Weekly journal-miner., 1910-09-14
s. JUNIOR IS CALLED BY
 DEATH Intrepid Pioneer Dies After Lingering
 Illness Participated in Many Indian Fights In
 Early Days
(From Fridays Daily.)

Elias $. Junior, one of the best known members of the pioneer col ony of Arizona, and famed in the early history of the country as a fear less man, passed away yesterday morning at the Dugas ranch, on Sycamore Creek, in the eastern part of the county, after several months of a physical breakdown. He left this city about month ago to seek relief from his ills at the Verde River Hot Springs, and when he was taken to that point was in a helpless condition. His disease was of a complicated nature, and during the past few months assumed a dropsical state, from which partial paralysis developed.
 The death of this man closes the career of one of the most remarkable personages of the pioneer colony. His wonderful physique in the early days, his intrepid nature on the border, and his participation in various deeds of bravery, gave him a reputation as one of the noteworthy men in his class that entered the Territory when it was seething with strife through the Civil War days and was running rampant with personal en- counters and criminal misdeeds of the most trying ordeal. MT. Junior, in those dark days, was a leading per sonality, and while he, too, became involved in many disputes, and through his striking individuality was christened with the sobriquet of ''Black Jack" he was, nevertheless, a man of many earities, and with this attribute, he was also one of the most fearless men that ever en- tered the country, and never flineheo in combating those opposed to his principles. With all his alleged com bative spirit, and the placing of crime at his door, he never, in all the years he had resided in the Ter ritory, had occasion to take the life of a white man. He became involved in many disputes, but through the wise counsel of friends, or by the unwillingness of others to become in volved with him, he pursued the even tenor of his way, as it were, and passed from one era into the other without experiencing, as he often said, the bangs of going over the di- vide with his boots on.
 The deceased in the early days of this city, was a prominent figure in all that pertained to ridding the eoun- try of the Apache. He was always alert and anxious to annihilate tine red devils, and it is said of him that he was prototype of King s. Wool sey and John Townsend, both of whom were among the most prominent of Indian fighters the West has ever known. MT. Junior was mem- Der of the famous party explained by WOolsey, when the frightful Pinole Treaty was enacted in the southeast ern part of this county. on which occasion over one hundred and fifty Apaches partOok of this food and went into the Happy Hunting grounds accordingly For this wholesale kill ing there was a variable expression as to the justice of the act. but from the lips of Mir. Junior there came a smile of satisfaction that indicated that he was pleased to have been a member of the party that performed huch distinguished assistance to the struggling people of the then sparsely settled country.
 The deceased came into Arizona first in 1862, as a member of the First California Infantry, and was on duty at Las Cruces until 1863. , At that station he was the provost marshal, and it was there that he figured in many thrilling encounters as an individual and as a soldier. He left the service of the Union and in , 1863 came to Arizona, locating at Tucson. In 1867 he arrived in Pres colt, having returned in the mean } time to Nevada. He was a mem Der of the "Nevada Gang" as it . was called in that day, and after } reaching this section participated in many vacations, finally selecting min