The death at a pleasure resort in Minnesota of Miss Lillian Lewis,
the well known actress was announced in a late dispatch. She
spent last winter partly in Tucson but most of the time in
Phoenix. She had for some time been suffering from pulmonary
trouble from which she obtained relief during her residence
in Phoenix, which she believed was permanent. She attributed
it to Christian Science and if faith alone could cure, Miss
Lewis left here a well woman. She went to Chicago intending
to spend the summer in Minnesota, returning thence to her
home in New York. She was a brilliant actress and a most
entertaining woman. By reason of her illness she has not
appeared on the stage for two years previous to her death.
LOUIS LICHTENSTEIN
March 21, 1899
Louis Lichtenstein died at the Ford Hotel of a hemorrhage
yesterday morning. His remains will be sent to Buffalo, N.Y.
where his father is a wealthy iron dealer. He came here about
two weeks ago.
Mr. LUCAS
Apirl 4, 1899
George Lukas who lately arrived here from Custer, Wisconsin after
the remains of his brother, who died at Briggs Station a couple
of weeks ago left yesterday for Briggs with Mr. Easterling where
the body is buried. It will be brought here and be embalmed and
sent home.
MRS. ALLEN McMILLAN
March 22, 1899
Mrs. Allen McMillan was stricken with apoplexy yesterday morning
and her death occurred shortly after. She was 52 years of age.
The remains were sent to Taylor, Texas last night and were
accompanied by her son, J.D. McMillan.
G. MACK
March 31, 1899
After two weeks of sickness G. Mack died at a late hour last
night at the Hotel Adams. Deceased came here from Chicago about
two months ago.
MRS. MEYERS
May 25, 1899
Mrs. Meyers who was brought in from Kirkland on Saturday evening
died yesterday on South First Street. She was a sufferer from
pulmonary trouble.
ALICE MORRELL
August 1, 1899
Alice Morrell, aged 18 died at her home four miles east of
town yesterday. Her death took place after a week's sickness.
V.H. MUNSON
March 22, 1899
The mystery of V.H. Munson's disappearance from the ranch of J.C.
Ware last Friday night was cleared up yesterday afternoon. His
body was found in the Maricopa Canal near Cartwright, eight
miles west of town.
Search may be said to have been made for him ever since his
disappearance, but the first three days were spent in trying
to get a clue to the direction he had gone. That he had
committed suicide there was little doubt, but Mr. Ware
believed that when his body was discovered his throat would
be cut, for his razor was missing with him.
The place where the body was found is about a mile below Ware's
house and Ware's house is a mile south of the canal. The body
had been caught by a long barbed wire which had broken and
fallen into the stream. The discovery was made about 3 o'clock.
A telephone message was sent to the sheriff's office and Justice
Johnstone impaneled a jury and went to Cartwright. The jury
returned last night about 8 o'clock and will resume the inquest
tomorrow morning. The body was taken to W.A. Davis.
The death of Munson discloses that he was a man who was
very much sought after on the morning of Sep. 17 last, and
for many days thereafter. Nobody knew his name but the officers
had an accurate description of him. He was the one man in the
world who could throw some light on a horrible double tragedy,
the murder of Minnie Powers by William Belcher.
Munson probably saw one of the shots fired at the woman on whom
he claimed had spent her last night on earth. He told another
that he had seen the woman the night before she was killed He
told his employer that he expected that he would have to go to
court. Munson was plainly the victim of an hallucination, for
all inquiry regarding the murder was at an end. It was in
this disturbed and diseased mind that his earlier crimes
which he confessed to were found to be fictitious.
Numson was 45 years old.He said he had a father living in
Michigan and brothers and sisters in other parts of the
country.
P.C. NEWPORT
August 26, 1899
Messages were received in this city yesterday announcing the death
at 1 o'clock pm of Mr. P.C. Newport at the sisters Hospital in
Los Angeles. Mention of his illness which commenced with
typhoid fever, had been made from time to time and some
three weeks ago it was thought his recovery was very doubtful.
He rallied somewhat from that and just as hope was again
returning his illness was further complicated by pneumonia.
He was too weak to withstand the second siege with the above
result stated. A sister who had been summoned to the east was
at his bedside.
For several months he represented the wholesale house of
Barkley-Berryman and Company in Arizona and New Mexico and
after the dissolution of this firm he represented their successors,
Messrs. Barkley Brothers in the same territory. He was a
young man of good character and exemplary habits. The remains
will be taken to his former home in Iowa for interment.
CAPTAIN BUCKEY O'NEILL
March 20, 1899
From a letter from Cuba printed in a recent issue of the Pick
and Drill we note, says A.D. Webb, editor of the Safford Arizonian
that the body of Captain Wm. O'Neill has not yet been found
although diligent search has been made for it during the past
few months. It is not our intention to inflict any war
reminiscences on the readers of the Arizonian but as the people
of this territory are probably more deeply interested in the
recovery of Buckey O'Neill's body than in anything else
connected with the war, the following is written with the
hope that it may lead to the finding of the remains of the
bravest man who went to the war from Arizona.
Captain O'Neill was killed while standing in the road talking
to an office of the Ninth Regular Cavalry, about seven or eight
hundred yards from the Spanish trenches on July 1. When he was
killed, a troop was lying along the side of the road and had
just fired two volleys at the Spaniards. As the captain was seen
to totter and fall, several of his troopers sprang into the
road, picked up the body and carried it out on the north side
of the road where it was placed in the shade of some small
trees, near the angle made by two wire fences coming together,
one bordering the road nad the other running in from the
direction of the creek. Soon after the captain was killed,
a troop was ordered to advance and the body was left with
trooper Buhlzing as guard. Some time during the day Trooper
Buhzing with the assistance of soldiers from other regiments
moved the body to the creek north of the road. The writer
went over this same ground twice that day, while carrying
Sgt. Greenwood to the rear and returning to the firing line
and would judge the distance to be about 300 yards from the
road to the creek, but as each trip was made under a
hot fire, we would not be sure.
The men who buried Captain O'Neill were Chaplain Brown, Troopers
Frank Vansiclen, Henry Bradshaur, Bob Wren, Bugler Cass and
Corp. Jackson: Howard Marine becoming exhausted could go no
further than the hospital.
The body was found where it had been moved by Buhzing the day
before and was buried right at that point. The place of interment
being on the south of left bank of the creek, going up the
stream and about a quarter of a mile upstream from the field
hospital. The hospital it will be remembered was located on
the bank of the creek at the second ford coming down from
San Juan Hill.
Captain O'Neill was buried in his Rough Rider uniform, brown
trousers and jacket and wore a new pair of tan shoes. His
canteen was placed about six inches above his head and he
was buried some three or four feet deep.
Of the men who buried him, Bob Wren and Cass are in New York
City, Frank Vansiclen is in Safford, Arizona and I think
Henry Bradshaur, Chaplain Brown and Corp. Jackson are in
Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
Captain O'Neil was buried apart from the others. There is
probably not another grave within 200 yards of the spot.
(Cannot read the rest)
April 19, 1899
The war department today received a cablegram from Santiago
that the remains of Captain William O'Neill of Prescott who
fell during the charge upon San Juan Hill have been found
near the battlefield and were identified by means of a bottle
in which the captain's name was blown.
Mrs. O'Neill, the gallant captain's widow is here expecting
that her husbands remains would be recovered and brought to
Washington for interment at Arlington. It is understood
however that no more bodies will be brought back from Cuba
until fall.
