Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-02
u. P. CASEY IS 1 REPORTED DEAD
Well Known Mining Man Is Declared to Have Lost Life Fording Pilares River in February.
LETTER BRINGS NEWS

John P Casey jr.. widely ,Anown in Bisbee and throughout Arizona and Sonora. is reported to have lost hii life in February while attempting 10 ford the Pilares river near Ysabal. in Sonora At the time Mir. Casey was or a prospecting trip and had been delayed by disturbed conditions in Sonora. which made rail travel i'm possible, from reaching Fl Paso with. in time that had been set by the court fer his retrial on an indictment eharg- ing him with killing his brother-in- law, Wm. J. Anderson, in Fl Paso last July. in the course of d quarrel with reference to settlement of the estate of J P. Casey Sr., his father Tn his first trial. which closed .n January, the jury failed to reach a verdict, Soon thereafter he left for visit to mining properties demand. ing his attention in Sonora It was on this trip that it is now reported he lost his life, presumably while endeay- Cring to hasten his return to Fl paso
 in time to appear in court on the date fixed for the calling Of his case. which in his absence was continued. The news of his drowning as it now comes
 out is conveyed in a letter received by his sister, Mrs. Charles F. Hunt, l at Fl Paso, on Monday
 The letter. dated at Colonia Fernan- dez Leal, March 23,> was mailed on
 March 29, according to the postmark.
 but the name of the town at which it was mailed is not shown in the post. mark. It is addressed to Mrs. Alice F. I IU.N Alice Casey Hunt, wife of Chas. F. Hunt, and reads: @I have to inform you that about the 18th Of February, Antonio Farin tells me that your brother, John Casey. in crossing the
 Pilares river on his way to Ysabel, was caught in the flood and lost his life.
 MT. Farin, who with two others ac. companied him, now has his rack horse, mule and outfit, and in his pack
 was letter from you to him at Cana. nea. and this Is our means Of your address. Mir Farin is still in posses sion of his outfit, and holds them sub
 lect to your orders. I did not know your brother. but I am writing this for Capt. Farin, Who is with Gen. Ro-
 jas Your respect. N. D. Thompson"
 The letter is written in lead pencil and the address at the top of if was
 written by a different person than the body of the letter. Thompson is said
 to be a cattleman of wide acquaint- ance in Sonora and in Fl Paso.
 Casey was 43 years of age last Aug. and was born in ottowa, Canada He
 was the son of John P. Casey. ST, and
 with him was engaged in mining op- erations in Sonora for many years.
 Mrs. Hunt, his sister, is not inclined
 fully to credit the report of his death
 until she receives further information. Mir. Casey's wife and four year old daughter, Dorothy. are at present in Kansas City, Mo. His sister, Mrs.
 Wm. J. Anderson, lives in Fl Paso.
 Another sister, Mrs E. E. Brooks, lives in Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. J. J. | Garvey, Mrs. R. V. Allen and Mrs w H. Patton. all sisters, live in Los l Angeles.
 If Casey is dead, he is the sixth of
 the family to have died during the past IA months
 He was identified with a number of mining enterprises in and about Can
 anea at different times Most prom inent among these in later years was the Carman Mining company. a gold ! 'roposition in the vicinity of Arizpe, i which had a sensational stock mar
 ket career. advancing to a figure
 which yielded the promoters and or isinal investors large profit before it finally dropped from active appear
 ance in the list