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Sa~nuel Washington Finley: Law-~nan in A:rizona Te:r:rito:ry By Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., CG

ther than their blood tie and the same eastern county in the state. However, Sar::1 given name, Samuel Joseph Finley and listed in the Tucson, Pima County Director his son Samuel Washington Finley had 1899-1901 as a resident of that county.- something else in common: though sep- report on law and order in Tucson it was clcl Iarated by more than a quarter-century, both that "Mr. Finley has been a resident of T... men would end up getting shot to death. for fourteen years, placing him in Tucsor The younger Finley was born about 1855 in about 1883 to 1901 ."5 However, other ne . Bodega, Sonoma County, California, to Samuel per items bring this into question. Joseph and Prudence (Brians) Finley. 1 He was Sam cou ld not be found in the 1880 or the third oldest of the couple's ten children. His federal census but Arizona voter registrG mother died when he was about fifteen and his lists give a good idea of his whereabouts · father died in a shooting when he was about territory from 1886 to 1900.6 twenty-one years old. 2 As can be seen, he moved about f re q u ~ What was initially known about Samuel but was in Tucson more than any other p i a:~ Washington Finley came from a biographical The map below shows the most southec.= sketch of his brother, James Buchanan Finley. ly states in Arizona and where Sam was ~~ James served as a legislator in the Territory of between 1886 and 1900. Arizona and was the subject of a two-page biog- Prior to this time, Sam was found in onfj raphy in Portrait and Biographical Record of federal census record. In 1870. At fifteer. Arizona.3 Published in 1901 , the book noted that was still living with his parents in Boc ~ James' brother, Samuel W. , was then engaged Sonoma County, California.7 What hap pe n~ in freighting at Naco, Arizona. Sam between 1870 and his arrival in Arizo- Naco is in County, the most south- unknown. The first document regarding

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1900 Naco Cochise Chart and map show Finley's whereabouts in Arizona, 1886-1900. 26 WWHA Journal June 2018 found in Arizona was a deed executed in 1886.8 Riggs, and George T. Finley, brother of Sam, Beginning in 1892, however, Sam's name fre- were married February 20, 1889 in Tucson. 17 quently appeared in Arizona newspapers, the coverage giving an interesting idea of the life he Sam in the News lived. In August 1892, referred to in a news account as the arresting officer, Sam Finley captured Sam Marries Lizzie Riggs Edwin Tewksbury near Tempe, Maricopa Sam married Lizzie Riggs on October 14, County.18The Tewksburys and the Grahams had 1887, in Tucson.9 It appears that he lived in been feuding for years, arguing over property Redington prior his marriage since he sold 160 lines and grazing and water rightS.19 Sam, at that acres in section 28 in Pinal County in February time, was said to be the bartender at the Tempe 1886. 10 In that deed, he was described as "of Hotel. 20 In December 1893, Sam testified at the Redington," which is in the extreme northeast Tewksbury trial in Tucson. corner of Pima County adjacent to the Pinal Sam Finley was sharply questioned as to County line. This property is just north of the whether he was not more interested in the Pima County boundary, lying along Redington matter than in the mere duties of a deputy Pass Road and the San Pedro River. sheriff. The witness claimed not. Finley also Unfortunately, the Pinal County Recorder's testified to being a night clerk in the Tempe office was unable to find a deed indicating when hotel at the time of the tragedy. 21 Sam purchased this property. It was not a patent when he bought it although Sam was granted In Don Dedera's book on the so-called two 160-acre patents in the same and adjoining Pleasant Valley War, A Little War of Our Own, sections of Pinal County in 1890 and 1892.11 He the author notes Sam's involvement in a number was listed as a Pima County resident at those of places. Perhaps the most revealing is the fol- times. Also, in the 1886 and 1888 voter registers lowing: of Pima County, Sam is found in the Tanque Another record insisting to be set was Verde precinct, also in the northeast corner of Deputy Sheriff Sam Finley's. To his embar- 12 Pima County. rassment, certain individuals and newspa- Lizzie was about nine years older than Sam pers had cast him as a Tewksbury sympa- and had at least four children by a previous mar- thizer-else how could he go alone into the riage.13 Her marriage to Sam did not last long. In redoubt and bring in Ed? "This is incorrect," February 1893, Lizzie brought suit against her went his press release. "I am a friend of no husband for desertion saying he walked out on 14 factor, but simply did my duty as an officer, her on May 13, 1891. She testified that Sam and a man friendly to good Government . .. had not contributed much of anything to her sup- Anyone who makes the statement that I am port; asked for a divorce and the restoration of a friend of any faction is mistaken, to put it her Riggs name. Her 20-year-old daughter into language fit for publication."22 Mattie, said, "Mr. Finley seldom ever worked, and was often rude to her in my presence, curs- ing her and using vile epithets towards her." Her Sam Marries Virginia Castro 18-year-old son, John, said, "I have heard him On April 1, 1893, less than two months after curse her several times, and call her mean Lizzie's suit for divorce was instituted, Sam mar- nameS.111 5 ried Virginia Castro.23 That fall he purchased a Lizzie D. Riggs, widow, appears in the 1900 home in Tucson.24 But his marriage to Virginia census as head of a household with daughters did not go well, either. Less than two years after Lizzie L. Riggs, age 24; Lulu K. Riggs, age 18; their marriage, Sam took Virginia to court accus- and a grandson, James A. Finley, age 9, born in ing her of adultery, of abandoning him in November 1890 in Arizona. His father was born January 1894, and seeking a divorce and cus- in California, and his mother was born in tody of their two-year-old son.25 Virginia denied . Further research showed that James the charges and claimed Sam "has been guilty Leslie Finley was born November 22, 1890 and of excesses, cruel treatment, outrages, and that he was the son of Mattie Riggs and George abusive language against said defendant." She Finley. 16 Mattie Riggs, daughter of Lizzie D. asked that the suit be dismissed and that he pay

27 WWHA Journal June 2018 her, as temporary alimony, $40 per month for marshal. 36 However, a week later, when the her support and that of their child.26 Final dispo- didates were announced: sition of the case was not given, but apparently Sam Finley and Adam Sanders, it is s they continued to live together, at least off and agreed not to run against each other. A on. Pima County records show the birth of two left for Nogales to get a position there. - additional children to Sam and Virginia including Sanders announced his candidacy. F: Maria, born March 19, 1898, and a male born however, returned, and now Sanders, Q December 7, 1899_27 The home that Sam bought in the fight, refuses to withdraw. 37 shortly after their marriage was sold by Sam and Virginia in December 1898.28 The 1900 census Results of the election have not been fa ... showed Virginia Finley, married, age 23, as However, a year later, in December 1894, S head of household. Living with her were daugh- was involved in the arrest of one John ters Josephine, age 5, born October 1894, and Hillman in the Huachuca Mountains of Coer Maria, age 2, born February 1898. The record County, Arizona, approximately 70 miles ~ further showed that Virginia had been married southeast of Tucson. At that time he eight years, and had five children, two of whom referred to as a deputy collector of cust orr.~ were living.29 One of the children, Sam, who NogaleS.38 Sam was in line to share a $1 5 died in September 1895, can be accounted for reward for this capture, the newspaper saic. by this news item: In April 1895, Sam was dismissed frorr. Nogales post on orders from Washington, J Mrs. Sam Finley, of Nogales, left that place, to reduce the force in the Arizona customs by stage, yesterday morning for this city trict. 40 He was referred to in that article as 2 [Tombstone], says the Citizen, to visit rider. 41 friends and relatives. Her baby boy, Sam, The next month, Sam went into business was with her, and was at the time of starting T. Griffith of Bisbee. Together they establishB apparently in the best of health. On the way, livery stable in Nogales. They also plann1 however, the little fellow sickened, of what "carry the mail and run a stage line betvo " appeared to be a fever, and died in her 42 arms.30,31 Nogales and Oro Blanco." Another so... commented: Sam could not be found in the 1900 federal These gentlemen are of large exper ie ~ census. However, the Arizona Voter the corral and livery business, enjoy a • Registration showed he was living in Naco, 32 acquaintance among traveling people a Cochise County in 1900. patrons of that line have a first class outE.I horses, vehicles, etc., and will doub :: Sam Back in the News command their full share of the large a Sam ran for constable of Tucson in October rapidly increasing business in the livery Arizona Daily Star 1893. The said he had been furnished by Nogales.43 a resident of Tucson four years and a resident of Arizona for a decade. At the time, he was a Sam lost no time in checking out the serv: member of the police force with which "he has they proposed to offer: "Wednesday Sam R been connected at various times for the last put a four horse Concord coach over the a three years."33 The news item further reported: Blanco road, returning again Thursday. It we.=. "He is a good officer in the broadest sense of the trial trip. He made it each way in nine hours ea term, and has never been known to falter in his ily. He says that with a light rig and two hors duty. Mr. Finley ought to be elected as a consta- the time can be made in six hours."44 ble of this precinct, as it will be an assurance of In December 1895, back in federal serv"::J law and order."34 Mounted Customs Inspector Sam Finley .. That same month, Sam investigated a murder sleeping in a room adjoining the customs ho- in the vicinity of Tucson. "Deputy Sheriff, Sam in Bisbee when a Mexican named Gonsa: Finley, at latest accounts was on a hot trail, and attempted to break into his room. Sam orde has probably got his man by now."35 him away. Gonsalves returned with a gun so In November, Sam, then a jailor in Tucson, time after midnight. When he tried to break expressed interest in being a candidate for city again, Sam warned him and then fi red at h:.

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Gonsalves was found the next day in nearby to pay back. Tucson said he owed $1 ,249.27. bushes, his recovery "by no means certain."45 But since Oakes had been retained on the Frank M. King , who was a special deputy col- Tucson payroll during the time of his appeal, lector of customs in 1896, describes a colorful Sam claimed he owed only the difference holdup of the International Bank of Nogales that between his salary and that of Oakes. Sam had occurred in August that year. The robbers fled, been receiving $100 a month as marshal, while followed by a posse of lawmen, and a shootout Oakes had been receiving $85 per month. Sam ensued in Skelton Canyon. The gang scattered lost that legal battle. 47 but one "Black Jack" Muskgrave was killed near At some point, while living in Pima County, Springerville, County: Sam tracked Indians, in company with Emerson Oliver Stratton's party, in what is now the Wm. M. Breckenridge, a former Tombstone Apache National Forest: deputy sheriff, and Sam Finley, a former mounted inspector of customs, went to We scouted the top of the mountains on that Springerville and identified the body so as to hunt, but found no trace of Indians. Then settle a question of the reward that was on Samaniego and two other men started down 46 his head. the south slope toward town. They were well In December 1896, Sam ran for city marshal down the side of the mountain when they in Tucson. His opponent, George W. Oakes, found tracks and came back to warn us. We was declared the winner. Sam contested the were nearly out of provisions, and I scarcely election and received a judgment from the dis- knew what to do. I called for two volunteers trict court saying that he was entitled to hold to go with me to follow the tracks while the office as city marshal and Oakes would be oust- others went to Tanque Verde for something ed. Oakes appealed to the Supreme Court and to eat. Frank Murphy and Sam Finley, a won . But wh ile the appeal was. pending, Sam handy man with a gun, volunteered. It is wanted his salary and posted a bond in the hard to follow a track and watch for Indians amount of $2,400 with his brother, James, and at the same time; so I watched the ground two other persons as sureties. That triggered a while the other two, one on either side of 48 major dispute over how much money Sam had me, did the scouting.

CI1' Y OFFICERS.: 1. Sam. Finley, 1\.farshal. 2. L D. Oh.iUson, ·Engineer. 3. C. T. Connell, Recorder. 29 WWHA Journal June 2018

In 1897 the Arizona Advancement Company intimidating witnesses, and complicity w· published Treasure Land: A Story, which con- robbers."58 His brother James B. Finley im tained a report of crimes committed in Tucson ately went to Tombstone to post Sam's ba.. during the years 1885, 1890, and 1896. The Tombstone Epitaph referred to James a report had been prepared by Sam. member of the Territorial Council and . .. rn nized as one of the influential democrats o It has been specially compiled for us by the 59 territory." The article also reported tha1 efficient ch ief of police, Mr. Sam Finley, who bond had been raised from $1 ,500 to S2, has established for himself an enviable rep- Finley said "he cared nothing about the an utation as one of the bravest and most gen- of the bond, as he could give a fifty tho tlemanly guardians of the peace in the 49 dollar one as easily as one in a sr southwest. 60 amount." In December the charges werE The report also noted that Sam had been a missed. 61 resident of Tucson for fourteen years and includ- Not long afterward, Sam went to work fDI ed a photo of Sam with two other city officials.50 Pinkerton National Detective Agency. In In December 1897, a gang of train robbers 1901, two masked men in Riverside, Galik held up the Southern Pacific at Stein's Pass, just entered Harry Shaw's saloon and took rr: across the Arizona border into and weapons from the customers. In tha: Territory.51 Sam was part of a posse created to bery, Sam was relieved of $160 plus h s run down the bandits and his role is noted in The shooter and rifle. At that time he was said- Deadliest Outlaws: Th e Ketchum Gang and the a detective working for the Pinkerton Ags : and had been in the area looking for Okla. train robbers. In this article Sam was desa A few minutes later the remainder of the as "a well-known former line rider, and . posse, comprising Sam Finley, Sam Webb, 62 nervy man." and three or four others, passed through The Pinkerton Agency, founded in the 18: with the five prisoners lying handcuffed in a was an early private police force: wagon. 52 They're best known for hunting dowr Also: West outlaws and train robbers, but "Finley and five companions returned to also worked as presidential security, i Tucson on the evening of January 15, 1898, gence operatives and - most controvers:t after an almost unbroken absence of thirty- 53 -as management muscle during I nine days." strikes. 63 On June 16, 1900, both the Los Angeles Sam was photographed along with Willia.:- Herald and the Call carried arti- Pinkerton, son of the founder of the agency. = 4 cles about the arrest of Sam in Tucson by a spe- another special agent, Pat Connell. 5 cial officer from Tombstone. Sam was charged Only 47, Sam came to a violent end in e;: with attempted assault to commit murder and for March 1902, at the hands of one Wil his alleged connection to a recent jail break at Gravelle in Tonopah, Nevada. The two men 1 Tombstone when train robbers escaped and a into a violent argument over a faro game. S deputy sheriff was shot. Although Sam was in threatened to kill Gravelle, but Gravelle got Tombstone at the time, he denied having any- better of Sam and shot him through the he< thing to do with the jail break.54 His bail was set Gravelle was exonerated by the coroner's ju 5 at $1,500 according to one report,5 and $1 50 A Phoenix newspaper said of Sam, "He according to a different report.56 many friends and some enemies, but Two weeks later the same two newspapers always an aggressive man and an intere carried additional information about Sam's character," and commented further that he arrest. He had been released on bail and had at one time lived in Phoenix: not been brought to trial because the prosecu- Some years ago Finley was employed tion could not find the person they needed to 57 the association of cattlemen in Pima Cou testify against him. The current charges to protect them against Papago ca against him were "attempt to murder, bribery, thieves who occupied the whole south 30 WWHA Journal June 2018

from the Jail at Tombstone, Finley was indicted on several counts for aiding and abetting their escape, but he was never con- victed. At one time Finley served as city marshal of Tucson and was a candidate for several other offices.67

Summary Samuel Washington Finley has variously been referred to as arresting officer, deputy sheriff, jailer, deputy collector of customs, line rider, mounted inspector, marshal, detective, and spe- cial agent. During this period of time, "Law was present if spread thin in the American Old West. It was usually present on three levels: the Deputy U. S. Marshal, the county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable."68 Apparently Sam served at all levels at one time or another. In addition to his continual participation in law- related activities, he worked in a Tempe Hotel at one time, was a partner in a livery stable and stage line, and worked in a freighting business. Sam's life was varied, colorful, and sometimes controversial. His two marriages were unstable, and he met an untimely death at the hands of a fellow gambler.

part of Yuma county. Finley went into that lonely desert region looking for the thieves and whenever he found one he brought him to Tucson. It was a perilous job, and one that not one man in a thousand would take Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., CG, is a retired at any price. He was well paid and did his research psychologist, a certified genealo­ work well.66 gist, author of the Finleys in Early Sonoma County, California, and numerous papers :>rescott newspaper said: published in American Genealogist, Finley was well known in Southern Arizona, Genealogical Magazine of Virginia, National vhere he had the reputation of being a bad Genealogical Society Quarterly, Virginia man with a gun. He was at one time a Genealogist, and Tennessee Ancestors. She mounted inspector for the Nogales custom is project director of the Sonoma County house and in company with Sam King, who Genealogical Society, chair of the National had the same position, killed a Mexican at Genealogical Society's family history writing aisbee who opened fire on them when they contest, and serves on the National held him up for smuggling mescal. During a Genealogical Society Quarterly editorial recent trip to Sonora a fight over two mules board. .vhich both claimed. Some time ago Finley was in Nevada and when trying to arrest fou r men for some offense engaged in a pis- tol fight with them and dropping behind an open blacksmith forge killed three of them. When the Cochise train robbers escaped 31 WWHA Journal J une 2018

Endnotes 1 1870 U.S. census, Sonoma County, California, population schedule, Bodega, p. 13 (penned), dwelling 99, family 97. Samuel Finley, digital image Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 14 April 20 16), Family History Library F~ (FHL) film no. 545590. 2 Carmen J. Finley, "Guerneville's First Homicide: Samuel Joseph Finley" in Sonoma County Genealogical Society. Portraits of Early American Settlers, Lulu (http://Lulu.com: accessed 28 June 2016), pp. 62-70. 3 Portrait and Biographical Record of Arizona (Chicago: Chapman Publishi ng, 190 I ) , 214-215. • City Directories of the : Tucson, AZ, 1899, 1900, 1901, digital image, (http://interactive .ancestry.com/ 1540/3 1089_ 14 1655-00000?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabei=Return#?imageld=3l 089 _ I~ !~ 00045: accessed 14 April 20 16) , 61. s Treasure Land: A Story (Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Advancement Company, 1897), digital image (http://www.archive.org/stream/treasure landstorOOhilziala/treasurelandstorOOhilziala_djvu.txt : accessed 14 Apri I 20 16 . page 115. 6 "Arizona,Voter Registrations, 1866-1955," database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6£t accessed 6 June 2016). 7 1870 U.S. census, Sonoma County, Californ ia, pop. sch. , Bodega, p. 254, dwelling 99, family 97 , Samuel Finley. 8 Pinal County, , Deed Book 10:265, Samuel W. Finley to Wm. H. Bayless and Jakill W. Berka lew. 8 February 1886, County Recorder's Office, Florence, Arizona. 9 "Arizona, Select Marriages, 1888-1908 ," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 20 16 . entry fo r S. W. Fi nley and Lizzie Rigs [sic), 14 October 1887, citing Arizona, Marriages, 1888-1908. Salt Lake City. C FarnilySearch, 2013. 10 Pinal County, Arizona Territory, Deed Book 10:265 , Samuel W. Finley to Wm. H. Bayless and Jakill W. Berkalew. 8 February 1886, County Recorder's Office, Florence, Arizona. 11 Bureau of Land Management, "Land Patent Search," database, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/defau lt.aspx : accessed 21 May 20 16) , Samuel W. Finley, 18 January 1890 (Pin:.. County, Arizona) , document no. 448. Bureau of Land Management, "Land Patent Search," database, General Land Offi.:::: Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx : accessed 21 May 2016), Samuel W. Finley, 11 January 1 (Pi nal County, Arizona), document no. 728. J 12 Pima County (Arizona). County Recorder, "Great register for Pima County, Arizona, 1882-1926," Family History Lib; (FHL) microfilm 2169803. 13 1880 U.S. census , Pima County, Arizona, population schedule, Dos Cabezos, Enumeration District [ED) 8 (penned). p.: (penned), dwelling 19, family 16, J. M . Riggs; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 27 Ma~ 20 16); from Family History Library (FHL) film no. 1254036.

11 ' Pima County, Arizona, Territorial Civ il Superior Court, Tucson, 1908 Box 25R, case no. 2165, 23 February 1893, Liz:n.:l Riggs Finley vs. Samuel W. Finley. 15 Pima Co., Ariz., Territorial Civil Superior Court, Tucson, 1908 Box 25R, case no. 2165, Finley vs. Finley, 1893. 16 Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed I November 2014), memorial 6728462. Ja:D L Finley (1880-1970), Black Oak Cemetery, Canelo, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; gravestone photograph by Deathbecomezher. Th is cemetery was established by his mother and endowed by son James. See Google Books, Sourhe,...­ Arizona Cemeteries by Jane Eppinga, p. 119. 17 "Arizona, Select Marriages, 1888-1908," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 20 16). entry for G. T. Finley and Mattie Riggs, 20 February 1889, citi ng Arizona Marriages, 1888-1908. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

8 ' Leland J. Hanchett, "They Shot Billy Today: The Famil ies of Arizona's Pleasant Valley War," book, Coogle Books (https://books.google.com: accessed 15 April 20 16), page 25. 19 "Arizona Legends: Pleasant Valley War," article, Legends of America (http://www.Jegendsofamerica.com/az-pleasantval­ leywar.html : accessed 15 April2016), para. 2. 20 Hanchett, "They Shot Billy Today," p. 25. 21 "Tewkesbury Case: The Defense Puts on Its Witnesses," Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson), 23 December 1893 , digital images, image 2, Chronicling America: Historic American Mwspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 15 April 20 16). 22 Don Dedra, A Little War of Our Own (Flagstaff: Northland Printing, I 988), 232. 23 "Arizona, Select MatTiages, 1888-1908," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 15 April 2016), enrrJ for S. W. Finley and Virginia Castro, I April I 893, citing Arizona Maniages, 1888- 1908. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. 32 WWHA Journal June 2018

Pi ma County, Territory of Arizona, Deed Book 25:334, Jean P. Chamberlean and Julia Chamberlean to S. W. Finley, 2 September 1893, County Recorder's Office, Tucson, Arizona. - Pima County, Arizona, Territorial Civil Superior Court, Tucson, Box 27R, case no. 2351 , 31 October 1894, Samuel W. Fmley vs . Virginia Finley. Pima Co., Ariz., Territorial Civil Superior Court, Tucson, Box 27R, case no. 235 1, Finley vs. Finley, 1894. =- •pima County, Arizona Births, 1855-1900 ," database, Arizona Genealogy Trails, Pima County, Arizona, Arizona Trails History and Genealogy (http://genealogytrails.com/arizlpima/index.html : accessed 18 April 2016). 3 Pima County, Territory of Arizona, Deed Book 28:720, S. W. Finley and Virginia, his wife, to J. D Smiley, 3 December 1898, County Recorder's Office, Tucson, Arizona. - 1900 U.S. census, Pima County, Arizona, population schedule, Tuscan, Enumeration District [ED] 49, p. 4 A (penned), dwelling 84, family 88, Vi rginia Finley; di gital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2016); from Family History Library (FHL) film no. 1240047. Tombstone Epitaph, 8 September 1895, digital images, image 3, Chronicling America: Historic American Nwspapers, library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 23 April 20 15). - The 191 0 census states that Vi rginia Finley had five children, two of whom were living. However, the 1920 census states -he had four children, two of whom were livi ng, and she had taken on her maiden name, Virgini a Castro. ': "Arizona,Voter Registrations, 1866-1955." -, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), 30 October 1892, p. 4, col. 4. "- Arizona Daily Star, 30 October 1892, p. 4, col. 4.

5 ' "Killed and Robbed: Latest From the Murder Near The Brown Ranch," Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson) , 21 October 1893, digital images, image 4, Chronicling America: Historic American Nwspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroni­ clingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 29 April 2016). "' Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson), 18 November 1893, digital image, Image 2, Chronicling America: Historic American .'ewspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 15 Apri1 2016). :r Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson), 25 November 1893, digital images, Image 4, Chronicling America: Historic American .'ewspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 15 April 2016). 38 "Arrest of a Man Who Insured His Life for $80,000 and Committed Murder to Secure the Money," Los Angeles Herald, 6 December 1894, volume 43 , number 56, digital image, California Digital Nwspaper Collection (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi­ bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH1 894 1206.2.13: accessed 15 April 2016). )'} "Captured a $ 15,000 Fugitive," Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson), 8 December 1894, Image 2, Chronicling America: Historic American Nwspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingametica.loc.gov/ : accessed 15 April 20 16).

JO "Pima Coun ty, Arizona, News," database, Arizona Genealogy Trails, Pi ma County, Arizona, Arizona Trails History and Genealogy (http://genealogytrails.com/ariz/pima/news.html : accessed 18 Apri12016). •• According to Bob's Dictionary at (http://www.lemen.com/dictionary-l.html) a li ne rider is a "cowboy who patrolled the ranch boundary lines, pushing stray cattle back over the line back onto their respective ranches." Since Sam was working in a Customs Office and Nogales is a town bordering Mexico, we might assume he did border patrol.

2 • "Local News," Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson), 25 May 1895, digital images, Image 4, Chronicling America: Historic American Nwspapers. Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 15 April2016. •' "Nogales Notes: New Corral and Stable," The Oasis (Arizola, Arizona), 11 May 1895 , digital images, Image 4, Chronicling America: Historic American Nwspapers, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 15 April 2016 . .. "Nogales and Oro Blanco Mail Route," The Oasis (Mgales, Arizona), 18 May 1895, article, Arizona State Library, Archi ves and Public Records, The Oasis (http://adnp.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/sn85032933/id/927 : accessed 15 May 2016), p.l ,col.2. 45 "Shooting at Bisbee: Mounted Inspector Finley Wounds an Unknown Mexican," Arizona Republican. (Phoenix, Arizona), 22 Decemberl 895, digital images, Page 4, Image 4, Chronicling America: Historic American Mwspapers, Library of Congress (http:///chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/: accessed 18 April 20 16). 46 Frank M. King, Wranglin' the Past (Pasadena, California: Trail 's End Publishing: 1946), 248. 47 Arizona. Supreme Court, F. P. Dann, Ernest William Lewis, James R. Dunseath, "Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona, Volume 7 ," Coogle Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=QbwLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA 111 &lpg=PA Ill &dq=%22Samuel+W +Finley%22+AND+ Arizona&source=bl&ots=ESpRNulz85&sig=bQNphPCLBT- cOUITlxbT3J vLQz Y &hl=en&sa=X&ved=Oah UKEwjG sZrN8MjMAh VX I GMKHdYLCUOQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%2 2Samuei%20W%20Finley%22%20AND%20Arizona&f=false: accessed 7 May 20 16), page I l l.

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