Nothing was learned yesterday of the particulars of the
suicide of J.A. May at Prescott on Monday night. His wife
who lives near the corner of Third Avenue and Madison
Street was notified by a telegram yesterday morning and
she started soon after with her sister for Prescott.
The body will be buried there.
May left here about three weeks ago for the purpose of
engaging in his business as an auctioneer. He did not
know how long he would be gone but expected to be in
Phoenix not later than the first of September. The
neighbors are unable to assign a motive for the suicide.
May was of a particularly jovial disposition and his
domestic relations so far as is known were pleasant.
It is said that he had lately complained of an inability
to meet his bills. He injured his ankle several weeks
ago and before he had fully recovered from his injury
he shot his finger off. The last injury was protected
by an accident insurance policy but at the time he
left here he had not succeeded in getting his indemnity.
The suicide came to Phoenix about two years ago from Florida
where he is said to have some property. He served on the
Confederate side of the Rebellion in a North Carolina regiment.
MRS. ALICE MAYHEW
March 20, 1894
Mrs. Alice Mayhew of Cripple Creek, Colorado, sister of Mrs.
Barney Frymire, died yesterday morning at the home of her
sister. Death was the result indirectly of a surgical
operation performed last Friday night. The character of
the operation was the removal of a tumor. She came
to Phoenix several weeks ago to await the arrival of
her husband, George Mayhew, a well known mining man of
Cripple Creek. A telegram was sent to her husband yesterday.
MRS. S.C. MEEKER
April 7, 1894
The funeral of Mrs. S.C. Meeker took place yesterday afternoon
and her body was sent back last night to her former home at
Rogers Arkansas.
W.S. MILLS
July 15, 1894
The body of W.S. Mills, who died on Thursday at Los Angeles
will be brought to Phoenix for interment though the friends
here have not been apprised of the probable arrival of the
remains. The news of the sudden death was received here
with great regret by all who had been brought into social
and business relations with Mr. Mills. No particulars of
the death have been received in Phoenix.
MRS. T.C. NORRIS
December 7, 1894
Prescott--Mrs. Norris wife of T.C. Norris, a prominent
attorney of Northern Arizona and president of the council
in the last territorial legislature, died here today.
She had not been in good health for some time.
ORDUFIO INFANT
March 9, 1894
A little babe of Frank Ordufio died yesterday morning and was
buried yesterday afternoon.
FRANK OURY
April 21, 1894
Negotiations for the return of Nicholas Acebedo, one of the
murderers of Frank Oury last fall were resumed yesterday in
an official letter from Governor Hughes to the governor of
Sonora.
Acebedo was traced to Sonora soon after the murder and was
arrested there and put into prison. Requisition was made
upon the governor of Sonora for the surrender of the
prisoner to the Arizona authorities.
J. FRANK PHILLIPS
Feb. 9, 1894
J. Frank Phillips, son of Judge and Mrs. Frank Phillips of
Des Moines Iowa, born in Des Moines, April 1, 1863, died of
consumption yesterday at 11 am. He has been a resident of
Phoenix with his parents the greater part of the past two
years. His sickness was the outgrowth of a very severe case
of poisoning while botanizing while a student and has been
of eight year's duration. He was a most exemplary young
man. He leaves to mourn his father and mother, who have
been constantly with him during his illness, a sister,
the wife of Dr. Joseph Hardy of this city and a brother,
T.W. Phillips of Des Moines.
MRS. THOMAS RAINE
April 11, 1894
Mrs. Thomas Raine, living with her husband near the Phoenix
Foundry was lying near death last night, the result of a
terrible runaway. She suffered from internal injuries.
With her in the buggy at the time of the runaway were her
little girl, 4 years old and a baby of four months. The
babies left arm was broken in two places and the little
girls right arm was broken. The accident occurred near
the Phoenix Light and Power Company power house.
What frightened the horse is not known, but Mrs. Raine
encumbered by the baby and little girl was unable to control
the animal and the total collapse of the buggy followed.
Dr. Stroud was called to attend the injured.
MRS. RAMSEY
June 9, 1894
In an adobe hovel on North First Street amid dirt and
squalor and lingering fumes of whiskey and opium lay the
dead body of a woman last night.
The woman was Mrs. Ramsay, the wife of an honored soldier
of the Union, Lt. Ramsey of the Sixth New York. He died
some years ago in Nevada. His widow came to Phoenix about
two years since and brought with her letters of
introduction from the governor of Nevada and other
persons prominent in public affairs on the coast.
All these letters spoke in the highest terms of the
bearer and her deceased and gallant husband. One f
the letters was addressed to Major Ed Schwartz, who
was a member of the brigade to which Lt. Ramsay had been
attached. At the time of Mrs. Ramsay's arrival she was
accompanied by two men who have since disappeared and
of whom nothing was learned. She was in the enjoyment
of a pension which was spent chiefly for whiskey and
opium. On account of her habit of intoxication and
her manner of dress she became a well known figure
on the street.
At last under the influence of a street preacher she was
converted and a remarkable incident of her conversion was
that she abandoned the opium habit to which she had been
excessively addicted for nearly twenty years. Within
three months she had resumed her old life and daily
sank lower and lower. Her death resulted from
pneumonia with which she was seized three days ago.
Her funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this morning
from Randal and Davis undertaking rooms.
The deceased was about forty five years of age. Since
her condition during her residence in Phoenix was
almost that of an insane person little is known of her
former life save what was gathered from her letters of
introduction. It is no doubt true that she was of good
family and it is certain that during the Rebellion she
performed noble work in hospitals and camps. Honorable
mention is made of her services at Vicksburg and of her
ministrations to the sick and dying of whom none died
so wretched as she.
RAMON
June 12, 1909
The bloodiest and most brutal murder in the history of Phoenix
was committed on Sunday night near the corner of Nine Avenue
and Jackson Street.
The victim was a Chilean well known but known only as Ramon.
The identity of the murderer has not been fixed but the
authorities are hunting hotly after Vicente Franco, toward
whom almost damning evidence points.
The body of the murdered man was discovered about 10 o'clock
yesterday morning by Rafael Ladena who as soon as possible
notified Sheriff Murphy. Within a few minutes the officers
were at the scene of the tragedy. In a tent consisting of
two apartments lay the body of Ramon. The face was covered
with dry blood. Nearby lay a hatchet whose blade was
strangely clean but whose handle bore the prints of bloody
fingers.
The body lay at the end of a table upon which were a pack of
cards suggesting the possible cause of quarrel which resulted
in murder. Other furniture in the room was a bed and a
receptacle for dishes and cooking utensils. The body was
cold and stiff, indicating that life had been extinct ten
or twelve hours. The arms were upraised in a position of
defense.
Justice Kincaid acting as coroner, summoned a jury composed
of w.T. Barr, Thomas Newcomb, E.G. Buehler, William Casey,
L.B. Street, H. McDonald, Eugnee Angleman, C.F. Dyer and
A.J. Porterie.
Ramon the murdered man lived at a camp about fifty yards
southwest of the tent in which his body was found. The
tent was owned by Vicente France and was occupied by him
and a woman named Salome Mattas. Neither had been seen
about the place since the tragedy. Vincente was on the
street the evening before with a shoemaker named Callaton
Alleman and had also been seen downtown with him yesterday
afternoon.
Two men named Borsch and Holmes at a distance of not more
than a hundred feet from the tent heard quarreling
followed by a woman's scream and groans in the tent.
Alleman, the shoemaker was captured by Officer Porterie late
yesterday evening. He denies that he was with Vincente at
the tent and says he knows nothing about the murder and
refuses to talk further.
