The Daily Tombstone., 1886-08-21
From Yu1na.-
YUMA Aug. IS 1886.

 wife present of Il box of lace but as the box and lace were made by pris- oners here Ithought she would like them on that. account, and have sent several presents of the kind to my friends. would have sent you & present but there is nothing made here for gentlemen except hand-cuffs but if you should desire set let me know. .
 We'll old boy, I have stood the heat of Yuma so far very well but have lost Is pounds which Is more then can conveniently spare. am well satis- fed with my petition and am w,n treated by Mir. Gates and MT. Nugent 1 have no hard work tI perform: l go on duty at 6 30 in the morning and come off at five o'clock p. m. and all 1 have to do is to set in my easy chair smoking Sonora and watch the boys dressed in stripes as they attend to their various Ovocations. There are about 60 of these dear boys building wall on the Lank of the GIla river. This wall is five hundred feet long twenty feet high and six feet wide anl when it is finished it will enlarge the prison yard 500 x 200 feet. There are 160 prisoners employed in diffei- ent kinds of work.
 The p risun is lighted with electric lights two large lights stand 70 feet in height and can be seen at Gila City twenty miles distant they are also of great benefit to the city of Yuma. There are two eteam engines at the prison one of which is used for the generation of light, and for saving wood the other for machinery and pumping water into a tank which hulds 100000 gallons of Water.
 There are II guards here at present 9 uf whom do duty ill the day time and five at night. MT. Gates is deser- wing of much credit for the many im- piovemeuts he has made since he tOck charge of the prison.
 The railroad washouts have kPl t the engines running day and nigLt The last traIn that arrived ill Yuma { WAS on Monday night and k the train that Judge J. F. Lewee arrived from Maricopa On. He had been to Phe- nix and was returning to San Fran cisco. took dinner and lunch with him at the Railroad Hotel the nt xt day 1 ,aw that lie was locking tad told him that it was too hot for him to sleep in the cars and that he had better come 10 my house and stay, but De dId not come and that evening the 17th at about 10 o'clock he paced away. The body was taken charge of by MT. E. B. Waggy the agent here who had box made and packed the body in ice. This WAS before 1 went on duty, Since then have not heard what Was done hut will see Mir. Wasgy and send you full particulars. En- closed I send you copy of the dis- patch sent to headquarters by MT. Waggy.
 The dispatch mentioned reads as follows-ED.)
 YUMA Aug. IS 1886
 Judge J. F. Lew is died last night in sleeping car. His death is suppcs- ed 10 have been caused by the action of cold drinks upon weak stomach. He drank iced claret and ice water yesterday afternoon and in the even- ing complained of distress in the stomach and abdomen. The porter went to Dr, Shibbley's drug store and purchased a mild physic for him which was administered. The Judge grew rapidly worse however, and when Dr, Shibbley was called at about 9.30 o'clock he was unconeious and remni ned so until he died. I took charge of his personal effects consist ing of clothing letters and $34.50 in money, had box made and packed hIm in ice notified MT. Pratt who will notify his wife and instruct me. He held first class limited ticket form II dated August 16th Maricopa to 18th street Oakland which is now in my rofeEsion. E. B. WAeaY.