Clyde S. Evans, manager of the Standard Oil Company here for
several years and who lived two and a half miles out of the
city on the Black Canyon Road, died yesterday morning at
Sister's Hospital. Death occurred a little after 6 o'clock.
He was seized with an illness last Tuesday. The ailment was
thought to be a slight stomach trouble, but within a couple of
days appendicitis developed and an operation was performed on
Friday. The patient grew steadily worse until the end.
Mr. Evans was about forty years of age and had resided in the
city and the neighborhood for ten years. He was an earnest
worker in the Presbyterian Church and in temperance circles.
He leaves a wife and four children. Arrangements for the
funeral will not be made until the relatives of Mrs. Evans,
who live in Washington, have been heard from.
FREDERICK FACKNER
August 5, 1909
The Republican is in receipt of a letter from Jason J. Shepherd,
commander of John F. Godfrey Post G.A.R., Pasadena, Cal. saying
that a Grand Army man by the name of Frederick Fackner of
Pasadena was killed there on July 28 by falling from a
ladder. He was buried two days later. He was not very
well known there but it was reported that he had a wife and
children somewhere in Arizona. If so and she can make her
claim good, she will be entitled to a pension of $12 per
month. Mr. Shephard desires that the matter be given the
greatest possible publicity and that the other papers of
the territory copy this notice.
MRS. W.R. FAIRBANKS
April 28 ,1909
Fire today destroyed one of the principal residence blocks in
South Bisbee and for a time threatened the destruction of the
whole town. Mrs. W.R. Fairbanks, who lived in a two story house,
was burned to death but this fact was not discovered until some
time after the fire was under control.
Help was summoned from Bisbee and Lowell to aid in controlling
the flames. The property loss is nearly $25,000,about half of
which is covered by insurance.
LOUIS FILE
October 25, 1909
The following item from the Williams News will be of interest
to a great many Phoenix people as the deceased lived here for
many years, going from here to Williams four or five years ago:
Louis File, a barber by trade and a well known pioneer of
Arizona, passed away at the county hospital in Flagstaff
Wednesday night after a short illness. He was taken to the
hospital from this city on Wednesday evening and death came
a few hours later of heart disease.
The deceased was born in France, sixty four years ago and
came to the United States over forty years ago and for years
was prospecting in the Cripple Creek district in Colorado.
He came to Arizona in 1876 and since made his home in Phoenix
and Williams. His wife died in Leadville, Colorado in 1875.
The deceased leaves two grown up sons in France. The
deceased was kindhearted and accommodating. His appetite
for strong drink was his only failing.
Conditions in a pioneer country develop many eccentric
characters; indeed, it might almost be said that all who
live in a pioneer country for a number of years become more
or less peculiar. "Louie, The Barber" was among the most
eccentric, thought he was by no means one of those sour old
cranks whom nobody likes to meet. He was one of the most
pleasant persons in the world. There was almost nothing he
wouldn't do for a friend, be it finding him something to
eat or cooking special dishes for someone. Louie was an
excellent cook. During the last few years of his residence
in Phoenix he conducted a barber shop in a little brick
building facing the alley in the rear of what is now
Griswold's Bicycle Shop or just across the alley from
what was then the Saloon Row on Washington Street. His
shop contained one and sometimes two chairs, the second
for the use of some "broke" barber who chanced along and
wanted to make a dollar. The walls of the little shop
were decorated with all the pictures and cartoons of the
current illustrated papers, calendars, etc. The rear of
the shop contained a bed and bath room and when Louie was
not using either, someone else probably was.
Professionally Louie was just a peculiar as he was personal.
To be a friend of Louie's was to know that his shop was a port
in any storm. When Louie first came to Phoenix the price of a
shave was 25 cents. Competition soon brought it down to 15
cents in the best shops but Louie never changed. He charged 25
cents. Louie had no cash box and ordinarily made no change.
His money lay on a shelf below the mirror. At the conclusion
of his services, a patron was instructed to make his own
change. He did so settling his own figure on the value to
him of the work performed. His favorite phrase was "Well,
you didn't make this world and you can't run it."
TOM FLAHERTY
January 20, 1909
Tom Flaherty died very suddenly on Monday afternoon at 512 South
Second Avenue. Fifteen months ago Mr. Flaherty came here for his
health from his native town, Portland, Maine. Only yesterday
afternoon he was saying how well he felt and that he thought
he was steadily recovering his former good health. J.W. Seybolt,
who is connected with the firm of Mohn and Driscoll had to drive
out in the country on business and invited Mr. Flaherty to with
him yesterday afternoon, soon after lunch. He accepted the
invitation with a great deal of enthusiasm and after the drive,
remarked how well he felt and how he had enjoyed his drive. Mr.
Seybolt drove him home at 4:14 pm and at 5:30 pm he was found
dead in his room. It is thought that through coughing hard, he
had a hemorrhage which caused his death. George Driscoll and
the deceased were old school-fellows and brought up together.
Mr. Flaherty was an insurance man of unusual ability and a
member of the F.O. E. Lodge of Berlin, N.H. He was aged 38
years with no relatives except a brother in the Philippines.
The exact date of the funeral has not been decided.
HARVEY W. FORMAN
November 19, 1909
The funeral of Harvey W. Forman will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Central Methodist Church,
Rev. J.E. Crutchfield officiating. The deceased was a member
of Bethel Church and a brother of its pastor. He was 40 years
old and came to Arizona three years ago, purchasing a property
on the Cave Creek Road, where he lived with his parents until
his death.
MARY FORTIN
November 18, 1909
The funeral of Mary Fortin was held yesterday morning. The
deceased was the mother of J. Fortin of this city, of F.
Fortin of Alton, Illinois who came here to attend the
funeral and the step-mother of Thomas Bassett of Walla
Walla, Washington.
JAMES FOSTER
April 15, 1909
Horribly crippled with rheumatism, suffering untold agony with
the excruciating pains resulting from an incurable disease, in
a strange country without friends and with twenty-six cents as
all his earthly possessions, James Foster, a man between fifty
and sixty years of age decided to end his earthly career by the
poison route which resulted successfully sometime Tuesday night.
Yesterday morning, Foster was found in an adobe room in the rear
of the lot on which the Crismon Brick House is located and which
is rented by Mrs. Lamb, cold in death and with a peaceful smile
playing on his face, as though death had come as the greatest
allay of pain that he had experienced in years.
He had rented the room the day before and had told Mrs. Lamb
that he would go to Phoenix today. He went to his room and laid
down on his own blankets rather than lie on the bed.
A jury. He removed none of his clothing. On his person was
found a package of cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, which
had been purchased at Holladay's Pharmacy and in the fireplace
nearby was found a glass, where it had been tossed into the
ashes and in this was found the deadly poison.
A jury was summoned consisting of L.V. Gutherie, foreman, W.
Aird McDonald, J.W. LeSueur, John Coleman, John Martin, Rial
Morris and C. Fred Brackett, with Justice Irwin as Coroner ex-
officio. The jury went over the case thoroughly in the morning,
Dr. Drane was called in and made a test of the supposed poison
in the glass and pronounced it poison. The verdict was that
as announced above.
Foster had been seen about town for a week past and was last
seen about sundown, Tuesday evening. From letters in his
possession it appears that he at times became very despondent.
It is understood that he is acquainted with Mr. Simmons who
came here a year ago form Montana. This rumor has not as yet
been verified. The body is in charge of the undertakers and
is being held for information from relatives.
