El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-27
HUGHIE JENNINGS'S
COUSIN FOUND DEAD
Supposed to Have Fallen
Into Areaway in Bisbee
While Asleep.

Bisbee. Ariz., June 2T.-The body of
John Jennings. a cousin of Harry jen-
nings, of Lowell, and of Hughie Jen-
nings. the ball player, Of Detroit. was
found at o'clock this morning in an
areaway to basement back of the
Orient saloon in Lowell He was IN
conscious when found and died at the
Copper Queen hospital several hours
later from cOncussion of the BRAIN
Young Jennings who was only u
years of age, had been suffering from
insomnia, and it is believed that ne
went TO the rear of the place and sat
on the curling over the areaway ana
dropped off to sleep, when he lost con-
seriousness and fell into the cement
paved areaWay ten feet below, trac-
turing his skull. He was an employe
of the copper Queen store at LoWel4.
The body will probably be shipped
hack to Pennsylvania, MS old home.
Disaster has been swiftly following
the Jennings family during the last
few years. Just before ne came TO
Arizona to work in the mines, John
Jennings narrowly escaped death IN a
Pennsvlvanfa mine explosion, in which
A brother was killed soon after ne
arrived here he fell i'll of pneumonia
and his life was despaired OF, but IN
der the nursing of his old gray-halred
mother, who came here 10 care Tor MIN,
he recovered and took employment III
the Lowell Copper Queen store.
The recent automobile accident IN
which Hughie Jennings the great 4ed1-
er of the Detroit Tigers, was seriously
in iured. had its counterpart in an auto
mobile accident here sunday, harry
Jennings, a cousin Of Hughle', was
thrown from runaway auto sustain
ing severe bruises
A telegram was received IN the CITY
Yesterday from ex-mayor n Newman,
who has been touring Europe, stauhS
that he arrived at New YORK anu
would attend the Democratic natlohal
convention at Baltimore before return
Sixtv Knights of Pythias viii be ini-
tiated into the order of the Knights
of Khorassan here on saturday nlsnl'
and the expert degree team OF the
Phoenix lodge will arrive satuFe4g
with the initiating paraphernalla- IN
the list of neOphytes are proInlheht
Pvthiaus from all over Coch1se county
and from Cananea, sonora
A. E Homeland and MISS Jessie
Woolsehlegel both of Bisbee, were
taken from an FL Paso & southwestern
train at Naco yesterday afternoon as
they were clipping TO Benson 70 get
married A note left by the. slrl save
the parents the alarm and they hasliIy
notified Officers at Naco 10 intercept
them. as the girl in the case was only
16 years OF age. They were pregsht
back TO Bisbee BY the tatnef' Jon"
WoOlsehlegeL .,a.-
0eDUrV county attorney EAAS-~c----~-
hurry went to Tombstone to file an IN
formation against David Martinez ana
10 secure u bench warrant upon Whlch
to base extradition proceedings Ut
Martinez, who is in jail at Aqua Prleta,
having been brought TO that place from
Nacozarf where he was arrested py
Mexican federal officers at me request
Of sheriff Wheeler OF this county, VINO
wanted him on the charge OF muraet-
ing his II year old wife at Gleeson
Soncza will be asked to permit the eN
tradition of MARTINEZ ana the dlo o.
the state department at washington
will not be asked -, ,-,.
Governor G. W. P Hunt viii deliver
the Fourth of July Grafton here Gen
Brodie, at san Francisco, has also given
orders that the 4th cavalry band re
main in the district from June 80 70
July s. Two squadrons OF the 4In new c
stationed at Fort Huacnuca VIII aiso
take part in the celebration
A dance and a reception at the W ar
rem district Country club on the even
ing of July 1, and dinner AZ tHS
Conner Queen hotel cafe on the AFTER
noon of that DAY will be given in honor
of the governor and the 4th cavalry
Road Improvement is the order OF
the DAY in the Warren district. A IlIIl
of contractors is busy now el4lnS the
county road between the eastern city
limits of Bisbee and the approach 70
the Bisbee- Douglas highway below the
town of Lowell The city OF Blseee
will advertise for bids Tor olllns tne
read in the city limits and In rev
DAYS a contract will be let for paving
test with crushed Stag on the streets
of the city. The Tombstone Canyon
road extension is being surfaced TINS
week and when all of this work IS
completed there will be a boulevard
from the eastern slope of the Divide
west of Bisbee to the city Of Douglas,
oiled all the way In this connection
there is a movement on foot 10 nave
Cochise ceunty's superintendent of the
road fund spent on improving the Ber-
derland route.