Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-18
BRAND ON COW
SCALPED OFF,;
F.. CALVES GONE
Weird Accounts of Cattle
Rustling And Gun Play
From New Mexican Line
Reported To Officials

Weird accounts of cattle rustline
and gun play in the COW country ad-
joining the New Mexico border reached
Phoenix yesterday in a report brought
by Inspector II. d. Bryce, Graham
county deputy OF the state livestock
sanitary board, TO Secretary Edward
w. Stephens. Bryce telling of a COW
that he found with the brand 'scalped
orr and Of a dozen unweaned calves
that were stolen and held for weaving
In box canyon OF Graham county.
He hold under arrest two Arizona
men known as Bob Phillips and Lee
BuclSalew, against whom he has placed
grand larceny charges relating to cat
tle-rustling. and whom the Graham
county justice of the peace, he saws,
holds under $4,000 bail, to appear for
trial In the superior court. Bryce says,
in addition to the charges he has
satnst the mon, he knows of a lot of
heavy gun play in the county where
hey hold forth that is the result of
dissrfection on the range.
Bob Phillips, he says, registered the
IT. V. cross" brand, on shoulder, rib
and hip, while Buckalew registered
the brand of wv II on side and III"
on hip. Those brands, according to
Phillips, were found on the unweaned
calves and on the COW that was par
tally skinned alive. BY way of fur
Their camouflage, the cows horns were
Knocked off, and the head OF the COW
was In a horrible condition as the
result OF going unattended afterward.
Deny Ownership
Phillips and Buckalew admit the
brands, according to Bryce, but deny
ownership of the stock and claim that
certain Mexicans with whom they have
quarreled perpetrated the acts by way
Of getting them into trouble. Bryce
says he has rather a good opinion of
the Mexicans mentioned, and that he
prefers to have the claims of the ar
rested men threshed out in court.
Incidentally. Bryce brings along an
account about some troubles of his
own connected with the arrest, some
friends of his prisoners threatened to
have him arrested on a kidnapping
charge. with probable penalty of 10
years in the state penitentiary. to
which he answers that he will go 10
prison II necessary, but that he will
take a lot Of people along with him
when he goes.
The alleged kidnapping arises from
Aht Adtl AldN iAiilAHS anu Ddthdlch
were arrested first by Graham county
officers and held at Clifton for a 500
reward that Bryce had offered, the
justice Of the peace there holding them
on $1,000 bail each, which they put
up through their friends. AS the al
legged crime was committed in Graham
county, according to Bryce, the Off
Ger preferred to have the men held anC
tried In Graham county, and accord.
ingiy he removed them to SafforC
wl,ere their bail was fixed at $4,000
each for appearance in the superior
court.
The friends Of Phillips and Bucka
lew claim that Bryce had no right Il
remove the prisoners 10 Graham
county and that he was guilty of kid
napdng IN so doing, according t.
I5ryce's account yesterday. Bryc
says he believes they intend to try t.
make trouble for him, but that he be
lleves he can take care of himself Il
spite OF their penhenttary threats
They read copy of the law to him
he says, on which they base their kid
naring allegations.