BRONCHO BILL Arizona Republican Newspaper December 19, 1898 William Walters, better known as Broncho Bill, who met up with George Scarborough and J.D. Milton at Hampson Ranch in Gila County, a few months ago and received one of Scarborough's bullets in his shoulder from the effect of which it was expected he would die, has recovered sufficienty to be tried for murder. He has been in the penitentiary at Santa Fe ever since he was captured for the double purpose of keeping him safe and nursing his hand. The surgeons took several inches of bone from his upper right arm, so the arm is entirely useless and he had to carry it in a sling. Last week Deputy Sheriff Cipriano Baca took him from the penitentiary to Socorro, where he will be tried at the present term of court which opened Monday for the murder of the deputy sheriff and Indian, whom he killed in Socorro while they were trying to capture him for robbing a Santa Fe train. It is probalby that Mr. B. Bill only recovered from his wound to be hung, a death more satisfactory to the people. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu