THOMAS LOVIN Navajo Co. Arizona Republican Newspaper November 22, 1891 Holbrook was the scene of another killing on Saturday, November 14. This time the difficulty was between two railroad men, an engineer and a brakeman on the Atlantic and Pacific. It appears there had been bad blood between the two for some time, which culminated on the date above and resulted in the death of Thomas Lovin. The particulars, as far as we have been able to ascertain them, were about as follows: Lovin and Clark had a dispute regarding some work which was being done at the rock quarry near Holbrook when Lovin drew his six-shooter and threatened to shoot Clark. Mutual friends interfered and tried to disarm him but he was very violent and abusive and refused to surrender his gun. Clark, not wishing any trouble, started toward the caboose, and had just got inside when Lovin stepped in and fired at him, the ball going wide of the mark. Lovin then struck Clark over the head with his pistol, felling him to the floor. Clark was picked up in an insensible condition and bleeding profusely from an ugly wound on his head. When he had recovered consciousness he went out and procured a double barreled shotgun from one of the employees at the quarry, with which he fired one shot at Lovin, whom was some distance away, missing him. He started to run when Clark fired again, this shot proving fatal. Lovin died within an hour after the shooting took place. Clark was placed under arrest and Sheriff Little started for Holbrook on Tuesday morning to bring him to St. Johns and place him in jail. 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