Captain W.W. Smith, the head of the local corps of the Salvation
Army died yesterday afternoon at his home on East Jefferson
Street. Capt. Smith was a sufferer with tuberculosis when he
came to this city about eighteen months ago, but he was only
confined to his bed for the last three days. He is survived
by a wife and one daughter. Since taking charge of the local
corps the captain has been a very hard and earnest worker and
the exposure which he underwent in the course of his duty
during the winter considerably impaired his health. The
funeral arrangements will be made later.
ALPHONSO SOZO
June 16, 1909
As a result of an accident which occurred last Saturday about
noon, Alphonso Sozo died yesterday morning at an early hour.
Sozo was engaged in hauling grain and in some unknown manner
fell between the wheels of his wagon. The rear wheel passed
over his body squarely across his stomach. The wagon was
loaded heavily, having on it something over two tons of
grain. His sufferings were violent for a while and though
he was given the best of medical attention, the injury was
so great it proved fatal.
The funeral will probably be held sometime today.
MRS. JOSE SOZO
May 14, 1909
Mrs. Jose Sozo died yesterday morning at half past eleven
after an illness of four months. The funeral will be held
this afternoon at four o'clock from the East Tempe Mission
and the interment will be made at Double Butte Cemetery.
Mrs. Sozo is survived by her husband and four children.
SIR ARTHUR STEPNEY
July 3, 1909
An elderly man arrived in Yuma yesterday and registered at the
Southern Pacific Hotel as W.C. Stepney, of Seattle, was found
dead today in the train conductors' room of the station. A
coroner's jury decided that the man came to his death from
excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Gold and notes to the
amount of several hundred dollars were found on his person.
He carried a quantity of luggage and had apparently recently
landed from a sea voyage.
Identity of the mysterious stranger was disclosed through
his papers. He was Sir Arthur Carl Steppney of London, an
English baronet of large estates and a scientist of distinction
whose motive in visiting the desert region at this season was
evidently to increase his entomological collection.
The address of the nobleman's London solicitors was found
among the papers and they had been cabled for instructions.
A deposit slip for $13,000 in a Los Angeles bank was found
and other papers indicating the dead man's wealth.
DR. LOUIS STERN
April 23, 1909
The many Phoenix friends of Dr. Louis Stern will be pained
to learn of his recent sudden death of heart disease in San
Francisco. Dr. Stern was a resident of Phoenix for two or
three years previous to twenty years ago when he left here
and settled in San Francisco. That has been his home ever
since and he was known as one of the leading physicians and
surgeons of the coast city. He was also quite well known for
his philanthropies. He was about fifty five years old and was
not a married man, having no surviving relatives except his
brothers and sisters. The funeral was held in San Francisco
last Sunday.
MR. STEVENS
June 26, 1909
The finding of a man's body with his hands tied, in the waters
below the Anita Dam at Anita on the Grand Canyon Railroad
yesterday has deepened the mystery surrounding the disappearance
of a man named Stevens, said to have been a partner of a
detective named Schwartz, whose remains were found about a
month ago buried on top of a hill a mile north of Williams.
A bullet through his heart had ended his life.
Herbert Woods and Reuben Neill, two well known young men were
arrested for the killing of Schwartz and were afterwards
exonerated of that charge at a preliminary hearing. Later
they were held in bonds of $10,000 charged with having taken
Stevens, Schwartz's partner to a railroad dam near Williams
and there having tied his hands behind him and threatened
to throw him into the water unless he ceased shadowing them.
Stevens disappeared soon after the young men had been
released. Neill and Woods deny any knowledge of Stevens'
where abouts or the identity of the dead man found at Anita.
HARRY STULL
April 27, 1909
Word has been received from South Bend Indiana that Harry
Stull died there recently. The news will be hard here with
regret by a great many for Mr. Stull spent considerable time
in Phoenix for his health, and had a wide acquaintance.
During his residence here he was known as one of the "scouts"
that appellation being given to him and a particular friend
who was here with him.
CON SULLIVAN
March 15, 1909
Word was received in Bisbee late Wednesday afternoon, says the
Bisbee Miner that Justin Rose, who is wanted for the murder of
Con Sullivan in the Gailuro Mountains about three weeks ago,
had gone to Solomonville and given himself up to Sheriff
Anderson of Graham County. He is now in the Graham County
jail at Solomonville and he will be held there until the men
suspected of the complicity in the cowardly murder are
captured. Rose is a young man, not over 22 years of age and
lives at Pearce in this county. His father accompanied by a
Douglas attorney has gone to Solomonville to arrange for his
defense.
Sullivan who was an old timer in Bisbee was undoubtedly the
victim of a cold blooded murder as the result of a dispute
over a herd of goats which was owned in partnership by
Sullivan and Dick Lockett. The trouble resulted in a insult
brought by Sullivan, an attachment on the goats and the
restoration of them to Sullivan.
Sullivan was murdered on Feb. 21 on which day there was a heavy
snowstorm in the mountains. A man named George Feagles saw
Sullivan that day at a little abandoned cabin in the mountains
near the Kennedy ranch. Feagles was on his way to Kennedy's
place for a sack of grain and upon his return trip, Sullivan
and his entire outfit was gone. The floor of the old cabin
had been freshly swept, but as the roof had leaked the interior
was wet. Sullivan had told Feagles that Rose and Dave Roberts,
the latter's partner had threatened to kill him if they got a
chance and Feagles immediately surmising that Con had been
foully dealt with, got Jim Kennedy to assist him hunt for
Sullivan.
On the return of Kennedy and Feagles to the abandoned cabin,
the floor had dried sufficiently to distinguish blood stains.
Blood stains were also found on the walls and on an old
bedstead. Outside the tracks of three men leading to the
cabin were found in the snow and led to the goat camp, which
was three miles above the cabin. Sullivan's horse and burros
had been rounded up and driven off as were the goats. The
trail was followed by two men until the snow had covered the
tracks.
Feagles and Kennedy then went to Solomonville and notified
Sheriff Anderson that they believed Sullivan had been murdered
and that his goats were stolen by the murders. Anderson went
out and took the trail. He discovered Suillivan's gun and part
of his cooking outfit hidden in a rocky place. The next day
the sheriff and his hunting party came across the body of the
murdered man hidden in a rocky crevice covered with a bed quilt,
a bloody wagon sheet and some cedar wood thrown on top.
Sullivan had been shot in the back of the head.
Rose and Roberts were seen together on the following Wednesday
in their camp by Feagles. They said that they did not know
what had become of Sullivan. Two Mexican goat herders who
were taken into Solomonville by the sheriff reported that
when they came in with the goats Wednesday night, Rose and
Roberts had gone, leaving the three dogs tied up. They had
not taken their own horses and saddles, but only their guns.
They also took Sullivan's horse, Feagles' burros and pack
saddles and all the bedding that belonged to Sullivan and
Feagles. They also took all the food supplies in the camp.
Roberts has been in considerable trouble lately and he was
recently tried at Pearce for shooting up a ranch, being now
under bonds to appear before the next grand jury. His family
is said to be living at Del Rio, Texas.
