W.W. LOWTHER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 24, 1890

On the eleventh day of April last, W.W. Lowther, Deputy 
Sheriff of Cochise County was brutally murdered by James 
Daly near the town of Bisbee.  The murderer escaped.  The 
local authorities at once offered a reward, the following 
reward being issued by the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining 
Company:

"Twenty five hundred dollars reward is hereby offered by 
the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company and the citizens 
of Bisbee for the arrest and conviction or positive proof of 
the death of James Daly, who murdered W.W. Lowther, near 
Bisbee, on the afternoon of Friday, April 11, 1890.  Daly 
is a man apparently 50 years of age, although in reality 
several years younger, six feet in height, found face, 
slightly pockmarked, sandy complexion, red moustache, 
weight about 190 pounds, scar on foot and also a scar 
across the neck made by a pistol shot.  Speaks with a 
strong Welsh accent.

Sheriff Slaughter of Cochise County offered an additional 
reward of $500.