Su Hok is sleeping with his fathers and every vestige of
him and his belongings were removed from the face of the
earth yesterday afternoon.
Su Hok was a Chinaman, a laundryman by occupation and a
prominent secret society man by affiliation. He died
night before last after a protracted illness which a
countryman informed a Republican reporter was the cause
of his death. The body lay in state at the Joss House
yesterday forenoon while the funeral pig was being
slaughtered and roasted to a light seal brown. The usual
tumultuous obsequities took place in front of the Joss
House after which the cortege took up its line of march
to the cemetery and amid awe inspiring music.
The old clothes of the deceased were burned as usual and all
the other ceremonies of a Chinese funeral were carried out.
FREDERICK HOULSHUE
August 2, 1893
To another man, Frederick Houlshue, old and discouraged,
time moved with leaden pinions and so he died yesterday
morning of morphine. The suicide occurred at G.B. Wilcox's
ranch, three miles east of the cit. At just what time the
opiate was taken no one knows, but he was discovered in a
comatose state n an outbuilding about 6 o'clock on Monday
morning. Dr I.T. Hamblin, superintendent of the Territorial
Insane Asylum was sent for. His labors to bring the suicide
out of his trance were incessant until 8 o'clock. Once he
seemed to revive but soon sank away again and died at 4
o'clock yesterday morning.
As soon as he was notified of Houlshue's death, Justice
Wharton impaneled a jury, proceeded to the ranch and formally
viewed the body. The inquest was concluded at the Justice's
office in the afternoon.
G.B. Wilcox, at whose house Houlshue died, testified as to
his conduct the day preceding his taking the morphine and as
to the manner of his death. The most light was thrown upon
the case by J. Dunlap who had worked with him. He said that
for several days, especially since the suicide of H.M.
Bissell, Houlshue had been talking about suicide and wondering
how one could die easiest. He said that any man had a right
to commit suicide and he couldn't see how any man could bear
to live and work after he had begun to grow old and had no
future prospect.
About a week ago he was in Phoenix and was arrested for
intoxication and was fined. During the spree he loaned a
friend some money so that out of $70 he had when he left
he returned home with almost nothing.
Houlshue was unmarried and has a brother and sister
living somewhere in the west. He came from Pennsylvania
ten years ago and has resided in Arizona since. He was
buried yesterday afternoon by the J.W. Owen, Post G.A. R.
MRS. THOMAS HUGHES
August 26, 1893
In life and health one moment, a good woman, full of her
charges as a housewife and mother, an instant and a crushed
and unconscious mass instead. Death never did a sadder
thing than occurred early this morning. A mother of a
family of nine children, ranging in age from sixteen years
to three months was taken from her charges.
This morning at 5 o'clock Mrs. Thomas Hughes was killed by
a falling adobe wall, death being almost instantaneous. She
was up early and as usual about her cares of managing of
house and ranch. In the course of her work she was
overseeing the milking by some servant girls. She stood
about six feet out from the wall of a barn in course of
construction, the adobe work of which was done three
months ago. Without an instant's warning and almost without
a sound, the wall struck her and crushed her down.
The wall, an adobe width in thickness, fell apart from her
maimed and broken form and a sad sight was uncovered by
terrified onlookers. She never spoke. They picked her up,
three men and carried her to the house. Before the house
was reached she was dead.
The funeral took place this afternoon from the Catholic
church. Mrs. Hughes was all that goes to make a good
woman. She gave her home the best of management and
attention. She had the highest esteem of all knowing her.
The deceased came to Arizona from Santa Cruz, Mexico. Her
maiden name was Elena Martinez. She and Mr. Hughes were
married September 30, 1875. She died aged 40 years.
BABY HYDE
Mary 10, 1893
The funeral of Dr. and Mrs. Hyde's little girl has been
postponed until today at 4:30 pm. The interment will take
place on the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. F.F. Titus. The pall
bearers will consist of Messrs Winton, Powell, Heavenrich
and Dr. Taylor.
J.W. JOHNSON
January 17, 1893
J.W. Johnson died yesterday at 1 o'clock at the residence of
G.H. Connelly. The funeral will take place this morning at
10 o'clock from Smith's undertaking rooms. Friends of the
deceased are invited to attend.
MARGARITE KEMP
May 4, 1893
There floated yesterday from the closed front doors of Mr.
Henry E. Kemp's place of business, a mist of white crepe
which explained the meaning of the closing. Mr. and Mrs.
Kemp's eighteen month old baby Margarite was dead. The
little one died night before last at 11 o'clock of measles
from which he had been supposed to have recovered ten days
ago. The funeral service will be held this morning at 10
o'clock from the family residence by Rev. Dr. Pearson of
the Methodist Church. The interment will occur under the
direction of Randall and Davis.
PATRICK KERWIN
February 25, 1893
The body of Patrick Kerwin, a commercial traveler for Murphy,
Grant and Co. of San Francisco was shipped by Randal and Davis
to Manchester New Hampshire, last night where the deceased
formerly lived.
Kerwin arrived at Tempe last Tuesday and spent the following
holiday with his friends and was with them that night until
late. Though he was of robust appearance the cause of his
death was decided to be consumption. The body was brought
to Phoenix yesterday for embalming.
MINNIE E. KINGSBURY
March 15, 1893
The numerous friends of Miss Minnie E. Kingsbury willl be
grieved to learn of her death. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury desire
to thank all the loving friends of their late daughter for
their kindly acts.
The deceased was brought from her home in Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin last September in an advanced stage of consumption.
She experienced great relief and her friends were led to
hope that she might recover. A slight cold contracted a
couple of weeks ago destroyed the careful nursing of months
and the sufferer declined steadily until yesterday. The
grief stricken parents will leave tonight with the remains
for Beaver Dam.
FRANK KORN
July 13, 1893
Frank Korn, a young man 17 years old left Maricopa station
on the morning of June 18 to walk to Phoenix and so far as
is known he has not since been seen.
His father, James Korn, employed on the Collin's Ranch,
west of the city, informed the officials of the case. About
the middle of June the young man who had been living with
his mother in Washington started to Phoenix. He was provided
with transportation to Maricopa and a sum of money sufficient
to pay his expenses. His father was notified of his
departure from Washington and after a reasonable time
had elapsed and the son failed to reach Phoenix, the father
started an inquiry.
He learned from Washington that the boy had written from
Maricopa announcing his safe arrival. He had been robbed
at Sacramento of all his money but managed to save his ticket.
He was about to start for Phoenix on foot. Considerable time
had elapsed before Mr. Korn had received this information.
He wrote to Frank Holder, the agent at Maricopa and yesterday
received in reply a letter that the young man arrived at
Maricopa on June 18. Mr. Holder gave him a bottle of water
and such advice and directions as he thought might be of
service.
Mr. Korn yesterday sent to Henry Morgan, who it was thought
might be able to get some information from the Indians but
none of the bridge Indians have been in town for several
weeks.
July 15, 1893
James Korn, who went to Maricopa on Tuesday night to begin a
search for his lost son, returned yesterday morning with little
hope of ever again seeing him alive. On arriving at Maricopa
he made inquiry of the station agent and officials there
concerning the arrival of the boy nearly a month ago and
received from them directions as to the best method of
searching. He heard again only what Agent Holder had
written him and learned that the boy on his arrival had
his baggage sent to Phoenix by train and immediately
set out on foot.
Mr. Korn had determined to walk back as far at least as
to the Gila River bridge but in the mean time he learned
that the boy had reached the bridge all right, had
stopped at Stewart's Station and had left by the railroad
track for Kyrene, nine miles away. Nobody saw him
afterward. The only reasonable theory of his
disappearance is that he was murdered, quite likely
by Indians. Mr. Korn was told at Stewart's that when
the boy arrived there he was neatly dressed in black,
wore a Derby hat and carried a fine shotgun. A journey
over that stretch of the desert could be made more
safely by a traveler with is pockets full of gold than
with an attractive firearm.
August 25, 1893
The body of (George) Frank Korn, the young man who
disappeared two months ago, between Maricopa and Phoenix
was found yesterday afternoon about three miles west of
Kyrene. The discovery was made by a section hand, who
reported the matter to Justice Austin at Tempe. A coroner's
jury was impaneled and a telephone message was sent to the
sheriff's office, requesting that the father of the boy,
James Corn, who works at Collins' Ranch be notified.
Without waiting for his arrival, the jury proceeded to
the place of the find.
The body lay under a mesquite tree, in an arroyo about
100 yards west of the track. Nothing remained but the
bones. A hat and coat were hanging in a tree a few feet
away and a shotgun leaned against the trunk. The gun
fills the description of the gun the young man had when
he left Maricopa, and which he had when last seen by the
station keeper at the Gila River so that there is no
reason to doubt that the body is that of young Korn.
How he died must remain a mystery. He could not have
perished of thirst if he had passed Kyrene and the
presence of the gun and clothing is inconsistent with
the theory of murder for the purpose of robbery.
