick they couldn't see him for they made no ef- fort to jump on him. At the next corner another man stepped out and com manded him to halt but by that time he had a speed up that nothing could interfere with except a hole in the road bed. He makes frank admission that he was scared so badly he didn't know what he was doing, except run ming. He never for an instant allowed himself to forget that, and did every thing he could to get the best possible action out of his legs. He says he had a gun with him but the only difference that made in the case was that it flight by just that much. He thinks that if he had had two guns and a knife he would certainly. have been over taken and killed. Just before he reached home he slowed up enough to fire his weapon in the air and let hisJ pursuers know what they had missed through his being so busy running. He might have been held up but it looks more like he had caught hold of the hot end of a practical joke.
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