EMILY HEINLEIN
January 11, 1896
Arizona Republican
Emily, wife of J.H. Heinlein of this city died yesterday morning
in San Diego where for several months she has been ill with a
complication of diseases. It has been known that she could not
long survive, yet the end was sudden. The bereaved husband,
who had but a few days ago left her, started last night for San
Diego to attend the funeral of the one who for seven years had
been the sharer of his fortunes.
Mrs. Heinlein had been till lately a resident of Phoenix and
here was held in highest esteem for many excellent attributes.
She was born in Butte, Montana and there was raised. Lately her
parents have been residing in San Diego and it was at
home she died surrounded by all that could ease her suffering or
prolong her stay.
EDITH HICKEY
May 15, 1896
Probate Judge Crouse yesterday refused the petition of Mary J.
Hickey for letters of guardianship over the person and estate
of Edith Hickey, a minor. Notice of appeal to the district court
was given.
H. HOLMES
Dec 15, 1896
Eugene Woodbury and William Cook, alias A.L. Wright were jailed
at Yuma last week. Woodbury is charged with the murder of H.
Holmes, a prospector at the Chino Beet Ranch on the night of
Oct. 25, 1893 and Cook is accused of attempting to kill a man
who had knowledge of Woodbury's crime.
At daybreak on Oct. 27, 1893, the body of Holmes, an old and
well known prospector was found about one hundred yards from
the Chino Railway Depot. Two bullet holes in his heart and a
third in his left shoulder showed that he was the victim of an
assassin. His pockets had been rifled and everything indicated
that the object of the murder had been robbery. The local
officers put forth every effort to find the author of the
cowardly deed but all to no avail. Time passed, the clues
were all run down and discovered to lead to nothing
tangible. The officers became discouraged and relaxed
their vigilance and by and by the matter was almost
forgotten.
In an ill fated moment of confidence Woodbury had confessed
to an employee of the Chino Company, named Martin Sherry that
he had murdered Holmes to obtain possession of a valuable
mine. Holmes owned and asked Sherry to grub stake with him
that he might go out and work on the mine. Sherry kept the
awful secret to himself as he feared if he told it that he
would be the next victim of the bloodthirsty Woodbury. But
Woodbury, suspicious of his own safety was not satisfied
with the silence Sherry maintained.
On the night of the 10th of last November Sherry was murderously
assaulted and left for dead. But he recovered and the failure
of the attempt upon his life will probably mean the conviction
of Woodbury for the murder of Prospector Holmes.
After the assault Sherry solved the mystery of the
assassination. If his story may be believed, he gave
information which will probably land another man in the
California penitentiary. He said the blow which knocked
his senseless was struck by William Cook, alias W.L. Wright,
Woodbury's boon companion and pal.
The criminals were trailed and arrested by Detective J. Scott
Oliver of Los Angeles and Reporter J. Edward Payne of the Los
Angeles Times
ALLIE HOLMESLEY
Sep 16, 1896
Application for letters of administration were filed yesterday by
George Holmsley in the probate court on the estate of Allie
Holmseley, deceased.
JOHN C. HOLSBUSH
April 8, 1896
The will of John C. Holsbush was filed for probate yesterday.
The estate is valued at $7000, comprising property in New Jersey
and Arizona. The main legatees are three uncles of the deceased
in Newark, New Jersey, his foreman G.T. Switzer, being named
executor and to receive $100 in cash and the horse and buggy
of the deceased.
MRS. HUBBARD
Sep 9, 1896
The funeral of Mrs. Hubbard, who died Sunday night, will be held
this morning at 11 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of W.H.
Smith and company.
JAMES HUGHES
July 23, 1896
A man named James Hughes died in the hospital at Kingman last
Sunday in the most excruciating agony. While asleep one morning
last week a screw fly deposited its larva in his nose and before
he awoke the maggots had entered his head. He was in terrible pain
for several days but did not know the cause until the worms
began to drop from his nose.
SIMON HYDE
Sep 12, 1896
Mrs. Hyde and daughter have returned to Oakland with the remains
of Simon Hyde, the young man who died here Friday morning.
JOE HYDER
June 16, 1896
Sunday morning a little funeral in Phoenix marked the closing
act of a little tragedy brought from Congress. The corpse was
that of Joe Hyder, an Armenian, who once kept a little Turkish
goods store on Center Street, opposite the Commercial Hotel,
but who has for several months run a general store at Congress,
in connection with a compatriot, Sroor. Hyder always slept with
a revolver under his pillow, his cot being in the rear of the
store.
Shortly after midnight Saturday flames were discovered in the
store. The door being broken open the blaze was discovered to
come from Hyder's cot and the occupant lay on the floor near the
door shot through the body.
An inquest by the local justice developed the fact that the man
had accidentally shot himself, some movement of his on the cot
causing a discharge of the pistol. The ball passed through
the pillow and then into the body of the sleeper through the
shoulder. The dead man's partner and several others
sleeping in the vicinity failed to hear any disturbance.
MRS. HYSTROM
1896
A.C. Hystrom, the railroad man who killed his wife at the City of
Mexico on Monday last, is well known throughout southern Arizona
and especially in Tucson. Several years ago he married the
daughter of Dan Walsh of Tombstone and had two children by her.
This is the woman whom he almost decapitated.
At the time of his marriage he was a brakeman in the employ
of the Southern Pacific Company and was a witness in the great
suit of Tomlinson against the Southern Pacific Company in
1890. After the matter had been finally adjudicated in the
courts, Hystrom was promoted to conductor of a freight train.
He was a reckless man and his train ran over and killed a man
for which he was held responsible and which caused him to
leave Tucson for Mexico, where he secured employment on the
Mexican Central.
His wife remained in Tucson until a few months ago, when she
went to the City of Mexico to join him. Hystrom became jealous
of his wife and the matter terminated on Monday last when he
nearly cut her head from her body.
WALTER WAITE JESSOP
April 25, 1896
Walter Waite Jessop, the 6 months old child of Dr. and Mrs.
H.J. Jessop, died yesterday morning. The entire community
sympathizes with the bereaved parents in their loss of a
bright and promising boy. The funeral will be held Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence.
GEORGE KEENEY
July 15, 1896
George Keeney died Monday at Tempe and was buried yesterday
in the Phoenix Cemetery. He was about 60 years of age and
lived in Tempe more than ten years of a residence of twenty
five years in Arizona. He was well thought of by all who knew him.
