Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-10
CITY MARSHAL ASKED
 ABOUT OLD ARMOR
tFron Douglas lnternational)

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 City Marshal East. the popular head of the local police department. as the result of being member of a band of cowpunchers who. in 1880, discovered suit of Spanish mail similar to the armor worn by Coro, nsdo's men. while cleaning out the Aimocitas spring in what is now known as Holdham county, is to fig. ure prominently in the annals of an. thropological history of the south west. Mir. East. in his earlier years in Texas. like many others who have since won distinction and become leading citizens in different parts of the country. followed eowpunching as a means of Livelihood. It was during 1880 that he and several other COW. punchers while engaged in cleaning out the Almocitas spring discovered the armor which will result in his name going down in history. as much curiosity and interest has been aroused in his find at this late date.
 Mir. East says that DOW and then a piece of Spanish armor was found on a Comanche Indian and he is moi sure whether the piece found by him self and his colleagues came direct ly from one of Coronado's men ol belonged to Red skin. It was at first thought that the wearer mrs! have fallen into the spring anC drowned but thorough search oi the spring failed to reveal any DOT tions of human body.
 The Forest and Stream magazine is planning the publication of a SC ries of articles on the anthropologi cal history of the southwest, and Mir East is in receipt of a letter from the editor asking for information or the armor.
 The letter follows:
 New York, June End, 1909.--Mr James H. East. Douglas, iAriz.-Deai Sir: For some years 1 have beel looking up certain matters connected with the history of the old southwest and have come across occasional ref erences to Spanish armor found with in what is now the United States territory. In the course of these in quiries I got into communication witf MT. George Findlay, of 1iS Market street, Chicago. H.. who kindly tool much interest in attempting to dis cover the date and other particular: about the finding of some Spanisf armor in western Texas. Througf NIT. FIndlay's kindness. I have re ceiyed a copy of your letter to hin of May l7th. which gives almost tn. first definite information I have witt regard to this find. You give tn' date and description of the shirt O mail, and give it very clearly. bu may ! ask few further questions
 rxx L. sIx ed from what you saw of the shir at the time that the scales of whici are arnlor was composed were fast ened to some lining of leather. O between the Wisconsin claim on the was each scale, according to you recollection. riyeted to the four ad joining scales, two above and below and two at the sides? This scarcel, seems likely.
 "Dou you recall whether the shirt ap peared to have sleeves? That is t say, to cover the arms. and if So did the sleeves apparently reach t she elfsow or to the wrist?
 'I have been told of one suit 0 armor. long in possession of thu Cbeyennes, that the shirt was a scai' armor. the scales said to be as bi, as a quarter but there were soIi, arm pieces coming down to the elboy which were attached to the shirt. Ii this case there were also solid Ie pieces covering the thigh and stee cap.
 Gould you say at what time of tn year in 1880 you were cleaning at tn spring where the shirt of mail wa found? Were there with it any bone that you recognized as human? I other words, was there anything , indicate that the wearer of the a nor had been killed, or died and fe into the spring? No doubt the SpaI ish soldiers occasionally travele through that country for more tha 150 years. after the passage of Cor nado. and there is no probable mean of learning to whom the armor. b 1onged.
 will you pardon me for troublin you with this long letter. and may ask that you favor me with a reply
 Yours very truly.
 Geo BUD GRINNELL-"