Nicholas Balsz
October 24, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Nicholas Balsz of whose illness mention was made in the last
issue of the Republican, died yesterday morning at about
9:30 o'clock at the home of his brother, Joe Balsz, near
the corner of Monroe and Fifth Streets.
Mr. Balsz was taken sick of typhoid fever a few weeks ago,
his illness being later complicated by a stroke of
paralysis, since when there has been little hope of his
recovery. His wife is also sick of typhoid fever, though
she is slowly improving.
Mr. Balsz was over 45 years old, a native of California,
and has lived in Phoenix for somewhere in the neighborhood
of a quarter of a century. He is a son of Fred Balsz, one
of the oldest residents of this city. The dead man was an
estimable citizen, respected by all. He was a butcher by
trade and has always been known as an honest, upright and
hard working man. besides his wife, he leaves a couple of
children to mourn his loss.
Mr. Balsz was a member of the I.O.O.F. and A.O.U.W.
societies, the Spanish American Alliance and the Phoenix
Fire Department. The funeral will be held this Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the corner of Monroe and
Fifth Street and will be under the auspices of the
societies to which he belonged.
Funeral
October 25, 1902
The funeral of Nicholas Balsz held yesterday at 3 o'clock
from the family residence, corner of Fifth and Monroe
Streets, was largely attended, the procession to the
cemetery being one of the longest seen here for many months.
There were no services at the house save the formation
of the procession and the taking charge of the remains
by the orders of which the dead man was a member. The
Spanish American Alliance led the escort and turned out
in full force. This society was followed by the Odd
Fellows, the Workman and the Daughters of Rebekah and
behind the hearse was a long procession of relatives
and friends, who were present to pay their last respects.
At the cemetery the ritual service of the Odd Fellows was
followed by the ritual service of the Woodmen. Mrs. Balsz
who is just recovering from a long illness, though very
weak, was able to attend the services at the cemetery.
L.T. BARGMAN
August 23, 1902
In the San Bernardino correspondence of the Los Angeles
Herald appears the following: Coroner Thompson returned
last evening from a trip to the desert, near Needles,
where he went to hold an inquest on the remains of an
aged German, supposed to be L.T. Bargman. Ten days ago
Bargman drove down to the Colorado river from the Arizona
side and was ferried across to Needles. He said he was
from Prescott, Ariz. and was bound for San Bernadino
where he formerly lived. It is presumed that Bargman
was overcome with heat after he left Needles and was
unable to keep his mules in the road. The team wandered
from the highway and traveled up an isolated arroyo until
they could go no further. Some men found the team and
wagon Sunday. The mules had been without water for a
number of days and were almost dead. After a short
search Bargman's body was found some distance from
the wagon. The remains were badly decomposed. The
only sign of identification found on the dead man was
the name of L.T. Bargman, Yavapai County, Arizona.
Some addressed envelopes to E.M. Albertson, Prescott
Arizona were found in the clothes of the dead man.
Eugenia Bartleson
March 4, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
News comes from Florence that Miss Eugneia Bartleson
died there at the home of her mother, a few days ago
after a long illness. Her death was not unexpected
as she has been an invalid since last summer and was
confined to her bed for a month preceding her death.
She was a very popular woman in Florence and was well
known by many Phoenix people, former residents of that
town. Miss Bartleson was 27 years old and a native of
Missouri but had lived in Florence for about twenty
years. Her sister was a long time postmistress of
Florence.
MISS IVY BEAL
December 3, 1902
Miss Ivy Beal, aged 22, died yesterday at her rooms on
North Third Street. She came here about a month ago in
very ill health, accompanied by her aunt and uncle, Mrs.
and Mrs. S. Franklin. A sister who was summoned when her
condition was deemed critical was stopped at Ash Fork by
a message announcing the young woman's death and is
waiting there to join the uncle and aunt who will take
the remains to Hamburg, Iowa for interment.
Sam Beck
April 9, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
A skip in an 800 foot incline in Burson's Homestake
Mine caught half way down and the cable continued to
unwind. The skip then fell several hundred feet,
killing Sam Beck and fatally injuring a man named
Anderson working on the pump at the bottom. It
also destroyed the gallows frame.
Sam Beck's Death
April 12, 1902
The body of Sam Beck who was killed in Burson's Mine
near Wickenburg on the 7th was taken to Prescott where
interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Mr. Beck
was 44 years old and a very popular man. His only
relative in this country is Wash Beck who is a miner
at Pickerell's camp in Yavapai County. Sam Beck was
at one time foreman of the Jersey Lily Mine and accepted
the foremanship of Mr. Burson's Mine about ten days
before he was killed.
The particulars of the accident as published in the
Prescott Courier are as follows: About 6 p.m. April 7,
Beck and his assistants had removed a broken pump from the
400 foot level and had made place for a new pumps, which
was being lowered in a car that went down to the 400
foot level. Al Anderson was helping Beck; a lock chain
and block was placed on the pump to unload it. Beck
rang for the engineer above to let out cable to lower
the car to clear it from the pump, when he intended
to put timbers under it and slide it to the floor:
Beck kept repeating the signal to lower the car and
the car failed to move. Beck jumped under the
platform to see what was the matter and called to
Anderson to look at the car. Anderson looked up
and called to Beck that the track above was full of
slack cable. Beck called to Anderson to shake the
car when the 800 pound iron car started and fell 35
feet breaking the timbers of the gallows frame above.
Anderson was found jammed up against the timbers in an
almost unconscious condition while the dead body of
Beck was found near the car. It is supposed that the
slack cable struck Beck and knocked him off his
balance so that he fell with the car. The cold air
had been shut off from the lower levels and the air
was scalding hot where Beck fell.
MRS. MARTHA BEATY
August 10, 1902
Dr. Plath was summoned to the Shirley barber shop, in
the basement of the Goodman drug Store yesterday afternoon
about 2 o'clock to attend a woman who was found in a dying
condition in a bath tub.
When the physician arrived, the woman was already dead,
and after he had made an examination of the remains, the
body was turned over to be investigated by a coroner's
jury, impaneled by Justice Gray. The jury was composed
of: H.F. Collins, W.F. Davis, R.H. Geary, A.B. Williams,
W.T. Gregory and John Havard.
The inquest was held yesterday afternoon. The first
witness called was Mrs. S.J. Conley who resides on
South Fourth Avenue. Mrs. Conley stated that Mrs.
Martha Beaty was the dead woman's name and that she
was about 73 years old.
Mrs. Conley stated that she had an engagement to meet Mrs.
Beaty at the barber shop at 1 o'clock to assist her in
taking her bath, as she was very old and in feeble
condition. It was not until 2 o'clock that Mrs.
Conley was able to arrive and she went at once to the
room occupied by Mrs. Beaty. She entered and was
horrified to find the woman in the bath tub lying
on her side and wit her face covered with water.
Another lady was with Mrs. Conley and together they
lifted the form out and laid it on the floor. Dr.
Plath stated that it was his opinion that Mrs. Beaty
had fainted on account of the hot condition of the
water and quietly drowned.
Frank Shirley said that Mrs. Beaty had called there
several times to bathe and she was always attended by
another woman.
The jury returned a verdict that the woman came to her
death from accidental drowning.
Mrs. Beaty had lived in the city for about eight years.
She originally came here from Eddyville Iowa where she
is supposed to have relatives living. She was a widow
and had no relatives in this city.
She has been living on East Jefferson Street, near the
street car barns and was for a long time a neighbor of
Mrs. Conley who also resided in that neighborhood for
some years. Mrs. Beaty was very feeble and suffered
with consumption. She has property in this city.
Funeral
August 11, 1902
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Beaty, the aged woman who was
found dead in a bath tub at Shirley's Barber Shop Saturday
afternoon, took place yesterday afternoon at the undertaking
rooms of Mohn and Easterling. A niece of the dead woman
who resides at Sausalito, Cal., telegraphed to Mayor Talbot
asking him if her presence was necessary here. He replied
that the funeral had taken place and there was no necessity
of her coming here. Interment was in the Rosedale cemetery.
