Mrs. Doheney
claimed that the sale was merely a fraud to cheat
her out of her share, took the house by storm and
has since held it against all comers. A suit for
divorce was also instituted by her. Doheney Sr.
has for a number of years been a well-known
contractor in this city and Tempe, attending
especially to masonry and brickwork. He was
a superior workman and was rarely idle. He had
just finished the residence of C.S. Masten, in
Collins Addition.
Inquest of James Doheney
July 20, 1890
The jury of the inquest met yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock at Justice Richard's office.
The examination was conducted by Assistant District
Attorney Williams.
J.M. Phillips was the first
witness. He testified to the fact that he was
called by Mrs. Doheney to go to her husband and
that he found him dead upon the back stairs of the
West End House.
Mrs. Julia Doheney, wife of the
murdered man and mother of the slayer, was next
examined. She stated that she was over at Mrs.
Mellon's across Washington Street from the West
End House about 9:30 pm. She had left her son
William at home alone on the top floor of the
hotel.
The hotel was occupied only by herself
and son, most of the rooms being vacant. She
had been at Mrs. Mellon's about fifteen minutes
when she heard a pistol shot from the direction
of home. She got Abbie Mellon to accompany her
and after a little delay they started across the
street. When half way to the house another shot
was fired and then she saw by the flash of lightning
two men run from the building, one going east and
the other west on Washington Street. She went over,
saw something on the stops that she thought was her
husband, and then called Phillips who lives but a
short distance away.
She was not living with James Doheney at the time. He was
a native of Kilkenny
County Ireland and was aged 56 years. Mrs. Doheney
is a woman of 55 years with the lines of care
plainly visible upon her countenance.The next
witness was Miss Debbie Mellon. She corroborated
in the main the testimony of Mrs. Doheney.
Igancio Robles was next put upon the stand. He testified
substantially the same as the story told to the
reporter on Friday evening. Dr. Stern gave
evidence regarding the characteristics of the
wound.
The accused, William Doheney took the
stand in the afternoon. He commenced to give a
statement but was checked by his attorneys,
Baker and Campbell who refused to let him speak.
The jury brought in a verdict that deceased "came
to his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by
William Doheney." A warrant was issued for
the arrest of the accused. He will have his
preliminary examination early next week.
Arrangements have been perfected for the funeral
of the victim from Undertaker Bacon's on Center
Street at 5 pm today.
JOHN C. EGLOFF
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 22, 1890
The will of John C. Egloff was yesterday filed in the office
of the probate judge. It bequeaths his property consisting
of a ranch north of Wickenburg to his wife, Eliza excepting
only several horses and cows, which are devised to his sons.
Eliza Egloff is named as executor to serve without bond.
The deceased passed away of lingering consumption on August
12. He was an old timer in the territory latterly having
been employed at Wickenburg in the store of E.O. Grant and
Company.
Kirk Epsey
Arizona Republican Newspaper
December 8, 1890
Graham County--Kirk Epsey was shot and killed by James
Parks, last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock at the
Whitlock-Cienega Ranch about thirty five miles southeast
of Solomonville, where the cattle round up had encamped
the night previous. Epsey started the row, firing at
Parks. The fire was returned with fatal results. Parks
was acquitted by the grand jury.
Epsey was a partner in the cattle business with Tom Hughes,
of the San Pedro, with cattle ranging on Bonita Creek. He
had not been long in the country but was looked upon by his
acquaintances as a steady industrious young man.
James Parks is well,known in this county, about 23 years
old and not a man who would seek a difficulty. No one
regrets the affair more than he.
PRIVATE WILLIAM FLEMING
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 28, 1890
Jefferson Wilson is on trial for his life. In the district
court yesterday Jefferson Wilson and Primus Douglas were
called to the bar to plead to the charge of having murdered
Private William Fleming at Fort Apache last November.
Fleming had made himself obnoxious to Sergeant Logan, of the
squad to which himself and the prisoners belonged and Logan
had endeavored to induce Fleming to desert, promising to give
him time to get away. This Fleming refused to do. Instead
he prepared charges against Logan to be submitted to a
regimental court martial and on the very night before he
intended handing in these charges, his body was found near
the post. He had been beaten, evidently with clubs. An
inquiry followed, conducted by the officers at the post,
and the result was the arrest of Douglas and Wilson who are
alleged to have committed the murder at the instigation of
Logan and of the latter for conspiracy to murder. The
prosecutor will endeavor to establish that the prisoners
committed the deed not alone to curry favor with the
petty officer immediately above them, but also in
consideration of the payment to them of a small sum
in hard cash.
When the case was called yesterday, Attorney Rouse appeared
for the defendants and interposed a demurrer to the indictment
upon the grounds that the Court had no jurisdiction in a crime
committed on an Indian reservation and upon the further grounds
that the indictment itself was defective.
The word of securing a jury then began but had not proceeded
far before a special venier for twenty-five additional men
was demanded. The jury as finally constituted is as follows:
C.M. Williams, David Kyle, D.D. Recarte, Ben Seldman, George
Wilder, George Beardsley, S.P. Coble, Bruce Perley, P.A.
Phillips, H. Schumache, W. Talbot and T.P. Teele.
The trial will be resumed today and will probably consume
several days there being upward of fifty witnesses to be
examined.
GEORGE FOSTER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 10, 1890
Tucson -- The Coroner's inquest of George Foster met this
morning at 10 o'clock and important testimony was adduced.
Some Mexican boys testified that hey saw Foster under some
cottonwood trees back of the Osborn place, asleep, his
shoes and coat off. He was lying on the coat using the
shoes as a pillow. Dr. Spencer testified that he did not
drown, as there was no water in his lungs. Examination of
the stomach revealed no crystals of strychnine but no
analysis showed the presence of the drug in quantities
sufficient to kill though how much can only be estimated
by the quantity missing from the bottle, some seven or
eight grains. The Doctor says that persons poisoned by
strychnine have no desire for water and that the only
reason that the deceased could have for entering the stream
would be to make death sure if not from poison, from
drowning.
Mary Frazer
Arizona Republican Newspaper
December 7, 1890
Mrs. Mary Frazer, mother of Mrs. J.A. Marshall, died
yesterday at the residence of J.A. Marshall on Washington
Street near the Capitol Addition. Mrs. Frazer was a
native of Nova Scotia and 64 years of age. She had been
ill for a long time but only within the past few days has
there been apprehension of its fatal termination.
MARY FRUSH
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 4, 1890
Miss Mary Frush, who was drowned at Globe while out boating
with Sheriff Jerry Ryan of Gila County on Monday was formerly
a resident of Phoenix and was well known here.
