, 1900-08-23
HON. GEORGE FERRIS
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Team Runs Away Throwing Him
Out of his buggy Against
an Ore Wagon.
DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS.
Business Houses Closed When Body
Was Brought In and Remained so
Until 1t Left for Rawlins.

thC btditiihS announcement Hdtle
to the people of this town Satur-
day evening.
The news was of such a shock
ing character that every one re-
fused to believed it until positive
ly confirmed, and q gloom settled
down over the community such as
has never been felt before.
The details of the sad event are
as follows:-Mr. Ferris left the
mine about l o'clock Saturday in
a buggy, intending to come to
Saratoga. His son Ray accom-
panied him on horseback. Mr..
Hosler, a sick man was being
brought to town by Mr.. Ferris in
his buggy. One of the team of
horses to the buggy was a broncho
aud in coming down a sharp
pitch, about half a mile this side
of the Divide, the broncho be-
came unmanageable and began to
kick. Hosler slid out but Mr..
Ferris held onto the team which
ran away. When the buggy
reached the foot of the hill, where
the road turns sharply to the
right, the buggy turned over,
throwing Mr.. Ferris against the
brake block of an ore wagon,
which was standing by the road
side, with such force that his left
side vas crushed in, causing i'll
slant death. Ray Ferris, his son,
who was on ahead saw the whole
thing and rushed back to his
father and caught him up in his
arms, but life had fed. He had
been instantly killed.
The body was brought to this
place about $3.50 that evening and
Immediately taken to the Masonic
hall and prepared for burial, and
Sunday morning was taken to
Fort Steele and shipped to Raw
Inns on No. 3 and buried there at
10 o'clock on Wednesday, the
Knights Templer, of which he
vas a member, having charge of
the funeral. The funeral was the
largest ever held in that town, all
the business houses being closed
in honor of the dead mans men,
DRY.
L C. Miller, who arrived here
Saturday hight, assisted in caring
for the remains.
The body was escorted from here
to Rawlins by Sir Knight O'Con-
nell and a deputation of Masons
from Saratoga Lodge No. IA COM
posed of A. r. Couzens, A. j. Dog
gett, John Johnston and Oliver
Paulson.
The family accompanied by Mrs.
c. E. Jensen went directly from
here to Rawlins on Sunday morn
ing to be present at the funer-
al. Mrs. Ferris was almost com
pletely Frustrated by the news
of her husbands death, but bore
up heroically under the trying
ordeal.
Within an hour from the bring
ing of the body to this place every
business house, including all the
saloons, we're closed up and re-
manned closed uutil its departure
for Rawlins. All the business
houses and saloons were closed
here Wednesday during the time
of the funeral in Rawlins.
George Ferris was a soldier in
the war of the Rebellion and was
discharged at Salt Lake City in
1865 and cane to Wyoming, which
has been his home ever since. He
served several terms in the terri
torial Legislature as a representa-
tive from Carbon county. He
was a prominent cattle man at one
time, bnt of late years he has been
engaged in raising sheep until the
discovery of the Rudefeha mine,
when he sold his sheep and con-
centrated all his energies on the
development of that property.
Always quiet and conservative he
was, nevertheless, one of the most
determined and energetic of men
and the people generally had be-