WILLIAM H. RULE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 28, 1904
William H. Rule of Tucson died at the Sisters Hospital in
that city on Saturday last. Mr. Rule was 69 years of age
and was a native of Scotland. When a small boy he removed
with his parents to DeWitt Iowa where he remained until
about 25 years ago, when he came to the Pacific coast and
settled in Tucson where he has lived ever since and was
recognized as a good and progressive citizen. He married
in Tucson, Miss Angeline F. Yorba and leaves a widow and
two children, a girl 12 and a boy 8 years of age. Mr.
Rule was a successful business man and had accumulated
sufficient property to care for those whom he left behind.
C.M. SABIN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 2, 1904
Friends of C.M. Sabin in this city were both surprised and
shocked to learn by telegraph that Mr. Sabin died yesterday
afternoon in that city of pneumonia. So far as any of his
Phoenix friends knew he had not been sick and a gentleman
who saw him less than a week ago said he seemed at that
time to be in his usual health. Mr. Sabin so far as known
here, until his fatal illness, had always enjoyed the best
of health and was one of the last men in the world that a
stranger would think was marked for such a sudden ending
of his career through illness. Mr. Sabin until early
this summer, had for five years been in charge of the
Pullman Car Service on the S.F. P. & P. Railroad. He
was married in Prescott a year ago last July and both
he and Mrs. Sabin lived here till a few weeks ago, when
he secured an extended vacation and went to Prescott
for the summer. He was interested in some extent in
Yavapai Mines and was spending the summer in rest and
in looking after these interests. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Sabin made many friends here being popular with all
who knew them and the sympathy of all will be with
Mrs. Sabin in her sudden bereavement.
BOB SCHELL
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 21, 1904
Robert Schell was at 11 o'clock on Tuesday killed by a
premature blast on the Tonto Road. He did not die for
some hours after the explosion, his death occurring at
7:30 in the evening. He was conscious up to within a
few minutes of his death and conversed freely with his
son and others before he died. His body was brought
to Mesa the next day where it was prepared for burial
at the undertaking parlors of Passey and Mets. The
funeral will be held at the Baptist Church at 2 p.m.
Mr. Schiff
November 20, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Valentine Schiff died in east Tempe yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. He has been a sufferer from a complication
of diseases for a number of years and his death was not
unexpected. Mr. Schiff was a native of Ohio where he has
a daughter living at the present time. He was 59 years
old and has been a resident of Arizona for a good many
years.
The body will be prepared for shipment and sent to
Cincinnati Ohio to internment.
HERMAN SCHUTTE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 1, 1904
The wife of and brother of Herman A. Schutte who died on
May 26 at 1201 West Adams Street left yesterday morning
with the body of Mr. Schutte for Rochester Minnesota
where interment will take place. Mr. Schutte was thirty
four years old and came here last year on account of his
ill health and last fall engaged in the real estate
business with Dr. Evans. But he grew worse and was
compelled to give up business. During his brief stay
in Phoenix he made many friends.
E. ANDERSON
February 4, 1897
The funeral of E. Anderson, who died at the Sister's Hospital on
Tuesday morning took place yesterday. The dead man was 26 years
old, had lived in the city about a year and had no relatives in
this part of the country.
GARRETT E. ANDERSON
August 1, 897
The desert has claimed another victim. Garrett E. Anderson, a
retired New York capitalist died on Friday night on the road eleven
miles northeast of the city. The circumstances of his death were
pitiful. Last Thursday accompanied by his wife, he left Phoenix
to visit his son, Joseph Anderson, who was stopping at a mining
camp on Cave Creek. Anderson and his wife reached Taylor's Ranch,
eight miles northeast of town the same afternoon. They stopped
there over night and took an early start the next morning. Mr.
Taylor accompanied them a short distance to show them the
way. They were inadequately provided with water but the distance
was not long and they might reasonably have expected to reach
their destination before noon. They were riding in a phaeton
drawn by a light pony. After traveling until afternoon the
pony, exhausted by the heavy load and the deep sands, gave up
and refused to go further. Having urged him in vain, Mr.
Anderson got out of the phaeton, tried to give the horse all the
small stock of water, and then tried to lead him on. The pony
obstinately refused to go, but on being turned around, traveled
slowly toward Phoenix. He stopped frequently and as
frequently Mr. Anderson got out of the phaeton to coax him to
go on. At last they reached the main Cave Creek Road which they
had left a couple of hours before.
What happened after that is related by John A. Moore, who was
returning from the Mexican Mine. He noticed the peculiar
tracks of the phaeton. At times they proceeded in a zig zag
manner across the road. Sometimes they left it entirely wandering
now to a tree or some other landmark along the roadside. Mr.
Moore suspected the truth, that the horse was traveling without
direction and that the occupant of the buggy was dead or insensible.
He overtook the vehicle eight miles beyond Taylor's Ranch.
Anderson was already dead and his wife was delirious. When
Moore came up she cried, begging him not to leave them. He
gave her water, sparingly at first until she had partially
emerged from the delirium when seeing that her condition was
the result of fright and fatigue rather than the dreadful
delirium that comes from actual want of water, he gave her
the canteen and turned his attention to Anderson who lay in
the buggy not perceptibly breathing. Moore tried in vain to
revive him and then tried to life him from the phaeton to his
own covered wagon but could not. He unhitched the pony and
secured it to the buggy which he fastened to his wagon. Mrs.
Anderson, her husband's head reclining on her shoulder, rode
in the buggy.
From that time that Moore had come he had not manifested a
sign of consciousness or breathing. About 6 o'clock he still
reclined dead, on her shoulder. It was about three miles to
Taylor's Ranch and Moore drove on as rapidly as possibly, for
at the discover of her husband's death Mrs. Anderson was threatened
with collapse. Arriving at the ranch a messenger was sent to
Phoenix for a physician. Dr. Stroud went out and found Mrs.
Anderson suffering from prostration. She recovered so rapidly
that she was able to be brought to town yesterday and later in
the day the son returned with a messenger who had been sent
after him. The body was brought in early in the morning and
embalmed by the Phoenix Undertaking company. It was sent east
last night accompanied by Mrs. Anderson.
From the description given him by Mrs. Anderson of their wanderings
until they returned to the Cave Creek Road, Mr. Moore believed
that at the time the horse stopped on the desert they must have
been within two or three miles of the Cave Creek Station and might
have been able to see the buildings of the Station. Anderson was
a portly man and unused to exercise.
The dead man, a retired New York banker, of prominence, whose
place of business was at 60 Wall Street was about 60 years
of age. He came here nearly six months ago, accompanied by
his wife and son on account of the ill health of the latter,
who was a clerk in the famous French brokers' establishment of
Lazard Freres, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson intended to leave this week for Denver
and started to Cave Creek to bid their son farewell.
BANGS Infant
September 5, 1897
A sad thing happened on the east bound Southern Pacific train
between Gila Bend and Maricopa on Friday night. A small baby of
Agent Bangs and wife of Texas Hill had been seized with a
violent illness. There was no physician at Texas Hill and there
was no other medicine obtainable there than a bottle of paregoric.
Mrs. Bangs started for Tucson with the baby. Mr. H.E. Kemp,
who was on the train, saw that unless relief could be obtained
before the train reached Tucson it would come too late. The
Phoenix train had already gone but had not reached Tempe. He
telegraphed Dr. Jones at Tempe who met the Southern Pacific at
Maricopa. The baby was already dead. It was indeed, dead
half an hour before the agnoized mother could realize it,
for she continually stroked its little hands and face,
communicating the warmth of her own hands which she imagined
to be the warmth of life. She was utterly prostrated and in
need of the services of a physician.
