Mrs. M.O. O'DELL
Arizona Republican Newspaper
January 3, 1904
Mrs. M.O. O'Dell died at her home two miles southeast of
Tempe, early yesterday morning. She has been in ill
health for the past summer but has been much worse for
the past three weeks. She began sinking rapidly Friday
evening and the end came shortly after midnight. She
leaves beside her husband, three children to mourn her
loss. The eldest of these, Otha was away at the time
but arrived here yesterday. Mrs. O'Dell was a member
of the Baptist church, a kind, loving mother and a
conscientious woman and her death is a deep blow not
only to her family but to a wide circle of friends.
The funeral will take place this morning at eleven
o'clock from the Baptist church. Interment will be in
the Double Butte cemetery and the services will be
conducted by Elder A.B. Tomlinson.
BISHOP OPENSHAW
Arizona Republican Newspaper
January 3, 1904
The death Bishop Openshaw, who had been seriously ill
for some time occurred early yesterday morning. His
life was despaired of several days ago but he rallied
for a few days and seemed to be on the gain. He has
been suffering with kidney trouble for the last six
weeks, but a short time ago he contracted pneumonia
which was the immediate cause of his demise.
The funeral will take place this morning from the
tabernacle at Mesa. During his illness he has been
very churlish and had it not been for this fact it is
said that there is but little doubt he would have recovered.
He demanded a change of doctors frequently. About the
time one of them would begin to build him up he would
refuse to take his medicine and the only thing to do
was to get a new physician. This was done until nearly
every doctor in Tempe and Mesa had had charge of the case.
Mr. Openshaw was an old man, having passed his 70th
birthday. He has been a resident of Nephi for the last
twenty years and was the bishop of that ward in the Mormon
church.
MARCOS ORENDAIN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 5, 1904
Friday evening about 8 o'clock Marcos Orendain died in East
Tempe. He was about sixty five years old and had not been
well for a long time. Death was due to general debility.
He has been a charge of the county for several years. He
was buried yesterday afternoon by Constable Sigala at the
county's expense.
SALLIE PALNDAH
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 7, 1904
The funeral of Sallie Palndah, a pupil of the Indian school
took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Merryman's.
The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Halsey. The little
girl was an Apache and was nine years old. The funeral
was attended by all the Apache pupils of the school.
Mr. Pendleton
October 11, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Word was received in the city yesterday of the death at
Florence Sunday night of Mr. Pendleton for several
months past the manager of the Superior Copper Company
offices in that city. The deceased was well known in
that community and had many friends who mourn his death.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Florence which
order was in charge of the funeral held yesterday.
Miguel Perez
November 18, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
About 5 o'clock Wednesday morning Tomas Gota, a rancher
who lives at Tubac, some fifty miles south of Tucson
started to leave that city to go home says the Citizen.
When noticing clots of blood on the south Meyer street
pavement he took the very easily discernible trail and
was horrified to find the body of a Yaqui Indian on that
thoroughfare between Seventeenth and Eighteenth about a
block from where he began to follow the crimson spots.
The body was already cold in death, was that of Miguel Perez
and a hasty examination disclosed the wound in the right
side of the neck where the assassin's knife had entered,
severing the carotid artery and jugular vein. Gota hurried
to police headquarters and reported the matter to jailer
Birkenfield, who took him over to the sheriff's office and
apprised the deputy on duty there who telephoned the
circumstances to Manuel Drachman. An hour of so later
Constable Nabor Pacheco arrested five Yaquis near the
scene who were all drunk. Whether the murderer is among
them remains to be seen as they were too much intoxicated
to talk much.
Coroner Culver impaneled a jury at 10:30 this morning,
who after viewing the body adjourned to 1 p.m. tomorrow
by which time the necessary witnesses will probably have
been dug up.
The dead man is a wood cutter by occupation, about 24 years
old, born in Mexico and had been working near the San
Xavier mission. He had come to town last night, according
to his brother's statement, with considerable money on
his person, something like $100. It was understood that
no money was found in his clothes when he was removed to
Undertaker Reilly's establishment and it is fair to
assume that robbery was the object of the murderer
although this does not necessarily follow as someone
else might afterward have taken the money.
Charles Peterson
December 29, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Another street car tragedy was enacted last evening about
5 o'clock when Theodore Charles H. Peterson was crushed by
car No. 12, eastbound, at the intersection of Second Avenue
and Washington Street. Death came instantly, the only sound
that escaped the lips of the unfortunate man being a scream.
The offices of Dr. J.M. Swetnam and Dr. William Duffield are
both within a stone's throw of the corner and both men were
summoned immediately. Dr. Swetnam being a little the nearer
arrived first, but no human agency could avail against the
deadly work of the car wheel. The body was at once removed
to the undertaking parlors of Easterling and Whitney, only a
few yards away.
The street car was manned by Nicholas Ruck at the motor and
John R. Gorman, conductor and quite a number of passengers
were on board. Mr. Peterson had been riding some distance
on a bicycle parallel with the car and between the two
tracks. The car was slowing up by reason of its near
approach to the Second Avenue crossing and Mr. Peterson
in the lead a little distance, then suddenly turned in
front of the car, his wheel slipped and he fell. One
report is that his pants caught in the sprocket of the
bicycle, turned him to the right and across the track.
Mr. Peterson had resided in Phoenix for a great many years,
was well known and had a host of friends. He was in the
brick business, living in a cottage near his brick yard
at the southern limit of the Linville Addition. He leaves
a wife and four children. Mrs. Peterson was notified at
once and her grief at her awful misfortune was pitiful to
behold. Mr. Peterson though of Danish family, was born in
Germany and was 53 years old. The funeral will be held
under the auspices of the United Workman, the Oddfellows
and the Woodman of the World at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
JOHN PHILLIPS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 22, 1904
Another murder has been added to the long list of desert
station tragedies. A message was received at the office
of the sheriff last night saying that John Phillips, the
keeper of the Winters' Station had been murdered. The
message came from Wessex. The body of Phillips was
discovered yesterday by a man by the name of Collie and
was reported to Dolph Evans, an employee of the Buckeye
Canal Company who reported it to the office of the
company whence it was made known to the sheriff's office.
From the appearance of the body, John Phillips had been
dead about three days. The head had been eaten off by
coyotes. There was a bullet hole in the body but the
discoverer of it did not say in what part. There was a
rifle lying between Phillips feet and a shot gun standing
behind the door of the station but neither of these weapons
had the appearance of having been used. There were burro
tracks about the door of the station and also tracks of a
man leaving the station. So far as is known at the office
of the sheriff there are no other clues.
Upon receipt of the news of the tragedy Justice Burnett
issued a warrant for the arrest of John Doe, charging
him with the murder and Deputy Sheriff Oscar Roberts
left last night for the scene. He was accompanied by a
dead wagon from Mohn and Dorris to bring in the body.
Phillips was well known in Phoenix and all through this
part of the country where he had lived for a great many
years. He had been in charge of the station for the
last five years. He was about forty years old. Nothing
could be learned last night of his relatives. He was
unmarried.
The station at Winters Wells is one of the loneliest in
the country. It is on the Hassayampa on the Harqua Hala
Road and about thirteen miles north of the Buckeye Canal.
The station is the property of E.F. Winters of this city.
He was informed last night of the death of the deeper and
he will send another man to take charge.
