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January 31, 1909
Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Captain Harry Wheeler's monthly report to Acting Governor Page details Arizona Rangers' 58 arrests with 55 convictions in January. Rangers established law and order in new mining town of Courtland, supplementing other officers' work without conflict.
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GOOD RECORD FOR
THE ARIZONA RANGERS
PHOENIX, Jan. 30.-The monthly
report of Captain Harry Wheeler, of
the Arizona rangers,
has
been
received by Acting
Governor
Page.
It is shown that for the month there
were fifty-eight arrests by the rangers
and out of this number fifty-five con-
victions were secured.
An interesting statement was made
in the report regarding the action of
the rangers in giving the new mining
town of Courtland a start in the di-
rection of law and order. When that
flourishing camp was opened up there
was no representative of the law there
at all—not a Justice of the peace, con-
stable or deputy sheriff. Disorder
reigned from the start, and at the re-
quest of the authorities, Captain
Wheeler sent a couple of rangers
there. Within a very few days every
member of the lawless element knew
his place in the community, and gen-
erally all of them have kept their
places.
The work of the
rangers,
it is
shown, has not conflicted with that
of other peace officers, but has been
supplemental to it. The arrests made
by them have been those which would
not have been made but for them.
Old papers, 25c per hundred at the
Review.
THE ARIZONA RANGERS
PHOENIX, Jan. 30.-The monthly
report of Captain Harry Wheeler, of
the Arizona rangers,
has
been
received by Acting
Governor
Page.
It is shown that for the month there
were fifty-eight arrests by the rangers
and out of this number fifty-five con-
victions were secured.
An interesting statement was made
in the report regarding the action of
the rangers in giving the new mining
town of Courtland a start in the di-
rection of law and order. When that
flourishing camp was opened up there
was no representative of the law there
at all—not a Justice of the peace, con-
stable or deputy sheriff. Disorder
reigned from the start, and at the re-
quest of the authorities, Captain
Wheeler sent a couple of rangers
there. Within a very few days every
member of the lawless element knew
his place in the community, and gen-
erally all of them have kept their
places.
The work of the
rangers,
it is
shown, has not conflicted with that
of other peace officers, but has been
supplemental to it. The arrests made
by them have been those which would
not have been made but for them.
Old papers, 25c per hundred at the
Review.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Heroic Act
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Bravery Heroism
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Arizona Rangers
Arrests
Convictions
Courtland
Law And Order
Mining Town
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Harry Wheeler
Acting Governor Page
Where did it happen?
Phoenix, Arizona; Courtland Mining Town
Story Details
Key Persons
Captain Harry Wheeler
Acting Governor Page
Location
Phoenix, Arizona; Courtland Mining Town
Event Date
Jan. 30
Story Details
Arizona Rangers made 58 arrests with 55 convictions in the month. They sent rangers to Courtland to establish law and order where none existed, quickly controlling the lawless element. Their work supplemented other officers without conflict.