PAT DEVINE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 3, 1904
There was another murder near Yuma last Thursday the second
in the county in a week. Eugene Tourtellotte broke a rifle
over the head of Pat Devine and then poured a load of shot
into his body. The trouble occurred during a discussion as
to which was the better shot. Both had been drinking.
There are well known all over the territory. Devine had
considerable money on his person and it is now missing.
The coroner's jury held Tourtellotte and other arrests may
follow.
HARRY DEWS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 16, 1904
Harry Dews, machinist of the M.& P. & S.R.V. Railway Company
was accidentally and fatally shot last evening just before
dark within a few hundred feet of the M & P machine shops
and round house in the southeastern part of the city.
Dr. Battin was summoned at once and Mr. Dews was immediately
taken to the Sisters Hospital, his wife being notified at
their home, No. 731 East Washington Street. Arriving at the
hospital Dr. Thomas and Dr. Hughes were called in
consultation and Mrs. Dews was there of course, to assist
in any possible manner and to be near her husband in his
desperate condition.
It was found that the bullet had entered the abdomen
directly in front and bearing toward his right side,
passed clear through him finding exit just above the
right hip. The physicians saw immediately that the wound
must be fatal unless an operation could be performed but
the man was too greatly shocked and too weak to withstand
an operation so he was made as comfortable as possible,
the wound temporarily dressed and efforts were directed
toward the renewing of his strength. He was too weak to
talk much but in response to a question from one of the
physicians regarding the manner of his injury he used in
reply, the simple word, "accident." Shortly after it
became apparent that he was losing in strength and about
9 o'clock his death relieved him of his pain. Then for
the first time the stricken wife gave way to tears and was
almost prostrated with grief.
The details of the story were hard to secure. Mr. Dews and
a boilermaker named Ernest and with whom Mr. Dews was on the
most friendly terms, after finishing their days work, took a
35 caliber revolver and went a short distance away from the
round house for the purpose of a little target practice.
They shot a number of times at some rocks that were placed
on the ground and shortly after, Mr. Dews received his
fatal wound.
A postmortem examination showed that death resulted from
internal hemorrhage. The young man who was with Mr. Dews
was prostrated with grief and though the fact has not been
determined, it is supposed he held the weapon in his hand
when it was discharged.
Inquest of Mr. Dews
September 17, 1904
There seems to have been some unintentional oversight on the
part of all concerned in that the attention of the coroner
was not called to the tragic incident and he knew nothing of
it until he read it in the Republican yesterday. It was
evident that at the time of the incident the weapon was in
the hands of Mr. Dews friend, Ernest Erickson. The latter
was so overcome with grief that it did not occur to him to
report the incident to the authorities. Coroner Burnett
took the same jury that had under consideration the case
of Mrs. Roos and viewed the body of Mr. Dews at the
undertaking parlors. A continuance was taken till
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Constable Redwine was directed to call on Mr. Erickson secure
the weapon and subpoenaed him to attend the inquest, all of
which was done. It was also learned that two Mexican boys
named Britz and Feliz witnessed the shooting and they too
were subpoenaed.
Inquest
September 18, 1904
The inquest on Harry Dews was continued this morning. Ernest
Erickson who was holding the gun or part of it at the time
it was fired, went on the stand. He said he had just bought
it, a Lugar automatic pistol and that the gun was taken
apart and he believed that the gun had no cartridges in
the barrel. Erickson said he "broke" the gun, that is,
took the barrel off and the handle. Erickson was standing
on the left of Dews with the muzzle of the barrel pointed
to him when it suddenly went off. Erickson immediately
dropped the gun and called out that Dews had been shot.
Mr. Pinney, on the jury did not see how the gun could have
fired if the barrel was off, so he took the gun and
dismantled it just as Erickson described. Pressing the
trigger he heard the deadly click and so the matter was
settled. The jury returned a verdict that the shooting
had been accidental.
MALAINA G. DE YANEZ
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 19, 1904
Malaina G. deYanez, a Mexican woman, died yesterday
afternoon at her home, No. 218 East Adams Street. She
was 69 years old and is survived by her husband. The
dead woman is well known in Phoenix having lived in this
city for the last eighteen years. In earlier life she
was quite a character in California having at one time
been an accomplished musician and artist in San Francisco,
where she was also well known on the stage. The funeral
will be held this morning at 9 o'clock at the house.
JOHN C. DODDS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 8, 1904
John C. Dodds, a young man who came here about two years
ago from Texasdied yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
He was operated on for appendicitis at 9 o'clock Monday
night and later the disease was complicated with diffused
peritonitis. He was employed first after coming here by
Ezra W. Thayer and since then has been in the employ of
the Phoenix Bakery, having charge of one of their
delivery wagons. He was very well known in the city
and was highly respected by all his acquaintances.
He was 27 years old and leaves a wife and a five year
old child. He was a member of the Champions of
Fraternity, a new fraternal insurance society that
was organized in Phoenix last June and was the first
member of the order to answer the final summons.
The local officers of the society at once approved
the death claim and paid the money over to the widow
who, except for that resource would have been most
unfortunately situated.
Mr. Dodds held a $2000 policy which was worth $500 to the
widow as under the plan of organization the policies are
scaled during the first three years for the benefit of
the sick and accident benefit fund.
A brother who lives in Los Angeles is expected to arrive
today when the body will be taken to the former home of
Mr. Dodds in Texas where his father and two sisters reside.
W.F. DODGE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 18, 1904
Mr. W.F. Dodge, assistant cashier of the Phoenix National Bank,
died at the Sisters Hospital yesterday afternoon without an
instant's warning. He had been ill for a little more than
two weeks. There had never at any time been a fear of a
fatal termination of his ailment and for three or four days
he had been in a state of convalescence.
Mr. Dodge was seized with a slight attack of typhoid fever
two weeks ago last Sunday. He was removed to the hospital
and it happened that his parents Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Dodge of
Waukegan Illinois who had been visiting him and had gone to
the coast, returned the day after his seizure. The attack
from the beginning was of the mildest character. Last Sunday
the fever was wholly abated but on the advice of his
physician, Dr. Craig, he did not leave his bed and would
not have left it for a couple of days more. At four
o'clock yesterday afternoon his father was at his bedside.
The son asked him to read to him from a magazine. Having
read a little while, his son asked him if someone was not
sweeping in the hall. He said the dust was oppressive.
His father closed the transom and resumed his seat. An
instant later the son complained of a pain in his left
breast. His father asked him a question about it, but
received no reply. Death was instant. The ending of
such a case could not have been more surprising. There
were none of the conditions which conduce to heart failure.
Mr. Dodge was not known to have a weak heart.
Mr. and Mrs. Dodge will leave tonight with the body of their
son for their home at Waukegan. Mr. Dodge came to Phoenix
last June to take the position of assistant cashier at
Phoenix National Bank. He had held a similar office in
the National bank of the Republic in Chicago having risen
to that position from the bottom. He was an admirable
young man and was but twenty eight years of age and was
born at Waukegan.
