D.K. PROUDE
January 19, 1903
Arizona Republican Newspaper
D.K. Proude who came here from Albuquerque about a week ago,
died Saturday night at the Sisters' hospital of consumption.
He had been in Albuquerque some time, going there from Olympia,
Washington, where he held the position of city clerk. He was
about thirty-five years and was a member of the B.P.O. Elks.
The body will probably be sent to Olympia for internment.
SIDNEY D. PULSIFER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 4, 1903
Word has been received in the city of the death
at Denver on April 13 of Sidney D. Pulsifer,
whom many people of this city will remember,
for he spent many winters here and made many
friends. He was a resident of Gunnison Colorado
where he was the cashier of the First National
Bank of that place. He was twenty nine years of
age. Ten years ago he was married to Miss Lillie
Gill, daughter of the Honorable S.G. Gill, who is
president of the bank. Mr. Pulsifer had been an
invalid from boyhood but became notwithstanding
an energetic and successful business man. His
wife accompanied him in his quest of health, and
she was herself an invalid. At the time of her
husband's death she was in California. One who
knew Mr. Pulsifer said of him, "He was a manly
young man of sterling character, the personification
of a gentleman and of a kindly and genial disposition."
GEORGE H. READY
April 7, 1903, Arizona Republican
News has been received here of the death of George H.
Ready at his home in Santa Cruz, Ca after an illness of
four years dating from a severe cold caught while
performing his duty as a fireman there. Mr. Ready is
highly spoken of by the Santa Cruz papers and was well
known in Arizona having spent a year or two in Phoenix
and about the same length of time in Prescott, in the
hope of regaining his health. He was between thirty
and forty years old and leaves a wife and child to
mourn his untimely end.
RAMON REYES
Arizona Republican, February 12, 1903
Ramon Reyes, a Mexican not much more than of age, was
brutally murdered some time Sunday might in one of the
small shacks near the Beer Garden, says the Bisbee Review.
The officers are now searching for Miguel Barba and Manuel
Quives, one of whom is supposedly to be guilty of the murder
of Reyes.
All day yesterday the search for these two men was made by
the officers and several Mexicans who were deputized to aid
in the search. At a late hour it was supposed that the man
wanted was in hiding either on Chihuahua hill or in an old
shaft in Dubacher Canyon.
The murder of Reyes is one of the most gruesome that has
ever taken place in this vicinity. His head was beaten
almost beyond recognition and an ugly wound made in the
right side of his neck. Any one of the several wounds
would have proved fatal.
When Marshal Henderson visited the house he found Reyes
lying on the bed partially covered with a quilt. Nearby
was an ax, from which the blade had been broken and a
revolver of small caliber. The ax was covered with blood
indicating that it had been used in the murder of the
dead man.
The officers and others who have followed the developments
in the case are inclined to lay the crime at the door of
Miguel Quives. Up to eight days before the murder he was
living on intimate terms with a woman in whose house the
killing was done.
JAMES P. RIGHETTI
Arizona Republican Newspaper
April 15, 1903, Arizona Republican
James P. Righetti died last evening at 6:30 o'clock at his
home at No. 120 East Monroe Street. He was taken sick about
a month ago only a few days after the death of his wife,
with what developed into dropsy which caused his death.
He leaves several children, all of whom were at his bedside
when the end came. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Blanc, has
lived elsewhere for some time but came back sometime ago
to attend her father.
Mr. Righetti was a native of Switzerland and about
52 years old. The funeral will probably be under the
auspices of the A.O.U.W. Lodge and the Spanish American
Alliance, though no arrangements were complete last
night. He was also a retired member of the Hook and
Ladder Company of the Phoenix Fire Company.
The dead man is one of the oldest residents of Phoenix,
having lived here more than a quarter of a century. He
was a quiet, unassuming, hardworking man and held the
respect of all who knew him. He was always a very
healthy looking man and his death comes as a surprise
to his many friends except of those who were aware of
his recent serious illness.
MISS BERTHA RITTER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
December 3, 1903
Miss Bertha Ritter died yesterday morning at her temporary
home on Grand Avenue of consumption. She came here with her
mother from Pittsburgh Pa only six weeks ago and was 24 years
old. The mother will leave for home this evening via the
southern route, taking the body of her daughter home for
burial.
G.O. ROBERDS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 12, 1903
G.O. Roberds, well known in this city, died in Trinidad,
Colorado on Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock. He was
downtown the day before and was taken ill just before
supper time while doing chores around his house, dying
the next morning of apoplexy. The Chronicle-News of
Trinidad speaks as follows of the dead man:
"In the death of Mr. Roberds, the community loses one
of her most honored pioneers. He came here from Texas
in 1874 and since then has been identified with the best
interests of the county, having been engaged actively in
the cattle business and extensively engaged in mining
enterprises. He was born in North Carolina in 1832.
When very young he went to Georgia where he was married
in 1858. The next year he came west and settled in
Texas where he resided until he came to this state.
None could tell more of the first days of the west.
Twice Mr. Roberds had all taken by the Indians and for
a long time he was active in defending the settlements
from Indian depredations. To the young men it was very
interesting to listen to the many dangers gone through
with, which were more strange than fiction."
Mr. Roberds leaves a wife and three sons and a daughter.
Mr. Roberds has two brothers and a sister in Arizona.
They are R.H. Roberds of Castle Creek and G.A. Roberds
of Buckeye, the father of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Roberds.
The dead man's sister is the other of W.A. Milton of
Phoenix.
G.O. Roberds has been more or less interested in Arizona
enterprises for the last twenty years and has spent
nearly every winter in this city. His most notable
ventures were on Castle Creek where he expended a
large amount of money in the development of the
Whipsaw Mine together with two of his Trinidad
associates, Lenhart and South. He was also interested
at one time in a stamp mill alongside of which the
Briggs or Castle Creek smelter was built.
WILLIAM ROBINSON
December 25, 1903
William Robinson, son of Dr. Robinson, died Thursday
afternoon from lung troubles. His mother and grandmother
(Mrs. Hawley) were with him at the time of his death. The
father was in Liberty Missouri but is now on his way to
Mesa and will arrive Friday morning accompanied by another
son. The body has been embalmed and will be taken back to
his old home.
The deceased was 22 years old last Friday and was a bright,
attractive young man and his untimely end was a hard blow
to his parents.
