Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
TWO MINING MEN
. SHOT BY WIVES
WITHIN A WEEK
JEALOUSY CAUSE IN BOTH
INSTANCES
WOMEN TURN GUNS ON THEM
SELVES
Parkison of GoIdfieId and Latimer of
Prescott Are the Vletims-Both
Were Prominent In Their
Profession

Within the past four days the min
ing fraternity Of the southwest has
been robbed of two prominent men,
bers, both killed by their wives, who
inflicted the same penalty on them
selves. Park w. Latimer, city en-
gineer of Prescott and surveyor of the
county, a well known figure in Arizona,
was shot to death Tuesday night while
asleep, and the dead body of his wife
was found on the bed with him the
next morning. The tragedy happened
at the Latimer home and was dis
covered on the following morning by
the dead mans partner.
Thursday night at Goldf1eld similar
scene was enacted in the living rooms
of Webb H. Parl1ison. president of the
Goldfeld Brokerage company, in the
rear of the Offices of that company on
Main street, Goldfield. In this case the
woman inflicted severe wounds on her
self, from which she will likely not
recover. In neither case was there a
witness lest to tell the reason why
but in both cases 1t is evident that in
sane jealousy was the cause.
The sad affair which snuffed out the
life of Webb Parkison was the topic of
conversation yesterday whenever two
or more of the old Goldfleld crowd met,
and invariably the comment was Poor
Parky," for by this name he was uni
versally called by his friends. None
had a harsh word for the genial,
boyish-faced young man who has been
a prominent figure in the life of the
gold camp.
The woman who shot Parkison was
known to habitues of the great white
way of the mining camp as Bonita"
Parkison met her four years ago in q
famous dance hall, and the two seemed
to be infatuated with each other 1t IS
said by some that they were married
two years ago in Oakland. Parkison
had never recognized the woman as his
wife in Nevada, and his most intimate
friends believed that the affair between
the two was a thing of the past. The
woman had not resided in Goldfeld for
several months, and but recently re-
turned to the mining camp
Parkison went to Goldfeld from Col
orado IN 1904, and two years later es-
tablished the Goldfield Brokerage COM
many, of which he later became sole
owner The organization of the COM
pany was followed by the big boom IN
Nevada stocks, and Parkison made a
fortune so quickly 1t dazzled him. A
fast life and unfortunate investments
brought financial reverses, from which
he had Just begun to recover when the
tragedy ended his life. He was firm
believer in the future of Goldtield, and
had invested heavily in the purchase
and development of several well known
properties in the district. At the time
of his death he was operating lease
on the Booth which promised to be
successful.
Both Parkinson and Latimer were
Young men, under 40 years of age.
Parkison Is survived by father and
mother, both we'll past the three score
and ten mark, and his death will be a
sad blow to them.
Park Latlmer was one of the pic
turesuue figures of the southwest, a
native of Texas and a Philippine SOL
dier Swith a record for bravery. His
marriage to the woman who killed him
was a romantic affair. The two met at
the Grand canyon where the woman
who afterward became his wife was
soiourning as a trained nurse with a
patient. The counting was ardent, and
the couple, impatient OF delays, char
tered an engine and went to the nearest
preacher rather than wait four hours
for the regular train. So far as known
to their friends their married life had
been a happy one.
Mr.. Latimer was to have gone to
Bouse district in a few days to make
some extensive surveys for T. j. Car
rigan and associates of Los Angeles.
He was actively engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession, associated with
7. c. Shotwell.