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EDDY COUNTY, NEWS
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Carlsbad Sheriff Slain by Escaped Tex. Convict
Tues. Carlsbad, N. M., June 5.1910 Galveston Daily Times—
Saturday night at Hope, a small town 60 miles northwest of
Carlsbad, Sheriff George Batton was killed and Deputy Stone
Wilburn slightly injured in a gun battle between the officers and
an escaped Texas convict named Bonilla, wanted at the penitentiary
to finish serving a sentence of 12 years for murder.Sheriff.1
Batton and posse located the Mexican in a shack near Hope and,
surrounding the house, demanded his surrender. Two women opened
the door, and invited the officers to enter, saying .no one was in
the shack but themselves. . The women were ordered to light a
lamp, which they did and stepped outside, Batton and Wilburn
entering, one by the north and one by the south door. Wilburn
discovered the Mexican hiding behind a bureau, which had been
drawn 'across one comer of the room Wilburn .fired, extinguishing
the light and striking Bonilla in the side and coming out the
back. Batton entered the door and fired five shots in the
direction of the Mexican,1 all going high but in a space that
could be covered by a hand. Batton was in the ''doorway,'-'in the
light of the moon, and one of Bonilla's shots entered his abdomen
and killed him instantly. Wilburn was shot in the side, but the
bullet was deflected by a rib and came out the back. Wilburn's
last shot killed Bonilla, striking the jugular vein. The Mexican
died instantly. The bodies of the dead officer and the Mexican
were brought to Carlsbad, while Wilburn was rushed to Artesia for
treatment. .Sheriff Batton was a popular officer, noted for his
bravery, and his death is mourned by every citizen of Eddy county.
He will, be buried Tuesday at Carlsbad by the Woodmen of the
World.
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10/03/1899 Paper: Santa Fe
New Mexican Not Guilty of Murder
At the Carlsbad term of
district court a jury acquitted W G Cass on a charge of murder. He
killed James H Carpenter last April. they had a quarrel in which Cass
accused Carpenter of having instigated a contest upon a homestead claim
of Cass. As Carpenter started to leave Cass shot him. |
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January 10, 1913 Deming
Headlight------------Deputy Sheriff Carl Gordon, of Carlsbad, N. M and
Inspector W. C. Simpson on Tuesday arrested Will Roberts, who is charged
with horse stealing. Roberts was arrested at Holstein's livery barn. It
seems that on December 14 Roberts and another man, Calvin Payne, stole
three horses, two saddles and a Winchester rifle from a ranch house near
Carlsbad. Deputy Sheriff Gordon arrested Payne at; Rodeo, N. M. All the
stolen property was recovered, and both men were taken back to Carlsbad
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Burglary
At Carlsbad News
from over the County Eddy Generally
Date: 1899-11-22; Paper: Santa Fe New Mexican
The saloon of
Kemp & Woerner, at Carlsbad was entered by a robber who tapped the
safe, and stole $700, mostly in silver. He also secured several watches
and a number of valuable papers. The small iron box in the safe was
pried out with an ice pick. All the booty was carried away in a grip,
which was found the next morning with the papers in the river. Elmore
Clarkson aged 21 years , was arrested, accused of the robbery. He
had been playing monte, and was acting suspiciously, but the money which
it is said he buried has not yet been found.
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CARLSBAD, N. M.. Aug. <14>. A warrant has been issued here for a
Texas man, charging him with two counts of murder in the year-old
killing of two teenaged Carlsbad girls. Eddy County sheriff's
offiers would not identify the man, but said they hoped to make an
arrest soon. The fugitive was identified by Franklin D. Parsons,
21 of Ccnroe, Texas, who was jailed yesterday as a material
witness. Brother Cleared A spokesman for the Eddy County Sheriff's
office said Parsons mistakenly implicated his older brother, Jimmy
Lee Parsons, 30, who lives near Houston, Texas. The elder Parsons
was cleared Monday after an extensive investigation. The Parsons
youth entered the case last July 15, when police made a routine
investigation of him -while he was hitchhiking at Monahans, Texas.
Officers said Parsons volunteered information to the Mcnahans
officer about two girls that were killed in New Mexico. Monahans
police contacted the Carlsbad sheriff's office, and two men went
to Monahans and questioned Parsons. They asked him if he would
return to Carlsbad with them. Parsons, who was on his way to the
Las Cruces home of his parents, volunteered. Held as Witness He is
being held as a material witness in lieu of $5000 bond. The girls.
Patty Sue Pritz, 14, and Maddie Catherine Restine, 13, were killed
Aug. 11, 1961 as they walked the 12 blocks from the Carlsbad
Municipal Beach:, to their homes. Their bodies were found on the
rocky arroyo desert floor, within four feet of each other, off a
lonely and little used oilfeld road 12 miles northwest of the
city. EL PASO HERALD-POST, Tuesday, August 14, 1962
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Hobbs Boy, 12, Drowns At Beach in Carlsbad CARLSBAD
(AP)—Twelve-yearold William A. Atkinson, drowned at tha Carlsbad
'Municipal Beach here Sunday. His body Is being returned to Hobbs,
his home town. Lifeguard Ned Shattuck, who discovered tha child's
body, said the boy was swimming, in an unguarded stretch south of
the regular bathing area. ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL June 28, 1955
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ARTESIA, Aug. 27 (AP) —The
death of a 48 -year - old Artesia High School band director whose
body was found yesterday near an oil field has been attributed to
an accidental gunshot wound in the head. A coroner's jury reached
the verdict yesterday after meeting at the site east of Arlesia
where the body of Justin D. Bradbury was found after an all -
night search, A .22 caliber automatic rifle was found near the
body. Bradbury left home about 3 p.m. Saturday, telling his wife
he was going to the Lakewood area about 17 miles south of Artesia
to gather mesquite roots. He told her he would be back in a short
time. A search was begun by Artesia Police, State Police and four
private pilots when Bradbury failed to return home. Auguit
27. 1962 The Albuquerque Tribune
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CARLSBAD MAN DIES FROM FALL INJURIES CARLSBAD, Aug. 15 (AP)— John
H, Zimmerman, 50 years old, died here last night from shock
resulting from, an accident in the ice plant last Saturday
morning,. Zimmerman slipped into an ice chute and one of his legs
was sawed off, He is 'survived by a wife and several children.
AUGUST 15,1929 Clovis Evening News
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Carlsbad resident, and a patron of the arts in southeastern New
Mexico died Monday evening, Mrs. Francis G. Tracy had been a
Carlsbad civic leader for over 70 years. Through her efforts the
Carlsbad hospital was started as a 3-bed affair in 1897. Dr.
Reginald Fisher, director of the El Paso Art Museum and formerly
director of the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, said Mrs. Tracy
was Carlsbad's foremost art patron- She had taught art classes
for forty years. She was a charter member of the Carlsbad Womans
Club. Mrs Tracy came to Carlsbad, then known as Eddy in 1893 as a
secretary for the Carlsbad Irrtigation Co. She and her husband
were associated with lakes, dams, and irrigation projects
accomplished in the Pecos Valley over the years.Clovis News
Journal,, Junes 25, 1963. |
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