Arizona republican., 1906-01-15

LITTLE STEVE'S TRAIL-Pioneer residents of Arizona will be interest
 ed in the following from the Clifton
 Copper Era as it concerns one of Ari-
 zonas early day characters, even though it gives no recent news of his
 whereabouts. George H. Stevens, bet ter known as Little Steve" one of the old time characters of this county. who left here about twenty years ago but was afterwards connected with the
 penitentiary at Yuma, was heard from a few years ago at Victoria. Little
 Steve" was the first sheriff of this , county and was quite a character in , his way and still has many friends in Arizona. After leaving Arizona he went to Brazil. then Argentine. Chile
 and Peru and from there to Victoria where he was running a large saloon and gambling house.
 ANOTHER SALOON HOLDUP- i Globe seems to be dead easy" for the saloon holdup artist. The latest inci-
 dent of the kind occurred about two
 o'clock last Tuesday morning when a lone bandit with a forty-fve in his hands and a handkerchief over his | features stepped into the Mountain View saloon and gambling house. | There were eleven men in the hous but all of them including the bartender, were busy watching a gambling game and were in nc position to object. The robber quietly walked round to the cash register, took out the $45 in sight and left the place. The only word spoken was a farewell remark by one of the men at the game as the robber fit the house, and to which the lat ter was not polite enough to reply. Sergeant Sparks of the rangers ar rested a man on suspicion a day or so later but according to the Silver Belt there seemed little evidence to hold him.
 Y. M. c. A. MEETING-Them meeting held yesterday afternoon in Veterans hall .n the interest of the Y. M. c. A.
 was well attended there being some sixty or seventy people present. A very interesting address was delivered by
 MT. Cronenberger, pastor of the Chris tian church and Vernon L. Clark and
 other citizens spoke in favor of the project for good Y. NJ. C. A. build ing. Music was furnished by Elmer A. Todd Of the Arizona SchoO! of Music and a committee was appointed on publicity that is to see that the enter prise is properly placed before the peO- pie. This committee consists of
 Messrs. George BIount, V. L. Clark and J. F. StilIweIl. Though there is yet no permanent organization those present
 who desired to he identified with the
 movement gave their names as the 1 starting of a list of probable members. There will 5e another meeting next Sunday at the same time and place which all men and boys who are inter-
 ested are invited to attend.
 A VERY BAD MAN-In the capture of Antonio Ferres, who was trying to force an entrance into the Henkle l jewelry store. of which incident the particulars were published yesterday. 1 the Bisbee officers undoubtedly took a very bad man into custody. He was ! held to await the action of the grand ! jury. It has been learned that Ferres was arrested in Bisbee two years ago having stolen property in his posses
 sion and given a jail sentence. He was turned over to the Mexican au- ! thorities before the jail sentence eX- | pired, to be shot for having previously stabbed a Mexican judge. News came to Bisbee that he had been shot and was therefore believed to be dead. The theory now prevails that in some way he chanced to escape death when the Mexican authorities shot at him, but feigned it until he had an opportunity to escape. Ferres is supposed to be the perpetrator of other recent buglaries and hold-ups in the vicinity of Bisbee. Whether he will be held to meet the
 ends of justice or turned over to the
 Mexican authorities is not yet decided.