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Tomas Stone (b. 1830)

Part IV

From the Fort Union Bulletin, November 13, 1859:

"Our neighbors in Warlock have at last eliminated their infestation of very large centipedes. As reported in this newspaper last month, the town had been experiencing an invasion of the gigantic predaceous arthropods - up to twelve feet in length in some cases. The creatures began by raiding chicken houses and menacing local dogs and cats, but their numbers soon grew to plague proportions and they began to break into houses and dry goods stores. The last news received from Warlock had been that the foul beasts had murdered the sheriff, and that the creatures had taken to nest in the local church.

An expeditionary force of the B Company Calvary returned from Warlock today with the good news that the giant centipede siege has ended. The sheriff had apparently not died but been merely severely sickened by the poisonous bites he incurred. After recovering he was able to return to his duties and exterminate the entire hoard of vile bugs. As for his method, Captain Samuel Lucy reports the sheriff used "an eerie green flame," apparently generated through a sort of flame shooting device attached to the sheriff's hands.

The B Company Calvary returned with their wagon loaded high with the charred carcasses of the exceedingly large invertebrates, and claim that the meat is tasty, being similar in both texture and taste to that of crawfish."

 

2003-10-13   0lga Butterfly

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Tomas Stone (b. 1830)

Part III

In 1987, Dr. Dicky Treadwell published 'Immortal Mummification Cults of Ancient North America{1}.' An expert in serial immortality, Dr. Treadwell uncovered a creche in northern New Mexico that had been in use as recently as 1882:

"Recent flash flooding unearthed the entrance to a large tunnel complex, leading to a central temple chamber. The find was immaculate. Apparently untouched since it was abandoned, the site appears to have been initially created over seven thousand years ago. The mosaic work and altar structure are virtually identical to that of the Patavilca River site{2}, yet the site was apparently maintained and used until barely a hundred years ago.

Perhaps most fascinating of all were the contents of a canopic jar found on site. Sealed in this jar, in the midst of this sacred and secret resurrection chamber, were a pair of mid-19th century cowboy boots, with the initials 'TS' branded into them."


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{1}Treadwell, Richard (1987) Immortal Mummification Cults of Ancient North America. Psychic Archeology Today 30: 49-56.

{2}Treadwell, Richard (1977) Atlantean Immortality Techniques in Pre-Incan Peru. Psychic Archeology Today 19: 32-39.

 

2003-10-3   0lga Butterfly

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Tomas Stone (b. 1830)

Part II

Mary Eberson follows up on August 5th, 1857, with an entry that is to become typical of Sheriff Stone's peculiar behavior:

"After finishing the final chores of the evening I was putting out the light when I heard a terrible clatter from across the way - which happened to be the boarded up offices of our departed Sheriff. They had been vacant since the terrible events of last month, and Luther went so far as to board up the doors and windows, to preserve them as much as possible from the rowdy violence of the drunken villians that seemed to breed like rats in the absence of the Law.

I peeked out the front windows of the store and to my utter amazement it was Sheriff Stone hisself standing there, prying the boards from the doors of his offices!

I called to Luther, dizzy in my disbelief, and he went out to greet the Sheriff and to welcome him back. Though I was still swooning, I could not help but to cross to him and ask him how this could be. He assured us that everything was fine, and that what had happened was quite simple. It seems that, following what had appeared to us to be mortal injury, one or another of his swarthy dark skinned deputies had taken him to a certain medicine man they knew, though of what tribe Sheriff did not specifiy, and this primitive doctor was able to heal Sheriff's wounds. Not only that, but on his way back he had already tracked down the remainder of Jim Bat's gang and that we wouldn't be troubled by that group ever again!

The Sheriff does indeed seem to be of superior health - even more strong and youthful and handsome than before, if that were possible. In any case it is good to have him back, and already the town is returning to its better nature."

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While this is the first documented account of one of Tomas Stone's resurrections, it was likely not his first, and he had apparently been acquainted with the 'medicine man' and his 'swarthy dark skinned deputies' for some years prior to this rather public 'recovery.'
 

2003-9-27   0lga Butterfly

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Tomas Stone (b. 1830)

Part I

Tomas Stone was born in what is now Northern New Mexico, though at the time was part of Mexico itself. His father, Jehiphus Stone, was an American gold miner, lured by the first discovery of gold in the Oritz Mountains. Little is known of his mother except that she was of Mexican descent, and her name was Lucia.

Tomas came of age in the Mexican-American War, though his affiliations during the war are unclear. Neither his father nor his mother appear to have held strong political beliefs, and at the time of the war were merely attempting to maintain a life in the desert. Their differing ethnic backgrounds likely made them enemies to both parties. By the end of the war, Jehiphus and Lucia apparently left for Colorado, while Tomas stayed behind to seek his fortune.

The existing historical record of Tomas Stone concerns his intermittent tenure as the sheriff of Warlock, New Mexico, from 1855 to 1865. While Warlock was near a number of trade and transportation routes (including the Santa Fe and Mexican trails), it was also distant enough from centralized military power to remain mostly lawless throughout its heyday. Only the on again, off again presence of Tomas Stone as Sheriff brought the community enough stability to exist as a community for as long as it did.

From the diary of Mary Eberson, wife of Luther Eberson, owner of Warlock Central Supply:

July 21, 1857
"The remnants of Jim Bat's gang rode in tonight, no doubt looking to take revenge on Sheriff Stone for the quick work he'd made of their {unreadable} two weeks before. There was no moon, of course, and from outside our window about all you could make out were their tiny little red eyes, drifting down the street like firebugs. They hissed and spat and called out Sheriff's name till he stepped out of his offices to face them. Sheriff had his silver mirror and old dusty book with him (that had served him so well in the past with Bat's gang) but there were just too many of them this time. Bullets flew from all directions - Bat's men must have been on the roofs and down every alleyway as well. Within a few minutes they were done and gone and there was nothing left on the street but dust and cordite in the air and Sheriff stone dead in a puddle of blood with probably 50 bullets inside him."