THOMAS BLAKE
Feb 23, 1896

Thomas Blake, an employee at the smelters of the Old Dominion 
Company at Globe was murdered at his work last Thursday by a 
Mexican named Antonio Nunez.  The two had had a dispute and 
hours after Nunez came to the smelter and shot down his 
unarmed adversary.  The murderer escaped to the hills and 
is still at large. He is about 30 years of age, weight 135 
pounds and has lost the third finger of the left hand. He 
killed a man in Clifton in 1891.


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