Arizona republican., 1899-04-15
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in all probability. Judge Sloan and
Ferguson Immediately assembled lad
der fer 200 feet and were the frs to
view the remains eli Young, who had
besn instantly killed. They assisted
in conveying the remains to the top OF
the shaft and Judge Sloan accompanied
the remains and the father of the de-
ceased as far as Ash Fork. The re-
mains were shipped to Phoenix and
buried. The nervous shock which
Judee Sloan sustained at the time OF
the accident made him sick for several
days.
Bill zeekando1f Of New York but
formerly Of New Mexico, and later of
Tucson. Arizona, is now in Tucson on
business connected with some eXtens-
i've copper properties in Pima county
The writer's first acquaintance with
Mr.. ZeckendOrf was at Old Albuquer-
cue in 1853 During the war Of the
great rebellion William was lieuten-
ant in the First regiment of New Mex
leo volunteers, and in the skirmish
with Los Tejanos at Peralta retreated
north along with others of his COM
mand. After the little fight at 30 que
de los Pines Peralta, Lieutenant
Zeckendorf made I'D his mind, like
General Sherman, that war was hell,
or little bit worse, and resigned his
commission Subsequently Billy wrote
I up a humorous account of that ceIe-
| brated retreat" in which he placed
! all concerned in so ridiculous a light,
and reflected SO strongly upon the mil
! itary. that il was refused publication.
He claimed that nothing short of an
| impossible stone wall could ever stop
: that retreat" End was convinced that
many CT them we're still ''retreating,
81 NO
found.-Prescotl Pick and Drill.
Henry Laub of this city last week
purchased an historic building IN Will
! lians. Ariz, with which is connected
the story of one of the largest and
! most exciting poker games ever played
in that region Of hot gambling
matches. Captain Buckley O'Neill, ,hen
I sheriff OF the county and late one of
the most prominent members of Colo
mel Roosevelt's Rough Riders, was one
of the players and F. R. Nellis, the
owner OF the building, was his antago-
nist It was a game of freeze-out 1of
all the property the men had. The
game WIS furious, no such thing as a
limit being used, but both men dealt
and bet with the unconcern that is ,ra-
diticnal Of the game sport BY 2
j o'cloc! in the morning Buckley had
won about $40 600, and then one OF
those unaccountab bic changes of the run
Of luck occurred and il all went back
to Nellis except about $4,000 of Buck
ey's money Then the cards took an
other freak. and neither could win or
lose enough to vary the mOnotony or
show any possibility of an end to the
duel. At last. according to the editor
of the Williams News, who tells the
story, O'Nein looked up and SAID:
We'll, Fred, can't you think OF some
way 10 liven this game up? It's too
blooming slow, this style" Nellis,
with the expression he always wora
when playing, impossible and impen-
etrable as the Sphinx replied: How
would cutting the cards for $500 side
suit you?" Agreed answered Buckley,
and at it they went. There were but a
few cuts. when all of O'NeilPs money
was gone ard he was frozen out com
pletely. Both men arose uncOncerned-
" and walked TO the bar, where O'Neill
used q stray coin he found in a pocket
to treat the crowd, and then thsy
walked out as if nothing had happened.
Buckley soon made up his losses, and
Ne1Iis, being a miner, soon lost count
CT whether the big winning was. or
permanent profit to him or not--Los
Angeles Herald.