Arizona republican., 1901-07-06
A CLIFTON TRAGEDY
Ed Harwell Killed His Wife, Then
 Committed Suicide.

one of the most deplorahle trag dies
 ever committed in Arizona occurred in Clifton Sunday afternoon last about 115 o'clock.
 At about 4.l5 the bodies of Ed Har- well and his wife were found in their home. a cosy cottage near inc Embark
 ment. Each had been shot through inc
 head. The Copper Era says:
 The news spread rapidly over town that Ed Harwell had killed himself and
 his wife Both parties were So well known and the tragedy was so terrible
 in it's nature that strong men turned
 rale and many refused to believe the
 story. soon d crowd gathered at the residence and entered through the open door of the parlor Tn an adjoining
 room W re the lifeless bodies of Mir.
 and Ahr. Harwell. Mrs. Harwell was ,lttirg at the table with her head on
 her left arm and her right hand resting
 on the table She mad been shot be
 hind the right ear, apparently without
 the slightest warning, and dying ih-
 stautly MT. Hdrwell was lying on his
 back with his head towards the front of the house. with the pistol still grasp
 ed in his right hand and an ugly hole
 in tn right side of his head. His death
 also must have been instantaneous. Mir. Harwel had been on the day
 watch at the Clifton saloon and left there about 2:30 for his hJme. He had
 attended to business as usual but seemed preoccupied and when not walt ing on customers was busy writing. He s.tYist1y- n a ma In fItt
 1t is said that he had never tasted li-
 quor. and was strongly oppos to the
 business in which he was then engaged. After the tragedy many remarked that
 for the past month he appeared to be
 morose. and as some expressed it ! cranky but as ne was positive character and always of a serious tenn
 perament no particular attention was paid tn it at tho time.
 Mrs Harwell and her daughter. a l beaUtiful child of ten years, were to have left on the following day on a i visit to relatives in Texas To this trip Mr Harw5l had apparently given his consent He had told others that his wife was going home and that he eX- pected 10 lay off and take a rest. IL Is quite remarkable that such a tragedy soIld occur in the middle of the day In such a thicRly populated part of town and yet not be discovered until several hours afterward. Jack Holman. who has a room in the build ing, was sitting on the front porch and heard the shots flbie Smith also ! heard the shots and asked Mir Holman | if they were not pistol shots. MT. Hol- man replied that he thought they were | fire crackers.
 The bodies were first discovered by | the five year old daughter of Sheriff | Parks. who called 'o say goodbye to | her auntie and cousin. and immediately
 gave the alarm. The daughter of MT. and Mrs. Harwell mad been sent to | Sunday school at 10 o'clock and told | that she might visit friends in North i Clifton Jurin- the afternoon. It was most fortunate indeed that she did not
 return home previous to the discovery
 of the bodies.
 | Mir Harwell had reside in this coun- ! ty about fourteen years. He was mar | rled to Miss Hobbs. a sister to Cue and 1 Lee Hobbs. at Duncan. about eleven | years ago. So far as known their mar | ried life had always been happy. Mrs,
 Harwcll was a sweet tempered, gentle
 little woman who commanded the love