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Prescott, Arizona Territory, September 24, 1887.

Letters were received here today, giving an account of another battle,

between the Tewksbury and Graham factions in the Tonto Basin on Sunday morning last. On that morning, the Graham party

were lying in ambush in the vicinity of John Tewksbury's house, and were discovered by the

Tewksbury party who were coming toward the house.

Fighting immediately began in which a hundred shots were exchanged.

Tom Graham and Jim Middleton of the Graham crowd

and John Tewksbury and Newton of the Tewksbury gang

were seriously, if not fatally wounded. Parker disappeared, and it is feared that he had crawled off

in the underbrush and died. The Tewksbury, who was recently ambushed and killed, when found, had his

breast eaten by hogs. He had lain ten days. His wife had covered him with a sheet. Sheriff Mulvon and

Possey were on the ground, but can do nothing until they are reinforced. Mulvon has only a few men

with him, and an attempt to arrest the desperadoes would be foolhardy, as they say they will die before they give themselves up,

and for the sheriff to attack them now would be to invite death.

A large posse has been sent out from Apache County.

October 8, 1887.

Deputy Sheriff John Francis and several others, composing the posse that went from Flagstaff to join Sheriff Moulvon in his last attempt to restore law and order to the Tonto Basin, returned on Thursday afternoon, having

been in the saddle 20 days. The sheriff's party, when they had joined forces at Payson, numbered nearly

20. Still, much caution was required in the operations. An attempt to lead the Graham party into a trap for their capture

was successful in bringing John Graham and C. Blevins within range when Sheriff Mulvon

stepped out and ordered them to hold up their hands. Instead of doing so, they went for their guns,

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