Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1915-11-17
JONES WAS OUT
At 7 Err BIC
GAME
E. A. GRAY SAYS HE KILL
ED A MONSTER BEAU
TIMOUS IN TWENTY
FOUR SHOTS.
(From Tuesdays Daily

Alex Jones, deputy clerk OF court,
who is known throughout the county
for his motor, fishing and hunting
activities. was fishing with Judge
2. o. Smith last summer and later in
the fall was hunting. Just what nc
was hunting for has always been a
mystery. Yesterday Janitor Joe Drew
Il the court house, received letter
from a friend at Camp Burrow about
eight miles west OF Camp Wood
where Jones claims he hunted for
icer If all that Drew's friend says
= the letter is true, Jones has been
''olding up good story of his hair
-aising escapes for some time The
'etter is as follows:
Mr.. J. II. Drew, Prescott.
Friend Joe:-A short time ago a
Young man by the name OF Jones from
Prescott whom I think works in the
court house was at my camp on a
hunting trip. He said that he was
1ut for big game and wanted to stop
few days with us. We have plenty
I grass as we are at the foot OF the
White Hills on the waters of the Blue
3urrow creek and in the game line we
lavc everything from ella monster
Beautimous
The first morning out for Jones he
ound a Bcautimous and Alex didn't
10 a thing but bang it into him. Be
Gre go any further / am going to
ell you what a Beautimous Is. He IS
u the Buffalo species. sharp, keen
lorns and long hair all over him. His
ong hair IS all set with long quilts
ike the porcupine and he has a long
,ushy tail When in fight he lashc5
is long bushy tail up on his side and
gathers a tailful OF quilts and can
nrow them distance OF Is yards as
traight as a $3.50. As l said Jones
led into a very large bull and the
rst shot OF his $3.50 only made this
monster think that horse fly had
itten him. Jones had two dogs that
ad cost him lots OF money in Okla
iona. They were soon a thing OF
ne past One OF them was thrown
Ugh in the sky and the other over
he bluff. Jones was riding good
orsc but as ne was cut off from him
he only thing he could do was to
ight, run or climb ] tree So by this
inc Mr.. Jones was making it pretty
OF for the Beautimous. He had fred
snots into the animal which was
,awling and paving at the earth and
hrowing quilts in every direction. l
ell you Joe, it looked for awhile Ike
Mr. Alex was bound to go. He either
lad to climb a tree or jump over the
fluff In all my time I never saw any
nan stand his ground any better than
Jones did.
BY this time p shots nad rang out
md Jones was in the top OF a slim
,ak and the Beautimous down and
ying. l arrived on the ground hav-
ng a canteen Of water. Alex comes
Town and takes a good drink and said
will never bang it into another
8eautimous. We made jerkey OF this
lnimal. The hide I have dried Tor
Zones and l will send it to MIN as
Don as l hear from him We figured
his bull to weigh 1880 pounds
IN told that you and Archambeau
killed one mere several years past on
he same ground l hope you will
get this. l am trapping and nave a
;ew lion and other skins hung up in
camp.
My regards to you and Alex and
.ell him the flap on the old tent is
always open to him as consider him
a good hunter, a good shot, good
runner and good climber.
Very respectfully,
"E. \. GRAY"