Shortly after midnight of Friday night, an unfortunate girl
known as Rose, but whose real name was probably Ella McGuire,
died suddenly at a house on Jefferson Street, opposite the
city hall.
She came here recently from El Paso, in company with the
woman with whom she was living. She is supposed to have
come originally from Boston, Mass. She had been ill for
a long time and on the night she died, was heard getting
out of bed. A few minutes later she was found cold and
rigid on the floor. An investigation was made by the
health officer and the burial took place yesterday
afternoon.
MEREDITH MEADOR
August 25, 1893
The funeral of Meredith Meador, which had been announced to
take place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, has been
postponed until the same hour today that Mrs. F.W. Blake,
a daughter of the deceased may be able to be present.
Members of Arizona lodge No. 2 F 7 AM of which the deceased
was a member and which has the direction of the obsequies
will assemble at the lodge room at 3:30 this afternoon.
JOSEPH MEYERS
June 27, 1893
Joseph Meyers, a middle aged German laborer was killed on the
Maricopa and Phoenix railroad track, a mile and a half east of
the city at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning.
He was not observed by the engineer until the engine was too
close upon him to be stopped. The train was brought to a
standstill as soon as possible and the unfortunate man was
picked up senseless and was supposed to be dead. He soon
rallied and asked for a drink of water but only lived an
hour and a half.
Among the effects of the dead man were two quart bottles
of whisky from one of which about half a pint had been
drunk. There was also a package containing a pair of
overalls, socks and other articles of clothing in a
package from Goldberg Brothers. A coroner's jury was
summoned by Justice Wharton and its inquest was concluded
yesterday.
Little could be learned of the dead man except that he had
been lately working on the Grand Canal. He had come to
town on Saturday night and cashed time checks amounting to
$26. He drank a great deal while in town.
The jury composed of George H. Wilson, A.J.H. Tweed, H.C.
Ward, W.H. Cameron, Joseph Hanson and Sam Gray returned a
verdict based on the above circumstances and relieving the
railroad company from any blame.
Though Meyers was able to talk a while after being picked
up he could only give his name and tell where he had been
working. Nothing could be ascertained concerning his
family and home. The body was buried yesterday afternoon.
E.M. MILLS
June 27, 1893
E.M. Mills, well known throughout the territory died at his
residence at the Mills house yesterday afternoon at half past
four o'clock of rheumatism of the heart. He had been so ill
for the past two months as to be confined almost constantly
to his bed. Hence the additional weight of grief upon his
wife and three children who survive him.
The funeral will take place from the Mills house at 5 o'clock
this afternoon.
The deceased was born in St. Thomas, Canada, August 1847. He
was educated in London and Toronto, Canada and served three
years in the Union Army in the Civil War. After the war he
removed to Colorado. He was for two terms member of the city
council of Phoenix and has served at different times as
deputy U.S. marshal and at the time of his death was
Secretary of the Republican Territorial Committee.
CLARA A. MOORE
May 21, 1893
Globe -- Clara A., the infant daughter and only child of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Moore, died Monday morning and was buried the same
afternoon, from the residence of Patrick Shanley, father of
Mrs. Moore.
JOHN MORRIS
February 25, 1893
John Morris, a young man of 32 died yesterday morning of
consumption at the residence of Joseph Coulston. Julius
French, his uncle, left last night with the remains for
Jacksonville, Illinois where the deceased formerly lived.
LUCY MYERS
June 23, 1893
Lucy Myers, the 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad
Myers, who live three miles east of Tempe, died Wednesday
evening of diphtheria. W.H. Smith, the undertaker of Phoenix
was telephoned for a coffin. The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon. Two other small children of the same family are
in a critical condition also with diphtheria.
DELORES OCHOA
February 2, 1893
Delores Ochoa, one of the oldest residents in the city was
buried yesterday. He was supposed to be not less than 100
years of age.
ADINE OSBORNE
May 9, 1893
A little child of Mr. and Mrs. Neri Osborne aged two years
and eight months died on Sunday evening. The funeral
occurred from the residence on West Adams Street at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
FRANK OURY
September 22, 1893
Frank Oury, a prominent young man of Tucson and a member of
Governor Hughes' staff was shot to death at Arivaca last
Tuesday night by three masked men, supposed to be Mexicans
who invaded the hotel at which he was stopping.
No other details of the murder or the probably motive have
yet been received.
Acting Governor Bruce was yesterday officially informed by
Attorney General Heney and District Attorney Hereford of
Pima County. He at once offered a reward of $1000 for the
apprehension and conviction of the murders. The victim was
quite well known throughout the territory in political and
business circles. He was for some years associated with L.H.
Maning in mining enterprises.
MISS AGNES PAUL
June 1, 1893
Miss Agnes Paul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paul,
died at their residence in Tucson on Monday morning, June
12, in her twenty sixth year. For a period covering
several years, Miss Paul was in declining health, which
finally resulted in lung trouble, baffling the best efforts
of medical science. Throughout her trying illness she bore
her suffering with patience and fortitude.
BLANCHE RUSSELL/aka TESSIE MURRAY
May 21, 1893
The burnt, black and disfigured corpse of Blanche, a recent
inmate of Minnie Powers' house of prostitution, is lying there
awaiting burial at 8 o'clock this morning. Sometime after 10
o'clock on Friday night, accompanied by another inmate of the
house, known only as "Ruth" and two young men, Frank Doe and
J.A. Hiller, the unfortunate girl left the house for a ride.
The party returned shortly before 2 o'clock and the tragedy
occurred immediately after. Just how has not been ascertained,
but is supposed that the party was drunk, the girl obstinate
and in the course of an attempt to force her into her room, a
coal oil lamp was overturned and exploded in falling. She was
immediately abandoned by her male companions. The flying oil
appeared to saturate everything. Sobered in the grasp of a
fiery death, she rushed out of the room into the hallway and
threw herself on the floor.
Almost instantly the inmates and mistress of the house were
upon the scene but neglected the burning girl to extinguish
the flames in the room. The bed, carpet and ceiling were in
flames.
Dr. Ward was sent for but it was evident that the girl was
past remedy and it was better so, for death was preferable
to the horrible disfigurement presented.
Of the dead girl little is known here; she was called at the
house "Blanche" and was known both as Blanche Russell and
Tessie Murray. She came to Phoenix about two weeks ago from
Bisbee and had previously lived at Globe where it is said
she has a sister staying in a house of ill fame. It is
believed that her parents or other relatives live at El Paso
and a telegram was sent there yesterday morning but no answer
had been received last night. She was 20 or 22 years of age,
dark complexion and is said to have been remarkably handsome.
May 23, 1893
On Sunday morning the Republican's suggestion concerning the
inquisition into the cases of the death of Tessie Murray was
acted upon by Marshall Blankenship, who was surprised to learn
that the body was to be buried at 8 o'clock without inquest.
He stopped the funeral and hastily summoned a coroner's jury:
T.A. Cochrane, W.M. Nichols, A.J. Wilson, D.L. Bewley, R.B.
George, Eugene Angleman, James T. Harvey and A.J. Tweed. The
burial was allowed to proceed and took place at 1 o'clock on
Sunday.
At the inquest the first witness was Dr. Ward who described
the condition of the girl. Minnie Powers, keeper of the
house was next called but her testimony added nothing to what
has already been published. The testimony of Mrs. St. Clair,
Rose Ames and Mrs. Somers was only a reiteration of the
keeper's. The next witness was Ruth Reed, the girl with hair
of more than auburn hue, who had been an actor in that fearful
tragedy. She had kept herself concealed on Saturday and her
testimony was therefore awaited. She was pale and nervous
but it was doubtful whether they were the result of the horror
of last Saturday morning.
She said they returned to the house about 1:30 in the morning,
the dead girl was drunk and wanted to continue the ride. She
was accordingly carried into the room and laid on the bed. The
witness was preparing for bed and knew nothing about the
overturned lamp. Her attention was attracted only by the
blaze behind here. Here she introduced a remarkably
improbable story. She said that when she ran out of the
room, coal oil was dripping from her hair. This fiction
was corroborated by other witnesses. She could afford no
suggestion as to how it happened. She said the girl was
between 17 and 20 years old and that her maiden name was
Tessie Murray and that she had married a man named C.W.
Wright. A sister, Clara Murray arrived from Globe
yesterday morning.
J.A. Hiller who was of the party and assisted the girl into
the room was unable to say how the lamp was overturned. James
Rennie, Frank Lisenbee and W. Harrison arrived when everything
was ablaze and could add nothing to what was already learned.
Dowe, the fourth member of the riding party, was hitching the
horses and reached the room only after everything was on fire.
It appeared that no one made an effort to save or assist the
burning girl.
It is said that three weeks ago another sister died in a
house of ill fame in Bisbee from the effect of a carouse.
Nothing more has been learned of the family of the dead
girl though an attempt is being made by the inmates at
Minnie Powers' house to connect the Murray girls with
several highly respectable families in Phoenix.
