Aggie Halbert is dead. A pall of gloom was thrown over the
town early yesterday morning by the announcement that Miss
Agnes Halbert, the bright, beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Hon. A.J. Halbert had suddenly passed away
after an illness of but a half hour. She was at the
residence of C.T. Hayden, one miles east of Tempe and
in the morning arose as usual in perfect health. At
7 o'clock Mrs. Hayden heard a smothering cry from her
room and upon entering found the young lady in a fainting
spasm, but she recovered soon and asked for salt water and
requested them to send for her parents at the same time
saying "I am dying and will not see them alive." In a
short half hour she was dead. Dr. Jones was summoned but
reached her too late.
Miss Halbert was one of the graduates of the Normal class of
1893 and the thousands who were present will remember how
beautifully the fair girl rendered the class history. Agnes
was 19 years of age and on Monday next would have begun
teaching in a country district near Phoenix. The funeral
will take place from the family residence at 10am today.
September 25, 1893
The residents of Tempe were shocked yesterday morning by the
sudden death by heart disease of Agnes Halbert. She was
making preparations to begin teaching school tomorrow in
district No. 39, five miles northeast of Phoenix. She had
just finished packing her trunk and intended to start to
Phoenix when she was suddenly seized by a spasm from which
she recovered long enough to declare that she was dying.
Arrangements were at once made for the funeral which was
set for 9 o'clock this morning from the residence of her
uncle, C.T. Hayden where she died. The interment is to
take place at Double Buttes Cemetery.
PAT HALPIN
June 4, 1893
"I see by the Republican that Pat Halpin was killed at the
Needles day before yesterday," said A.J. Porterie. "That
was a good thing," continued Mr. Porterie. "He's needed
killing for more than ten years and I was doing to do it
myself or my partner was, a few years ago in the Harqua
Halas. There had been some mining excitement in that
locality and signs of a rich lode had been discovered.
The lode itself was not found then and the excitement died
away. A couple of months afterward I ran across the lode
which didn't amount to anything but it looked rich. It was
on a shelf of a cliff where no one thought of looking for
it and the report spread like wildfire. Pat Halpin had a
location somewhere in the neighborhood and he announced
that he'd run us out. We heard of it and fixed for him.
At last one day we saw him coming and according to
arrangement my partner stepped behind a rock with his
rifle, intending to made daylight through Mr. Halpin on
the first hostile demonstration. Halpin came up to me
and gave notice to quit. I didn't say much in reply and
he thought his bluff had gone. To give me a good start
he put his hands on his guns. My partner stepped out
from behind the rock at the same time requesting Mr.
Halpin to elevate his hands. They went up like lightning
which proved that he was a man of great presence of mind.
If he had been slow in comprehending my partner's remark
to him he wouldn't have died at the Needles. We disarmed
him and after apologizing for his former and unfriendly
manner he climbed down the cliff and we saw him no more.
He was a small man but little more than four feet in
height but he was considered dangerous and pains were
generally taken to leave him alone. It was a great game
of his to bluff miners away from locations."
KID HARRIS
Jim DIMOND
September 27, 1893
Kid Harris of Phoenix died the death of a horse thief
last Sunday. With his partner Andy Dimond, alias Jim
Baker, a murderer of seven men and a noted desperado
and horse thief, he was killed at La Tourette's ranch
on the Verde, fifty five miles northeast of Phoenix by a
posse under Sheriff Donohue of Coconino County.
It is supposed there were five in the gang, though only
two were found at that place, the other three having been
seen about the same time in the vicinity of Camp Creek.
The latest job committed by Harris and Dimond was the
theft of a band of horses from near Challender in
Coconino County. Shortly before this they had held
up a section crew on the A&P at Johnson's Canyon, by
piling rocks on the track. After the robbery Harris
removed the rocks. The same day they robbed the
watchman at the tunnel near the same place of a gold
watch. This depredation enlisted the interest of the
railroad authorities and Detective R. Sellbee was sent
to cooperate with the county authorities.
With Sheriff Donohue and Deputy Sheriff Drum he started
in pursuit. The force was increased by three cowboys.
Near Camp Verde the trial was lost but the officers were
met by Perry Sears who was sworn in as a deputy and went
back with them. At Murrays' corral three miles above La
Tourrette's Ranch they saw two horses which were recognized
as stolen. The posse knowing that the thieves were in the
neighborhood divided and proceeded down the river on either
side. This was on Sunday morning.
The story of the killing is related by Charles Missen,
who was present and arrived in the city yesterday.
About eight o'clock they came upon the other horses and
saw Harris rounding them up. As soon as he saw the
officers he started on horseback for La Tourrette's house.
He was called upon three times to halt but disobeyed and a
volley was fired at him. An express ball struck him in the
breast, pierced his body and exploded. His horse ran about
a hundred yards when the rider fell. Dimond hearing the
shooting came out of the house and approaching Harris said,
"Well you're done up." He returned to the house, armed
himself with a Winchester and came out just as Sears
came up. He was ordered to surrender but instead snapped
his gun at sears. Sears fired three times and every shot
took effect. Death was instantaneous.
Harris lingered until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He made a
confession which was taken down by Mr. Missen. It was an
acknowledgement of his adventures with Dimond since they
left Phoenix two months ago.
Harris was twenty three years old and was brought up here.
Beside a sister who is a respectable woman married to a
ranchman and living near Phoenix, it is not known that he
has any other relatives than a step-father living in Denver.
JUDGE JEROME BRIGHTON HAWLEY
September 14, 1893
Judge Jerome Brighton Hawley, mention of whose hopeless
illness was made in yesterdays Republican, died yesterday
morning, September 13 of pneumonia. The funeral will take
place this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence
on Madison Street, between First and Second Avenue.
Judge Hawley was 74 years of age and a native of New York.
He has resided on the coast more than thirty years and in
Arizona fifteen years.
A sister is Miss Samantha Hawley, the well known author of
another generation of "Josiah Allen's Wife". She resides at
Watertown, N.Y. and was yesterday informed by telegraph of
the death of her brother. Judge Hawley's death is mourned
in Phoenix by a wife and scores of friends.
T.W. HAYES
January 6, 1893
T.W. Hayes who died night before last at the county hospital,
was buried yesterday under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge
and under the direction of Randall and Davis. The deceased
was a resident of Nevada and came to the city several weeks
ago to find relief from pulmonary troubles. He was undergoing
gradual improvement until last Monday when he was taken to
the hospital and died twenty four hours later. The direct
cause of death was pneumonia.
MR. HINKLE
June 25, 1893
A Prescott man who arrived in the city yesterday reported
a terrible accident at Prescott last Tuesday night, resulting
in the death of two persons, one a man named Hinkle who lived
at Ash Fork and the other a woman of the town.
During the night a lamp exploded in a room in which Hinkle,
another man and the woman were. Whether they had been
asleep or not is not known, but when the fire was discovered
they were found insensible and were carried out. Neither
Hinkle or the woman appeared to be badly burned, but Hinkle
died soon after and the woman has died since. The other
occupant was fearfully burned but it is thought he will
recover. He had a wooden leg which caught fire and was
blazing when he was found.
Hinkle was well known in and about Phoenix.
MRS. HIPP
June 7, 1893
The body of Mrs. Hipp, who died in the city yesterday is
at the undertaking house of W.H. Smith and Company, being
embalmed preparatory to being sent to the deceased's former
home in the east.
