William Ashurst, father of Henry Ashurst was accidentally
killed at the Grand Canyon the latter part of January, his
body being found last Sunday. From the position of the
body it seems that in trying to climb up a steep place in
the canyon he caught a limb to pull himself up by, when
it gave way, dislodging an immense rock which fell on him
pinning him to the earth and holding him there until he
died. He was alone at the time. Deceased was sixty years
old.
ASH PEAK CALAMITY
JOE ALAMO
J.T. CALD
C.C. GODFREY
JOHN O'CONNOR
CHARLES O'NEIL
JOE PHILLIPS
WILFORD WILSON
February 28, 1901
Details of the terrible explosion at the Commerce Mine
were received today as follows: At noon on Saturday
fifteen hundred pounds of giant powder exploded in the
mine of the Commerce Gold and Silver Mining company at
Ash Peak. Seven men are dead as a result of the fearful
blast. All were single men except J.T. Cald who leaves a
wife and two children.
Two men who were working on the fifty foot level were
rescued alive. Two of the bodies of those killed were
discovered yesterday at the bottom of the two hundred
foot shaft. Every bone in both of their bodies was
broken by the awful force of the concussion in the
confined space at the bottom of the mine. The man at
the whim at the surface was blown fifty feet into the
air and instantly killed. The other four are supposed
to have been at or near the magazine going for powder or
returning with material for blasts. What caused the
explosion will never be known. There were not enough
of the bodies of these four unfortunate men picked up
to make one whole man.
CALVIN ASHLEY
Probate Court Notice
February 28, 1901
In the estate of Calvin Ashley, hearing was held on a
petition for probate of will and appointment of
administrator. Proof was made of legal notice of
hearing, the will was admitted to probate and J.M.
Jamison was appointed administrator on the filing of
his bond.
GEORGE N. ATCHISON
April 16, 1901
Mr. George N. Atchison who came here from Oregon for
his health a short time ago, died in this city Saturday
morning. He was a well known railroad conductor and was
about 34 years old. Mrs. Atchison arrived here yesterday
morning and will take the remains to Winnipeg, their
former home, for internment.
J.A. Adams
June 1, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
J.A. Adams, a former resident of Arizona and a grandson of
old "John Brown, whose soul goes marching on" wandered away
from his camp on the Colorado desert on May 19 and perished
for want of water says the Yuma Sentinel. The story of his
disappearance is graphically told by Charley Fay, one of the
party as follows:
"We went out on the desert prospecting for gold. An Indian
whom we had employed to show us where to find water on the
desert caught his foot in the stirrup while mounting his
horse and fell on his back. The horse started to run,
dragging the Indian by one foot. As the ground was covered
with jagged rocks, the Indian would have been killed had not
Adams urn up and taken the horse by the pit. The animal,
wild with fright, reared and plunged. Adams was twice
thrown upon the rocks, and once the horses hoofs hit him,
but he still gripped the bit until Mr. Lamere and I
succeeded in releasing the Indian.
"After the danger was over Adams sat down upon a rock and
began laughing and when asked if he was hurt, he replied,
"Oh, ho; I'm only a little tired but I guess you'll have to
help me set this arm." We then started for Yuma, Adams
riding some twenty five miles that afternoon and never
once complaining, though we could see by his drawn features
that he was suffering intense pain."
"At dusk we camped for the night and within an hour the
injured man was delirious and raving like a maniac.
Some time during the night he left the camp. As soon
as we discovered that he had gone we made every effort
to find him, but could not do much until daylight, when
we found his tracks in the sand. We followed the tracks
all that day and until about 9 o'clock the next day,
when we came to a hard rocky place at the foot of some
rock hills. Here we lost the trail and try as we might
we could not find it again.
"For three days we searched the hills but not a trace of
the man could we discover though we well knew that
somewhere within a radius of twenty or thirty miles lay
the body of one of the bravest men that ever lost his
life in that great death trap--the Colorado desert."
JOSE MARIA AGUIRE
August 8, 1902
Last Sunday night a Mexican by the name of Jose Maria
Aguire was killed while asleep and Antonio Gutierrez is
charged with the crime. It appears that the Mexicans
who are employed by the railroad under contract
obtained a supply of whisky from Seligman Sunday
evening and they proceeded to make merry. Several
of them got very drunk and among these was Gutierrez.
Conflicting stories are told regarding the manner in
which Aguire was killed, but there is not doubt that
as the man slept he had his head beaten in with a club.
ANNA ALSAP
December 21, 1902
Mrs. Anna D. Alsap died at 4 o'clock yesterday morning
at her home, corner of Third Avenue and Monroe Street.
Mrs. Alsap had not been in robust health for a long time
yet she had not been so ill until last Wednesday as to
require the services of a physician. Her illness grew
steadily until she died. The funeral will take place at
2 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence.
Mrs. Alsap was forty seven years of age. She was Miss
Anna D. Murray and was a native of Texas but had resided
in the Salt River Valley for more than thirty years.
Twenty six years ago she was married to Judge John T.
Alsap who died in 1887. He was one of the foremost
citizens of the territory. He had been territorial
treasurer, district attorney and was the first probate
judge of Maricopa County.
Mrs. Alsap was connected with the Methodist Episcopal
church South since its organization in 1872 and was
always an active member. For the last twenty years
she had been at the head of the Sunday school work
of the church. There as not in all the territory a
woman more widely loved and more deeply respected.
Five children are left to mourn her loss, Mrs. McKee of
El Paso, Margaret, Genevieve, John and Guy Alsap of this
city. She also leaves four sisters, Mrs. Neri Osborn,
Mrs. W.L. Osborn, Mrs. R.L. Rosson of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Chenoweth of Lordsburg New Mexico.
Jesus Alvarez
January 25, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Regino Geral, who on Friday last killed Jesus Alvarez at
the Silver Bell camp in Pima County was examined in Tucson
on the charge of murder and discharged, it being shown that
the deed was committed in self defense. Alvarez was
intoxicated and chased Geral with a dagger. He was about
to give an illustration of a man cutting meat, when Garal
showed him what sort of work could be done in a short
space of time with four bullets from a six-shooter.
VINCENTE ARENAS
August 1, 1902
Later news from Tucson is that on Saturday night a second
murder was committed in that city on the same street and
but a few blocks from where Officer Katzenstein was
killed. Vincente Arenas, Jesus Samaniego, Cruz Mungia
and another Mexican, all under the influence of liquor,
sought a clump of trees and shortly after a quarrel
broke out. Two of the men held Arenas, while a third
beat him to death with a club. The three murderers
fled but Samaniego and Mungia have been captured.
The murder occurred about the same time as that of
Officer Katzenstein on Saturday night though the body
was not found till Monday.
