Rock Springs Miner no. 51 January 01, 1903 Little Girl Dies of Diphtheria. Christena, the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Beveridge, died Sunday evening of diphtheria after a short illness. The child has been ailing since Christmas day but was not seriously ill until Sunday when she rapidly grew worse. The funeral, which because of the disease was necessarily private, took place on Monday. The family seems to be having more than their share of trouble by reason of illness, Mr. Beveridge having recently suffered an attack of smallpox. The smallpox quarantine had been raised but a short time when little Christina came down with diphtheria. The afflicted family have the heartfelt sympathy of the community. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 51 January 01, 1903 James D. Megeath, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Megeath, died Sunday night of pneumonia. The child was but four months old, and is the second child the afflicted parents have lost by death within a year. The funeral was held on Tuesday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 51 January 01, 1903 There seems to be no doubt that P.S. Kauffman, whose body was found along the Oregon Short Line track a short distance east of Opal about ten days ago, was murdered for his money by the two men who were with him and whom he had befriended. Kauffman was a Jew and came from Cleveland, O., where a daughter now resides. He was known by many people in Kemmerer and Jonas Cohn of that place was an intimate friend. Cohn says Kauffman had about $500 in his pocket when he left Kemmerer. The murderers have not been captured. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 52 January 08, 1903 Death of Father Casey. Father Casey, pastor of the Catholic church at Rawlins, and well known in Rock Springs, died at his home in Rawlins this morning of Bright’s disease. His health has not been good for four years but he continued his pastoral work all the time except for two vacations, one and two years ago, which were spent in Texas. He has been pastor of the Catholic churches at Evanston and Kemmerer and is widely known here in western Wyoming. Father Delahunty of this city was called to his bedside yesterday and reached there a few hours before his death. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at Rawlins and Father Delahunty will assist in conducting them. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 52 January 08, 1903 On Dec. 30, C.P. Wassung of the Union Pacific Coal Co., was called to Springfield, Mass., by the illness of his mother. She died the next day, before, of course, he had time to reach there. He is expected back in a few days. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 52 January 08, 1903 Ed Heckel, Mail Clerk, Meets Tragic Death at Bitter Creek. Thursday afternoon of last week, Ed Heckel, a substitute mail clerk on train 102 which passes Rock Springs at 1:50 p.m. was killed by being struck by the mail crane at Bitter Creek station east of here. The story as told the Cheyenne Leader by his fellow clerks follows: “Heckel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heckel, the father being a flue setter in the employ of the Union Pacific. Heckel recently received the appointments of substitute mail clerk and was making his first trip over the road to learn the line when the accident occurred. “He was traveling with the mail crew composed of Clerks Bruce, Haas, Hennessy and Lavarents, and was returning from Ogden on train No. 102. This train does not stop at small stations and just before Bitter Creek was reached Lavarentis called Heckel to the forward side door to show him the station. “The mail from this station is taken while running fifty miles per hour by means of an arm projecting from the rear side door, the mail pouch being suspended from an iron crane beside the track. Hennesy was the mail catcher and was ready to catch the mail as the train passed the station. “In some manner Heckel leaned too far out of the car door and as the train passed the station was struck by the crane and knocked out of the car. Hennesy was surprised to discover no mail sack on his catcher, and looked out to ascertain the reason, when he saw Heckel’s body rolling over and over on the ground beside the train. “Conductor Woodmansee was in charge of the train and Engineer Jas. Messures of Rawlins was pulling it. They went through the station, as is the custom, at a high rate of speed and immediately after passing the air whistle sounded. Firemen Strohmeir looked out the car window and saw the signal from the mail car to stop, which they did after running about a quarter of a mile. They backed the train and found Heckel lying by the track dead. He was about 20 years old and has lived in Cheyenne for thirteen years. He passed an excellent civil service examination and this was his first trip over the road. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 1 January 15, 1903 Wanda, the little six year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Hileman died on Saturday of diphtheria. The funeral was held next day and was necessarily private. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 1 January 15, 1903 Undertaker Sather was here the first of the week from Rock Springs, and looked after the interment of John Flurry, who was struck and killed by train No. 1 Saturday, just east of town.—Green River Star. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 1 January 15, 1903 Charles Spence, Sr., well known in Rock Springs, died at Cache Valley, Utah, recently of typhoid fever. He was 78 years of age and was the father of Alexander, George, Charles and Maggie Spence. All have lived in Rock Springs, but Charles is the only one now here. All were at the funeral except Andrew who lives at Cardston, Alberta, Canada, too far away to get to Cache Valley in time. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 1 January 15, 1903 John Flurry, a section man, was run over and killed by No. 1 last Saturday about a mile and a half east of this point. Flurry was 48 years of age and had only been working as section man about six weeks. Flurry lost his life in endeavoring to save a crow-bar, which had fallen from the handcar. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was accidental death.—Green River Star. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 2 January 22, 1903 Killed by the Cars. Cesare Visintainer, a miner, was killed by an Oregon Short Line train at Diamondville Sunday. Just how the accident occurred is not known. He formerly lived in Rock Springs and went to Diamondville only two weeks ago to work in the mines. H has relatives living here and the remains were brought Tuesday afternoon to the home of his brother, Joseph Visintainer, on Dry creek, the funeral being held from there yesterday afternoon in charge of the Andreas Hoffer society. Visintainer was an Austrian by birth, about twenty-five years old and unmarried. Previous to going to Diamondville two weeks ago he had been working in Matt Muir’s mine south of town. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 2 January 22, 1903 Anton Moglia died last Thursday and was buried Saturday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 2 January 22, 1903 The Saxophone band played Sunday at the funeral of Anton Moglia and yesterday at the funeral of Cesare Visintainer. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 2 January 22, 1903 An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Riley was buried on Friday. It was but a day old. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 3 January 29, 1903 Hanged Himself Christian Costa, an Italian miner, hanged himself about 6 o’clock Wednesday morning in room 46, entry 39, of No. 1 mine. He leaves a wife and six children in destitute circumstances. He was a drinking man and had frequently threatened suicide. Coroner Dankowski will hold an inquest this evening. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 3 January 29, 1903 A little child or Mr. and Mrs. James Megeath died of diphtheria at the residence of Wm. Megeath in this city Friday. The child was twenty months old. The burial took place on Saturday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 3 January 29, 1903 J.C. Overy, hydraulic engineer and well known throughout the west for his work in installing the Denver waterworks plant, died recently in Detroit, Mich. Mrs. H.E. Christmas, of Kemmerer, formerly of Rock Springs, is a relative and was called to Detroit by his death. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 4 February 05, 1903 F. Strickert, a well-known ranchman residing near Buffalo, was found dead in a field near his house last week. Death was due to natural causes. Strickert was injured a year ago by being thrown for a horse and never fully recovered. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 4 February 05, 1903 Peter Lemaux and Chas. G. Comer, employed by the Boston-Wyoming Smelter company, were buried alive last week near Grand Encampment, by a snow slide. The two men were sent out to repair a break in the aerial tramway Wednesday and did not return. Saturday a searching party went out and found that a snow slide had occurred near station No. 3. They discovered a snow shoe and realized that Comer and Lemaux were caught by the slide and buried under the avalanche of snow. The bodies have been recovered. A stage coal containing the driver and a lady passenger was found buried in the drifts, having been there for three days. The occupants were nearly famished when discovered. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 4 February 05, 1903 The funeral of Nels Wolbol, a student at Wyoming's university last week in Laramie was attended by the cadets in a body. When making a round-8up on his father's ranch Wolbol and brother drank from an alkali lake and shortly after were taken sick. Walter got to Omaha with the cattle, but the day after ws taken down with typhoid fever. Death resulted forty-eight hours afterward. His brother was suffering from the same affliction. He was taken to the Home hospital, where he died. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 4 February 05, 1903 Their Little Son Dead. Allen, the 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Muir, died Friday after a short illness of scarlet fever and bronchitis. On account of the nature of the disease the funeral was held that afternoon at four o'clock. The family have the sincere sympathy of the community in this sad affliction. This is particularly so because of the fact that four daughters of the family have been suffering with scarlet fever and the house has been under quarantine for several weeks. The daughters are now convalescent and able to be up, but the quarantine has not yet be raised. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 6 February 19, 1903 Spotted Horse, at one time chief of the Crow tribe, died recently on the Little Big Horn river. Spotted Horse participated in the council at Fort Laramie in the early '60s which resulted in the creation of the Crow reservation. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 6 February 19, 1903 Undertaker W.N. Showalter of Middletown, Ind., whose presence here was mentioned in the MINER last week went to Salt Lake about the middle of the week and returned here Saturday afternoon. Tuesday the remains of Ira Yates were taken up from their place of burial in the Rock Springs cemetery and prepared for shipment to the home of his mother at Richmond, Ind. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 7 February 26, 1903 Little Miss Leckie Dead. A telegram was received in Rock Springs on Monday from Washington, D.C., stating that the little eight year old daughter of Mr. Sam Leckie, of Leckie, Fremont county, had died at the home of her grandmother in Washington. Mr. J.F. Hodge of this city at once started on the seventy-five mile trip across the country to inform Mr. Leckie. Mr. Leckie took the children to Washington last fall. No information concerning the child's death has been received here except that contained in the telegram. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 8 March 05, 1903 DEAD IN THE SNOW BODY OF AN UNKNOWN MAN FOUND NORTH OF CITY Discovery Made by a Sheepherder and the Remains Brought to Rock Springs--Coroner's Verdict of Death from Exposure The body of an unknown man was found in the desert seven miles north of Rock Springs last Friday evening by a sheep herder named Anton Mertes. Mertes, in endeavoring to get his sheep settled for the night had trouble in getting them to cross a small but quite deep channel cut by a little stream which comes into the creek from the east opposite the mouth of Seven-mile-canyon. He finally succeeded in getting part of them across and in returning for the others ran onto the form of a man lying face downward on the snow at the edge of the gully. He turned him over on his back and saw that he was dead. Mertes was frightened and got out of that immediate vicinity with his sheep as soon as possible. When Mertes reached camp that night he reported to his employer, Felix Schistler, what he had found. In the morning Mr. Schistler went to the scene, but did not touch the body. He then came to town and reported the case to Coroner Dankowski about noon Saturday. That afternoon the coroner and Undertaker Sather went out and after taking the testimony of Mertes to be used in the inquest brought the body to the Rock Springs Undertaking company's establishment on Pilot Butte avenue where it now is. The point where the body was found is about half a mile east of the main road leading north from Rock Springs. In life the deceased has been a man about five feet seven and a half inches tall and weighing probably 145 pounds. He has regular features, fair skin, light hair and has been a man of rather prepossessing appearance. He has a light mustache of about a month's growth and a beard of probably two weeks' growth. He is apparently about twenty-six or seven years of age. The body was well clothed, but no hat or cap, overshoes or mittens could be found. There were three shirts, one a heavy woolen undershirt and another a heavy blue flannel shirt, a vest and two coats such as are worn by men who spend the winters out of doors. He had on four pairs of pants and good, substantial socks and shoes. Not a thing was found in his pockets except part of a crumpled letter, the lower portion which should have contained the signature being missing. The letter was dated at Doniphan, Neb., in November last and began "Dear Brother Charley." It expressed surprise at learning that he was again "back in the states" and suggested that he come to Doniphan where he could make good wages husking corn. One paragraph runs: "You ask about father. I have not heard for a long time. He is with Minnie at Casper, Calif. Hunter's are at Ft. Apache, Ariz., wintering there." These facts are all that is positively known as to his identity. Several persons in Rock Springs, however, think they saw him here some days earlier, among them Nicholson Bros., the butchers, who say he came there and inquired what price they were paying for sheep pelts, saying he thought he would go out and skin some sheep. A business man from Opal, who was in Rock Springs Tuesday, looked at the body and thinks it is that of a man of whom he bought sheep pelts a time or two last year and to whom he sold supplies. To the Opal merchant he gave the name of C. Jeppson, which, however, may have been an assumed name. Monday evening Coroner Dankowski held an inquest at the city hall and took the evidence of Felix Schistler which corresponds with the facts above given. The jury, consisting of Ralph T. Still, Louis Sather and John Pryde, found that the boy was that of an unknown man who came to his death from exposure. The weather was below zero Friday night and the fact that the arms were frozen only to the elbows and the legs to the knees would seem to indicate that the man had not been dead long when found. Coroner Dankowski has written to the postmaster at Donipahn, Neb., in an effort to locate the brother who wrote the letter and the body will not be interred for a few days in the hope that in the meantime his identity may be established and communication opened with his relatives. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 8 March 05, 1903 Jesse Limb, a coal miner, aged 28 years, was killed in the Spring Valley mines last week by a cave in of several tons of rock. His remains were taken to Randolph, Utah for burial. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 9 March 12, 1903 BODY IDENTIFIED REMAINS SHIPPED TO BROTHER OF DECEASED Body of Unknown Man Found Ten Days ago, Now Supposed to be Chas. V. Huffman--Served two Years in Philippines. The body of an unknown man found in the desert seven miles north of Rock Springs about ten days ago by a sheep herder named Anton Mertes is now supposed to be that of Chas. V. Huffman. Coroner Dankowski sent part of a crumpled letter, which was found in the pocket of the deceased, to the postmaster at Doniphan, Neb., where the letter was dated, and the later recognized the handwriting as that of E.A. Huffman of that place. Mr. Huffman at once wired to Coroner Dankowski, stating that the deceased was his brother and requested that the remains be shipped to Doniphan at his expense. The remains were shipped Monday by Louis Sather, but as we go to press no further information has been received. In a letter from Mr. Huffman to Coroner Dankowski he says that the deceased served two years in the Philippines in the Fifth United States Infantry and returned to the states about the middle of the summer, last year. He apparently did not know his brother was in this part of the country and is desirious of learning all that can be found out about the death of the deceased. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 9 March 12, 1903 DEATH OF MRS. WADAK. Young Wife of C.F. Wadak Passed Away The sad death of Mrs. C.F. Wadak occurred last Tuesday evening at 9:20 p.m. Mrs. Wadak gave birth last Thursday morning to a fine and healthy baby girl and was getting along nicely until Sunday when she had a relapse. Blood poison had set in and although everything known to the medical profession was done for her, it was without avail, she continued to grow worse until the end came. Mr. C.F. Wadak, Western Union manager in Rock Springs, husband of the deceased and Mrs. J.W. Beckwith, mother of the deceased are heart stricken with grief over the death of their true and loving wife and kind and dutiful daughter. It has inflicted a lasting wound upon them which time alone can heal. Mrs. Wadak came here with her husband only about a year ago, but up to the time of her death she had made many dear friends through her great acts of kindness and loving deeds. The deceased leaves her husband and baby and other relatives to mourn her loss, to whom the sympathy of this entire community goes out. The remains were followed to the depot by a large number of friends and Rock Springs Lodge No. 624, B.P.O.E., of which Mr. Wadak is a member turned out in a body. Mr. Wadak and Mrs. Beckwith, accompanying the remains, left for Butte, Mont., last night where the remains were taken for burial. E.R. Beckwith, brother of the deceased will meet them at Pocatello. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 10 March 19, 1903 SOLEMN FUNEAL RITES At St. John's Church Over Mrs. Pearl Beckwith Wodak. The last sad rites over the remains of Mrs. Pearl Beckwith Wodak were solemnized at St. John's Episcopal church yesterday afternoon in a service both beautiful and impressive. Rev. S.C. Blackiston officiated. The relatives and many friends of the deceased, who was well known a few years ago as one of the belles of the city, filled the pews of the body of the church and in attentive silence followed the reading of the beautiful burial service of the English church by the rector. The many floral tributes sent were profuse, covering and surrounding the casket is tasteful array. Most prominent of the flowers were the many white lilies which were scattered on and about the bier of the dead and were symbolic of the young life which had taken its flight to the great beyond. The service ended, the casket was borne to the hearse by six prominent young men of the city, as pall bearers, Guy Stapleton, Lynn Boyce, Byron Cooney, Robert Ingalls, Fred Gamer and Harry Holp. Burial took place at Mt. Moriah, where the last words of benediction were pronounced.--Anaconda (Mont.) Standard, March 14. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 10 March 19, 1903 John Hissam, bill clerk for the Union Pacific at Granger, Wyo., fell dead last week while working at his desk in the office at that place. The cause of his sudden demise was heart failure. The deceased leaves three children in Chicago and a sister in Virginia, the remains were shipped to Chicago for interment.--Wyoming Star. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 10 March 19, 1903 Little Agnes Johnson Dead. We regret to announce, this week the death of little Agnes, the two years and seven months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Johnson. The little one had diphtheria about a month ago, which left her throat paralyzed and she never regained her strength from the effects of that dreaded disease and continued to grow weaker day by day until Monday afternoon when she passed peacefully away. The MINER joins their many friends in extending sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in this sad hour of bereavement. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from the family residence. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 11 March 26, 1903 ACCIDENTAL DEATH. WILLIE MUIRE THE VICTIM OF GRAVEL PIT CAVE-IN. The Only Son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Muir Meets With an Untimely Death. The citizens of Rock Springs were shocked and horrified last Friday afternoon b the news of the accidental killing of Willie Muir, son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Muir, and one of the most highly respected young men of the city, at the gravel pit north of town. The victim of this sad accident was engaged in cleaning up the premises about his home during the morning of that day, and having accumulated a load of rubbish, hauled it out to the gravel pit to dump it, and bring back a load of gravel to fill in around the yard. Not returning in a reasonable length of time, his father, becoming anxious at his continued absence, went in search of him. Arriving at the gravel pit he found the team standing patiently, but his son was nowhere to be seen. He at once commenced a search, and soon discovered the boy lying under about two tons of frozen gravel, crushed and bleeding. The heart-broken father summoned assistance and the poor boy was dug out, but life had fled. The body was badly mangled and death must have instantaneous. Tenderly they bore the remains home—the home that had so quickly changed from a scene of peace and happiness to deepest gloom—the only remaining son of the aged parents was gone, snatched by the grim reaper at the very threshold of his bright young manhood. Willie Muir would have been 20 years old had he lived until July next. He was a young man of sterling qualities, of a quiet and retiring disposition, and was universally loved and respected by all who knew him. The parents of the unfortunate young man are heart-broken over the loss of their son, who was their light, their stay in their declining years. Words cannot express the sympathy that goes out to them in their greatest sorrow. Of a family of seven children there now remains but one to them, Mrs. George N. Wise, of this city. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the family residence on west Flat, and the remains were followed to their last resting place in the City cemetery by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives. The pall-bearers were Robert Syme, Wm. Weimers, John Guy, Robert Simpkins, Ben Outsen and George Kellogg. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 11 March 26, 1903 Wm. Fletcher dead and Paddy Ward held for murder, is the result of a drunken row at Dietz. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 11 March 26, 1903 A man supposed to be J.M. Beatty of Mankato, Minn., was killed at Sherman hill tunnel at about 1:10 o’clock Friday morning, on engine No. 1512, supposedly by a timber which fell from the roof of the tunnel as the train went through. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 11 March 26, 1903 Charles Liscomb, one of the pioneer cowboys of this state, and residing on Powder River, tired of life and left by the rope route. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 11 March 26, 1903 Fireman Phil Houston, Brakeman J.A. Getchell and an unknown tramp were killed in a head on collision on the U.P. road at Castle Rock Thursday of last week. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 12 April 02, 1903 Death of Former Resident. Mrs. Ralph Zwicky, for many years a resident of Rock Springs, died at her home in Salt Lake City Saturday morning at eleven o’clock at the age of 52 years. Cancer of the stomach was the cause of her death. Mrs. Zwicky lived here with her husband, who was manager of the Beckwith Commercial company, and among old residents she has a number of friends here who will be sorry to hear of her untimely death. The funeral took place from the family residence and interment at Mt. Olivet cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 12 April 02, 1903 Death of James Noble. After several weeks illness the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Noble died Sunday morning. Although the grief stricken parents did everything that tender and care offered and the doctors struggled heard with the disease that had taken hold of the little one, it was without avail. He has returned to his home in heaven. The funeral took place from the family residence, and services were conducted by Rev. James Leonard. The sympathy of this entire community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Noble. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 12 April 02, 1903 Gone Above. Monday morning of last week little Marie, the seventeen-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Riddle was taken with convulsions and although everything in the way of medical science and tender care was done for her, she passed peacefully away at half past three Thursday morning. The little one was the light and joy of the household, and Mr. and Mrs. Riddle are heart broken over the death of their little daughter. The funeral took place from the house and a large number of family friends followed the remains to the cemetery. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 12 April 02, 1903 DEATH OF MRS. JOHNSON Old Lady Passes Peacefully Away After Illness of Several Months. Mrs. Jane Johnson, at the age of three score and ten years, passed peacefully away Friday morning after several months illness of old age. Mrs. Johnson came to Rock Springs with her husband in the early seventies and has been a resident of this city ever since. In 1886 she buried her husband, Hugh Johnson, and has since lived with her only child, Richard Johnson, who is the only survivor of the family. Mrs. Johnson was a dear old soul, notable for her many acts of kindness, and charitable deeds, always ready and waiting to extend a helping hand to those in need, and in her death Rock Springs looses one of her most valued citizens. To Richard, her son, the sympathy of this entire community goes out in this sad hour. The funeral took place from the residence on Pilot Butte avenue at ten o’clock Saturday morning and services were held at the Catholic church, conducted by Father Delahunty, and her remains were followed by a large number of friends to their last resting place in the city cemetery. May she rest in peace. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 12 April 02, 1903 MRS. LUCY DUKES Passed Away Saturday After a Lingering Illness Mrs. Lucy Dukes lies asleep in the little cemetery up on yonder hill. Tearfully she was laid away, but peacefully she rests after a well spent life which will ever be remembered by her relatives and friends left behind, as a guide to the highest and noblest attainments within the possibility of mankind, she was a model woman. From the cradle to the grave her presence had the influence of a divine light showing the pathway through this world to the better land of eternal day. The portals of heaven were opened to receive Mrs. Dukes on Saturday evening March 28, and in response to her Master’s call, her spirit left is earthly tenement at twenty minutes past six o’clock and is now with Him whom she has served so faithfully on earth. When she passed away her home was with her daughter, Mrs. G.F. Potter, where she had every comfort in her declining years. The remains were brought to Rock Springs on No. 4 Monday morning and taken to the residence on Rainbow avenue of her grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Potter, where the many friends of the deceased took a last long look at the face, beautiful even in death, of her whom they loved so well. Accompanying the casket from Cumberland were her daughters Mrs. George F. Potter and Mrs. O.A. White, her son-in-law Mr. George F. Potter, her grandchildren, Mrs. Willis Rouff, Master Rowland Potter, Miss Hazel Potter and Miss Nydia Rouff. The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o’clock on Monday by Rev. McPherson who feelingly referred to the many virtues of Mrs. Dukes. The mourners in attendance were many and sorrow of all found vent in tears—tears that welled forth from young and old alike, each accepting her death as a personal loss. Many and handsome were the floral offerings that the purity and fragrance of the flowers compared not with the well nigh in???cualte form viewed for the last time through eyes dimmed with tears. The pall-bearers were representative men of this city: A.J. Wipperman, George H. Goble, Charles Sparkes, R.D. Woodruff, John Thrift and Lloyd P. Thomas. The birth of Mrs. Dukes was contemporaneous with the introduction of the late Queen Victoria into this world, for whom, while in life, she had the kindest admiration. Mrs. Dukes was born at Birmingham, England, and after a life of usefulness, died at the ripe old age of 84 years. Her husband was taken from her early, having died in 18??. For five years he was a ship doctor sailing to and from South Africa and later, for two years, was doctor on one of the large trans-Atlantic liners. In the year 1856 he located at Platsville, Ont., Canada, where he practiced his profession until his demise. In the year of her husband’s death Mrs. Dukes was shrouded in deepest grief, having been called upon to stand by the bier of husband, daughter and aunt, all of whom obeyed the final summons within a period of five months. This was her heaviest blow, but with Christian fortitude she braved the world’s severest pains and devoted her time to imparting relief to others and doing good at every turn. In 1885 she came west to Salt Lake and in 1888 became one of our citizens and with us she has been identified ever since. In 18?? She returned to Salt Lake for a short time, then came back here and about two years ago went to Cumberland. Her two surviving daughters are Mrs. G.F. Potter and Mrs. O.A. White, whose love for “mother” was beyond pen to tell and the word “Grandma” was revered and loved, and every time when spoken sent a current of affection through the heart of her grandchildren, every one of whom was ever ready to serve her. She lived within a loving circle and her taking away has cast a dark cloud over it, but the brighter day is not far away, when all will be happiness again and in a land where separation is not permitted to enter. Mrs. Dukes lived as if inspired. Her mind was cast in the finest mod. Kindness, affection, love only dwelt within. Her goodness will long live after her and her refinement and personal character will be monuments everlasting. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 14 April 16, 1903 Passed to Her Maker We copy the following from the Vernal, Uintah county Express, April, 4. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman are well known to the people of Rock Springs, having at one time been residents of this city: The many friends of Mrs. F.V. Goodman were grieved to learn of her death Sunday noon. While the lady had perhaps been ailing and on Saturday morning consulted the doctor for the first time. Her case was not deemed alarming until Sunday morning when Dr. Buchtel was again called and he then found her trouble had gone to her brain, and was extremely critical and little hopes for her recovery. The patient gradually sand away and died at noon. Mr. Goodman has been in the Wyoming desert all winter with his sheep, and a dispatch was sent to the Rock Springs bank, where he was well known, and Mr. Kendall sent a rider out from there to find him. The oldest son also left Vernal on horseback to go to where his father was in Wyoming, or meet him on his way home. Undertaker Young has charge of the body and will keep it until the arrival of Mr. Goodman. Mrs. Goodman was an estimable lady and loved by all who knew her. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 14 April 16, 1903 OVER THE RANGE Death of Col. “Bill” Root, at Salt Lake City Col. “Bill” Root, a noted frontiersman, a companion through his life of “Buffalo Bill,” a friend and partner of “Bill” Nye during the latter’s reportorial days in this state, and an associate of other men of Wyoming in years gone by who have since become famous, died suddenly with heart failure, at Salt Lake City, Saturday night. William Root was born at Lebanon, N.J. and came early in his life with his father, Aaron Root to Wyoming where the elder Root had a contract of two miles of railroad grading in the Red desert. “Bill” Root was known from San Francisco to New York. Of commanding and distinguished mien, he was always surrounded by friends and admirers. He had made several fortunes, but through generosity was never able to keep them. All of the older settlers in this part of the state knew “Bill” Root and will hear of his demise with sadness. Of late years Col. Root was a dealer in live game, having supplied eastern and European parks with thousands of elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep and other animals. The funeral services occurred Wednesday, at Salt Lake City, and were under the auspices of lodge No.85, B.P.O.E. Interment was made at Laramie, Thursday morning. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 14 April 16, 1903 BRINGHAM YOUNG JR., DEAD Like His Father, He Spent His Life Working for the Mormon Church Brigham Young, president of the Council of Twelve Apostles of the Mormon church, died in Salt Lake City, Sunday night after a lingering illness. He was born at Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836 and was the eldest son of President Brigham Young. Throughout his life Bringham Young has been prominently identified with the work of the Mormon church, both at home and abroad. He was a member of the Utah legislature for several terms and has occupied many positions of honor and trust. He came to Utah in 1849, making the journey across the trackless plains while a mere boy. Like all the pioneers in the Utah valley, his early life, when not fighting Indians, was spent in performing hard labor. Brigham Young made several trips abroad in the interest of his church and in 1864 was president of the European mission. In 1879 he was imprisoned for refusing to turn certain church property over to the government agent, but was released after three weeks’ confinement. The funeral services were held at the Tabernacle, in Salt Lake City, Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 14 April 16, 1903 Father Delahunty was called to Green River, Monday, to hold services over the remains of Miss Alice Fosdick. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 14 April 16, 1903 Louis Leroglio, proprietor of the Columbus saloon, died very suddenly Monday night, the funeral services occurred Thursday afternoon. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 15 April 23, 1903 DOUBLE MURDER AT RAWLINS F.J. Keefe Shot Two Men to Death Monday Night MURDERER WAS CAPTURED Early Tuesday Morning and Place in County Jail Special to The MINER. Rawlins, Wyo., Apr. 21—F.J. Keefe shot and killed one man and mortally wounded another last night. The shooting was without provocation. Keefe is the head of Keefe Commercial Co. and was formerly city treasurer. He has been drinking for several weeks and had frequently been locked up for drunkenness. To-night he remained in the store while the others went to supper and shortly after 8 o’clock two shots were heard. Policeman Baxter and Spencer ran to the store and found it locked. They then ran to the back door; finding that door locked the attempted to kick it in. Tom King, a former lieutenant in Torrey’s troopers, who was passing up the street, attempted to help and as he stepped on the steps Keefe shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. He then shot Policeman Baxter through the stomach and sprang out of the store and ran across the tracks. He is still at large and Sheriff Horton and a posse are hunting him. There is intense excitement in the city and extra police are being appointed to prevent violence if Keefe is caught. Baxter died at 10 o’clock. Early this morning Keefe was located at the home of his brother-in-law, “Pat” Tonie, Mayor Clause called on Keefe, and after promising him the best of protection from mob violence, he was placed in the county jail. Keefe has made no statement except that he did not know why he committed the crime as he had nothing against either of them and must have been crazy at the time. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 15 April 23, 1903 DEATH CAUSED BY ACCIDENT Is the Coroners Verdict in the Case of John McKinney. A fatal accident occurred at bridge No. 302, two miles east of Bridger, last Friday afternoon, in which John McKinney, a member of the U.P. bridge gang lost his life. The bridge was undergoing extensive repairs. McKinney was standing on one of the stringers endeavoring to pry up a cross tie, in some manner the stringer turned precipitating him to the ground, twenty-one feet below. The injured man was taken by the first train to Granger, where he died at seven o’clock in the evening. The coroners jury, composed of H.H. Eaton, Peter Hines and S. Dankowski county coroner, found the following verdict: “John McKinney died from injuries received from falling off bridge number 302, April 17, 1903, at 4 o’clock p.m., while in the employ of the U.P Ry, Co., in a bridge gang. We further find that the above named person came to his death purely by accident.” Mr. McKinney was a resident of Victor, Colo., to which place the body was shipped Sunday afternoon. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 15 April 23, 1903 Joseph Ashdown, a member of the Mormon church, was killed by the accidental discharge of a magazine shotgun in the hand of his brother, William Ashdown, last Wednesday at Auburn, Uinta, Co. The charge entered the left side, tearing away the lung, shoulder and portion of the neck. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 15 April 23, 1903 A.W. Swan, who for a number of years has been superintendent of tracks from Cheyenne to Rawlins, but who was transferred to Green River a few days ago, was taken ill last Thursday and brought to the Wyoming general hospital here, where he died at 4 o’clock Friday morning of heart failure. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 16 April 30, 1903 DEATH OF GOV. RICHARDS Wyoming's Beloved Chief Executive Passes Peacefully Away at 8:05 Tuesday Morning. The chief executive of this state, DeForest Richards, passed quietly and peacefully away at his home in Cheyenne at 8:05 o'clock Tuesday morning, and within a few hours the sad news had flashed over the wires throughout the state and the entire state of Wyoming is in mourning. While the serious condition of the governor had been known for several days, the news of his death came as a shock to the citizens of the state, and on all sides are heard expressions of the deepest regret and kindliest solicitude for the dear ones who have been left behind. After the adjournment of the legislature in February, Governor Richards went east for rest and to partake of the water of French Lick springs in Indiana and only returned home last week, and has since been confined to his room. He received the attention of some of the best physicians in this and adjoining states and the sufferer lacked nothing that skill and loving hands could do for him. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure superinduced by acute inflammation of the kidneys, which was brought on by an attack of grip with which he was suffering when he reached home. The funeral services will be in charge of Wyoming Commandery No. 1, Knight Templar, and will occur at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the state capitol building, interment will be made at the city cemetery at Cheyenne. There will be private services at the home at 10 o'clock in the morning of Thursday. The remains will then be moved to the capitol building and lie in state in the rotunda from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. At three o'clock the Knights Templar will conduct funeral services in the hall of the house of representatives, only the relatives, intimate friends and members of the Masonic lodge and Elk lodge being admitted, owing to the limited seating capacity of the hall. The Knights Templar, Troop A and Company G, Wyoming National Guard, and the Masonic and Elk lodges will escort the remains to their resting place in the cemetery. DeForest Richards was born at Charleston, N.H. August 6, 1846, but was raised at Wethersfield, Vermont, where his childhood and youthful years were passed. His father was J. DeForest Richards, at first a congressional minister, but later on president of the Ohio Female Seminary at College Hill, Ohio, and finally president of the university of Alabama, dying at Mobile, Alabama in 1872. His mother's maiden name was Harriet Bartlett Jarvis--the Jarvis family, as well as the Richards family, being among the foremost families of New England. Mrs. Harriet Bartlett Richards, now in her 84th year, with mental faculties as good as ever, is a resident of Wyoming and has been spending a portion of the time with her late distinguished son in Cheyenne. All we can say of the ancestry of Governor DeForest Richards is that when James Otis, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren and John Hancock turned their faces toward Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill and American independence, there stood with them, worked with them, rode with them, and fought with them those who answered to the name of Richards and those who answered to the name of Jarvis, in both instances companions and confidantes of the great patriots whose names we have mentioned and the word with these grand old ancestors of Governor Richards, as with Hancock and Warren Otis and Adams was: "Come minions of Britain, we scorn to be slaves; If you rule oe'r our land, you shall rule oe'r our graves." He obtained his education in the district schools of Wethersfield, Vermont, and the Kimball Union academy at Meridian, N.H., from which he graduated with high honors. He also for a year, attended the Phillips academy at Andover, Mass. In his younger days DeForest Richards gave promise of what he has since proved to be--honest, liberal, straightforward in all his dealings, energetic, enterprising, able, broad-minded, practical and with exceptional good judgment. To these qualities may be added business sagacity to a remarkable degree. In 1865, DeForest Richards, then but 19 years of age, went south with his father, J. DeForest Richards, who bought a plantation and engaged in cotton raising in Wilcox county, Alabama. Shortly after the elder Richards returned north for three years leaving DeForest in charge of the plantation and business. In August, 1867, being then but 21 years of age, he was elected on the Republican ticket a member of the Alabama legislature, and in 1868 was appointed sheriff of Wilcox county, holding that office four years, after which he was elected county treasurer, which position he held for one term. In the meantime, J. DeForest Richards had returned from the north, and had accepted a position as president of the University of Alabama, but as already stated, died at Mobile, having experienced such financial reverses that he was left with little or nothing at the time of his death. Tiring of politics, which were not very pleasant in Alabama at that time, especially for northern men, on account of the prejudice against them, Mr. Richards established himself in the tannery business, but in due time found that he was virtually a bankrupt, and heavily in debt. Then it was, that the grandeur of the man shone forth in its full brightness. Instead of giving up in despair as many men would have done, he secured the services of an old darkey cobbler, from whom Mr. Richards himself learned the trade, and setting himself diligently at the task, he worked up the leather which he could not sell, into shoes, and did a great amount of other work also, along the same line. He in two years not only paid up every dollar of the indebtedness against him, but had $1500 left for himself, with which he embarked in the mercantile business at Camden, Ala. Great success attended Mr. Richards after he embarked in the mercantile business. He became prosperous and accumulated considerable money, but at length concluded to try his fortunes in the far west. The citizens of Camden were loath to have him leave them. The mayor and council gave him a banquet and presented him with an elegant testimonial of their high esteem. More than this, they told him that if he was not prosperous in his new enterprise to return to them. On coming to the far west Governor Richards first located in Chadron, Neb., where he engaged in banking and mercantile business. In 1885, he was elected and served a term as treasurer of Dawes county, Neb. He became president of the Chadron National bank in 1885 and in 1886 organized the First National bank of Douglas, Wyo., of which he became the president. But with a correct foresight he saw that Wyoming was the coming state of the far west and in 1888 located at Douglas. Space will not permit us to speak in detail of the various financial, mining and other important enterprises with which Governor Richards has since that time become identified. We might say, however, that aside from the banking business he was engaged in the mercantile business at Douglas, he was president of the Platte Valley Sheep company, the Lander Transportation company, the Pajarito Live Stock company, of Guadalupe county, New Mexico, and had large business interest not only in various parts of Wyoming, but throughout the far west as well. The governor's matchless business sagacity has enable him to amass fortune wherever--figuratively speaking-he put his hand to the plow. In addition to the important position held by Governor Richards elsewhere, since coming to Wyoming, he was mayor of Douglas for a term, of three years, was colonel commanding the National Guard of Wyoming, a member of the Wyoming constitutional convention and a member of the Wyoming senate in 1892-93, and in 1898 was nominated and elected governor and on July 17, last, was again nominated for governor by acclamation, at the state convention, held at Rawlins, Wyo. Though not a strong or bitter partisan Governor Richards has always been a consistent Republican. Governor Richards was married in 1871 to Miss Elsie J. Ingersoll, of Camden, Ala., the ceremony, however, occurring and Englewood, N.J. Mrs. Richards is a native of Alabama and came of Puritan and Carolina Huguenot stock. Her father was born in Pittsfield, Mass., where the Ingersolls were one of the oldest and best known families. Mrs. Richards' mother was a member of one of the oldest families in the Carolinas. Mrs. Richards was educated at the Camden Female Institute. Governor and Mrs. Richards have two children, a son and daughter. The son J. DeForest Richards, who is now in a hospital in Chicago, will be unable to attend the funeral, resides at Douglas, Wyo., and has charge of the First National bank, of which he is the vice-president. Their daughter is married and lives in Colorado. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 16 April 30, 1903 Mr. M. Dankowski, county coroner, returned Thursday afternoon from Granger where he had been called to hold an inquest over the body of a man who had been run over by the cars at three o'clock Monday afternoon. No marks of identification could be found on the person or clothing of the dead man, and it is supposed to have been a case of suicide, although the coroner has not given a verdict as yet, all the evidence not being in. The man was about 40 years of age, about six feet tall, dark hair and complexion. Interment of the body was made at Granger Tuesday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 16 April 30, 1903 Ah Law, an employee of No. 9 mine was accidently killed at nine o'clock last Saturday morning, by becoming entangle din the trip at No. 5 switch north, third plain. The funeral services and interment occurred Monday, and were in accordance with the Chinese custom. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 16 April 30, 1903 OBITUARY ANDREW HUDAK Andrew Hudak departed this life at 9 a.m., Saturday April 25, 1903, age 45 years. The funeral services occurred Sunday at 3:30 p.m., from the residence of his brother, John Hudak, on Pilot Butte Ave. Interment in Rock Springs cemetery. Mr. Hudak has been a resident of Rock Springs for more than 15 years, and leaves a wife, two children and a host of friends who mourn his death. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 17 May 07, 1903 Last Thursday evening a tourist by the name of George White was run down by a freight engine in the west yards and instantly killed. White and two friends arrived from the west in the afternoon by side door sleeper, and were on the lookout for a train going east. The three men were walking east along the track when a freight engine came from the west, White's friends stepped from the track and told him to do likewise, but instead, he turned and walked up to the approaching engine. The remains were taken in charge by coroner Dankowski and at the inquest the testimony showed it to be a clear case of suicide. White was in an intoxicated condition and a number of times on Thursday intimated to his friends his intention to commit suicide. The train crew was held several hours in order that their testimony could be taken and all were exonerated by the finding of the coroner. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 17 May 07, 1903 At Cody, last Saturday James J. Gorman was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his brother, Tom Gorman. It was his second trial. In his first he was convicted of manslaughter. The convicted man was infatuated with his brother's wife. He killed his brother and was making his way out of the country with the latter's wife when caught. The woman will be tried as an accessory. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 17 May 07, 1903 It is evident that the defense of W.C. Clifton, who murdered Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Church of Newcastle, will be temporary insanity. He has made the following statement: "I was stark, staring mad with envy and jealous love for the woman, and because she would not submit to my desires I swore I would kill her and her husband. I was insane with rage, but now that I have come to my senses I have no excuse to offer." The statement was heard by several people and they will be used as witnesses by the prosecution. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 18 May 14, 1903 CLOSE OF DISTRICT COURT The May Term of the District Court Came to a Close Tuesday Afternoon. AN EXCELLENT JURY Brought in a Verdict of Guilty in all the Criminal Cases--List of Jurors The May term of the District Court of this county came to a close Tuesday afternoon. All of last week was consumed in the trial of criminal cases, the docket being considerably larger than for several years. An excellent jury was in attendance upon the court, and as a result every person informed against by the county and prosecuting attorney, C.A. MacMillan, was either convicted or pleaded guilty to the charge against them. The case of the State vs. Louis Szarka, in which the defendant was charged with the murder of Joseph Spisak, in August of last year, was the most important criminal case tried. This is the case in which Szarka shot and killed Spisak at the Combination saloon, and at the same time wounded two others. The prosecuting proved that Szarka had come to the saloon with a pistol in his pocket having a grudge against Steve Matto who was tending bar there, and that while in the saloon a fight started, in which Szarka made a move as though to draw a gun, but was struck over the head and ordered out of the place. He would not leave the place until the testimony showed Joseph Spisak, the deceased, his father, and brother, put a stop to the fighting in the saloon and without violence pushed Szarka out the front door telling him to go home and have peace. As soon, however, as he was upon the walk in front of the place he drew a gun and fired into the door, around which several persons were standing, with the result that Joseph Spisak was killed instantly, the bullet entering his heart. The defense relied for an acquittal upon the theory of justification and self-defence, claiming that defendant was assaulted and attacked with sling shots, pick-handles, bowling balls, etc., inside the saloon, and knocked out the door, when he turned and seeing the parties following him to renew the attack, he shot to protect himself. This theory was overcome by the preosecution, it being established that at the time of the shooting he had only received two blows, and that the fighting had ceased and the defendant had ample opportunity to get away at the time he fired the shots. It further appeared that the severe beating relied upon as a justification was received by Szarka after the shooting, when the friends and relatives of deceased pursued Szarka and after capturing nearly killed him. There is no doubt that but for the prompt arrival of an officer, Szarka would never have lived to stand trial for his crime. It seems that the jury considered this, and while the evidence might have warranted a verdict of murder in the second degree, they returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter. . . . --- Rock Springs Miner no. 18 May 14, 1903 David McElwee of Cambria, Weston county, was killed last week in a run-away. He was thrown from his buggy into a creek and lay in the water for several minutes before being discovered. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 18 May 14, 1903 A fatal shooting occurred at Kaycee Monday morning. Samuel Jackson, boss of the big shearing pens, became engaged in a drunken altercation with Dr. J.N. Potts, who drew a six-shooter and shot him dead. Potts immediately gave himself up and is now lodged in jail. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 19 May 21, 1903 James Forster of the firm of Forster & Smith of Minneapolis, Minn., contractors for the $425,000 post office building at Cheyenne, died yesterday of paralysis. This afternoon the remains were shipped to Minneapolis in the care of a Masonic escort, the deceased having been a member of that order. Mr. Forster was 49 years of age and leaves a widow, but no children. Work on the post office has been stopped temporarily. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 19 May 21, 1903 A report from Kemmerer, Wyo., on Monday says: Charles Johnson, a section hand employed by the Oregon Short Line, was strangled to death in the yard of the bunk houses here under peculiar circumstances. He was eating supper, when he suddenly commenced to cough and gasp. The other section men thought that he had simply choked on a piece of food, and when his coughing was prolonged led him into the yard in order that he might have fresh air. Five minutes later he was found dead. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 20 May 28, 1903 KILLED IN CAR Circus Elephant Crushes Employee to Death With Feet and Tusks Elias Coldy, a Turkoman employed by the Jabour Carnivaland Circus outfit, was killed near Fort Steele Sunday night by an elephant named Tom. The outfit was en route on a freight train from Portland, Ore., to Minneapolis, Minn., when the tragedy occurred in the elephant car. Coldy's body was left at Medicine Bow by the direction of the coroner of Carbon county. There was not witness to Coldy's death. At Rawlins he was warned by Harry Woods, the elephant keeper, not to enter the car, as Tom had not had water for some time and was in a bad mood. Coldy replied that he was not afraid and would clean the car after leaving Rawlins. When Fort Steele was reached Coldy could not be found, and the elephant car was opened b Woods, who was possessed of a premonition of what had occurred. He was confronted by a ghastly spectacle. Raging up and down in the confined space was the elephant, his tusks crimson with blood, while in one corner lay a shapeless mass which represented all that remained of Coldy. The elephant's knees and trunk were also red with blood, showing that he had kneaded the body and thrown it about with his trunk. Against the advice of his associates, Wood displayed rare nerve, and entered the car, dragged Coldy's body forth. The elephant made no effort to molest him, retreating to a corner and trumpeting. Coldy's body was reduced to bruised and crushed fragments and must have been attacked time and again by the enraged animal. Tom has always been considered by the circus people a comparatively gentle animal. He had never killed anyone before, nor attacked a keeper, but was subject to sullen fits when displeased. The Jabour outfit has had bad luck in this section. Near Cheyenne last fall the train carrying the show killed one of the employees, the body being picked up by Harry Woods, the keeper who rescued Coldy's remains Sunday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 20 May 28, 1903 Mr. John Wall died early Friday morning at Green River, after an illness of one week. The funeral services were held on Saturday under the auspices of the Eagles, after which the remains were shipped to the home in Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Wall was a Yale man and had been a resident of Green River for several years, where he had many friends. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 20 May 28, 1903 A ranchman named Mitchell was found dead on Powder river, fifteen miles from Arvada several days ago. Indications were that death was due to a fall from a horse. The body was in a bad state of decomposition, and had evidently laid in the open air for a week or more. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 20 May 28, 1903 The dead body of John Keppler, a herder for the Warren Live Stock company, was found four miles north of Hillsdale Sunday. A bullet in the left arm and left side told the story of the man's death. Keppler had been herding with a Mexican, who has disappeared. The Mexican carried a 30-30 rifle, and it is believed murder had been committed. Keppler and the Mexican were last seen on Saturday. Some of the sheep were found Tuesday and the balance were found near Keppler's body Wednesday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 21 June 04, 1903 Death of M.N. Hinsdale In the sudden and unexpected death of Mr. M.N. Hinsdale, last Thursday night, Rock Springs lost one of the most prominent businessmen and most highly respected citizens. The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon and were under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Mr. Hinsdale was an active member. Mr. Hinsdale was born in Kewanee, Ill., February 22, 1864, and has been a resident of Rock Springs for many years. The deceased leaves a bereaved widow and a host of friends who mourn their loss. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 36 September 17, 1903 Death of Mrs. David Brookman The death of Mrs. David Brookman occurred early Monday morning at her home at No. 6, after an illness of several months duration. Mrs. Brookman was born in County Down, Ireland, May 17, 1889. In 1892, after the death of her husband, Robert Harvey, she came to this country to make her home with her son, Senator Moses Harvey, of this place, who was one of thirteen children born to her. In 1894 she was married to David Brookman, who survives her. The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Congregational church conducted by Rev. Lyman, and were attended by a large number of friends who had learned to know and esteem her, during her residence among them. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 22 June 11, 1903 John Adams, a ranchman residing between Meeteetsee and Cody, several days ago was found dead in his cabin, the body being in an advanced state of decomposition. Near at hand was a partially emptied bottle of wood alcohol, indicating the cause of death. Adams had been drinking heavily for some time, and it is supposed that he ran out of alcohol, and resorted to the wood alcohol, not realizing its poisonous quality. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 22 June 11, 1903 The funeral of the late Hiram C. Morgan took place Tuesday afternoon from the parlors of Miller & McMullen. Deceased came to his death in Butte, Montana, after months of suffering. The interment took place in the city cemetery, his four brothers acting as pall bearers. Many beautiful flowers were place about the grave. Hiram C. Morgan was born in Wales, 38 years ago, and is a son of David C. Morgan and Mrs. Esther Rumel, and a brother of Morgan, James, George and Thomas Morgan and Mrs. Sarah Martell.—Butte (Mont.) Miner. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 23 June 18, 1903 Coroner Dankowski was called to Bryan last Sunday afternoon, to hold an inquest over the remains of Alfred J. Laur, which were found in the river near that place on Sunday morning. Mr. Laur was formerly a resident of Valverde, Colorado, and with his wife and child, and the family of his wife’s parents, was on his way overland to Oregon. On Sunday, the 7th, the party was camped near Marsten, and several of the men went swimming in the river. The cold water gave Mr. Laur cramps and before help could reach him he was borne away by the swift current, and not until one week later was his body recovered. Interment took place at Bryan on Tuesday morning. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 23 June 18, 1903 Albert Hansen, age 25 years, a car repairer helper, employed in the car department at this place, was instantly killed by being run over by cars, while working on the repair track, at 4:45 o’clock last Friday afternoon. The accident was due to an oversight by switchmen in lining up switches. Hansen had lately come from Denmark, where he leaves a father and mother. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. James Leonard, took place at the residence of James Thompson on Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of his fellow employees, who turned out to the number of more than fifty and who paid the entire expense of the funeral and interment, thereby showing their kindly interest in their late fellow workman. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 24 June 25, 1903 THREE MEN KILLED Instantly and One Fatally Hurt In Collision CAUSED BY RUNAWAY CARS Firemen Frizzell, Brakeman McGrath and Unknown Man Taken From Wreckage Dead—Engineer Baker Died Wednesday Morning. Monday morning at 12:15 occurred another disastrous wreck on the Union Pacific within a few miles of Rawlins, as a result of which the lives of three men were crushed out in an instant and another probably fatally injured. The wreck occurred five miles east of Rawlins or two miles west of Greenville station, and was brought about in a somewhat unusual manner. Nine cars of company coal standing in the yards at that place by some means were set in motion and as far as can be learned they had not been touched for two days and there has not been an engine on that track. At a point a little more than a mile east of the first side track out of Rawlins they met an east bound train, extra 1629, and without any warning of approaching danger to the men on the engine the crash came. Engineer Harry Baker, fireman Otis Frizzell and head brakeman M.F. McGrath were on the engine and the last two were killed instantly. An unknown man riding near the head end of the train was also found soon after the collision and lived perhaps an hour. The train was in charge of Conductor F. Simpson and as soon as the train stopped he sent the rear brakeman back to flag a train which he knew was not far behind and he went to the head end to see what had happened. Taking a glance at the situation and seeing that he could do nothing to relieve those under the wreckage he hurried up the track to stop passenger train No. 2, due in a few minutes and send a messenger to Rawlins for assistance. At 1:15 the wreckage crew was on the scene. The sight of the wreck was appalling. The debris was heaped up into a great mass, almost completely covering the engine, one car being thrown up on top laying full length of the locomotive. The west bound freight train was made up of fifty-eight empty refrigerator cars and for this reason perhaps there were fewer cars demolished than would have been had they been loaded, although eight immediately following the engine were totally destroyed. Others were damaged to some extent. Four of the runaway cars were steel and not badly damaged and were hauled back to town during the day. Engine 1629 was almost a total wreck, being completely stripped and the front truck broken. Engineer Baker was brought to the hospital in this city where he died Wednesday morning at 7:00 o’clock. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 24 June 25, 1903 FATAL FIGHT. In Which Jesse Monchego is instantly Killed and PAT WHELAN IS IN JAIL. Fight Started Over the Ownership of Horses—Post Mortem and Inquest to Be Held Tonight As the result of a fight over the ownership of some horses Jesse Monchego is now lying cold in death and Patrick Whelan is held in the city prison awaiting the result of the coroner’s inquest. The fight occurred about seven o’clock this morning at Chalice’s livery barn on C street and was over the ownership of some range horses belonging to Monchego, on which Whelan had a chattle mortgage. From eye witnesses we learn that the fight was of very short duration, lasting not more than two or three minutes, and consisted of Monchego throwing Whelan to the floor and immediately getting on top of him. Whelan then turned Monchego over and rose to his feet. When Monchego arose he again started for Whelan, who threw him (Monchego) to the floor where a short scuffle took place in which Whelan was the under man. The fight stopped suddenly and the bystanders thought the contestants were resting, but soon discovered that Monchego was dead. At this time Monchego’s body was lying at right angles across Whelan, who was lying full length on the floor of the stable. What the immediate cause of death was is problematical and various theories are advanced—from heart failure to strangulation. A post mortem examination and inquest will be held this evening in which these questions will be decided. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 24 June 25, 1903 Philip Weiser died at Lander last Wednesday of spotted fever. He was 70 years of age and had been a resident of Fremont county for thirty-four years. He had no relatives in this country and it is understood his wealth will go to educational institutions in Fremont county. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 24 June 25, 1903 Mr. Gustav Carlson died at the state hospital in this city last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Carlson was born in Karhmar, Sweden, December 17th, 1857, where he spent his boyhood days. For several years in the early 80s he was engaged as a seaman in the merchant marine of Great Britain and came to the United States from London in 1886. Mr. Carlson has been a resident of Rock Springs almost fifteen years and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. James Leonard, at the M.E. Church on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was unmarried and without relatives in this country, and all expenses of the funeral and interment were defrayed by his fellow countrymen. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 25 July 02, 1903 EXPLOSION AT HANNA The Worst Catastrophe in the Whole History of Wyoming Occurred Tuesday Morning at 10:30 O’clock OVER 200 MEN ARE ENTOMBED Two Hundred and Eight Men Entered No. 1 Mine and Only Forty-Eight are accounted for—Vigorous Rescue Work—Pitiful Scenes The little mining town of Hanna City, about 160 miles east of here, was the scene Tuesday of one of the worst catastrophes in the whole history of Wyoming. A mine explosion which resulted fatally, it is believed, to more than two hundred men, occurred there at about 10:30 o’clock in the morning. It is estimated that at least 213 men have lost their lives and damage to the property is enormous. Hanna mine No. 1 is owned by the Union Pacific Coal company and employed 275 men on the day shift. The explosion came with terrific force, the earth fifty feet back from the mouth of the slope and heavy timbers piled near being thrown in every direction. Sticks and dirt were thrown 300 feet in the air. Fortunately, no one was working outside near any of the openings of the mine to receive injury. Two hundred and eighty-three men answered the call to labor at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning. It was a happy lot that crawled into the coal cars and moved down the long slope into the bowels of the earth, there being nothing unusual in the proceeding, and little did the men think they were riding to their doom. They cracked jokes and little did they think it was for the last time. Their minds were no doubt filled with thoughts of a big days wage and a return to the happy family circle at night, but what a sad homecoming it will be for the poor widows and fatherless children when the dead bodies are finally returned to the surface. Of this entire number only 48 are accounted for and two of them are dead. Of the number killed fully two-thirds are married and leave large families, many of them well known in Rock Springs. About 100 were Finlanders, 50 were colored and the balance were Americans. All were experienced miners. Mine No. 1 consists of a main incline shaft one and on-half miles in length. There are 28 entries or levels and about twenty miles of working in all. The mine has always been considered dangerous, but no more so than any of the other coal mines of the state. Gas occurred in this property to a greater extent than in any of the mines, with the possible exception of the Spring Valley colliery, but precautions have been taken here, No. 1 mine being one of the very few in the state equipped with fire appliances, escapes, entries and brattices. The air system was considered one of the best, the machinery being modern and in good working order. As a precautionary measure to prevent the possibility of accidents, men with safety lamps were sent into the mine every morning before the man traps went down. This precaution was taken Tuesday morning, at which time there was no gas. The explosion occurred at 10:30 a.m. and a large amount of gas must have been gathered during the three and one-half hours the men were at work. Some of the men that escaped with their lives say the explosion occurred at the 17th level, while others say it came from the 28th level, or at the bottom of the one and one-half mile enclined shaft. Some of the lucky miners that reached the surface in safety say that probably many more could have been saved by presence of mind on their part. In one instance in particular, in entry No. 9, several miners were seen to throw themselves upon the ground and cover their faces with their hands, and wait for death. One miner said: “It is no use, boys; the openings are closed and we may as well die here as at any place in the mine.” He then laid face downward and refused to move. Others of the 46 were overcome and were carried part way out by their companions, who had more successfully resisted the deadly fumes. A relief train arrived in Hanna during the afternoon, having on board a large number of volunteers, surgeons and nurses, among the physicians present were Dr. Leevers of Evanston, Dr. Finner, R. Roser, Rawlins, Dr. Cooper, Rock Springs, Dr. Miller and Dr. Stevens, Laramie. Owing to his recent illness Dr. Reed was unable to respond. Superintendent W.L. Park of the Wyoming division, Assistant Superintendent Whitney of Laramie and Train Master Anderson of Cheyenne were early on the ground and aided materially in the work of rescue. Assistant Superintendent George L. Black of the Union Pacific Coal Co. accompanied by a number of assistant and fifty experienced miners arrived from Rock Springs Tuesday afternoon and began assisting in the work of removing the debris. The work of removing the debris is going steadily on. Men and horses with scrapers are hauling away the earth and widening the shaft, while coal cars are run down the slope loaded and then run out on the tipple and dumped. All night women and children walked the streets or hovered around the entrance to the mine. Many were inconsolable and their cries of grief filled the air until a late hour. It was a pitiful sight to see women wheeling babies back and forth, carrying them in their arms, or leading small children by the hand. Lights are burning in almost every miner’s cottage and the inmates are seen walking to and fro in the narrow streets in front, talking in low tones of the terrible blow that has been dealt them. Many there are who have not given up hopes of again greeting their loved ones, but when the dead bodies begin to arrive at the surface and removed to the morgue that has been established an a large store building, there promises to be a scene which has never before been witnessed in any town in Wyoming. The Hanna coal mines are among the oldest on the Union Pacific system, having been worked since 1878. Mark Hanna of Ohio was a member of the coal company at the time the Hanna mines were opened and the town was named for him. There are about twenty miles of working in mine No. 1. No. 2 mine was operated for a number of years, but in 1898 it was abandoned and the machinery removed. No. 1 has been operated more extensively than ever before. Three hundred and forty thousand tons of coal was produced last year. No other single track coal mine in the world produced such a large quantity of coal in one year. The disaster in the Hanna mines in the worst that ever occurred in Wyoming since the first coal mine was opened in 1878, and the worst in the history of mining in the west. In 1900 an explosion of gas in the mines at Scofield, Utah killed 198 men and on March 30, 1895, 62 were killed in the Almy, Wyoming, colleries. Two years ago 27 miners met death by an explosion and fire in the mines at Diamondville, Wyoming, and during the past twenty years there have been numerous explosions and fires in the mines near Almy in which a total of 50 fatalities resulted. Of the 234 killed by the explosion, fully 215 were emn and the balance boys of from 15 to 20 years of age. One hundred and sixty-five were married and leave large families, which will be left in destitute circumstances. Aid will have to be provided for these, and every town in the state should start a subscription at once. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 25 July 02, 1903 WHLEAN ACQUITTED At the Preliminary Hearing—No Evidence to Convict Him of Death of Jesse Monchego. CAUSE OF DEATH A MYSTERY Post Mortem Investigation Fails to Reveal Cause of Death—Coroner’s Verdict. At the preliminary hearing in Judge Mott’s court last Thursday evening, pat Whelan was acquitted of the charge of having caused the death of Jesse Monchego. The testimony of all the witnesses who were present at the time of the fight, showed very clearly that Whelan had, at all times, acted on the defense and that Monchego was the aggressor. With this testimony and the lack of proof that a crime had been committed, the court surely was fully justified in giving Mr. Whelan his liberty. The post mortem examination of Monchego’s body revealed the fact that all the vital organs were in perfect order and no injury, that was sufficient to have caused his death. The testimony of the examining physicians was to the effect that they were unable to find any cause of death, hence the lack of evidence that a crime had been committed. The verdict of the jury at the coroner’s inquest was as follows: We, E.P. Philbrick, O.A. Hamilton and C.P. Sorenson, being duly impanelled and sworn by Mike J. Dankowski, coroner in and for Sweetwater county, state of Wyoming, to inquire into the cause of death of one Jesse Monchego, after viewing the remains and hearing the testimony of witnesses do believe that said Jesse Monchego came to his death about 7 a.m., June 25th, 1903, in the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, by being strangled to death by Pat Whelan during a personal encounter between the said Monchego and the said Whelan. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 25 July 02, 1903 MURDERER GOES FREE Uinta County, Wyoming, Could Not Stand the Expense of a Third Trial M.W. Foley, convicted of murdering a man in a dance hall at Kemmerer and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, who was granted a new trial by the supreme court a few weeks ago, will probably be liberated. The first trial of Foley, held in Uinta county, resulted in a disagreement and the case was taken to Carbon county. Uinta county footing the bills to the extent of over $10,000. Now that a new trial has been ordered, a like sum will be required to defray the expenses of the third hearing. It is said that the state’s leading witness is dead, and as several others have left the state and probably could not be found, it would be difficult to secure a conviction. The county commissioners have not appropriated the necessary funds to conduct the new trial, and it is learned from good authority that the case will probably be dropped. It is predicated that Foley will soon be a free man. He has Belle Fisher, keeper of the dance hall in which the killing took place, and who is said to have been Foley’s mistress, to thank for his good luck. She is said to have spent large sums of money in the defence of Foley, both at the trials and in getting the witnesses out of the country. She also served a term in jail and paid a heavy fine, being found guilty of attempting to bribe the jury. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 27 July 16, 1903 Gone Beyond. The sad and untimely death of Mrs. Agatha Thum occurred Wednesday, July 8, at her home on West Flat, Sunday, July 5th, she had a paralytic stroke from which she never rallied, and although she had the best of medical attention it was without avail. Mrs. Thum came to Rock Springs about fifteen years ago and has lived here ever since. She leaves four daughters, a brother and a multitude of friends to mourn her loss. The funeral services took place Friday afternoon from the M.E. church and were conducted by Rev. James Leonard. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 27 July 16, 1903 Card of Thanks. The undersigned wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly assisted them in their late bereavement, in the loss of their mother, Mrs. Agatha Thum. MR. AND MRS. C.S. SPARKS, MR. AND MRS. HENRY STURM, MRS. FREDERICK MARSH. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 27 July 16, 1903 Death of Hubert Johnson. After a short illness of inflammation of the bowels, Hubert Johnson, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnson passed peacefully away at the family residence on East Flat Tuesday of last week. The funeral took place from the Congregational church Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Leonard. Hubert had been a member of the Congregational Sunday school for almost two years and was a bright, active little fellow in Sunday school work, always willing and waiting to do a kind act for those he loved. To the grief-stricken parents we extend our heartfelt sympathy. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 27 July 16, 1903 Monday morning at 9:15, at Colores, the first station east of Laramie, the boiler of a freight engine in charge of Engineer Mike Lyons, of Cheyenne, blew up, tearing Lyons body to pieces and badly scalding and otherwise injuring Alfred Hansen, the fireman. The cause of the accident is a mystery, as the boiler is said to have been filled with water shortly before the explosion. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 27 July 16, 1903 Coroner Dankowski was called to Granger, last Monday, to hold in inquest over the remains of Frank Busch, who had been found dead under the water tank, at that place. After a careful investigation the coroner returned a verdict that Mr. Busch came to his death from chronic dysentery. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 28 July 23, 1903 MOB SHOOTS THREE MEN Deputy Sheriff Loses His Life While Protecting His Prisoners Great excitement exists throughout the Big Horn basin over the escape, recapture and killing of James Gorman, the convicted murderer of his brother, Tom Gorman. On Wednesday evening of last week, Sheriff Fenton received information that a party of determined citizens from Shell and Paint rock, in Big Horn county, were coming down tot Basin to lynch Gorman and Walters, another convicted murderer. Acting upon this information, the sheriff handcuffed the two prisoners, and two armed deputies secretly removed them to a canyon about two miles from town. When nearly to their destination, Gorman, who is a powerful man, suddenly wrenched off his handcuffs and broke for the surrounding shrubbery. One of the guards started in pursuit and fired several shots at the fugitive, but he escaped in the darkness. Walters, the other prisoner, made no attempt to escape. Information was instantly sent to town, and a number of mounted men started in pursuit. Gorman was captured early today by Chas. Smith and Hal Sweeney on upper Shell creek, in the Big Horn mountains, and again lodge in jail. He was still unarmed and made no resistance. Sunday evening a mob of about thirty men rode up the Big Horn and proceeded at once to the building, which is court house and jail combined, and fired a volley into the jail. Deputy Sheriff Price and Special Deputy George S. Meade were guarding the prisoners at the time. One bullet grazed Meade’s shoulder and entered Price’s heart, killing him instantly. The mob then quickly procured telephone poles and battered the jail doors down. They first came to Walters, who was crouched on his cot piteously begging for mercy. No needless torture was resorted to, Walters was shot instantly. The mob next found Gorman, whose body was pierced by five bullets and was left presumably dead. He lingered, however, until 8 o’clock Friday morning, when he died. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 29 July 30, 1903 GONE BEYOND Mrs. John Dewester Passed Away Monday Morning. The grim reaper entered the home of John Dewester last Monday morning and claimed for its victim his loving and devoted wife and a mother of but three weeks. Mrs. Dewester gave birth to a baby boy on the 7th inst., and never regained her strength, but everything considered, she seemed to be getting along favorably until Monday morning, when a change for the worse came, and she continued to grow gradually worse until death came. Lydia Phillips was born in North Carolina, March 20, 1870. Her parents died when she was a child, of seven years of age. After the death of her parents she lived with an uncle until she was of sufficient age to care for herself. Thus left to battle with the world without the love and protection of father or mother, she grew to woman hood, loved and respected by many friends. She came to this city from North Carolina fifteen years ago and since then has lived here most of the time. She was married to John Dewester, September 29, 1894. Besides her husband she leaves a baby boy t here weeks old. Mr. Dewester is heartbroken, and though the sympathy of this entire community goes out to him it is indeed of small comfort. He has lost his kind and loving wife and time alone can heal his bleeding heart. The funeral took place from the Congregational church, on Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. James Leonard and under the direction of the Women of Woodcraft, of which lodge Mrs. Dewester was an active member. May she rest in peace. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 29 July 30, 1903 Mrs. John Kurtz, of Rawlins, Saturday afternoon received burns about her face and body that will result in her death. She was making a salve, one of the ingredients of which was turpentine, and was heating the mixture over the stove when it caught fire, and in an effort to extinguish the flames, her clothing caught fire. Before assistance could reach her she was burned terribly all over her body, face and limbs. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 30 August 06, 1903 Death of Calamity Jane. The noted female character, “Calamity Jane,” who has been known on the frontier since 1870, died last Saturday afternoon at Terry, eight miles from Deadwood. She had requested that she be buried in Mount Moriah cemetery, at Deadwood, beside “Wild Bill” Hickok, who was murdered in Deadwood in 1876. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 30 August 06, 1903 A sad accident occurred here last Sunday evening, which resulted in the death of Jessie, the eleven year old daughter of John Doak. Mr. Doak was at the station waiting to take No. 102 for Hanna, when he received word to return home immediately, that his little daughter had been seriously burned. On reaching home he found the report only too true. According to the child’s story, she tried to remove a can of coal-oil from the top of the stove, in which a brisk fire was burning. How the can of oil came to be there is a mystery which will probably never be solved. Death came to relieve the little sufferer about 11 o’clock that night. The funeral services were held at the house on Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. H.A. Lyman, and were attended by a large number of neighbors and friends, and also by the class of which Jessie was a member. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 30 August 06, 1903 Card of Thanks. We wish to thank all those friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us in our sad bereavement—the death and burial of our beloved daughter, Jessie. MR. AND MRS. JOHN DOAK. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 31 August 13, 1903 Death of Dr. Schuelke. Dr. Julius A. Schuelke one of the leading physicians of Wyoming, died suddenly in a Casper-Thermopolis stage while en route to Casper last Friday. Death was caused by an overdose of some drug. Dr. Schuelke had traveled all over the world. He served in the Cuban and Philippine campaigns as major and surgeon in the regular army. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 31 August 13, 1903 Funeral services over the remains of the infant child of Mr. John Dewester, were held at the Congregational church, on Thursday, July 13th. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 STATE ENGINEER DEAD How Fred Bond Passed Away Last Friday Evening. After a brave seven weeks struggle with typhoid fever, the Hon. Fred Bond, State Engineer, of Wyoming, passed away last Friday evening, at his home in Cheyenne. Although his case had been most serious his friends had not given up hope until noon Friday. Mr. Bond was a public official who was held in highest respect by the citizens of this state and his special study of the subject of irrigation was rapidly bringing him the reputation of an authority on that branch of engineering. Mr. Fred Bond was born in the State of Iowa, 43 years ago, and in 1880 was graduated with honors at the University of his native State. He came to Wyoming in 1882 and has since that time been connected with many of the important engineering projects that have been achieved in the state. In 1899 he was appointed to the office of State Engineer, by the late Governor Richards, which office he held until his death. He leaves a widow and three sons. The funeral occurred from his late residence Sunday afternoon, attended only by the immediate family and friends, and was conducted by Rev. D.D. Forsyth. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 Sheriff Steers, of Blackfoot, Idaho, last Saturday identified P.J. McHenry as the man charged with the murder of Jack Dobbins on July 3, near Idaho Falls. McHenry and Dobbins started out together on a tramp, the latter being found shortly afterward with his skull caved in. His money and watch were gone. McHenry was not seen after this until he was located in Cheyenne last week. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 Henry Brown, the miner killed in a mine in the Silver Crown district, met death by being struck on the head by a descending bucket in the main shaft, instead of by an explosion as previously reported. Brown came to Wyoming from St. Louis. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 In all probability E.S. Murphy will not be tried the third time for the murder of Fritz Kassahn, of Casper. He will leave in a few days for his old home in Pittsburg, but will return in January, the time set for a third trial if one occurs. It is said that if the county authorities decide to try Murphy a third time, S.B. Okie, the wealthy Lost Cabin flockmaster, will be made a defendant along with Murphy. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 JOHN TAYLOR. In the death of John Taylor Rock Springs lost one of its old and highly respected citizens, his wife a kind and affectionate husband and his children an indulgent and loving father. Mr. Taylor’s death was very sudden and unexpected. He had been ailing for some months from so-called “Miners’ Consumption” but was around as usual, having just returned from a trip to Idaho a day or two before his death. On Sunday evening, August 16, he was suddenly taken with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs and died in a few minutes on the veranda of his new home, before Mrs. Taylor, the only member of the family present, could summon help to get him into the house, or medical aid could be secured. John Taylor was born May 24, 1843, in Dellri, Ayershire, Scotland. He immigrated to America in 1869. During the forty-three years he has lived in this country, he has made numerous visits to his native land, but preferring America, he always returned. He has been a resident of Rock Springs for eighteen years, all of which time, with the exception of one year, he has worked for the Union Pacific Coal Company, both in the mines and outside, and during all this time has enjoyed the distinction of being one of the company’s tried and trusty employees. In October, 1879, he married Miss Mary Tait, the honored mother of his three children: Mrs. A.V. Elias, Miss Mary Taylor and Master Charles Taylor, who, with their mother, survive him. The funeral took place from the family residence on C street, Thursday afternoon, Rev. Lyman officiating. The family have the unqualified sympathy of their host of friends in this, their sad and unexpected bereavement. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 Mrs. P. Barrass Sr. has received the sad news of the death of her two sisters in England. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 Rev. Mendelloff was called to Hanna to hold services over the remains of fifteen bodies which were recovered from the mine on Tuesday. Previous to his time Rev. Mendelloff has performed similar rites for sixty-seven of the unfortunate victims. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 32 August 20, 1903 About eleven o’clock last Tuesday morning, S. Sato, a Japanese miner at Sweetwater, was accidentally shot and instantly killed, by Joseph Pitts, a five year old boy. A friend of Sato’s had returned from hunting and place a shot-gun against a building near where the children were playing. The gun attracted little Joseph’s attention and in handling it, it was accidentally discharged with fatal results. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 33 August 27, 1903 KILLED BY THE CARS Brakeman James Hudson Struck by a Bridge and Thrown Under the Wheels Although James Hudson was a comparative stranger to the people of Evanston, the news of his untimely death on Thursday cast a gloom over the larger portion of our population. The young man arrived in Evanston about six months ago from Weiser, Idaho, and accepted a position on this division as brakeman. It was while performing his duties on Thursday about noon that his sad ending came When near Strawberry Station, which is about fifteen miles ?st of Ogden, the supposition is that Hudson leaned far out over the side of a car, not thinking that a bridge was so near. The massive timbers accidently caught him square in the breast, as that portion of his body was badly bruised. The force threw him under the passing wheels, which cut off both his legs and otherwise lacerated him. His death was instantaneous. Deceased was about twenty-four years of age and a native of Iowa. His popularity with the people of Evanston was gained upon the baseball grounds, where eh was know as “Happy Hooligan,” a name given him on account of his happy disposition. He was considered the star player of the Evanston team and his face will be hard to fill in the estimation of our fun-loving public. The remains were forwarded to Mapletown, Iowa, where loving friends will follow this noble man to his last resting place.—Evanston Register. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 33 August 27, 1903 Mrs. Noah Walters departed last Friday evening for Sidney, Neb., where she was called by the illness and death of her little grandchild, the son of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Tobin. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 33 August 27, 1903 WILL HANG HIMSELF Condemned Murderer at Lander Will Work Automatic Gallows. Last Tuesday afternoon Sheriff Stough of Fremont county, received from the clerk of the State Supreme Court a copy of the death warrant for James Keffer, sentenced to be hanged on September 25, the Supreme court having refused the murderer a new trial. Stough immediately took the death warrant into the jail and read it to Keffer, whose face blanched when he heard the news, then, straightening his shoulders he remarked: “I am not afraid to die.” Sheriff Stough has established the death watch and will secure two special deputies for this purpose. Plans are being made for the gallows, which will be so constructed that Keffer, when he steps on the trap, will draw a plug from a pail filled with water. When the water runs low a counter-balance will throw the catch which holds the trap and the doomed man will hang himself. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 35 September 10, 1903 DEATH OF DR. DALBY All the shock of a bereavement that is personal will come to many Slat Lake people as they read of the death of Dr. William T. Dalby, which occurred in this city at 7:30 o’clock yesterday morning at his home. After many weeks of suffering from a disease that, from the outset, seemed incurable, relief has come. Patiently, bravely, with the quiet heroism that is a part of the character of such as Dr. Dalby, he bore his suffering calmly and awaited the inevitable. Dr. Dalby was more than ordinarily prominent in Salt Lake City. For four years, from 1894 to 1898 he was health officer and his record in that position was of the best. The good work of his predecessors was amplified and enlarged and he left the health department at the close of his second term in splendid shape for those who were to follow him. Dr. Dalby’s ability as a physician was never questioned or his standing disputed, but it was not that alone that won him friends and patients. If the Herald were to name his chief characteristics it would call attention to his never-failing courtesy, his readiness to respond to the call of charity, his generosity to his friends, the beauty of his home life. The sorrow that has come upon his wife and his little children is unspeakable. To Mrs. Dalby the Herald extends its sincerest sympathy. Her loss is one too great for condolence, though she has at least the drop of comfort contained in the thought that for her beloved there is no more labor, neither sorrow nor suffering. He has entered into a rest that is fully earned, fully deserved. And there is for the widow the remembrance of the joy of knowing and loving this man. May she be comforted in the dark hour and sustained by the thought that there is a reward for the worthy and that her beloved has entered into his share of it.—Salt Lake Herald. Dr. Dalby is well known by many of the citizens of Rock Springs among whom he was held in the highest esteem, both as a refined gentleman, a skillful physician and surgeon, and a personal friend. May his eternal sleep be only disturbed by the dreams of his good works. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 35 September 10, 1903 Kills Man and Himself W.F. Smith, who shot and killed W.S. Dirlam at Welling, fifteen miles south of Basin, in the Big Horn basin Thursday, committed suicide Friday afternoon at his ranch near Welling, by shooting himself through the head with a Winchester rifle. Dirlam and Smith quarreled over some land matters and when they parted Smith supposed the matter had been adjusted satisfactorily to Dirlam, but the latter took several hosts at him and he returned the fire, killing Dirlam. It is believed Smith went insane over the affair. Smith was at one time sheriff of Cherry County, Neb., and while in the office he broke up one of the worst gangs of outlaws that ever infested the west. After settling in the Big Horn basin he broke up the Norwood gang of desperadoes. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 36 September 17, 1903 Death of Mr. W.H. Blair Word has been received in this city of the death, on Tuesday night, of Mr. W.H. Blair, of Ladore, Colo. Mr. Blair was one of the pioneer settlers of this part of the country and leaves a widow, one son, two daughters and many friends to mourn his death. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 36 September 17, 1903 Death of Mrs. David Brookman The death of Mrs. David Brookman occurred early Monday morning at her home at No. 6, after an illness of several months duration. Mrs. Brookman was born in County Down, Ireland, May 17, 1839. In 1892 after the death of her husband, Robert Harvey, she came to this country to make her home with her son, Senator Moses Harvey, of this place, who was one of thirteen children born to her. In 1894 she was married to David Brookman, who survives her. The funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Congregational church conducted by Rev. Lyman, and were attended by a large number of friends who had learned to know and esteem her, during her residence among them. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 37 September 24, 1903 Death of Senator Badgett State Senator Charles A. Badgett of Moorcroft, died at the home of his father-in-law, E.W. Whitcomb, in Cheyenne, at 1 o’clock Monday morning, after an illness of four weeks. The Senator was one of Wyoming’s brightest citizens and business men. He was a prominent stock raiser, served as a member of the House during the Sixth Legislature and a member of the Senate during the Seventh Legislature. Governor Richards appointed him a member of the Wyoming Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He was a prominent Mason, a trusty friend, a wise counselor, a kind father and an affectionate husband. The better you knew him the more he arose in your estimation and esteem. He leaves a wife and daughter, besides legions of friends to mourn his untimely death. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 37 September 24, 1903 Losses to the State from Death The grim reaper has garnered a rich harvest in Wyoming the current year. Possibly never before in the history of the state have we in one year lost so many useful men. The latest to answer the final summons are D.R. Cowhick and Hon. Charles A. Badgett. Mr. Cowhick had long been prominent in business and political circles and his genial manner and never failing courtesy made him many warm friends. Charles A. Badgett was a comparatively young man, a successful livestock producer, an industrious member of the legislature and an earnest member of the Wyoming Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr. Badgett possessed many sterling qualities and Wyoming can illy afford to lose him. Following so closely upon the deaths of Governor Richards, Prof. W.C. Knight, Dr. Schueltke, State Engineer Bond, and many others, impresses us that our young state is losing strong men more rapidly than we are gaining them.—Wyoming Tribune. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 38 October 01, 1903 JAMES KEEFER HANGED. Met Death on the Gallows at Lander on last Friday Morning. BRAIN WAS FOUND NORMAL Autopsy Held on Body of the Murderer Disaproves Claim of Insanity. James Keffer was hanged in the court house yard at Lander of Friday morning. The trap was sprung at ?:15 and Keffer’s neck was broken. His body was cut down eight minutes later and an autopsy held. The brain of the murderer was found to be perfectly normal, thus disproving the claim of Keffer and his friends that he was insane. Keffer had been on the verge of collapse for several days, but he brace up last night. He slept well and ate a hearty breakfast. He bade his fellow prisoners farewell and while Sheriff Stough was preparing him for the execution Keffer told Stough not to get excited. Keffer walked calmly to the gallows and while the black cap and noose were being adjusted he made a short speech in which he said the jury that convicted him had made a mistake and would realize it some day. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 38 October 01, 1903 Charge With Murder. Jack McCann and Ed Walker, arrested at Ogden a few days ago, are alleged to be the men who murdered a ranchman near Opal last summer. Opal officers have gone to Ogden to see if the prisoners can be identified. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 38 October 01, 1903 By the Pistol Route. George Gilbert, a camp mover employed by James Dickie, the big sheep man, committed suicide at the Chas. Stagner ranch near Lander a few days ago in a remarkable manner. With a large caliber revolver Gilbert fired four shots into his body, any one of which would have proven fatal. His extraordinary vitality in retaining the power to continue to fire the pistol after the first shot, is the source of surprise among physicians. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 38 October 01, 1903 KILPATRICK SUICIDES Sensational Suicide in New York City of James D. Kilpatrick. Considerable excitement has been created by the sensational suicide in New York of James D. Kilpatrick of Newcastle. Mr. Kilpatrick was interested in mines and other enterprises, and was a member of the firm of Kipatrick Bro. & Collins, the big railroad contractors. In the room where Kilpatrick ended his existence with a revolver was found a torn letter which, put together, read: “I herewith send you $300. This is positively the last I will send. You cannot blackmail me any longer.” The letter was addressed to a woman high in New York society and has created a sensation in the metropolis. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 39 October 08, 1903 Died of Strangulation While playing with a number of small beans the 2-year-old child of William Wagner, of Sheridan, swallowed several. One lodged in her throat and the physician was unable to relieve the child, who died Monday morning. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 30 October 15, 1903 Brief Life Ended. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Lange were shocked to learn of the death of their little six-year-old daughter, Hazel Frances, which occurred last Friday morning, after an illness of but two days. The funeral took place from the Episcopal church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, Rev. H.A. Lyman officiating. Many friends of the family were present. The pall bearers were Wm. Black, Arthur Walters, Joseph Hudak and Gavin Simpkins. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful, among which were: Heart of roses, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Muir; pillow, Lula Mezie Camp, 2630, Royal Neighbors of American; wreath; E.H. Wilber Camp, 1854, Royal Neighbors of America; star, Ladies of the Maccabees; wreath, Women of Woodcraft; anchor, Degree of Honor; bouquet Jack Carnations, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Longhurst, Cheyenne; bouquet pink and white carnations, Phoenix Camp, 144, W.O.W., Cheyenne; bouquet pink and white carnations, Rev. Geor. C Rafter, Cheyenne; wreath, Mr. and Mrs. Went; bouquet geraniums, Mr. and Mrs. James Jones; crescent, Mrs. R. Ebeling, Mrs. D.J. Thomas and Miss Jones: carnation and ferns, Womans’ Relief Corps; bouquet, Mr. and Mrs. Bunning. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 30 October 15, 1903 Card of Thanks We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to all friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us in the death and burial of our beloved little daughter, Hazel. We assure them that time may separate us yet their kind words and willing aid will never be forgotten. The Royal Neighbors No. 1854. The Royal Neighbors No. 2630. Ladies of the Maccabees. Degree of Honor. Women of Woodcraft. Woman’s Relief Corps. Woodmen of the World. MR. AND MRS. HARRY LANGE AND FAMILY. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 41 October 22, 1903 Word has been received of the death of D.R. Cassidy a prominent sheepman of Carbon county. His death occurred in the City of Mexico as the result of an accident, the particulars of which we are unable to learn. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 41 October 22, 1903 Rev. Father Nolan was called to Green River, on Wednesday, to hold funeral services over the remains of Mr. Barney Riley, whose death occurred about five o’clock last Sunday evening. The funeral services were held at the Catholic church, at ten o’clock Wednesday morning and the U.P. machine shops were closed down, that the men might attend in a body. Mr. Riley had been in the employ of the U.P. Co., for twenty-eight years, holding the position of car inspector at the time of his death. He was universally respected by the residents of Green River and Sweetwater county. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 42 October 29, 1903 THE AMMAN MURDER TRIAL Jesse F. Amman is Now Being Tried at Green River for Killing FIREMAN H.E. WADSWORTH The Murder Occurred in the Yards at Green River in May, 1902 The October term of the district court of Sweetwater county convened Monday morning. There are several criminal cases on the docket to be tried and also several important matters in civil litigation which may come up for hearing. The first case to be tried is that of Jesse F. Amman, who is charged with murder in the first degree. Amman shot and killed Henry E. Wadsworth, a locomotive fireman in the employ of the Union Pacific a year ago last May. Defendant was also an employee of the Union Pacific and was a brakeman on the same train with Wadsworth on the day of the tragedy. They became involved in a difficulty over a seat on the engine, which the brakeman claimed a right to occupy, but which, it seems, Wadsworth, the deceased, had placed thee for his own use. When the train reached Green River, the end of the run, it is said Amman came up to the engine and called Wadsworth down upon the ground, where they engaged in a fight in the course of which Amman drew a gun and shot Wadsworth through the head. It is said that the defendant claimed afterward that he struck at deceased with the gun and it was accidentally discharged. The case will probably consume several days of the term. . . . --- Rock Springs Miner no. 42 October 29, 1903 Dies Alone. A dispatch from Casper last Thursday announced that the dead body of James Carrey, a well-known and wealthy ranchman living eighteen miles south of Casper, was found on Wednesday evening at the Carrey place. Carrey had not been seen for almost two months and it is believed he died five or six weeks ago. Death was due to natural causes, there being no evidences of foul play. Two horses which Carrey had tied in the stable died of starvation. Carrey was single man. He was a business partner of J.W. Popp of Cheyenne. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 42 October 29, 1903 Death of Ed Neal. Last week Ed. Neal the well known shearer, was brought to the hospital with a badly shattered hand, the result of the accidental discharge of a shot gun. On examination, it was found necessary to amputate two fingers from the wounded member but his condition was not considered serious until early Friday morning when blood poisoning set in, causing his death in the afternoon. The funeral services occurred Sunday afternoon under the auspices of Rock Springs Aerie F.O.E. No. 151, of which order Mr. Neal was a member. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 42 October 29, 1903 The body of an unknown man, who had been run over by a train, was found at Salt Wells, Wednesday afternoon. Coroner Dankowski was at once notified and took charge of the remains, which were identified by several persons, who recognized him as Jack Pihlaya, a Finn, who had been seen in Rock Springs for several days, but as far as can be learned had no relatives or friends here. It is supposed that he was riding on a stock train and fell off, while in a state of intoxication, and was killed. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 43 November 05, 1903 AMMAN GETS TWENTY YEARS For Killing Harry E. Wadsworth in the Railroad Yards at Green River. MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE Was the Verdict Returned by the Jury, Last Thursday Evening. In the District Court of Wyoming vs. Jesse Amman, who was charged with murder in the first degree, the jury, late last Thursday afternoon returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and Judge David H. Craig sentenced him to twenty years in the penitentiary at Rawlins. The trial was quite interesting and was fought with determination by both the prosecution and the defence. Prosecuting attorney C.A. McMilliam representing the state, and Hon. D.A. Preston representing Amman. The case was given to the jury Thursday afternoon at 2:20 o’clock and at about 5 o’clock returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and the jurors in this case are to be commended on the careful manner in which they studied the case, and gave the verdict accordingly. Following is the list of jurors: Ed Morrison, Andy Morrison, Joseph Hill, Hugo Gaensslen, Green River; Robt. Guy, Chris Knudsen, Dan Scott, Frank Ord, H. Lichtenstien, Wm. Black, Alexander McQuarrie, H.R. Dearstyne, Rock Springs. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 43 November 05, 1903 INDIANS KILL OFFICERS Sheriff’s Posse Engages in Desperate Battle With Bank of Crows, Enroute TO PINE RIDGE AGENCY. Effort to Prevent Wanton Slaughter of Game Cause of Encounter Reports have been received here of a battle fought late last Saturday afternoon on Lightning creek, near its junction with the Cheyenne river, 45 miles north of Lusk, in eastern Wyoming, between Sheriff W.H. Miller and posse of six men from Weston county and a band of Crow Indians under Charlie Carries Elk, en route from the Crow agency in Montana to the Sioux agency at Pine Ridge. Deputy Faulkenberg of New Castle was killed, while Sheriff Miller and another deputy were wounded, the sheriff dangerously. Three Indians were killed and several wounded. The Indians had been killing game and the sheriff and posse raided their camp and arrested the squaws. The bucks were absent, and the fight occurred when the sheriff’s posse overtook them. Nine days ago Sheriff Miller and a posse composed of B.F. Hilton, Jim David. D.O. Johnson, R.B. Hackney and Fred Howell, set out from New Castle after a band of Crows who had been slaughtering wild game and stock south of Moorcroft. The officers came upon the Indians in camp on Beaver creek. Most of the bucks were out hunting and the squaws were skinning game and preparing the meat for winter use. The men in camp, together with the women and camp outfit, were taken in charge and sent back to New Castle. The rest of the posse, reinforced by a number of ranchmen, continued on after the bucks. For several days the chase continued, Sheriff Miller finally coming upon the Indians on Little Lightning creek Saturday evening. The deputy who brought the report of the battle to Lusk said the Indians number fully 25. They are well armed and appear to be in a fighting mood. The deputy made his escape as soon as the battle broke out, for he saw that the little handful of whites would stand no show with the red men. Survivors of the battle on Little Lightning creek who arrived in Newcastle, Sunday, with the bodies of the two dead whites and the wounded redskins and their plunder, relate the following story of the fight and the incidents that led up to it: Over two weeks ago Sheriff Miller set out after the Indians, who were reported to be slaughtering game and the cattle and sheep of ranchmen. He took five deputies with him, believing this force would be sufficient. Part of the band was captured on Beaver creek, together with five wagons and much dead game. The outfit was sent back to Newcastle in charge of Deputy Hilton, and Sheriff Miller continued on after the remainder of the band, which had split up, or had joined other bands in the game country. The trail was followed for a whole week, the Indians keeping posted on the movements of the posse and slipping away at night. Sheriff Miller picked up a number of ranchmen, guides and hunters and Saturday at sundown he came upon the Indians in camp near Beaver falls, on Little Lightning creek. The sheriff’s force then number twelve men besides himself. The Indians were informed that they were wanted for hunting game illegally, and were told that they must submit to arrest. Inspired by the leadership of Black Kettle, a celebrated Sioux warrior, and Eagle Feather, the redskins refused to surrender and went away. Being outnumbered, the sheriff and his posse decided to employ strategy, so concealing themselves behind the beaver dams, they awaited the return of the reds, and then demanded their surrender. Black Kettle, Eagle Feather and the rest opened fire. Sheriff Miller fell before Black Kettle’s fire with a great wound in his thigh, and expired half an hour later from loss of blood. To Jim Davis, who bent over him, his last words were addressed: “Tell my wife and babies.” Black Kettle was shot down immediately and expired without a struggle. Darkness came down while the battle raged and the combatants located each other by spurts of flame. Faulkenberg was struck in the neck, the bullet almost severing his head from his body. At last Eagle Feather was struck by two bullets simultaneously, both of his legs being pierced, and at his fall the surviving members of the band surrendered or sneaked away in the darkness. Six Indians were killed outright, ten wounded and five captured. Eagle Feather lay where he fell, surrounded by the dead, until morning, when with the other prisoners and wounded he was taken to Newcastle. Davis and Hackney, with the dead sheriff and deputy, started for town during the night. Not knowing that her husband was dead, Mrs. Miller, accompanied by a surgeon and a trained nurse, started for Lusk late Saturday night in a special train, supposing that the wounded would be brought there. Eagle Feather was a graduate of the Carlisle college and played on the football eleven. He was possessed of superior intelligence, but was a trouble breeder. When he heard that his band was to be stopped from killing game he sent a defiance to Sheriff Miller. Miller is the third central Wyoming sheriff to be murdered in the last five years. The governor says the Indians must be arrested at any cost and he will do everything possible to bring the murderers to justice. For many years Crow, Sioux, Arapahoes and Shoshones have been in the habit of traveling back and forth between the Wind River reservation in central Wyoming, the Crow reservation in southern Montana and the Sioux reservation in South Dakota, on visits to each other. These trips were usually made in the fall of the year, when game is plentiful, and the trails of the bands of redskins have been marked with carcasses of hundreds of antelope, deer and other wild game. Game laws were enacted by the state to prevent the wanton destruction of the game by settlers and hunters, and while the laws have been obeyed by the whites the Indians have repeatedly violated them. Repeated efforts have been made to arrest the Indians and inflict punishment, but they either got away or made such hostile demonstrations that the authorities let the matter drop. Of late years the Indians have not only killed deer and antelope at will, but they have slaughtered the cattle and sheep of ranchmen. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 44 November 12, 1903 GUILTY OF MURDER Is the Verdict of the Jury in the Frank J. Keefe Murder Trial. The jury in the case of Frank J. Keefe, charged with murder, returned a verdict of manslaughter, at Laramie, on Friday night, and recommended that the court exercise clemency in pronouncing sentence. Four ballots were taken, the first on guilt, the second on capital punishment, the third on murder in the second degree and the fourth on manslaughter. Walter R. Stoll made a brilliant argument in closing for the defense. The case went to the jury at 6 o'clock and the verdict returned at 10 o'clock. The penalty for manslaughter is imprisonment not to exceed twenty years, but it is believed the minimum or near the minimum will be imposed by Judge Carpenter. Sentence, it is believed, will not be pronounced until after the expiration of the ten days allowed for filing am otion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, the overruling of which will likely be followed by an appeal to the supreme court of the state. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 46 November 26, 1903 George J. Siegle of Port Huron, Mich., Supreme Record Keeper of the Maccabees of the world, died at a sanitarium in Flint, Michigan on Monday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 46 November 26, 1903 Death of Adam Braun. Adam Braun one of the oldest pioneers of Sweetwater county died on his ranch at Maxon on Friday, Nov. 12th, in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Braun came west in 1864 and in 1871 established a brewery at Green River, which he conducted for a number of years. The outgrowth of this enterprise had been the building up of the Sweetwater Brewery Co., one of the largest and most successful breweries in the Rocky Mountains. In 1883, Mr. Braun took up his residence near Maxon, during which time he has been successfully engaged in the live stock industry. He leaves a wife and one son to mourn his loss. Mr. Braun was a man of sterling character and during a long and useful career enjoyed the respect and friendship of many of the citizens of Wyoming. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 47 December 03, 1903 ANSWER MURDER CHARGE Notorious Desperado McCloud Accused of Killing a Sheepman. There is no question but that Jim McCloud, the notorious desperado, who is awaiting trial in the Federal court for the robbery of the post office at Buffalo, will probably have to answer for the murder of Men Minnick, a sheepman who was killed near Thermopolis last springs and 400 of his sheep slaughtered. The authorities of Big Horn county have suspected McCloud of the crime for a long time. Now a woman friend of McCloud has given the officials valuable information, which she gleaned from the bandit, and sufficient corroborative evidence to her testimony, which is a confession by McCloud, had been secured to make conviction almost sure. McCloud will be tried at Cheyenne and will probably not be re-arrested for the murder until after he serves out a prison sentence. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 47 December 03, 1903 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Carbon County Woman Gored by mad Bull and Frightfully Mangled. Mrs. F.E. Harnish, living on the big bend of the Muddy, met the most horrible death conceivable Monday morning. She was attacked by a mad bull without an opening for escape and was terribly mangled. When rescued she still breathed, but was frightfully mangled and presented a terrible spectacle. The bull knocked her down and time and time again gored and tossed her. Her pitiful screams at the beginning of the attack failed to bring help in time. Her body was partially dismembered, and her flesh torn to shreds. Both of her arms were torn from her body, one of her limbs was broken, her head was crushed and her abdomen was torn open. Help found her a mangled mass of flesh and bones, while the head and horns of the bull bore bloody evidence to the tragedy. In spite of her injuries Mrs. Harnish lived several hours, but surgical aid hastily summoned from Rawlins failed to arrive before the end came. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 47 December 03, 1903 DEATH OF MR. P.J. GORDER An Old and Well Known Resident Commits Suicide Tuesday Morning. About eight o’clock Tuesday morning, the dead body of P.J. Gorder, was found along the railroad tracks, near No. 2 mine, with a shotgun wound in the back of the head. Lying near by was an empty shotgun, bursted at the muzzle and a part of an old chair back, with which he had evidently pulled the trigger, indicating that he had come to his death by his own hand. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of this community and was well known to our citizens. For the past year he had made his home at the Moulson ranch south of town, where he expected to spend the coming winter. He left Moulson’s for Rock Springs on Sunday morning coming on foot as far as Wm. Kent’s ranch, where he spent the night. He left Kent’s on Monday morning and seemed to be in unusually good spirits and to be feeling as well as usual and that is the last known of him, until he was found on Tuesday morning, as he never reached to end of his journey. He was known to have had trouble with one limb and the supposition is that his long walk was too severe a tax on high strength and becoming discourage he decided to end his journey for all time. The deceased was in good circumstances financially and owned several valuable pieces of real estate in the city. The funeral services will be held on Friday, at the residence of Louis Sather, at 2:30 o’clock. The following is the finding of the coroner’s inquest: “We, the jury duly impanelled and sworn according to law, by Make Dankowski, coroner in and for Sweetwater county, State of Wyoming, to investigate the cause of the the death of one P.J. Gorder, after reviewing the remains and viewing the place where the incident occurred and hearing the testimony of witnesses, do find that the said P.J. Gorder came to his death between the hours of three and six o’clock a.m., December 1, 1903, about one-half mile southeast of the city limits of Rock Springs, near the main traveled road, by a gun shot wound entering on the right side of his head by a shot gun in his own hands. We further believe the above to be with suicidal intent. W.H. MELLOR, E.E. JOHNSON, JOSEPH BERTA. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 47 December 03, 1903 S.L. Ingram, of Rawlins, known as “Big Tex”, who was brought to the Rock Springs hospital to be treated for a wound received in a cutting scrape which occurred at Rawlins a few weeks ago, died Tuesday morning of blood poisoning. The wound was inflicted by Fred Chrisman, colored, and was not thought to be serious until blood poison set in. Chrisman was arrested at the time, but was let go on the grounds of self defense, but since Ingram’s death has been arrested again. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 49 December 10, 1903 DEATH OF JUDGE SLAUGHTER Assistant State Librarian Died at His Home in Cheyenne Last Saturday, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. Judge Slaughter Was Appointed State Librarian Over Thirty Years Ago. Judge John Slaughter, the venerable assistant state librarian, died at his home on Ferguson street, Saturday at the age of 94 years. Judge Slaughter had attended to his official duties regularly until a few weeks ago, when he caught cold and developed a number of ailments caused by old age. John Slaughter was born in Virginia in May, 1809. When quite young his parents removed to Ohio, where he was brought up and lived until 1861, when he came west, settling in Denver. Mr. Slaughter spent six years in the vicinity of Denver, coming to Wyoming in 1867. Cheyenne was then in Dakota territory and the territorial seat of government was far removed from this locality. Soon after coming to Cheyenne Mr. Slaughter was elected justice of the peace, and although for many years first one party and then another was in power, his tenure of office was not affected. He ruled over his court with a firm hand and soon the thieves and crooks who were much in evidence at that time came to respect him and the law which he administered. Judge Slaughter was appointed territorial librarian by Governor Campbell in 1872, nearly 31 years ago. The library at that time consisted of a few hundred old books stored away in the cellar of a store building, and half of these had been ruined by water, so that the new librarian started to build up a library with a very few good books. Today the library is one of the best in the West, the number of books having grown to 50,000. Three years ago Judge Slaughter having become quite feeble, although still able to appear at his office daily, the state legislature appointed Colonel C.G. Coutant librarian and retained Judge Slaughter as the assistant. Surviving all his children, he left seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 49 December 10, 1903 Mrs. Thomas James is at Diamondville, called there by the death of her sister, Mrs. Shelton. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 49 December 10, 1903 N.S. Pickens, a young man well known in Rock Springs, was accidentally killed at No. 2 mine about ten o’clock last Friday morning. He was born at Walsenburg, Colo., in 1883 and leaves a father, mother, four brothers and two sisters. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church, on Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. James Gamble. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 49 December 10, 1903 Last Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Maggie Shelton, formerly of this place, passed away at the home of her mother, Mrs. Wm. Little, at Diamondville. Her little baby, nine days old, survives her and hopes are entertained that the child will live. She will be remembered by many friends in Rock Springs who will regret her untimely end. The funeral services were held on Sunday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 49 December 10, 1903 Mrs. John Thode, wife of ex-commissioner John Thode of Carbon county, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. C.A. Polley, last Friday. Mrs. Thode was visiting at the home of her daughter when stricken with the illness, which terminated in her death. She was one of the pioneer residents of the State, having lived in Carbon county since 1870, and was the mother of a large family. The remains were taken to Rawlins for burial. The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, at the home of her son, Dr. A.F. Thode, conducted by Rev. Stoy, of the Episcopal church and were attended by a large number of her neighbors and friends. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 50 December 17, 1903 Mrs. William Firmage and family were called to American Fork, Utah the past week, by the death of Mrs. Firmage’s mother, Mrs. Adamson. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 50 December 17, 1903 Mr. Matti Kujala, one of the oldest of the Finn residents of the city died on Wednesday morning at two o’clock, of heart failure. The funeral services and interment occurred at two o’clock this afternoon. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 50 December 17, 1903 The death of James E. Foote, of Salt Lake, occurred at the Wyoming General Hospital on Saturday. Mr. Foote was at Point of Rocks, looking after some mining interests which were located near there, and while there was stricken with pneumonia. He was brought to the hospital at this place but the disease had gained too great headway and death resulted. Mr. Foote was well known in this locality and was a brother of Frank Foote, of Evanston, who was with his brother when death occurred. The remains were taken to Salt Lake, where funeral services were held on Tuesday. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 50 December 17, 1903 A sad accident occurred on the West Flat last Thursday, which cost the life of little Anton Jereb, aged three years and seven months. The child was playing in a wash house and attempted to improve the fire by the use of coal oil. The can exploded burning the child seriously about the body and limbs. His parents did not realize the seriousness of the injuries and did not call medical aid and the child died at three o’clock Friday morning. This is the second death of a child, from the result of a kerosene explosion, in the last few months and too much care can not be exercised in keeping the deadly explosive out of reach of little hands. --- Rock Springs Miner no. 52 December 31, 1903 The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Maupa died Monday morning. The funeral services were held Wednesday morning. ---