Arizona republican., 1905-12-09
CAPT. HILLS
 FATAL FALL
His Sudden Death on Thurs
 day Evening
The Neck of the Veteran Was Broken by Fall From a Wagon EnI oute to Cave Creek.

The dead body of Captain Reuben A. Hill, well known mining man, was
 brought to this city yesterday morn ing from Cave Creek where he had
 been killed the evening before in fall-
 ing from wagon. He left here ol Thursday afternoon for his mining
 property, accompanied by Arthur
 Kemp Poole, a representative of the
 Palace company which has for some
 time been engaged in negotiating with
 Captain Hill for the purchase of the
 property When they arrived within
 about two miles of the camp one of
 the front wheels of the wagon fell
 into rut. Just at that instant Cap tain Hill leaned over the side of the
 wagon to spit. The jar threw him
 headlong to the ground. He carried the
 reins with him and the frightened
 horses jerked them from his hand and
 ran. Poole climbed along the wagon
 pole and brought the wagon to a stop in a clump of brush about 200 yards from the place where Captain Hill had fallen.
 Poole went back and found the cap ! tain lying in the road quite stiIl. He felt of the prostrate mans heart but it had ceased to beat. A further exam 1 ination disclosed the fact that his neck
 had been broken. Poole unhitched one
 of the horses and rode to the camp, where George Sanburn, another of the Palace company's representatives was waiting. Poole and Sanborn returned
 to the body. The found that the false
 teeth of the captain had lodged In his throat. They removed them and put
 ting the body into the wagon started
 for the city.
 The death of the captain had been predicted by an minimizing Mexican on the eve of his departure from the
 city. After he had got into the wagon
 to start to his camp a Mexican who had been taking care of some burros for him asked him for twenty five
 cents for his services. The captain in ! tending to return to the city at once told the Mexican to wait until to-
 morrow. You'll be dead by tomor-
 row." said the Mexican. The captain then paid him and drove away.
 ] Early yesterday morning Justice
 Burnett held an inquest at which it
 was found that Captain Hills death
 had been caused by the fall Poole
 testified that in falling he had alight- ed on the side of his head His weight
 of two hundred pounds had broken his neck.
 Captain Hill came to Phoenix about three years ago from Boston. It was
 understood at the time that he was ] representing large amount of capital,
 but he was vague in speaking about his packers. He had plenty of money which he spent with prodigal liberty ] on himself and his friends He was 1 in receipt of large sums at various l times. He investigated several min I ing properties in different parts of the ] territory. but never made any invest ment Tn behalf of the syndicate he was ! supposed to represent. Finally he took : possession of the property on Cave i creek. in his own name. and some ! months ago after some development ! began negotiations for the sale of it. | Captain Hill was a man of wonderful i physique and constitution. His exact
 age is not known, though at the time i he came here he said he was past
 seventy. At that age he had immense ! physical strength and he submitted I himself to tests and exposure which : would have been the death of the av- i craze man of middle age.
 | Captain Hill was a warm hearted man and had a large number oi
 friends. He had had a stirring career