A quarrel over union labor troubles between W.P. Byrne, a miner
and Davis Daletory, president of the local Western Federation of
Miners resulted in the death of the latter last night in Kingman.
The men had been on unfriendly terms since the recent labor
troubles at the Tom Reed Mining Camp. Byrne, it is alleged,
waylaid Daletory and beat him to death with a revolver. The
murderer was brought here for safe keeping. There are threats
of lynching.
MRS. W.T. DELANO
November 22, 1909
Word was received from Wickenburg yesterday of the death at
10 o'clock am of Mrs. W.T. Delano, well known in this city,
due to complication of heart trouble and asthma. Mrs.
Delano has made Phoenix her home for some years until
recently when she moved to Wickenburg, thinking the
location more to her advantage physically as she has been
an invalid for a long time. Her husband who is an engineer
employed by the Santa Fe has a Wickenburg-Parker run and
has made Wickenburg his home. Beside the bereaved husband,
Mrs. Delano is survived by Miss Ethel Wise, a niece who has
lived with her since childhood. Miss Wise who is employed
in the auditor's office was at the bedside of her aunt
during her last days and returned from Wickenburg yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Delano has been known as an earnest
Christian woman and her death will be sincerely mourned.
ANTONIO DELGADO
August 9, 1909
An inquest was held by Coroner Johnstone yesterday on the body
of Antonio Delgado, who had died suddenly in the lower part of
town. He was a man of seventy six and had been in ill health
for sometime. Yesterday morning he arose, feeling no worse
than usual and went to the house of a neighbor for breakfast.
Soon after as he was walking in the yard he complained of a
sudden sickness and then the blood gushed forth. In a few
moments he was dead. The jury found that death had resulted
from natural causes.
A.H. DEMRICK
May 3, 1909
The saddest of all tragedies in connection with the construction
of the Roosevelt Dam, occurred yesterday morning about 9 o'clock
when A.H. Demrick was drowned and A.L. Harris narrowly escaped
death in the sluicing tunnel, through which the water runs from
the reservoir to the river below the dam. Several lives have
been forfeited in the progress of this work but usually the
victims have of their own violation taken chances against
danger.
A.H. Demrick was an electrical engineer in charge of all the
electrical and power construction of the project. A brother
resides at Mesa City and was immediately informed and left in
the direction of Roosevelt. The body was recovered within an
hour after the drowning and dispatched toward Phoenix.
Undertaker Tom Whitney of Easterling and Whitney left on the
noon train for Mesa City where an automobile was secured and
he proceeded to Fish Creek Station where according to telephonic
services, the body arrived about mid afternoon and met by the
bereaved brother.
According to the story of Mr. Harris, he was in one of the side
chambers and up on a ladder when he heard Demrick call to him
and he immediately began to climb down. He saw and heard the
seething water below but could not see Demrick. When about eight
feet from the bottom of the ladder, it began to topple and Harris
jumped into the swirling torrent. As he did so he saw Demrick
some distance below on the crest of a wave, throwing his hands
wildly. He was probably trying to make the boat and hold it in
the hope of saving himself and Harris. The next instant Harris
was submerged and knows nothing more that happened until some
minutes later when he found himself in a big pool in the river
below the dam. His hand was seized by a man who chanced to be
near the tunnel opening when the water came pouring out. This
man says he saw Demrick shoot by an instant before Harris but
in trying to save the latter he lost sight of Demrick, whose
body was not recovered until nearly an hour later from the
river below.
Mr. Demrick was about thirty eight years old and claimed Detroit
as his home. He has been connected with the Salt River project
since the fall of 1893. It will be recalled by many that Mr.
Demrick also narrowly escaped death a few months ago through a
mysterious explosion in the penstock tunnel at Roosevelt where
the water wheels of the big power plant are set. He and two
other men entered that chamber with candles and ignited an
accumulation of gas. All were burned but Mr. Demrick was injured
the worst.
Mr. Demrick was one of the best liked men in the service, modest,
quiet and unassuming and highly regarded by all. He was not a
married man. A brother resides at Mesa City and his father was
here sometime ago, then returned to Michigan.
JOHN J. DENNEY
August 17, 1909
John J. Denney, a gardener forty five years of age, died
yesterday morning north of the city where he and a partner
were running a garden. The cause of death was tuberculosis.
He had been quite ill for a long time but as he had not had
medical attention an inquest was held by acting Coroner
Parker.
DENVER and RIO GRANDE RAILROAD DISASTER
January 15, 1909
Twenty one are known to have been killed and more than a score
injured, may of them seriously. This tells the appalling story
in a few words of one of the most disastrous railroad wrecks in
the history of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad last night when
passenger train number 5, known as the California Through,
traveling at a high speed, crashed into an east-bound freight
train with terrific force. The wreck occurred at Dotsero siding,
twenty two miles east of Glenwood Springs.
As soon as news spread, every available physician and nurse was
pressed into service and a special train left for the scene,
arriving there shortly after midnight. There was much suffering
owning to the cold weather and inadequate accommodation at
Dotseros.
Body after body was taken from the wreckage and for a time it
appeared as though the heartrending task would never be
completed. The bodies were laid side by side on a bier amid the
agonizing shrieks of husband and wife, child and parent as they
searched among the dead for their loved ones, many of whom were
mangled beyond recognition.
A pathetic feature of the accident was the killing of a father
and mother, leaving two small children, the older four and the
younger two years old. The elder boy told a nurse at the
sanitarium that his father called him Bennie and this is all
he will say. From fellow passengers it was learned that the
family was en route to Grand Junction to visit relatives. It
is supposed that Mr. and Mrs. Kettle, whose names appear among
the dead were the parents of these two little ones, who are
badly injured.
Another sad case was the destruction of an entire family with the
exception of an infant of three months. This helpless child was
taken care of by a kind family of Shoshone which intends to adopt
the survivor of a once happy family.
One of the remarkable incidents of the wreck was the marvelous
escape from the ill-fated chair car of Mr. Stall, a Pueblo,
Colorado salesman. Mr. Stall escaped without a scratch but
is thought tonight to be on the verge of a nervous collapse.
The identified dead are:
J.D. Mahon, Princeton, Indiana
A.A. Hamilton, Polo, Illinois
W.C. Kettle, Ashton, Neb.
Mrs. Mattie Kettle, Ashton, Neb.
Mrs. Mattie Ezell, Willston, N.D.
J.W. Olson, St. Louis
Dr. Arivlle A. Olson, Hilldredth, Neb.
Rev. R.L. Meiley, Brooklyn, NY
Clarence A. Gooding, Washington
John Williams, Clarks, Neb.
J.C. Davis, Denver
Henry Dunn, St. Louis.
Among the injured are: W.D. Maxey, 1432 Walnut St., Los Angeles
and Mrs. A.W. McCauley and child, Los Angeles.
MRS. DEZENDORF
June 15, 1909
Receiver, Charles Arnold received a telegram yesterday afternoon
from Fred C. Dezendorf, who is now in Prescott, announcing the
sudden death of Mrs. Dezendorf of hemorrhage of the lungs. Of
her immediate family her husband and four children survive. Mr.
Dezendorf is Chief of the sixth field division, or Arizona
Division, of the General Land Office and has been assigned
to work in this territory for some time. Mrs. Dezendorf
has not had good health for some years and about a year ago
Mr. Dezendorf brought his family to Phoenix. They have
resided in North Third Avenue until recently, when Mrs.
Dezendorf went to Prescott for the summer. He left for
Prescott Sunday morning to be with her for a few days. So
far as has been learned here, Mrs. Dezendorf was in her
usual health until yesterday.
