Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-10
.SORROWFUL REUNION
OF THE HAYS BROTHERS
MURDERED SISTER.
Grilling At the Inquest of the Man
Who Precipitated the
Tragedy.

! James Hays of PasO RObles, Cal,
and 7. h. Hays of Coalinga, broth
| ers Of Mrs. George Myers who was
murdered by her husband last Satur-
! day morning a few minutes before
| he committed suicide arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon. A third
brother. Bluford Hays, who was en-
! ployed near Seligman came the day
| before, a most sorrowful family re-
/ union.
They gathered at the undertaking
rooms of Moore & M'Lellan where
the bodies of their sister and her
husband lie side by side under can
opy The peacefulness which has set
tied upon their faces contains not
the slightest reflection of their
stormy departure from life.
The brothers all strong men. shook
with grief as they stood by the body
of their sister Then they were talk
en- to the residence of Mr.. Cooper
where the little boy and girl are. The
brothers gathered them to their arms
and wept bitterly They promised to
be faher and mother to them. One of
them said that they would take them
back to see grandpa and grandma
but the little boy raised an objection.
He said he could not go and leave
mama
Both inquests were concluded be-
fore Coroner tombstone yesterday
morning. There was little to be
learned beyond the story Of Earl
Riggs whose fatal call at the home
of the Myers on Saturday morning
brought about the awful tragedy
Riggs tried to exonerate himself He
said that his relations with Mrs.
Myers had always been proper When
he was sick she had cared for him as
mother and he had only returned
natural affection
Under questioning. he said that
there had been trouble at Dos Cabe-
zas and that Myers had threatened
to kill him. He said that previous to
that time he and Myers had been
friends and that after that their
friendship had been renewed
He had called, he said at the home
Of the Myers on Saturday morning
for the purpose Of getting something
that belonged to him and which Mrs.
Myers had brought to Phoenix. He
did not intend to stop but was on his
way TO the northern part of the ter
ritory.
He said that he had not come in
response to telegram or letter from
Mrs. Myers though he had had
message from her brother
The coroner asked him if he knew /
that Myers was at home when he |
called. Riggs replied that he did |
not
The very loving letter written by |
him to Mrs. Myers and which was |
found in the house after the killing !
was referred to by the coroner who /
thereupon proceeded To grill Riggs i'm |
a manner which he will not soon for
get. He charged him with the re-
sponsibility for the tragedy: for the
murder of the woman. for the suicide
Of the man and for the unprotected /
Of the two little children.
Riggs was then dismissed and he
left the courtroom looking neither to
the right nor left
The little girl. Floy Jessie Myers.
stood beside the coroner who put his
arm about her and told the story of
the death of her father and mother.
But that was not new. She had wit
messed the suicide as well as the
murder and beside Officer Hosmer
was the only one who saw Myers
lie. Other witnesses were Marshal
Moore, Griggs II. Carr. who was
passing at the time of the shooting
IF the woman. and Mrs. Baber. who
lived in the other part Of the house.
They merely recounted what has al
ready been told