Arizona republican., 1909-08-19
KILLED BY LIGHTNING Kenneth Goodman Struck
 While Surveying 0N NAVAJO RESERVATION
Telegram Announces the Tragic Death of Young Son of Superintendent Goodman of the U. $. In dian School.

While working with a surveying
 party on the Navajo reservation some
 seventy miles from Gallup. N. NJ,
 Tuesday, Kenneth Goodman, the
 young son of c. w. Goodman, super
 intendent of the United States Indian
 school at Phoenix. was struck by
 lightning and instantly killed.
 A meager report of the tragedy was
 received in a telegram to MT. Good
 man at the Indian school As the SUI
 perintendent has been out of the city
 for week the telegram was opened
 by Mrs. Goodman and the terrible
 news learned. The telegram was sent
 by Superintendent Paquette of the F't
 Mojave school on the reservation. It
 stated simply that Kenneth Goodman
 had been killed by lightning and asked
 for instructions in regard to the dis
 position of the body. The telegram
 was received about 3 o'clock yester-
 day morning.
 Superintendent Goodman started out
 on trip last week to Clifton and
 Morenci and wires were sent to both
 places. He was finally reached at
 MOrenci and wired that he would re-
 turn to Phoenix at once. He will ar
 rive here Friday morning on the
 o'clock train.
 William B. F'reer. one of the teach
 CTS at the school was sent to Gallup to
 bring back the body. As the scene of
 the tragedy is many miles from Gal
 lup and in wild country it is not cer
 tain when he will return. but prob ably Friday or Saturday.
 Kenneth Goodman graduated from the Phoenix high school last June. It
 was his intention and the desire of his parents to pursue advanced studies in
 some university. but he thought he would do some preliminary work be- fore entering. For this reason he joined the surveying party which was under the supervision of Herbert F.
 Robinson of the reclamation service. Mir Robinson is stationed at Albu querque and whether he was with the party at the time is not known. The only other member of the party | known at this time was a man named Hoover, who is supposed to have had charge Whether any of the other members of the party were killed or 1 injured has not been reported. IL Is supposed that the surveying party was caught by one of the furious thunder storms that have been raging
 in the mountains around the Navajo reservation and that the metal instru- ments carried by the surveyors at tr1cted inc alectricftv
 While the news was a terrible shock to Mrs. Goodman it is said that she is bearing up as we'll as could be ex- pected under it. No physician has been called in to attend her. for she has displayed exceptional strength in her hour of sorrow. Kenneth was the | eldest of six boys and was admired | and loved by all who knew him. He was 19 years old.
 The young man was just beginning | to make a reputation for himself in athletics Both he and his brother, | Don. were unusually fine tennis play CTS. Kenneth, while in the high l school was a member of the track team. and proved so fast in the half | mile run that he was later trained by Lewis and taken to Los Angeles dur | ing the Elks celebration to partici- pate in the athletic events. He was