Word has been received from the City of Mexico of the death
of General Lowell J. Bullard, father of Attorney George Purdy
Bullard of this city. General Bullard was fifty seven years
of age and had lived in Mexico for the last twenty years.
He went there as the representative in the Mexican republic
of the Traveler's Insurance Company. He was a thirty third
degree Mason and was at one time president of the American
club in the City of Mexico. He was a native of Farmington
Massachusetts. He leaves also a married daughter in New York.
PETE BURKE
April 14, 1903,
Rumors of a riot at the Picacho Mine, near Yuma, were
received in Phoenix on Monday night but the nature of
the disturbance could not be learned. A letter was
received yesterday from a gentleman at the mine in which
he described the taking of the life of Pete Burke who
could have been spared a good while ago. Burke invited
his own violent death and precipitated it by the killing
of a Mexican named Lopez.
Burke was a deputy constable at the mine. A gun which
Constable Horan was cleaning was accidentally discharged
and Burke hearing the report rushed into the room with
his own gun drawn and began firing at random. One of the
balls went through a partition and killed the Mexican.
He was at once arrested by the constable and accompanied
by Superintendent Humphries of the mine to the office
of a justice of the peace.
A brother of the man killed by Burke approached the
prisoner in the wagon and drew his gun when Burke began
begging for his life. Lopez fired the ball, passing
through Burke's side. Burke jumped from the wagon and
the shooting became general. Another Mexican named
Lopez but no relation to the man who had been killed,
shot Burke through the head. In the shooting
Superintendent Humphries was severely wounded.
The men who had shot Burke and another who had
taken an active part in the firing mounted horses
and rode in the direction of Mexico. It is not
likely that they will ever be brought back for this
crime. It is said that he had killed eight men and
in nearly every case without provocation.
FRANK CALDWELL
August 13, 1903
Jim Gould, the murderer of Frank B. Caldwell is at last in
custody and safely stowed away in the jail at Tombstone.
He was captured Sunday at his camp near the Swisshelm Mountains
by a party of three Arizona Rangers and Deputy Sheriff Slaughter.
He was taken to Tombstone Monday morning by Ranger Allison and
Deputy Sheriff Ben Slaughter.
Gould does not deny having killed Caldwell but claims that he
shot in self defense and that he has never tried to evade the
officers but has remained in the vicinity of the killing ever
since. Gould's story is disbelieved in both particulars. The
theory of the killing is that after having had trouble with the
dead man he laid in wait and ambushed him. Gould refuses to
talk on the subject until his case comes up for trial.
The consensus of opinion is that Gould committed the murder
in cold blood and that he never gave Caldwell a chance to
fight. When the trial of Gould comes up in the courts it
will furnish one of the most interesting cases that has
been heard in this country for some time, as no one saw the
crime committed and circumstantial evidence will play an
important part in the finding of a verdict.
The accounts of the crime at that time said that Caldwell
was found with a bullet hole in his back and that every
chamber of his revolver was loaded. The capture of Gould
was effected after three weeks of searching by the officers
who surprised him , with others in their camp in the
mountains. Rangers Jorgensen, Allison and Stanford and
Deputy Slaughter made the capture. Bisbee Review.
JAMES CAMPBELL
September 10, 1903
Another of one of those deplorable accidents which has happened
in the Warren mining district occurred Sunday evening, in which
James Campbell was instantly killed and Paul Girboux was
seriously and probably fatally injured in the bottom of the
Pittsburgh and Hecla shaft, says the Douglas International.
The accident was the result of Giroux and Campbell drilling
into a mass-hole. John Jones was also in the shaft at the
time the two men were blown up by the explosion but only
received slight injuries which will not stop him from work.
From John Jones, comes the following account of the incident:
"I had warned Campbell and Giroux about the miss-hole and told
them to be very careful in drilling into it as it was heavily
loaded and had been left there by the night shift. We had
nearly finished all of our holes for that shift and Campbell
who was striking said they would try for the miss-hole. They
went ahead, Campbell striking and Giraux turning, it was only
a moment after Campbell made this remark until I felt the
shock and then I was stunned for a time. The top carman
lowered the bucket and put me in and brought me to the top
and then went down and got the other boys. Campbell was
dead and Giroux was blown up in very bad shape. The explosion
was a very loud one as the hole had been loaded with nine
sticks of powder."
Campbell was killed outright and nearly every bone in his
body was broken. Giroux had his left hand blown off and his
left eye blown out; a large hole was torn in his chest and
another in his thigh and he was horribly mangled.
ALBERT W. CARR
June 10, 1903
Albert W. Carr died very suddenly yesterday afternoon
at his home in what is known as the North Wedge Building
at Five Points. The indications are that his death was
from poison though that fact had not been fully
established last night. Further there is a prevailing
opinion that it was a suicide though there are contrary
rumors afloat, in effect that he was the victim of
ptomaine poisoning.
Mr. Carr was first taken sick at a store across the
street from his home and was taken home where he went
into convulsions, the spasms continuing until death
relieved him. In the absence from the city of Coroner
Burnett, Justice Robertson was notified and he
impaneled a jury consisting of C.A. Terhune, A.C.
Cree, R.W. Chamberlain, William H. Black, J.A.
Porterie and A.D. Leyhe. He also summoned Dr. H.A.
Hughes and the district attorney. The remains were
viewed and turned over to the undertaking firm of
Mohn and Dorris and such preliminary investigations
as could be were made after which the inquest was
continued to 10 o'clock in the morning at the office
of Justice Robertson.
When the coroner and those he had summoned arrived at
Five Points, they found Dr. Plath and Dr. Bell present
both of whom said the general symptoms indicated poison.
Later in the day an autopsy was held by Dr. Hughes and
though his report will be made officially only to the
coroner it is understood he found the stomach empty and
said that if the man had been poisoned it was by
strychnine of some other drug that had entered the
blood. It is said that the dying man when first
taken sick told differing stories, one being that
he had eaten poison sugar and another that he thought
he had been poisoned by eating canned fish. There
is also a story that he called his daughter to his
side and told her that he had wronged her but soon
it would all be over.
Mr. Carr was sixty one and a native of Maine. He came
to Arizona about eight years ago. His daughter, a girl
about sixteen remained with him along with two sons
somewhere in the Valley after his wife left him and
went to California. He was employed for a while at
the Arizona Insane Asylum.
The Carr Inquest, June 11, 1903
The inquest held to determine the cause of the death of
Albert W. Carr, who passed away quite suddenly Tuesday
afternoon, was concluded yesterday in the office of
Justice Robertson, the jury failing to definitely
learn the circumstances attending it. Quite a number
of witnesses were examined, including those who were
with the man during his short illness. The most
important witness was the seventeen year old daughter,
Mildred Carr. Her testimony was important for the
reason that through reference to the sugar a rumor
had gained currency that she was suspected of having
poisoned her father. It was clearly shown at the
inquest, however, that they were the best of friends
and there was neither a motive for such an act nor
circumstances warranting such a suspicion. The
inquest ended.
