Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-02-17

John Slaughter. pioneer of the
southwest, died in the Fisher Apart
ments at douglas. about o'clock yes
terday morning.
Mr. Slaughter suffered from nigh
blood pressure for the past few
months and had made two trips TO
the Hot Springs in Graham county,
where he secured some relief and was
planning on going back there some
time this month.
On Wednesday night he complained
OF having a very severe pain in his
head and Or. w. A. Green, his Son-ir-
law, was called. He rema.nec v':Sn
Mr.. Slaughter until after Midnight,
when Mr.. Slaughter Went 20 sleep.
About o'clock Mrs. Slaughter had
occasion to go into his room and found
her husband had died while sleeping.
Mr.. Slaughter, until the Fisher muir
der at the San Bernardino ranch last
year. had made his homo there bu,
their subsequent conviction, threats
after the arrest OF the Mexicans
charged with the Fisher murder and
were made against the family and
they moved into Douglas.
Funeral Services Sunday.
Viola Slaughter, and u daughter, Mrs.
Greene, to mourn his loss, besides
number of grandchildren and hun
dreds of friends throughout the south
west.
Funeral services will be held in
Douglas on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock from the Fisher Apartments
on the corner of Twelfth street and
L avenue.
John Slaughter was born on a Louis
lana plantation in the early forties.
While but a boy he left the south to
seek fortune and adventure in the
west. He first pitched camp" in
Texas, engaged in cattle raising and
at the age Of 16 had herd of his own.
When the Civil war broke out, John
Slaughter enlisted with the army of
the south. His career as a soldier
was brief, for illness stepped in and
he was furloughed Indefinitely.
Upon recovering his health again,
Slaughter enlisted with the Texas
Rangers. with the rank of lieutenant
With this romantic organization,
SLAUGHTER was active in much of the
service which made the Rangers cele-
brated, and many of the members of
the old Rangers tell stirring stories
OF their experiences with Lieutenant
Slaughter. During his career in Texas,
Slaughter twice amassed fortunes,
only to lose them.
Helped Capture Geronimo.
Slaughter came to Arizona when the
name of Tombstone was on the lips
of every man, woman and child in
the west. With confidence that Ari-
iona was destined for a great ana
future, Slaughter drove his
cattle overland and first settled in the
San Pedro Valley. Looking over the
country for range that suited him,
he soon purchased q large tract of
land in the southeast corner of Ari-
IONA, what is now the San Bernardino,
or Slaughter Ranch.
For the following 10 years, the sur
country and even portions of
the ranch were never free from bands
Of hostile Indians, and the utmost Wig
lance was necessary to prevent their
uprising. Slaughter struggled through
period with firm and fearless deter
mination to hold the ground, and
that he succeeded is shown by the
passing of the red men and the build
ing up of one of the prettiest spots
in the southwest.
In 1886, Slaughter was escort to the !
late General Lawton, then a captain
in the United States army, in the cap
lure OF the famous Apache, Geronimo,
The Captain of Plymouth