The remains of Marshal Woods repose in a handsome casket at
the undertaking parlors of W.H. Smith from where they
will be buried at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The deceased
was in the employ of the Arizona Canal Company and the
cause of his death is supposed to have been congestion
of the stomach which developed from grippe. He had been
ailing for several days and Wednesday night his
condition became serious and at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning he breathed his last.
Marshal Woods was 48 years of age, a native of Tennessee and
leaves a wife and two children. He was a warm hearted man
and had many friends who will be pained to learn of his
death. During the late rebellion he took sides with the
Confederate army and all ex-Confederates in the city are
invited to attend his funeral this afternoon.
W.H. WOODSON
April 5, 1892
A very sad case has been called to the Republican's
attention. About six weeks ago. W.H. Woodson and wife
arrived in this city from Roanoke Va. They came in
quest of health, Mr. Woodson being very low at the time.
On March 25 he died and was embalmed by Undertaker Smith,
preparatory to having the body returned to the old home
place and buried in the family vault.
Upon the day of her husband's death, Mrs. Woodson
telegraphed Mr. Woodson's brother in Roanoke, who
immediately wired her return tickets and money.
This was directed to a Phoenix bank and by some
criminal carelessness on the other end the telegram
was changed in transmission to read Mrs. W.H. Goodman
instead of Mrs. W.H. Woodson. The bank refused to
honor the telegram and the money is still in their
hands.
For ten days now the matter has stood in this shape.
Efforts have been made to have the matter rectified,
but so far unsuccessful. As soon as it can be settled
Mrs. Woodson will be permitted to return with her dead.
Mrs. W.H. Smith will accompany Mrs. Woodson east and
spend the summer with her own parents.
BENJAMIN PELTON ACKERMAN
Jan. 21, 1894
The funeral of the late Benjamin Pelton Ackerman will take place
this afternoon at 2 o'clock fro the residence of his son-in-law,
Mr. S.D. Lount on Van Buren Street.
CHARLIE ADAMS
August 3, 1894
A shooting affray occurred at Safford Monday evening resulting
in Charley Adams being shot with a Winchester rifle in the
hands of Charley Morris. The bullet entered the left temple
passing through the brain and out on the opposite side.
Morris is the son of Lawyer Morris, chairman of the Democratic
County central committee and has been considered a "tough"
for some time. Adams was a bartender at the Safford Saloon.
Morris is in the hands of the officers of the law.
GEORGE ANDERSON
August 14, 1894
George Anderson, a farmer living near Mesa, died on Sunday
morning of typhoid pneumonia. The funeral took place
yesterday under the direction of Randal and Davis.
JOHN ANDERSON
November 15, 1894
The particulars of the killing of John Anderson in the Union
Mine, were received yesterday on the return of Justice Johnston
and the coroner's jury. The members of the jury were P.J. Clark,
Frank Jaquette, John Annear, J.G. Winborn and M.H. Calderwood.
The testimony at the inquest showed that Anderson and two
companions, Dan Hayes and John Fox were working on the
second level fifty feet below the surface. Above them was a
wedge shaped mass of partially detached ore of a estimated
weight of fifteen tons. A blast had just been set off and
Hayes and Fox stepped out from under the mass in opposite
directions. Anderson was at work on one of the fissures
with a drill. When the explosion occurred, the entire mass
settled upon him. Death was instantaneous. The body was
buried in the neighborhood of the mine. Anderson was an
Englishman, 20 years of age and without relatives in this
country.
JOSE APADACA
August 19, 1894
Jose Apadaca was shot dead last night in the act of
burglarizing R. Wilson's second hand store. The shot which
shoved him into the hereafter was fired by an old man named
Charles Crow, who stays in the store at night with no other
object in view than to cut down burglars in the hey day of
their career. The instrument in the hands of the watchman
was a double barreled shotgun loaded with buck shot and so
accurate was the aim that the entire charge of one barrel
found lodgement in the burglar's face and neck.
Shortly before eleven o'clock the watchman was awakened by a
noise at the rear doors of the store. He picked up his gun and
saw a burglar in the moonlight. The old man leveled his gun
and fired one barrel. He knew by the way the man fell that
another shot would be a waste of ammunition.
The report of the gun attracted Night Marshall Wickham who
was only a block away and soon after Deputies Widmer and
Prothero from the sheriff's office arrived. The watchman
was arrested and held in custody pending the inquest.
In the meantime a large crowd arrived. The dead man lay on
his face in a pool of blood. His shoes were found at the
entrance of the yard where he had removed them. He was
provided with a set of improvised burglar's tools, which
consisted of a small jimmy, a steel bar and a glass cuter.
The body was turned over and quickly recognized for Jose
Apadaca, well known in Phoenix. No other disposition was
made for the body until the arrival of Justice Kincaid who
impaneled a jury; Phil Wharton, John Dobbs, E.H. Mowrey,
John Schriver, A.J. Kent, John Hardee, George Hughes and
Joseph St. Clair. The inquest is set for tomorrow morning.
"A pitcher that comes to the well too often is liable to get
broken," says old man Crow referring to an attempt on the
store last winter when he took a shot through the very same
door at the burglar.
Wilson's store has been a favorite point of attack for
burglars for the past year. The last successful raid netted
them about $500. It was then that Mr. Wilson decided to
establish a system on his back door and since then Mr.
Crow has been a nightly tenant of the store.
The dead burglar was about 35 years old, unmarried and said
to be without relatives in the city. He has figured frequently
in police and justice courts for minor offenses. He and Jeff
Wilson, the colored murderer, kept a store near the depot
since Wilson's release from jail until a year go. After
that he owned a small store on Monroe Street, but failed
in business.
August 21, 1894
The inquest on Jose Apadaca, was finished yesterday and the
jury returned a verdict that the night watchman, Charles
Crow was justified in the killing.
Nothing new was developed at the inquest. Undertaker Randal
who buried the body on Sunday testified that the face,
throat and body had been shot with twenty seven buck shot
and that sixteen of them entered the face.
William Wolf who knew Apadaca well said that his reputation
was not good. After the inquest was over, Wolf said that
Apadaca owned two horses and a wagon and that the wagon was
loaded up with a lot of stuff and Apadaca had intended to
leave today for Casa Grande.
FRANK BARBOUR
November 24, 1894
Casa Grande--Fred H. Barbour, a well known and respected
citizen of this town was found hanging from a mesquite tree
this afternoon on his ranch about two miles south of town.
Barbour was in town last Tuesday evening and appeared to be
in good spirits. He left that night for his ranch and was
last seen alive Wednesday morning about 8am by several
ranchers who stopped and smoked with him awhile.
R.A. Wilson, am employee of Barbour was at the Florence
reservoir at the time but returning this morning and not
finding Barbour at the ranch he came into town and inquired
for him. He was not seen in town since Tuesday night.
Several men accompanied Wilson back to the ranch and after
a search, discovered his body about 100 yards from the
house. The remains were brought into town and his father
who lives in Chicago was notified. The body will be interred
tomorrow.
