MRS. EVERETT REED
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 29, 1904
Word was received in the city yesterday of the death at
Tacoma of Mrs. Everett Reed last Tuesday. Her death
occurred at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
O. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Reed lived in Phoenix for
four years. Mr. Reed was a letter carrier and he came
to this city on account of the ill health of his wife.
They left for Tacoma two weeks ago. The funeral of Mrs.
Reed took place last Thursday.
MRS. CHARLES REPPY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 29, 1904
Mrs. Charles D. Reppy of Florence, died at the California
Hospital in Los Angeles last Sunday after an illness of
many months. She was a native of Ohio and shortly after
her marriage moved to Tombstone where Mr. Reppy
established the Epitaph, one of the well known papers
of the territory in the early days. Mrs. Reppy was
well known all over Arizona being prominent in church,
temperance and society work. She was taken to Los
Angeles by Mr. Reppy about two month ago.
J.C. REYNOLDS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 11, 1904
James C. Reynolds died yesterday morning at the hospital
for the insane where he has been for two or three weeks.
Mr. Reynolds was 62 years old and during the Civil War
was sergeant major of the 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He received a severe gunshot wound during the war, from
the effects of which he never fully recovered, though,
until recent years, he had been able to work quite
steadily. Sometime ago he was stricken with paralysis
and was faithfully nursed by his wife and daughter, Mrs.
A.G. Smoot till a few weeks ago his mind became
seriously affected and it was found necessary to
remove him to the asylum.
He was a member of John W. Owens Post of this city. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
parlors of Easterling and Whitney under the auspices of
the G.A.R. assisted by the Woman's Relief Corps. All
members of these societies and all old soldiers are
invited to attend.
Mr. Reynolds has lived in Arizona a great many years,
possibly a quarter of a century and most of the time
in this valley. At one time he owned a valuable ranch
east of the city and in the early days did more or less
contracting and was also in the employ of R. Toohey in
contract work. Some years ago he moved to Yavapai County
where he lived till two years ago when he returned to
this valley. His family consists of a wife and one
daughter.
Mr. REYNOLDS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 11, 1904
Justice of the Peace Reynolds was murdered at Crown King on
Friday night by a man named Andreas Bustamente. Information
of the murder was received at the office of the sheriff here
yesterday morning. There were no accompanying details and
none had been received at a late hour last night. It was
only stated that Bustamente had fled.
Soon after the commission of the crime, word was sent to
Prescott and Sheriff Roberts left for Crown King on a
special train to be in the pursuit of the murderer.
This description of him was sent out: Andreas Bustamente,
about 5 feet 10 inches, slim built, hollow chest, weight
about 140-150 pounds, 25-30 years old, straight black hair,
small black moustache, black eyes and a scar from a bullet
wound on right side of his neck.
JACK ROBERTSON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 12,1904
A letter was received here yesterday saying that Jack
Robertson, who spent the winter, spring and early summer
in the city, had died at Colorado Springs. He was a son
of Sheriff Robertson of South Bend, Indiana. He came
here last fall a victim of tuberculosis. He did not
seem to be in particularly advanced stage and apparently
made some improvement during his stay. He left for
Colorado Springs a few days ago on account of the hot
weather. He died on the night of his arrival at his
destination. It is thought the immediate cause of
death was heart disease.
JESUS MARIA ROLLES
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 24, 1904
Nogales: During a drunken row yesterday morning at a very
early hour, Jesus Maria Rolles, a Mexican was murdered by
a fellow companion and several hours afterward his body
was found in an arroyo just north of the city limits.
Sheriff Turner is in possession of sufficient facts as
to place the horrible at the hands of a well known
Mexican in this vicinity but will not disclose the
name until after the arrest has been made. Judge
Ashley impaneled a jury today but postponed the
inquest until tomorrow at which time it is expected
the sheriff will have made the arrest of the murderer.
MRS. LIZZIE ROOS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 16, 1904
Mrs. Lizzie Roos, wife of Walter J. Roos, died very suddenly
yesterday morning at the family home in the Capitol Addition
near the west end of Washington Street. Death was undoubtedly
caused by strychnine poisoning, self administered by Mrs.
Roos, but whether with suicidal intent or accident has not
yet been determined, the question still being before the
coroner's jury which will resume its deliberations this
morning at 10 o'clock. It is the opinion of the friends
of the dead woman and those best acquainted with
her surroundings that an overdose of the drug was taken
by accident and in support of this theory it is urged
that there was no apparent motive for suicide while at
the same time, Mrs. Roos has resorted on previous
occasions to the use of the same drink in another
form for the relief of slight ailments.
Mr. and Mrs. Roos came here a year or two ago from Chicago
mainly for the benefit of his health. They were later
joined by Dr. R.M. Tafel who is associated with Mr. Roos
in the conduct of the new natorium enterprise at the
corner of Jefferson Street and Second Avenue. Dr. Tafel
is building a house near the Roos residence and pending
its completion he boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Roos and has
a room there which he has slept in till within a few days
since is own house was enclosed.
Yesterday morning he appeared at the Roos home as usual
and Mr. Roos told him that his wife was not feeling well
enough to cook breakfast so they would drive down to a
restaurant before going to the natatorium. They went
out to the barn about 7:30 o'clock to clean the horse
and prepare to hitch him up and had not finished this
task when Leon, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Roose,
who is about fourteen years old ran to the door and
screamed, "Doctor, come here quick, something is the
matter with mother." The men ran into the house as
fast as they could and arriving found Mrs. Roos in a
catatonic condition. She rallied a trifle as they
entered and the doctor said, "My goodness what have
you done?" She was just able to understand the
question and murmur the word "sthychnia." The doctor
instantly ran for his stomach pump which was in the
other house but before he could return the woman was
beyond any possible hope of recovery.
The doctor then went across the hall to his own room and
carefully examined his medicine case which sat on the
dresser. Among other things kept in it was a vial of
strychnine in granulated form. He noted that it was not
in its proper place in the case, but occupied a place
that had been left vacant by another vial that was
accidentally broken thus indicating that someone had
disturbed it. That fact, the words uttered by the
dying woman and the symptoms apparent during her last
moments, leave little doubt that suicide was the cause
rather than an accident.
The couple had been married about six years ago and
previous to their marriage she was in the employ of a
wholesale drug house and was as familiar with drugs as
the ordinary physician. It is believed that on account
of her slight indisposition yesterday she sought relief
through strychnine and finding that she had no tablets
substituted a quantity of the drug in the doctor's
medicine case.
Against the theory of suicide is argued that Mrs. Roos
was of a very jolly disposition usually and was happy
in her home life. She was devoted to her husband and
son and the family had no financial worries.
As soon as possible Coroner Burnett was notified by Dr.
Tafel and Dr. Thomas an the following jury was impaneled:
J.E. Stovall, E. Sunderland, H.C. McDonald, L.A. Rinard,
J.T. Stoval and J.A. Davis.
No funeral arrangements have been announced but it is
understood that in any event the body will be kept
here till next April when the bereaved husband will
remove it for interment to Chicago, their former home.
The Roos Inquest
September 18, 1904
The inquisition concerning the circumstances attending
the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Roos was resumed yesterday.
The evidence brought out constituted an account like
the one in yesterday morning's paper. No conclusion
has yet been reached in the matter.
Friends of Mrs. Roos are invited to call at Mohn and Dorris
tomorrow between the hours of one and five o'clock to look
upon her face one more time. The body will then be sealed
up and kept to be removed at some future time to the east
for interment.
September 19, 1904
The jury concluded that Mrs. Roos overdosed on
poison by accident. In earlier reports it had been stated
that their son Leon as an adopted son but that was an
error. He is a son of Mr. Roos by a former wife.
