The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-05-26
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service,

News was received at Douglas that
N. c. Matthews, government superin-
Iendent of construction, was injured
in a fall in Cincinnati and may die
from injuries. He is former Douglas
man.
Two Mexican bandits who held up
a Mexican agent of the Singer Machine
Company and robbed him of 200 pesos,
were captured and executed near Ca
nanea, Son.. south of Douglas, accord
ing to word received at NOgales re-
Gently. Col Manuel Aguirre of the
Sonora state rangers, effected their
capture, said the message, and had the
pair hanged to a tree in a public high
way
AS a result of the special election
held at Aztec, N. NJ, one of the most
modern school buildings in the north
ern part of the state is soon to be
erected. There was practically no op-
position to the bond issue and the
plans for the new building are already
being worked out. A feature of the
structure will be a swimming pool and
an auditorium which will seat 500
people.
Jean M. Reap, 63, shot and killed
John Halter, %, foreman of a Tucson
shoe repair shop conducted by Reap'S
wife. The shooting ocucrred on the
main street in full view of passing
theater crowds Halter died instant
ly Reap was arrested and placed in
the city Jail Immediately following the
shooting, offering no resistance to the
arresting officers and making the
statement, Il am glad l did it,"
Suit to restrain County Treasurer
Vernon S. Wright from paying a ST.
500 warrant drawn to the order of A.
Z. Harter as a member of the enter
tainment committee FOR the recent
good roads convention at Phoenix, was
filed in Superior Court at Phoenix by
County Attorney Shepherd. The latter
contends there is no legal basis for the
appropriation of public funds for such
a purpose as entertaining convention
delegates.
w. c. Frazier is dead with four bull
let holes in his body, and George G.
Herrill, a former soldier is in jail
in connection with the killing, which
occurred near Clovis, n NJ, recently.
According to the story Herrill is said
to have told the sheriff, the two men
were riding together in an automobile
when a discussion arose over domestic
affairs. Herrill was attacked with
brass knuckles, according to the Sher-
if, whereupOn he fired four shots in
rendered to the sheriff Immediately,
had to be treated by a physician for
his injuries.
Representations to the Mexican gov
arnment on the attack May on a par
ty of Methodist missionaries at Mez-
quital, Durango, in which Miss Eliza
beth Streeter an American, was seri-
ously injured, have been made by the
American consul at Durango City, ac-
cording to information received by
church officials. Details of the attack
on Miss Streeter and party have been
forwarded to Mexico City authorities
and the American embassy in a sworn
statement made by Rev. Emigdio c.
Santos, pastor of the Durango circuit
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. Miss Streeter, whose home is
in Meridian, Miss, is in a serious con
dition at Durango City, suffering from
a broken hip sustained in the attack
by the mob, according to advices re
ceived recently.
Plans for the big hospital which is
soon to be put into operation in Dem
ing, n. NJ, by the Holy Cross Associa-
ton will soon be completed by frost
& frost Of Eel PasO and it Is hoped TO
begin work at an early date The pres
ent buildings will be repaired and put
in firSt-clasS shape.
The board of regents of the Normal
University, at meeting held in Las
Vegas recently, made a contract with
Jonathan IL. Wagner, the president of
the school, to remain the executive
head of the institution for three years.
Mr.. Wagner has been president of the
Normal for one year. His successful
work has met the approval of the
board. In the face of serious handi-
cap caused by the fire of Feb 2, the
president and the board of regents
kept the school running with unim-
paired efficiency, and indications are
that the summer school session, which
will begin June 5, will be the largest
in the history of the institution. All
the members of the board were pres
ent. They are Dr. David r. Boyd, AL
buquerque; Jose d. Sena, Santa Fe;
John Morrow, Ration; John d. w.
Veeder, and Miss Rumalda Delgado,
Las Vegas.
Stefano Pedrazini, one of the own
ers of the Pedra mines, the richest
group of silver and gold mines in the
world, is in Aqua Prieta having ar
rived on this continent from Europe,
where he has been for many voarc IJa