MARY E. HACKETT
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 5, 1910
A telegram was received here Friday afternoon announcing the
death of Mary E. Hackett in Portland Oregon.
Mrs. Hackett made her home here for several years and will be
remembered by many. She was the mother of Will Hackett and
the grandmother of Mrs. Hugh Laird.
WILLIAM B. HESLIN
January 2, 1910, Arizona Republican
The funeral of William B. Heslin took place yesterday
afternoon at two o'clock from the chapel of Mohn and
Driscoll, Rev. Mr. Sinex officiating. Interment was
made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Heslin has been a
resident of the territory for several years and his
many friends throughout the territory will hear with
regret of his death. He was for some years a resident
of Tucson, being connected with the store department
of the Southern Pacific. After that he identified
himself with the engineering department of the Arizona
Eastern railroad at Winkelman, where he was stationed
up to the time of his last illness. Among those who
came to the city to attend the funeral was J. Barlow,
assistant engineer of the Arizona Eastern.
J.M. HOOBER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 10, 1910
Mr. Button of the Berryhill store has received word of the
death of his brother-in-law, Rev. J.M. Hoober, which occurred
on the night of September 6 in Kansas City where he
had been operated on sometime before for cancer of the
stomach. The interment will be or by this time probably, has
been made in the former home of the deceased
in Iowa. Mrs. Hoober expects to return to Phoenix
but cannot say how soon. Mr. Hoober was a highly respected
citizen of Phoenix, owning a home at the corner of
Second and Taylor Streets and though a minister had
practically retired. He was the president of the humane
society of Phoenix.
E.B. Knox
January 13, 1910
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Elisha B. Knox died yesterday morning at the asylum for the
insane of a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was suddenly
stricken in his apartment shortly after rising and falling
on the floor expired in a few minutes. The body was removed
to the Merryman undertaking parlors and embalmed and unless
relatives direct to the contrary, it will be taken to Los
Angeles within the next two weeks by L.E. Hewins and
cremated in accordance with his expressed wish to Mr.
Hewins. With the passing of the deceased there ends
one of the most pitiable stories of human misfortune,
demanding in its fulfillment the lives of three persons,
one incident of it being a harrowing tragedy the fatal
shooting by Knox of his second wife in a frenzy of insanity.
E.B. Knox was born in Johnstown, N.Y. about forty five
years ago and so early as fifteen or twenty years ago he
appreciated that the eastern climate was not adapted to
his longevity so he went as far west as Ouray Colorado
where he remained for a time. Coming here in 1896 with
his first wife he was made cashier of the Phoenix
National bank. It had by this time become apparent
that he was stricken with tuberculosis though in
appearance he was not a very sick man. He continued
in the service of the bank, proving a most worthy
official until 1901 when he resigned on account of ill
health. His wife died about that time and at her
request he took the body to Los Angeles for cremation.
Thereafter he lived at various places in California
coming to Phoenix occasionally on account of health
or business.
During the winter of 1907 he was in Phoenix on such a
visit when a complication of his illness necessitated
a surgical operation. Miss Ida A. Foxhall attended him
as nurse during that ordeal and they became much attached
to each other. In the spring of 1908 he went back to
California, where a short time after he was joined by
Miss Foxhall and they were married. The health of Mr.
Knox continued to decline and in early October he and
his wife decided to come to Phoenix and spend the winter
on a ranch advising Mr. Hewins to secure them a fitting
place.
They arrived here on October 24 or 25 and secured rooms
at the Sixth Avenue Hotel. Mrs. Knox it later developed,
had for two or three weeks before begun to suspect her
husband's sanity but was devoted to him and tried to keep
the facts from friends as much as possible, thinking she
could care for him and that he would shortly be himself
again in this climate. However his hallucinations
increased constantly and he complained that he was beset
by electrical currents that had designs upon him, averring
that his room in the hotel was filled with them. The night
of October 25 they spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hewins and the next morning Mr. Hewins persuaded Mr.
Knox that he would be better in a hospital until he was
strong enough to go to the country, but promised to take
him out to see a ranch that day. It was early morning
and Mr. Hewins went to the depot to bid goodbye to a
brother who was leaving. Mr. and Mrs. Knox were to
come down town on a car and meet him at the hotel.
Hardly had Mr. Hewins left home when Mr. Knox asked his
wife to take a walk. They went into the backyard and he
asked her to go to the barn. Once inside of it he closed
the door and drew a revolver, when she received her first
intimation of his deadly purpose. She engaged him in a
scuffle for possession of the weapon and a moment later
she was fatally shot. Knox then attempted suicide,
through an unsuccessful effort to sever the arteries
of his wrists. Both were removed to a hospital where
Mrs. Knox died the next morning.
Mr. Knox said he regretted that he had to kill her but
there was nothing else that could be done and it was due
to the electrical forces which hedged him about.
For a time he gained physically in the asylum and even
mentally seemed to improve and became quite rational on
all subjects, save his own illness. Another sad end
was that the telegram announcing his awful deed by his
eastern relatives was received at a time when his
mother was not strong and she having a heart affection,
on hearing the news died instantly.
For E.B. Knox it an be said that until these tragic things
began to occur no person was held in higher esteem in
this city. He was a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman,
appreciated by a wide circle of friends and respected
by all. It is believed that one of the precipitating
causes of his mental unbalance was the sudden death of
a brother at the old home at Johnstown, N.Y. over which
he grieved deeply. This brother was the manufacturer
of "Knox Gelatin" and the successful business he built
up is still conducted by his sons.
Mrs. James Lamson
January 10, 1910
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Major E.M. Lamson received a telegram yesterday morning
conveying the sad news of the death of his mother, Mrs.
James M. Lamson at Waukegan, Ill. Mrs. Lamson ws 84 years
and 4 months old and the oldest of fourteen children, two
of whom survive her, a brother and a sister both past
seventy. Mrs. Lamson first came to Phoenix in 1890 and
remained eight months. She returned in 1899 and lived
at the home of Major Lamson until she returned to Illinois
eighteen months ago. She had been ill about nine months.
Her husband, J.G. Lamson died in Phoenix in 1890 and is
buried here.
JAMES P. LINDSEY
January 3, 1910, Arizona Republican
James P. Lindsey was shot and killed near Solomonville
by Tom Waddill on Saturday, according to belated advices
received here today.
Waddill, a youth of eighteen, claims that he shot Lindsey,
a pioneer of Graham County, after the latter had fired
at him as a result of a trivial quarrel. The shooting
occurred at a camp in the Clark mining district where
Lindsey owned a number of claims.
MRS. ROBERT E. MORRISON
January 2, 1910, Arizona Republican
Mrs. Robert E. Morrison died at Prescott yesterday morning
of Bright's disease of which she had been a sufferer for
months. Mrs. Morrison spent the greater part of last summer
in California and later she was at the hospital in this city
for some time. For a short time after her return to Prescott,
she seemed to gain strength.
Mrs. Morrison was a brilliant woman and was quite well known
throughout the territory. She first made a tour of Arizona
during the campaign of Mr. Morrison for election as delegate
in congress. She took an active part in the campaign and
created a most favorable impression everywhere. She took
a deep interest in the organization of this territory of
the order of the Knights of Columbus, in which Mr. Morrison
is a leader. At many of the more important functions of
the knights in nearly every lodge, Mrs. Morrison was present.
On receipt yesterday morning of the news of her death,
several condolatory telegrams were sent by the local
knights to Mr. Morrison.
