The will of Samuel Cook who died Wednesday morning was
opened yesterday. It named Solomon Bashan and Harvey E.
Wilson as executors and the property of the estate was
disposed of as follows: The south half of the lot on
which the Free Methodist Church stands was bequeathed
to the Salvation Army. The testator also expressed
his desire that his funeral should be with humble
ceremony and that after his just debts and funeral
expenses were paid for, all remaining personal
property should be turned over to the Salvation
Army. Aside from personal effects there is no
other known property except the $215 in cash
which was found by Mr. Gray and Mr. Bashan shortly
after the death of Mr. Cook, hidden in a box beneath
the fireplace. He had never told his friends where
he kept his ready money, but by inference he had
suggested it so closely that they had little trouble
locating it.
J.P. COOLIDGE
December 27, 1901
Mr. John P. Coolidge died Wednesday evening at his ranch,
one and a half miles north of the Indian School. He was in
ill health when he came here a few months ago but improved
so rapidly at first that he decided to make this his home
and engage in farming to some extent. But he was taken
considerably worse not long ago and sank very rapidly till
the end. Mrs. Coolidge and her mother and the father of
the dead man are all here but the death of Mr. Coolidge
has changed their plans. They will sell everything and
return to their former home in Illinois, where the remains
will be sent tonight for interment.
MRS. CHARLES CORBELL
April 16, 1901
Mrs. Charles Corbell of Tempe died on Sunday of blood
poisoning after an illness of ten days. She was seized
on her return from a visit to Phoenix. Until her late
illness Mrs. Corbell enjoyed unusually good health.
She was a resident of the territory for twenty years
and of Tempe for nearly ten years. Seven children
are left motherless.
CHARLES CORDELL
December 25, 1901
Charles Cordell, who lived in this city for several years,
passed suddenly from life to death on Monday afternoon. At
noon he was on the street but he looked like a very sick man.
He was destitute and made application for admission to the
county poor farm where he had been once before. Shortly
after noon he was sent out to the farm and after shaking
hands with some of his acquaintances, he complained of
extreme weakness and begged to lie down. Within a few
minutes he was dead. Cordell was quite a familiar figure
on the street and has been much about town lately. A week
ago he was a clerk at the charter election in the Fourth
Ward. He came to town as a gambler in a small way and for
some time was connected with a policy game. He had for
several years been addicted to the use of drugs and was
once sent to the asylum. He was discharged as cured but
as in all these cases, the cure was not permanent.
Though his condition was of poverty and disease, he was
always cheerful.
ANTON CORELLO
August 8, 1901
Anton Corello was drowned in a ditch near Glendale on
Tuesday night. He was working on the ranch of H.W.
Hamilton. He was last seen alive by the ranch foreman,
J.R. Hughes, who left him along in the evening to watch a
check gate with instructions to close it at a certain time.
Corello had an infirmity on account of which he was never
set to irrigating alone. He was subject to epileptic fits.
They were not of long duration but they always lasted long
enough to drown the victim if he should happen to fall into
the water.
The foreman saw no more of Corello that night and when he
could not be found yesterday morning parties were sent out
to search for him. They naturally went to the check-gate
first and seeing nothing of him in that neighborhood they
spread out over the fields. The hunt was at last given
up. It was the opinion of the searchers that Corello
perhaps feeling an attack coming on, had started to town
after medicine.
On the way back the hunters passed the check gate again.
Someone saw an article of clothing in the water a short
distance below. Corello was there, face downward and had
been dead for several hours or at least since 10 o'clock
the night before ,the time when the foreman had told him to
close the gate. He had done so, but must have immediately
fallen, for he had been carried down the ditch and around a
bend by the last rush of water.
The body was found about 3 o'clock. It was not removed
from the ditch but a telephone message was sent to the
sheriff's office. Justice Burnett accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Williams, went out and held an inquest. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by accidental
drowning. Corello was about 50 years old. An uncle,
Figuero Peralta, keeps a saloon in the southern part of
town.
J.T. COUCHAINE
November 12, 1901
About 7 o'clock Sunday evening Joe T. Couchaine, a French-
Canadian from Bodie, California committed suicide at Tempe
by shooting himself in the mouth with a large caliber
revolver.
Mr. Couchaine was an old mining man, but was a victim of
lung trouble. About a year ago he came to Tempe for his
health, but steadily grew worse until for the past few
weeks a greater portion of the time he was confined to his
room.
Unquestionably despondence was the cause of his rash act.
The deed was undoubtedly fully planned before being put into
execution. The deceased resided near the Nicholas Saloon in
the east part of town. Just before taking his life, Couchaine
handed Nicholas his watch, who thrust it into his pocket
without examining the timepiece and started for his saloon.
Before reaching it, the fatal shot was fired. He immediately
hurried back only to find his friend seated in a chair, dead.
A large six shooter lay on the floor between his feet.
Upon examining the watch the deceased had given him, Nicholas
found a note thrust through the ring at the top, which read:
"To Nicholas from Joe--Goodbye, suffered enough; cannot stand
it."
Judge Tomlinson and other composing the coroner's jury
decided that the deceased came to his death by his own hand.
Nicholas who has for some time befriended the dead man, has
been watching and caring for his body after death.
B.W. COYLE
October 29, 1901
Frank J. Coyle received a telegram Sunday afternoon of his
brother Rev. B.W. Coyle at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Father Coyle
spent last February here, the guest of Frank Coyle and
during his stay in the city made many friends who will be
pained to learn of his death. He preached once and
officiated at other services in St. Mary's Catholic Church
during his visit. Beside Frank Coyle the dead man is
mourned here by two other brothers and a sister, Messrs.
Thomas and A.J. Coyle and Miss Alice Coyle and by his aged
mother, Mrs. Ellen Coyle.
WILL CRAVENS
November 8, 1901
Last Tuesday morning about 3 o'clock Deel and Company's
Saloon in Naco was the scene of a tragic incident that
exemplified at the same time the inevitable fate of the
robber and the stern performance of his dangerous and
unpleasant duty by a brave officer. The Bisbee Review
gives the following story of the incident:
A number of people were in the saloon when two men, masked
and armed, entered from the back. The onlookers were ordered
to throw their hands up and get in line. Their command was
obeyed with one or two exceptions, one being Livvy Robinson.
Livvy jumped behind the bar and grabbed a pistol, an empty
one as it turned out, and snapped it several times at the
bandit who was on guard. Finding the weapon useless he got
behind the bar. One of the robbers went to the roulette
table and commenced putting the money in a sack.
While this was being done, S. Ross, the bartender, crept
behind the men who were lined up. E.P. Ells, the deputy
sheriff and deputy constable, had just stepped into the
room and was for the moment compelled to line up. But the
bartender, Ross had secured the sawed off shotgun and was
crawling back. He gave the shotgun which was loaded with
buckshot to Deputy Constable Ells, who stepped forward
and fired at the man robbing the roulette table. The
robber gave a single cry of pain and fell dead, shot
through the heart.
His partner turned and ran for the door. Ells fired at him
but a man sat in the way at the lunch counter and the officer
had to aim to the left. The fugitive half turned around and
cried out so it appeared he was hit. However, he got off.
Justice Greaves was called an a coroner's jury summoned.
Evidence showed the fact of the hold up and Mr. Deel, who
gave evidence, thought the dead robber was a man he knew
well at Safford. This opinion was also agreed on by another
witness, but afterwards, E. Acord, who had arrived in town
last evening positively identified the man as Will Cravens,
a cowboy of Dog Springs, New Mexico. He described his boots
and clothes. Acord had worked with him at Dog Springs. The
deceased is well connected and his people are reported
wealthy.
Several shots were fired at the retreating robber by G.S.
Crockett, but without apparent effect. The action of Ross
and Livvy Robinson was certainly just luck. The jury
returned a verdict of "death by gunshot at the hands of
Officer E.P. Ells in the performance of his duty". The
large crowd assembled to hear the reading of the verdict
gave Mr. Ells three rousing cheers and thanked him for his
prompt and brave conduct.
Constable Hudspeth was on the scene at once on hearing the
shots fired and took charge of the proceedings, forming a
posse which left in pursuit of the escaped robber.
The horse of the dead man was found and pronounced a fine,
well trained animal. A Winchester rifle, sack of food and
other necessaries were attached to the saddle. The man had
on a blue mask with eye holes and a long bottom part. He was
a tall, well built man, young, with red hair and moustache.
