Detective W.D. Sims left last night for Des Moines,
Iowa with Ed McClain, the fugitive from justice, after
rather an eventful week in Phoenix. When asked yesterday
the nature of the crime for which McClain was held to the
grand jury, Mr. Sims said it was constructively highway
robbery.
McClain's habitat was in the questionable resorts of the
city and to begin with it is supposed he had rolled a man
of a few dollars, intending to join his wife in Omaha at
once. When he got to the depot platform in Des Moines,
he accosted a stranger and asked him the time. The
stranger pulled out a fine watch, the works of which
cost $65 and told him the time. Instantly McClain
seized it and told the stranger that he was a
detective and he was certain that was stolen property
and he would confiscate it.
The stranger was too much appalled by McClain's nerve to
hardly protest while McClain was fading away in the darkness.
After reaching Omaha and making a little money, McClain
sent the necessary amount, together with the pawnticket
from the pawned watch, and asked that the watch be
forwarded to him by express. This instruction was
carried out but the same train that took the watch
also took a detective and when McCLain got the watch
out of the express office, the detective got McClain.
The funeral of McClain's wife or Bertha Belmont, as she
was known in Phoenix has not yet taken place but it is
understood that services will be held today. McClain
did not appear to take a great deal of interest in her
death and he was not especially desirous of staying to
see her buried. Yesterday he asked Detective Sims to
take him to her trunk. He said he believed there would
be found in it a pawnticket for diamonds valued at
$140. The ticket was not found but there was something
else confirmatory of the fact that she and her husband
had been in Des Moines. The detective had said that he
had for some time shadowed Mrs. McClain on the streets
of Des Moines and he had furnished a description of the
clothing she wore at the time. Such clothing as the
officer had described was found in the trunk.
ANGUS MCDOUGALL
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 17, 1905
A telegram was received here yesterday stating that Angus
McDougall died suddenly in the Silver Bell Mine where he
was employed. Mr. McDougall was a brother of Mrs. John
Grant of the firm of Grant Brothers railroad contractors
who are engaged in building the A and C line west of
Wickenburg.
ALEK MCGALVEY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 8, 1905
Livingston, Az -- March opened with a disastrous accident at
Roosevelt causing the death of a man. On March 1, Alek
McGalvey who has been employed for some time by Jack Whitney
on the High Line Road extension near Roosevelt, fell off the
cliff near the dam site over 300 feet to the rocks below.
No one seems to have seen him fall although there were several
men working not far away. One of his companions missed him,
and upon looking over the side of the cliff, saw their comrade
lying on the rocks, a mass of bruises and cuts. He died
before aid could reach him. A coroner's inquest will be
held over McGalvey's body tomorrow. No one at the Dam seems
to know anything of McGalvery's past prior to his coming to
Roosevelt.
A.D. McGinnis
Arizona Republican Newspaper
November 9, 1905
A.D. McGinnis died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at
the residence of his brother, on Grand Avenue about a
mile from Five Points. He has not been in good health
for a long time. He was one of the earliest settlers
in this part of Arizona having come here with his brother
when both were in the army as members of the 32nd
Infantry. They were discharged at Fort McDowell in
1867, two or three years before the Phoenix townsite
was surveyed. They remained in these parts being most
of the time engaged in mining. At the time of his
death, he had a large interest in the Pikes Peak Gold
Mining Company in which his brother and L.E. Hewins of
this city are also associated. He had no relatives
here except his brother.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock at the parlors of
Easterling and Whitney and will be conducted by Rev.
McLean of the First M.E. Church. Subsequent interment
will be made by the John H. Owens Post G.A.R.
D.S. McLean
November 16, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
The following from the North Tonowanda, N.Y. Evening News
will be read with interest and regret by many of the
residents of this place:
A telegram from Detroit announces the death this morning
of Donald S. McLean of 339 Gountry Street, North Tonawanda
at the Cadillac Hotel in Detroit. Mr. McLean contracted
malaria fever and had been confined on his bed in Detroit
over a month. Only a few days ago word was received that
he was somewhat improved in health and it was expected
that he would soon be well enough to be brought home for
treatment. The news of his death therefore came as a
surprise. Mrs. McLean was with her husband when he died.
Mr. McLean ws about fifty years old.
It will be remembered that Mr. McLean with his wife spent
the winter here at the Casa Loma two years ago. Mr.
McLean was a man well liked by all who knew him and
during his residence here he made many friends who
will be sorry to learn of his departure. While here
he was not in the best of health, but the dry climate
of Arizona did much for him and when he left Tempe he
was very much improved.
JAMES McLINDEN
December 8, 1905
Tuesday evening about 7:30 o'clock an aged and highly
respected resident of the county by the name of James
McLinden and familiarly called "Neighbors" dropped dead
in the Scopel Restaurant while he was eating supper.
He had only been in town a short time when he went down
the steps and sat down at one of the tables in the place.
Suddenly he lurched to one side and fell upon the floor
stone dead. Heart failure was the cause of the sudden demise.
"Neighbors" as he was known to everybody was one of the
old time residents of the county and resided on Groom
Creek for many years. He was watchman of some mining
property and stayed at the property most of the time,
coming to Prescott when in need of provisions at camp.
Deceased was a veteran of the Oregon Indian wars, and
was also an Indian fighter in the early days of the
settlement of this county. He had resided here for
thirty years or more, only going back to visit his
relatives in New York once and that was three years ago.
At the present time the relatives of the deceased reside
in Chicago and are well to do. It was currently believed
that Mr. McLinden was also well off. He was known
to lend money on several occasions. He was a tall
man, aged seventy five years and had a grey beard
and walked with a decided limp.
Braulito Medinas
November 11, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
While Pedro Surita shot and killed Braulito Medinas
near Buckeye on the afternoon of October 8, he thought
according to the statement he made to Deputy Sheriff
Charles Williams, he was doing society a good service.
He could not see why the territory should want to hang a
man for killing one who ought to be killed.
The trial of Surita began yesterday morning. The jury
was secured by noon and the taking of evidence began
with the afternoon session. It was concluded before
five o'clock with the testimony of the defendant.
The arguments will be begun this morning.
The killing of Medinas took place about four miles east
of Buckeye on October 8. Both Medinas and Surita were
drunk as were the three witnesses of the homicide. All
of them agreed that Surita drew a pistol and fired one
shot in the air and a second at Medinas. It took effect
in the back of the head and was instantly fatal. All
the parties had come up to the place of the tragedy in
a wagon belonging to Surita. Immediately after the
shooting Surita stood off the crowd with his gun and
taking a saddle from a burro which a boy was riding,
he put it on one of Medina's horses and rode off. He
threatened the others with death in case they should
follow him. They heeded the threat but within two
hours Surita was in custody.
The first person he talked to about the killing was deputy
Sheriff Williams. He said that he had killed Medinas
because he was a bad man. He said that Medinas had
robbed the store at Buckeye and coming back to that
part of the country Surita said that he had constantly
talked about whipping him. According to witnesses the
killing was precipitated by a quarrel about who could
consume the most liquor. It had been the expressed
opinion of Surita that he would win. The quarrel grew
out of drinking bottles of Dago Red mixed with beer.
