Arizona republican., 1896-03-17
!. TOM GATES SUCCESSOR
Warden Shaw Receives
 the Plum.
Many Were the Eager Ap-
 plicants.
AS Assistant Supertntendent Is Ap- pointed James Coy;e Of
 Cila Bend.

The successor of Thomas Gates as superintendent of the territorial pris- on is M. F. Shaw, who has for two years filled the post of assistant super intendent. As Shaw's successor was appointed Jomes Coyle, of Gila Bend, Maricopa county.
 Owing to Gates ill health his resig- nation was sent to the governor three months ago, and It is probable that Governor Hughes has all along had his eye upon the assistant superintend- ent for the position when vacated Since the date of the suicide Eelegrams have been: pouring in from all parts of the territory urging the appoint ment of Shaw, but it is, probable they simply backed up the executive in course he had already determined up- on. There were dozens of other appli- cations, several of the citizens of Phoe- nix manifesting a willingness to sac rifice their local business interests to serve their country, but the appoint ment was made speedily and the un- certainty promptly raised from the ex- pectant ones.
 M F. Shaw is one of the best known of Arizonans In the early days of Tombstone he was foreman of the Grand Centralmine, and in that ca pacity secured such a reputation for bravery and good judgment that the mining companies pooled as to salary and placed him into the responsible position of city marshal It was in the days when revolvers were considered necessary adjuncts to the toilet of 1 oir,I JaJ more than abundant, but the service was satisfactorily performed. Later 1 he was undersheriff of Pima county for i several years, and then sheriff for two terms. Latter he was chosen warden or assistant superintendent of the prison, and worthily had he performed his task, which consisted in the actual management of the prisoners. He es- pecially has achieved success in the management of tiiif0 tiif prison farm.
 'sJim" Coyle, who is now warden, has for several months been one of the 1 prison guards. He is a man Of power 1 ful physique. and IS said ito be very successful in his mana cement of the prisoners.
 Later particulars regarding the su.- eide of Gates show that th5 deed was a premeditated one. IFS will bears date of but three days before In it he wiJed Ito his brother, SolomGn Gates, of San Luis Obispo, Cal, his entire property, consisting of a few town lots in Yuma and about s13 900 n cash in bank. He also requested that his re- mains be inferred at Los Angeles by the side of his wife.
 Funeral services at Yuma, conduc.- ed by the local Methodist minister, were held at the super.ntendent's res- idence on Prison hill Saturday even ing. Present were the governor and Mrs. Hughes, who most sincerely es- ,, teemed the man in life, and hundreds i of the citizens of Yuma assembled to pay the last duty of respect to the re- mains of him who had been to them all a friend. The services were affecting in the extreme. At their end the re- mains, escorted by the prison officials and with prison guards as bearers of the pal, were taken to the Sou hern Pacific depot, thence to be taken to I.Los Angeles. At Los Angeles the body was received by brethren of the Odd Fellows fraternity and buried under l the auSDIceS of iljhn 0rdpr