Weekly journal-miner., 1910-02-23

| tallty that ONerJOok MT. WOlIley are obtained, and from the testimony at
 the inquest it would appear that it is one of those cases where the rules of speed called for on electric roads in that city were grossly and wanton- ly violated, and MT. Wolfley was in no way to blame for being struck.
 MT. Wolfley was en route down town, and went to the corner of How ard Boulevard and Sixteenth street, to board the ear, coming along. With his eye on the motorman, as he was advancing, along came another ear from an opposite direction, running at a high rate of speed, exceeding the legal requirements by many miles per hour, it is said.
 An examination of his wounds showed that the fender of the car struck him and hurled him many feet away. The flesh from his lower limbs was cut off as if done by a sharp knife, for a length of over six inches. A deep gash over his eye and one on the top of his head were the fatal wounds. He was otherwise much bruised. He never regained consciousness and passed away thirty hours afterward.
 Ex-Governor Lewis Wolfley was born in Philadelphia, Pa, in 1889. His mother was a member of the famous Ewing family of Ohio, of which Thomas Ewing was the gov ernor of that state, and later a United States Senator. The Ewings were also cousins of Senator Sherman and Gen eral Sherman. At a very early age the mother of Governor Wolfley pass ed away, and he was taken to Ken lucky, near the Ohio line, and given an education, and reared by the Swings.
 When the Civil War broke out he was residing in Kentucky, and form ed a company and rendered it to the cause of the North. He went to the front, and made a ereditable rec ord. winning the commendation of his superiOrs and rendered the rank of major This he refused, saying that his heart was with the company, and he would not leave the command. He was prevailed upon to recede from that position, and with the old com pany in his column, he assuShed the higher duties.
 He was placed in Sherman's corps, and was known from one end of the line to the other as "Sherman $ Fighting Maior,' vbich he won on several occasions in deeds of gal lantry and dash. In all his war rec ord his old company was always at his side, and on the famous march to the sea, the Third Kentucky Cavalry battalion made history. He was bre- veted colonel, but declined to ae- cept the honor. and when the war was over he was a major still, and emphatically refused to leave the com pany he organized.
 His farewell after the war to his comrades was a most pathetic one, and the man of iron will melted as he took each of the old company by the hand. He was later in the reconstruction period sent to New Orleans as a revenue officer. This duty he performed fearlessly and in the face of severe restrictions. He then returned to the North and en- gagged in the practice of the law. He mastered this profession and after a few years came to the west. He became identified with land and other interests in the Salt River valley, litigation over which is still pending in the Supreme Court of the United States.
 In 1889, just a short time after Benjamin Harrison was inaugurated present of the United States, MT. Wolfley was appointed governor of Arizona, succeeding Meyer Zulieh. In this position the strong will of the man was shown in a broad con ception of the duties. To his honor, the funding debt of the cities and counties of the territory was taken in hand and carried out by him. Other memorable deeds were also taken up, and in the midst of a splendid official career he refused to become a party to any measure other than the one he considered honorable and upright.
 He entered the mining field of this section several years ago and in this profession his honorable dealings were carried out, as in other callings. He operated the Climax ground, and sad coincidence with his death is that this property was on the eve of proving his wisdom as an investment. He was preparing to return to this