Arizona republican., 1910-01-13
DEATH OF f. B. KNOX . YESTERDAY MORNING
suecumbed to Hemerrhags With
 Which He Was Suddenly Seized.

| tisna B. Knox dled yesterday
 morning at the asylum for the in
 sane Of hemorrhage of the lungs.
 He was suddenly stricken in his apartment shortly after rising, and
 falling on the floor expired in a few
 minutes. The body was removed to
 the Merryrnan undertaking parlors and embalnied, and unless relatives
 direct to the contrary 1t will be taken
 to Los Angeles within the next two weeks by l.. F.. Hewins and cremated Pin accordance with his expressed wish to MT. Hewins. With the passing of | the deceased, there ends one of the most pitiable stories of human mis- fortune attributable to physical dis ease, that ever transpired in this sec ton, demanding in it's fulfillment the
 lives of three persons. one incident of
 ii being a narrowing tragedy. the fla
 tai shooting by Knox of his second wife in a frenzy of insanity. even
 while he harbored no feeling of ani-
 mostly toward her.
 l.. B. Knox was born in Johnstown,
 N. Y. about forty-five years ago. and
 so early as fifteen or twenty years
 ago he appreciated that the eastern
 climate was not adapted to his
 longevity, so he went as far west as
 Ouray. Colorado. where he remained
 for time. Coming here in 1896 with
 the first wife he was made cashier of
 the Phoenix National bank It had
 by this time become apparent that he
 was stricken with the dread tubercu-
 lar infection. though in appearance he
 was not very sick man. He con-
 tinued in the service of the bank,
 proving a most worthy official until
 1901. when he resigned on account of i'll health. His wife died about that time. and at her request he took the body to Los Angeles for cremation. Thereafter he lived at various places In California. coming to Phoenix oc- casionally on account of health or business.
 During the winter of 1907 he was in Phoenix on such a visit when a complication of his illness necessitated surgical operation. Miss Ida A. Foxhall attended him as nurse during that ordeal and they became much attached to each other. In the spring of 1908 he went back to California, l where short time after he was joined by Miss Foxhail. and they were married. The health ef MT. Knox ccn- tinued to decline and in early October | he and his wife decided to come to Phoenix and spend the winter on al ranch. advising MT. Hewins to se- cure them a fitting place.
 They arrived here on October "A or 20 and secured rooms at the Sixth | avenue. Mrs. Knox 1t leter developed. | had for two or three weeks before | begun to suspect her husbands sani- | ty. but was devoted to him and tried | to keep the facts from friends as much as possible. thinking she could | care for him and that he would short l Iy be himself again in this climate. | However. his Authorizations increased | constantly and he complained that he | was beset by electrical currents that | had designs upon him. averring that his room in the hotel was filled with | them. The night of October 25 they l spent at the home of MT. and Mrs. Hewins, and the next morning MT. | Hewins persuaded MT Knox that he would be better in q hospital until he was strong enough to go to .he coun- try. but promised to take him out to see ranch that day. It was. early | morning and MT. Heyins went to the1 depot to bid good bye. to brother who was leaving Mir: and Mrs. Knox were to come down. town on car and meet him at the hotel.
 Hardly had Mir Hewins left home when MT. Knox asked his. wife to take a walk They went into the back | yard and he asked her to go to thei barn. Once inside of it he closed the door and drew a revolver. when she1 received her first intimation of his | deadly purpose, not knowing whether it was suicidal or homicidal She en- gagged him in a scuffle for possession of the weapon and moment later she was fatally shot. Knox then at suicide it Is believed. through an unsuccessful effort to sever the arteries of his wrists after he was disarmed. Both were removed to a hospital. where Mrs. Knox died the next morning little less than twen ty-four hours after her injury
 Previous to her death, Mrs. Knox said she had nothing to regret and un- der the same circumstances would have gone through 1t all again if nec- essary. She loved her husband and inl her dying hour was solicitous for his'i welfare. and cherished no enmity be- cause. of his insane act. Her hns- bands condition was critical for some time but he. eventually, gained lit tie physically api was later trans ferred to the asylum for the insane. His regard for. his wife and her mem ory, never waned, but he seemed to have no sane appreciation of his act. He said she was a good. woman and