Thursday night Mrs. Ennis was taken ill and her husband
called on Dr. Scott Helm for relief. Morphine was prescribed
and Mr. Ennis on returning administered the medicine. The
patient seemed relieved and soon sank into a sleep but a
sleep which was destined to have no wakening. In the
morning Mr. Ennis rose at an early hour and attempted
to awake his wife without success. He immediately called
on Doctor Helm who arrived two hours later, just as the
woman was expiring.
It was reported at a late hour last night at the office
that Mr. Ennis blamed his wife's death to carelessness on
the part of the attending and attempted to shoot Dr. Helm,
but he was disarmed by neighbors. Owing to the lateness of
the hour, The Republican was unable to corroborate these
statements but the matter is being investigated.
Mr. Ennis is a freighter by trade and a hard working man.
He has been extremely unfortunate of late. Last spring he
lost his home in the flood and a few months later his home,
which had been rebuilt, was burned. He is a member of the
A.O.U. W. The funeral of Mrs. Ennis will take place today
at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Ennis Case
March 29, 1892
In the Republican of the 27th there appeared an article
reporting the death of Mrs. Ennis. In this statement was
made that certain relatives felt that Mrs. Ennis' death
was caused by an overdose of morphine and that Mr. Ennis
had threatened the life of Dr. Helm, the attending
physician. The Republican has carefully and diligently
investigated the matter and now has now cause to believe
that the case was misrepresented. The statements
originally made came from members of Mr. Ennis' own
family and the Republican has what it considers
sufficient proof of their correctness to maintain
what it said on its own responsibility and the
personal responsibility of the writer.
The item was printed without malice toward Dr. Helm was
simply as a matter of news that was current on the streets
Saturday evening.
HARMON GREENHAW
January 24, 1892
Fearful of painful reflections the future might present to
them, the parents of little Harmon Greenhaw, who died on
Thursday last, after careful and thoughtful deliberation
and a consultation with two doctors, decided not to inter
the body at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon as had been
previously arranged.
The cause of the boy's death was convulsions, precipitated
by overeating canned grapes. He was five and a half years
of age and Wednesday evening he and his little sister
between them, ate a pound can of Tokay grapes. During
the night the lad's overindulgence developed itself, and
although everything known to medical skill and loving
parent's care could suggest were employed, death ended
all earthly sufferings during the day of Thursday.
After the spark of life had taken its departure the body
was prepared for burial. The flesh remained warm and the
features continued lifelike. Hours came and went and still
there was no change in the condition of the boy. Friday,
the same heat of Thursday was visible and the face was
barren of the indications usually noticeable after
dissolution. The parents and friends of the deceased
began to feel anxious over the remarkable and mysterious
state of affairs and as the hour appointed for interment
drew near they concluded to have a medical examination
made of the remains.
Yesterday forenoon, Doctors Hughes and Sabine visited the
Greenhaw residence and made a careful examination of the
body. The heat and lifelike features were still visible
but the body was perfectly rigid and there was not the
slightest signs of respiration. The boy is dead, were
the assuring words of the doctors, but they , observing
the painful anxiety of the parents consented that the
burial be postponed for twenty four hours. Similar
cases are known to medical science and Dr. Hughes
explains for the evident indications of life in this
case the healthy condition of the blood and the
remarkable development and vigor of the youth.
MRS. T.W. GRINNELL
February 8, 1892
Among the passengers who took their departure from the city
on yesterday's early morning train was a gentleman whose
head was bowed down in grief, and his heart pierced with
sorrow. His name is T.W. Grinnell, and he was going back to
Bay City, Mich., where he will consign to the grave the
remains of his beloved wife.
The deceased came to Phoenix several weeks ago with the
hope that the climate would benefit her health and she
engaged apartments at the Vendome. Her malady, however,
had gone too far and instead of receiving the benefits
she had expected, she grew worse and died before her
husband could reach her bedside.
When he reached this city on Friday Mr. Grinnell received
the first information of his wife's death, a telegram
notifying him of the same having been forwarded to Bay
City after he had started for here. The shock was a
great one to him and his visit to the undertaking
establishment where the remains reposed is described
as having been touching in the extreme.
FRANK HUILLING
February 17, 1892
Frank Huilling left Mascoutah Illinois thirty years ago to
seek his fortune in the west. No word was received from him
by his relatives for twenty eight years and he was given up
for dead. Recently it was learned that he was in Arizona
where he owned a large wagon train. He had accumulated a
moderate fortune there and was happy in his western home.
About a month ago a gray haired man alighted from a train
here in Illinois. It was Frank Huilling. He had been
kicked by a mule sometime before, sustaining fatal
injuries and had returned to his boyhood home to die.
He found that his parents had both been dead for many
years, but there were sisters and brothers left to
receive him and tenderly care for him in his last days.
He died late this evening.
THOMAS KELLY
January 31, 1892
The funeral of the late Thomas Kelly, who died at the
county hospital of consumption on Monday, took place
yesterday afternoon. The deceased came here some
weeks ago from Des Moines, Iowa, to be benefited for
consumption, but the dread disease had gone too far
and his life could not be spared.
The burial services were held at the Catholic Church
and the pall bearers were O.J. Wood, Dr. W.H. Ward,
L.L. Plank, f.C. Perrine, Joe Segar and Judge Phillips.
Mr. Kelly at the time of his death was 28 years of
age and by occupation was a traveling man. He had a
large circle of acquaintances who will mourn his loss.
GEORGE T. LATTIMER
April 23, 1892
Thursday night at 12 o'clock, George T. Lattimer, fireman
on no. 19 Pacific express, eastbound committed the greatest
act of heroism that is accorded man to do. He voluntarily
gave up his life for the passengers in his care. The
circumstances were especially distressing and doubly
heroic when it is known that Lattimer leaves a young
bride of only a few months in Tucson.
Thursday night No. 19 was slightly behind and running
ahead of schedule speed to make up the waste. Twenty
six miles east of Yuma, near a small flag station
called Lingtra, she ran into a band of cattle, ditching
the engine, baggage, express and mail car and one
passenger coach. Fireman Geo. T. Lattimer was
instantly crushed to death under the ponderous engine.
Engineer Holiday was badly bruised about the chest and
arms and as likewise badly scalded.
A.L. Pritchard, route agent, W.A. Smith, Wells Fargo's
messenger and Baggage man Sullivan were all more or less
injured.
Among the passengers, though many were badly shaken up,
there was the same old story sent out over the wire,
"nobody hurt--fireman killed."
The accident was so sudden that the passengers appeared
not to realize what had occurred until the terrible fact
dawned upon them that a man lay mangled and dead in his
efforts to save their lives. The engineer and fireman
could have escaped injury if they had jumped from the
train, but in so doing they would have sacrificed the
lives of many passengers.
The young wife, so suddenly widowed, was almost prostrated
with grief and appeared hardly to realize the awful
catastrophe.
