Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-12
(No. 8

m Iie ldtter part or September O
 1879. W s. Minieer. Peter Morris ana
 man whose name do not now re
 member. and myself made our cam
 on the north side Of the hin iron
 Watcryale Charles x. Thomas ant
 family resided in tent house about
 equal distance between Watervale and
 Tombstone
 On the morning Of the End Of Octo.
 Ter following 1 had occasion to visit
 Tombstone for the first time. 10 buy
 provisions. | started from camp with
 ny mule and blackboard. and as l
 came into town Of course | became
 very observant. Going mp Allen street
 l observed two men standing where
 HOW stands the Arlington hotel What
 caused me 70 be so obseryant of these
 men | never could think One of them
 had a carpenters claw hammer in his
 hand, c1relessly whirling it around. They did not appear angry. They were standing about three feet apart While
 was looking directly at them the one with the hammer struck the other
 man on he forehead. smashing his skull and killing him instantly. I drove 10 the corner Of Fourth and A len. known as Pie Allen In few min utes the murdered man was carried past on an old cot Where they took him Go not know, nor who the two men were | never could find out. I told no person what 1 had seen. At the time l was 8 stranger in a strange country, and.thinking discretion was in order. kept quiet.
 This day | met Col Mike Gray. who died several years ago. I also met P. F. Warnellros, then a yodng man. and salesman in the store of Pie Allen. ] also met ". A. Harwood, who was in the pos office Through aiI these years that have passed these men and my. self have maintained and retained the most friendly relations
 impressions Are UnfavorabIe.
 On this nay first visit to tho town ] vas not fayorably impressed with t., Or it's surroundings. There were forty house tents, and harkals or cabins. and 1 do not think more than one hundred people. As ] stood on the corner Of Fourth and Allen streets. looking around, or in other words, trying to, he wind was blowing at a high rate, and the dust Was flying. giving me to understand that real estate was cheaD. And ] found out later that that was not Joke. Mike Gray offered me lots on Allen street for five dolslrs apiece. if a person had told me that day that ] would have stayed in this country six months l would have thought him a fit subject for the insane asylum, or that ] was.
 At Fourth and Allen streets, on eitli- | or corner, there was nos a house. onlv the store of Pie Allen on the southwest corner. where Frank Nolcott now has his place Of business. The most i'm posing building on Allen street al the time was the Cosmopolitan hotel owned by Mir Bilicke As I stood on Allen street ar the junction Of Fourth and looked accss to the corner Of Fifth and Fremont, I observed that on the | northeast corner man by the name !. of Mark ShafeF was erecting a frame 1 structure for a store room. That was 1 completely out of town then. The only i building on he block was one being l erected on the south side of Fremont ! street, by Col Mike Gray. corner Of 1, Sixth. where Mrs. Robinson, wife Of l Judge Robinson, now deceased, lives |! at present.
 On this my first visit to Tombstone | an incident occurred that l never for | got: When I had purchased my sup | plies. ] let them stand in the store ! while ] look in the town and saw inc sights When I came to put them on my blackboard Mr Warnekros and | Captain Blair who was also employed | in the store. helped carry the things . out In doing so they proceeded 70 ! mix some other persons with mine. I A q h.r- q q h hs. board l told them they were not mine. Mr. Warnekros insisted that they were. and that had paid for them. Af:er arguing the point for a while. ana he still persist,ne. l let them put on | suppose over a hundred dollars worth of stuff When thev had all on the blackboard asked them if they were done. They replied yes" and that l was a curious man not to take the goods. I thought it was done for a purpose that ! rev nothing about told them ! would take off the buck. board my purchase. they could check it uD. and # there was not twenty-tvF1 dollars worth of goods, ! would give iD. Alter checking no. and finding that ] was right. ! told them to take the other goods and put them in tae house, as some other person had bought and Laid for them. After they took the things or. l put my own or. snd went out Of town rejoicing. have often illled Paul about it since.
 Pays Visit to Charleston.
 Daring rhe summer and fall of 1879. Congressman J. K Lutrel Of Glenn Ellen. California, was operating af IIarshaw Different stories were told in recard Co the important develop ments he was making. came to the that ! would proceed there nnd saa for nvaell On Ine ilh daN nf