A SOCIAL GATHERING IN NEW MEXICO.

Inangahua Times, Volume 75, Issue 75, 28 August 1878, Page 2

A SOCIAL GATHERING IN NEW MEXICO.

A social gathering which took place the other ovoniug at tho littio town of Ciruolita, near Fort Union, Now Mexico, was rendered fir from onjoyablo by an absonoo of decorum on tho part of ono or two of thoso presout on tho oooasion. It soeniß from tho acoount givon of Iho affair by tho Cimarron News ond Press that there had boon a ' Chicken fight' in tho aftornoon, at which a difference of opinion aroso botwoon a man known as Dick Arbucklo and anothor man mmod Curley. In tho ovening tboro was a ' bronco danco,' nt which unfortunitoly, Messri Arbucklo and Curley ronewol thoir quarrol. Arbucklo was to blame in tho first instanoo : for ho playfully fired a shot ftom a rorolver at Curley, whilo tho latter was dancing, which paralyzed his right arm. As tho shot did not tako offoct on Curloy's logs, ho might still havo oontinuod to dance, but tbat a second shot disabled his left hand and caused him to drop his pistol. Whilo he wan stooping to rooover the weapon, a third shot fired by Arbuckle, passed through his body and disable! him on* tirely. A man named Testis Jim at this junoturo drew his pistol and ' put three boles through Arbucklo in quick sue*

cession which finished him.' Texts .lint not satisfied with this result, kept <m firing at Mm company i ulisoriminu'elv with a pistol in each Inn I un il ho had emplied holh pistols, When (ho exciteincut had cooled down n little i was found that four persons hud been killed outright and nino wounded, union.; thenv^ ono woman. Curloy howovor, w^ nd^^ expected to recover from the olj^t of Arbueklo's shots. Tosas Jim was am rested by Sheriff Robinson and taken to Mora, wlioro ho was lodged in gaol. Tho samo night, howovor, ho nn 1 the rest of tho prisoners broko g-iol and mtdo thoir osenpe.