Percy Bowden, Born to be a Lawman

Written by Irwin Bond


Indexed by Wilola Follett

Table of Contents:		 Page
Percy Bowden: Introduction 1
I Wanted to Grow Up and Be a Man 4
Percy Bowden’s Early Days 7
I Looked Down the Barrels of Two 45s Held by Burt Alvord and Billy Styles 9
Snowball Starts Fifty-Seven Year Law Enforcement Career 13
Rounding Up Selected Jurors was a Problem 18
Agua Prieta and Naco Wars in 1915 and 1916 23
Prohibition Hits Arizona on December 8, 1916 28
Bisbee Deportation, July 12, 1917 31
Percy Bowden Becomes Douglas’ Special Policeman 37
The Death of Jesse Fisher at San Bernardino Ranch 41
Marriage of Percy Bowden 43
Bootlegging and Smuggling 44
Aimee Semple McPherson, Evangelist 48
John Dillinger, Notorious Bank Robber, Visits Douglas 61
Percy Bowden and Youth 65
The Great Depression 69
The Bowdens Adopt a Baby 73
Personalities 77
Postscript 81

Photographs:
Old Store in Pearce 5
Pearce, Arizona, Cemetery 5
1906 - Last Stagecoach into tombstone 12
City License 12
1915 - Horrors of War near Agua Prieta, Mexico 22, 23
Houses in Naco and Troops near Naco in 1916 27
917 - Bisbee Deportation 35
Percy Bowden 36, 43
Cleo Bowden 43
Slaughter Ranch; Geronimo Trail 40
Club social in Agua Prieta 50
Calumet and Arizona Hospital 52
1906 Gadsden Hotel 52
Main Street, Agua Prieta 54
Gordon Newman, Sr 55
John Dillinger 62
Percy & Cleo Bowden 66
Percy, Cleo, and Jo Ann Bowden 74
Percy and Hortencia Bowden 75
1881 Tombstone Courthouse 75
Douglas City Hall 75
1946 - Percy Bowden, Douglas Rodeo 76
Elks Lodge #955 76
Captain Joe Diaz 78


Index  
   
Alvord, Burt 9,10,11
Ames, Francis 79
Ames, Harry 82
Anderson,  Johnnie 48, 51, 53
Ash, Judge Omar A. 50
Atonna, Dr. Guy 82
Barrett, — 39
Bond, Ervin Forward, 2, 81, 82
Bond, Irma 1
Borane, Joe 77, 79, 82
Bowden, Arthur 7
Bowden, Cleo 66, 69, 73, 74, 82
Bowden, Frances 7
Bowden, Hortencia 73, 82
Bowden, Percy Forward,1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 25, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,
(continued) 47, 48, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81
Bowden, William 7
Bowden, William, Jr. 7
Caldwell, Harry 72
Calvert, J. H. 80
Campbell, Hollis 82
Carranza, — 21, 24
Causey, Dr. Joe 79, 82
Christiansen, Larry 42
Cloudt, John 82
Cloudt, Minnie 73
Critchley, Inez Forward
Critchley, William E. “Bill” Forward, 56
Diaz, General Porfirio 21
Diaz, Joe 77, 82
Dillinger, John 61, 62, 63
Dunham, Glen 42
Fair, Frank 82
Fisher, Jesse 41
Fisher, — 39, 42
French, Wirt 79
Giles, Robert (Jack) 19
Good, Joe 82
Graham, Harold 74
Graham, Jo Ann 74, 82
Greene, Dr. 37, 38
Guilfoyle, Colonel 26
Haas, Ted 46
Hamilton, John 63
Hart, Mrs. Ruth 54
Heron, Jim 16
Hicks, W. J. 80
Hinton, A. E. 37, 39, 79
Hitler, Adolph 71
Holley, Mrs. 64
Huett, Walter 16, 17, 24
Huish, Phil 82
Hunsaker, — 29
Hunt, Joe 16
Jackson, Keith 82
Jennings, Rich 80
Jones, Camp Harry J. 21, 25, 28, 37, 38
Jones, Everett J., Sr. 79, 82
Jones, O. B. 39, 80
Kennedy, Ma 51, 53, 55, 56, 57
Kone, S. R. 80
Kosterlitzky, Emilio 16
Loving, Bill 79, 82
Lynn, Willis 46
Mason, Louis 82
McCue, Mike 80
McDonald, J. F. 37
McGiven, Dan 51
McPherson, Aimee Semple 16, 48, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57
Murchinson, J. B. 80
Mussolini 71
Newman, Sr., Gordon 55
O’Brian, James F. 80
O’Connel, Rev. Desmond 82
O’Hara, General 25, 26
O’Neil, D. C. 80
Obregon, Alvaro 21
Obregon, General 24, 26
Ormiston, Kenneth W. 56
Packard, A. B. 16
Parkes, Ida Hickman 54, 56
Pearn, Richard 7
Pierpont, Harry 63
Plehn, W. C. 80
Polley, Wess 82
Pratt, Glenn 80
Ratliff, Cleo 43
Reay,W. J. 80
Redenbaugh, W. H. 80
Richey, Shelley 82
Rinning, Thomas 46
Rock, Jim 9
Rock, John 7
Rock, Mr. 10, 11
Romine, Ray 51
Romine, Ray 54
Scarpignate, Joe 80
Sims, Tom 55
Slaughter, Sheriff John 16, 41, 42
Slaughter, Viola 41
Speer, — 17, 39
Stephens, George 41, 42
Stillman, H. C. 80
Strednak, Rev. Andrew L. 82
Styles, Billy 9, 10, 11
Tunney, Gene 71
Valentine, Mr. 56
Villa, Pancho 21, 26
Ward, I. B. 80
Weeks, Dr. 50
Wheeler, Sheriff Harry 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 46, 81
Wilkinson, Floyd 39
Williams, Ben 79
Wood, James Marvin 74
Wylie, J. B. 80
— , Ruth 70
— , Maria 60

 




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