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Volume XXVIII
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1911
Number 20
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FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT
(iustave Thlebaull Instantly Killed by
Discharge of Shotgun, While
Getting Out of Boat
Gustavo Thicbault, about thirty
' ,, ytars of ago. was instantly killed
Tuesday morning, at Lake Mary,
by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun. In attempting to get out
of the boat, in which he and a
companion, had occupied while
hunting, the boat rocked, In
some manner the hammer of the
gun caught and the gun was dis
charged. The full charge entered
the back of his head and tore away
the lower portion.
Thiebault was a married man
with wife and one child. He had
been working as a cook at the
"F. L. Mfg. company's camp 2 for
about two months. The body was
brought to Flagstaff by Undertaker
Whipple and a coroner's inquest
was held by Judge Harrington,
Wednesday.
Swift Change of Townships
Dan Francis had a unique ex
perience last week in clearing up
an old cutting on their ranch near
Lake Mary for a corral. He
threw a lot of brush on a log be
hind which had been left about
200 pounds of blasting powder.
He had not gone very far away
until the fireworks commenced.
It was in 25 pound cans. When
'the surprise party commenced Dan
. was like the negro witness in a
shooting scrape, when asked if he
heard the shots. He said: ''Yes,
dcy come jistlikcthat- bing-biug!"
indicating about a second a part.
"Where were you when the
first shot was fired?"
"I was in de basement of de
hotel shinin' a pusson's shoes."
"Where were you when the sec
ond shot was fired?"
"Mistah, I was jest passin' the
Big Foo depot 'bout four blocks
down de street."
When the first charge went off
Dan thought of earthquakes, in
surrcctos and other similar doings;
, . when the second batch when off
he was climbing a hill in the next
township.
Will Open a Garage
O. S. Emblem got in to Flag-
. staff Sunday with his wife and
party, but owing to a broken gear
was compelled to leave his ma
chine at Clay Park. He says the
roads vere exceedingly bad, caused
, by spring washouts. Mr. Emblem
is looking for a building in which
to establish a garage and will
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garage is one of the growing needs
of Flagstaff. Mr. Emblem left
his airship at the fair grounds in
Phoenix but will endeavor to
bring it to Flagstaff to give an
exhibition during the Fourth of
' July celebration here.
Foot Crushed at Bellemont
Sam Lewis, a Santa Fe brake
man, had his foot badly crushed
at Bellemont Tuesday while coup
ling cars. He was brought to
Flagstaff on the caboose shortly
after the accident to have the limb
dressed and was sent on" to Los
Angeles the same evening. The
foot was so badly crushed that
amputation will undoubtedly be
necessary.
He attempted to kick the auto
matic coupler into position as the
cars came together and his foot
slipped in between the drawheads
. as they came together.
Very, Very Bad Men
It is plainly evident that neither
Navajo county or Yavapai county
elect men merely on account of
their good looks. Now.Coconino
county is more apt to work the
combination, for our officials arc
bright, handsome, intellectual and
industrious. Just recently the
district attorney of Navajo county
and Yavapai county, both men of
high mental evolutions with pol
ished address that have that old
mut, Chesterfield, backed off the
board, were traveling on the limi
ted train. To while away the
scenery they began playing a game
of authors, or some card game
like that, and invited an old gen
tleman to join them. The old
man sized them up and called the
conductor to have the bunco and
"come-on" men put off the train,
for he knew what they were from
sizing them up, aside from years
of experience on Mississippi steam
boats in the early days. We will
not mention their names for fear
of hurting their feelings, but one
was district attorney of Yavapai
county and the other district attor
of Navajo county. The conductor
offered to keep the matter quiet
for S5.00, but neither would come
through, hence this item.
Sunday School Institute
The Rev. Mr. Merritt, field
worker of the International Sun
day School Association, will con
duct an institute Saturday and
Sunday next. He will be accom
panied and -assisted by the Rev.
E. D. Rnlcy of Phoenix. These
men arei trained experts in their
line and it is hoped that all local
Sunday school teachers and work
ers will attend each session.
The Saturday sessions are to
be held in the Presbyterian church,
3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. The Sun
day sessions will be held in the
Methodist Episcopal, church at 3
p. m and 8 p. m. Afternoon ses
sions will be round the table talks
while the evening sessions will be
of a more popular character.
Prescott Representative Here
Mr. John Lindell, representing
the Prescott league ball team, was
in Flagstaff over Sunday to attend
a meeting of base ball men. It
was decided to play Saturday and
Sunday games at Flagstaff and
Prescott during the season. King
man has been rapping for admis
sion to the league and one enter
prising merchant of Kingman of
fered to put up Jiooo to boost the
local team if it entered. Mr. Lin
dell left Monday for his home and
is enthusiastic oyer prospective
baseball results this summer at
Prescott.
New Slab Artist Here
Zack Campbell, a pitcher who
has won fame on the ball field in
California, arrived in Flagstaff
Wednesday and has signed up
with the local team for the season.
Mr. Campbell is an expert .ce
ment worker and has formed a
partnership with W. C. Alvord to
"compile" cement walks in Flag
staff during the time between
baseball games.
Band Dance Monday Night
Don't forget the dance to be
given next Monday night by the
Flagstaff Military Band. The boys
are making every preparation to
show you. a good time and they
would like to have you with them.
We need a good band and a
band needs encouragement.
MAN TOOK CARBOLIC
AGIO BY MISTAKE
Dan Kecse, Laborer On Double Track
at Maine for L. J. Smith Com
pany, Is Dead
Dan Keese-, a laborer Working
with the L. J. Smith construction
company's double tracking gang
at Maine, took carbolic Jacid yes
terday morning, mistaking it for
whiskey and died in a'short time
in terrible agony.
Keese had been drinking heavily
the night before, and carelessly
picked up the bottle containing
the acid, took a big drink of the
deadly fluid and was dead before
assistance could reach him.
The remains were taken to Wil
liams, where an inquest was held
by Judge Rounseville.'
Car of Autos Arrive
Tha carload of Ovdrland auto
mobiles arrived in Flagstaff Sun
day and are now being fitted up,
soaked full of scoot juice, ready
to whip the miles to ii standstill.
Some of our highways are still a
little sidelin' owing to being tip
ped up with heavy snow, but there
are miles and miles of good, so
ciable strips of country where
autos can be induced to go.
With about two miles of re
pair work, the road to the Grand
Canyon will be a good one and
easily made A couple of autos
went through last- summer and
complaint was made only as to
the. one piece of road..
Col. John Er Wilson Dead
Colonel John F. Wilson, former
delegate to congress, intrepid sol
dier, scholar, lawyer and states
man, is dead. Without any warn
ing that the end was near, and
while apparently in the best of
health, he expired suddenly Sat
urday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock in
the Prescott Hotel, while sitting
in a chair convcising with several
friends. The sad news created a
shock in the community, and
many friends and acquaintances
of this distinguished citizen of
Arizona) entered the place to
verify the report, believing it
could not be so, for the reason
that a few minutes previous he
was seen on the street mingling
with friends in his usual genial
fellowship. Mr. Benneft, a friend
of many years, was sitting at his
side, and was engaged at the time
in a conversation on business. He
states that Col. Wilson appeared
to be in perfect health. During a
lull in the conversation of per
haps a minute or more, he'noticed
his companion recline his head to
the side, and utter an inaudible
sound in a low tone. Not believ
ing that his life was ebbing away,
he paid no further attention. In a
few minutes, however, he noticed
the death pallor coming over his
features, and with others realized
that the end was near. Col. Wil
son had been in the room only a
few minutes, and walked to the
chair with a steady gait. He was
animated in his tone, and entered
into a conversation with many be
fore taking his seat. His only
ailment was rheumatism, and he
frequently referred to his foot as
the main trouble in recent months.
He returned from Kingman Satur
day morning at 3 o'clock, and
went to his rooms in the Lawler
block immediately after arriving
in " the city. Prescott' lournal-Miner.
Railroad Bridges Going In
Mr. John Powell, the Santa Fe
bridge man, has been stringing
steel bridges along the double
track the past ten days, and is
putting them in as fast as the
work can be done. He expects
to have all bridge work done be
tween Flagstaff and Riortlari within
a short time in order that this
section of the double track can be
completed for use. The spiking
machine is working west out of
Ash Fork and has spiked down
tracks as far east as Faitview.
Two additional spiking machines
have been ordered in order to
push the double track work this
summer.
Dempsey Powell Acquitted
Dempsey Powell returned from
Kingman Friday .having been ac
quitted on the charge of having
killed DeWitt Milligan near Dewey.
The trial consumed a full day and
many witnesses were called who
did not testify. The jury was out
about thirty minutes considering
the case when they returned with
a verdict ol not guilty. The case
was taken from Yavapai county to
Mohave county on a change of
venue.
Local and Personal
Roxy Dewell returned this week
from Morristown, Ariz., where he
operated a sheep shearing plant
during the winter. He clipped
the wool from 82,000 head. He
is now at work on 12,000 head for
Campbell, Francis & Co., at the
Mahan place. About May 1st, he
will start shearing at Snringer
villc, where he has a large contract
on hand.
Mrs. W. H. Power will have a
millinery opening at her home
next Thursday, April 13, where a
full line of ladies, misses and child
ren's trimmed and untrimmed hats
will be on sale at reasonable
prices. The ladies are respect
fully requested to call and see
them, whether they care to pur
chase or not.
Dr. R. O. Raymond, accompa
nied by his friend, Dr. Hanser, of
St. Louis, went to Rogers' Lake
in an auto last week on a short
pleasure trip. At one spot on the
road owing to previous precipita
tion, it took two doctors, two for
est rangers, two horses arid two
ropes to make the machine come
along.
C. H. Patrick, an expert heat
ing, gas and electrical worker, ar
rived recently from Chicago, and
has opened up a shop in the old
Brannen building on Railroad
avenue. He comes highly recom
mended and will make a specialty
of auto and auto engine repairs.
G. F. Mayrant is now engaged
in making 100 ox bows for the
new oxen soon to arrive for the
Lee's Ferry Placer Mining com
pany. Mayrant is an artist at
constructing these nearly obsolete
ox harnesses and now has about
three dozen of them made up.
James Wagner, the pioneer fruit
man, came in last Friday. He
says the recent local option elec
tion held at Camp Verde went so
dry that even the Verde river is
now running up hill. The vote
stood 74 to 27 for the non-thirst
quenchers.
"The "egg hunt" to be given
by the Ladies' Guild of the. Epis
copal church at the residence of
Mrs. Chaytor tomorrow will be a
jolly-affair. If you are not a good
hunter, get some one to hunt in
your place, but be sure and go.
SUE MARLEYS FOR $100,000
Civil Suit Will Be Brought Against
Marley and Sons for Alleged - -Killing
of Cattle
Civil suits aggregating about
$100,000 will be instituted against
J. W. Marley and sons, now'
charged with stealing cattle from
the range near Winslow. Since
these men were bound over to the
grand jury, under $30,000 bail,
many aggrieved cattlemen have
filed suits for the recovery of their
property, alleged to have been
stolen, aggregating over $75,000.
In addition three more civil suits
are to be filed in a few days, which
will swell the' total to over $ioo,
000, which these, rangemen will
be asked to liquidate. So intense
is the interest in the community,
at the present time, over the intro
duction of this new phase in the
legal proceedings, that it is the
belief a change of venue in the
criminal trial will be asked before
the accused are placed on trial.
The alleged thefts are of such pro
portions that there are not a suffi
cient number of jurymen in that
county to qualify, in addition to
which the notoriety of the transac
tion is known to every resident.
The array of counsel in this cele
brated case is complete and com
prises for the Marleys, Judge
B. F. Adams, of Albuquerque,
N. M., chief counsel, assisted by
Ross & O'Sullivan and Henry F.
Ashurst of Prescott. The prose
cution will be represented by E.S.
Clark and R. M.JLing of Pjrescott,
District Attorney W. P. Geary of
Navajo county and Thos. A. Flynn ,
of Flagstaff.
Attorneys in the civil proceed
f
ings have not been announced but
include, it is said, over a score of
lawyers.
Work of Petty Thieves
Two men are languishing in the
city jail charged with robbery of
jewelry from Mrs. K. McMillon
and the mysterious disappearance
of a grip and clothing from the
residence of William Friedlein.
The property was taken on Thurs
day of last week. Two men, Al
len and Douglass, were arrested ,
at Williams on a charge of having
gathered in the property. One ,
of the diamond ear-ring belong
ing to Mrs. McMillon was recov
ered from Cora Day, a denizen of
the Williams red light district.
The other was found at McCoy's,
saloon where it had been pawned.
A new grip and some clothing was
also recovered from a colored
dive, including a couple .of gold
watches. One watch had "Scot
T. Linn" engraved on the inside
cover.
In the satchel stolen from Mrs.
McMillon were two certificates ' of
deposit, one for $600 and one for '
$100. These were not found with
the diamonds, but since payment .
was stopped they will be of . no '
value to the thieves.
Allen and Douglass are well i ' '
known in Williams and are said." ,
to be tough characters.
Judge E. M. Doe Returns
Judge E. M. Doe came home
from Kingman Tuesday morning,
having adjourned court for the
term in Mohave county, and will
take up legal business here next '
Monday. The calendar was prac- -tically
cleaned up, except one case, .
which he transferred to thisjeounty .
for a hearing.
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