Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-01
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
WANT TO PLEAD GUILTY. |.

WANT TO PLEAD GUILTY.
 Out of the batch of bootlegger3 ar. rested in the raid Saturday and Sun day who are now in the county jail it is reported that most of them are ready to plead guilty. number of fthem left the state upon being tip ped of" and it Is safe to say they will not turn up" for arrest aud trial for some moons to come, riddins the county of their presence.
 SERVING ON JURY.
 George Hass, of DoIglas. Is in Tombstone serving his county as a juryman on the present jury panel FROM JOHNSON.
 J. A. Braley of Johnson. wellknown contractor was in the city today OF the Stone case.
 CUSTOMS COLLECTOR HERE.
 D. J. Sheehy. deputy customs in- spector at Naco, was in the city today Ca business connected with tl.e GUS tCms office at Naco.
 THROUGH TOMBSTONE.
 County Engineer J. F. Ryan and / ssistant J. NJ. Kimmel. passed through Tombstone this morning en route to Charleston where they will locate the site for the new bridge to De erected by the board Of suprv'sors. which was authorized at the,- lasl meeting. TO RIssEE.
 Clerk Of the Board of Supervisors <. C. Ranger went to Bisbee tocay on business matters, and incidentally 10 take in the meeting of the CochIse County Central committee winch rle cts there today to organize. elect officers. and appoint delegates to the state meeting at Phoenix. BUYS CHEVROLET.
 "UnivIe Jim" Christianson, of St. David, and bailiff on the present jury has purchased a Chevrolet from To- cal agent R. B. Krebs, and the first | thing he did was to stall it a: his ranch, necessitating his making the trip by rail to attend court. UIce Jlim says he can handle a hay baler to perfection, but when it comes to iu- fernal machines, he is a poor hand. JOHNSON DESERTED.
 Johnson, the prosperous mining camp in the Dragoon mountains, is deserted today; production of mines has been cut, picture shows have been closed, the boosters have disappeared and all alleged bootleggers and their | friends are out of town. Even the J. P, who has not left his home town for over ten years, did not answer the roll call this morning, and all because county seat as witnesses in the John Stone case. The jury in the first case disagreed, and the Johnsonites will have to remain in our city for another day.
 l Among the witnesses in Tombstone today in the Stone case are: James Harmon, Herb Vein. A F. Peake, Dave Henderson, Harry E. Scott, J. | Thurman, D. Thurman and Albert Thurman, besides a large number of others.
 REPORTED DOING WELL.
 The many Tombstone friends of Mrs. Walker, wife of Court Reporter John Walker. will be pleased to hear that she is doing nicely from the operation performed upon her at Bis bee Sunday. for stomach trouble.
 TO DOUGLAS.
 Miss Ann Lorraine Sloan left this morning for Douglas where she will spend several days on a visit with friends.
 BACK TO eIssEE.
 Miss Lizzie Critchley returned to her home at Bisbee today after a
 several weeks stay in Tombstone dur
 ing which time she was one of the
 force at work on the tax rolls in the
 office of Treasurer H. S. Ross
 ANOTHER TRIP. ~
 L. W. Rader. the Johnson mer- chant, Deputy Sheriff John Walker, and J. w. Tong, mine manager, all of Johnson, made another trip to Tombstone today. having been re- summoned as witnesses in the Stone ' case.