Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-11
STOCKS, MINES, METALS.
OLDPROSPECTOR
 HAS LAST SLEEP
Arranged His Couch with Presence, of Solitary End John Lupnon. Aged Pio- neer Found by Cowboy.

TUCSON, Oct I0.--The dead body found near Mescal was that of John Lupnow, an old rrospector. says the Star. Coroner O. k. Comstock and Dep uty Sheriff Huss went to Mescal to make an investigation of the old mans death. returning late yesterday afternoon. The coroner decided that death resulted from "old age and in- attention and no inquest was held. He was between 75 and so years of age. had been miner all his life and died with overalls on.
 Lupnow owned real estate worth several thousand dollars at Benson, which will probably go to a sister who lives in Germany, whose address was obtained from letters found at the cabin where Lupnow lived. He drew a small income from the rental of property at Benson. The body was placed in a plain black casket yester- day and taken to Benson, where it will he inferred.
 The body of Lppnow was found by John Keith, a cowboy, who went to the vicinity of the old mans cabin, the vicinity of the old mans cabin, four and a half miles from Mescal, to round up cattle. Seeing the cabin door open, the cowboy hallooed, but receiving no answer he decided to make a closer investigation, and as he neared the door he saw the body of the old man propped up on cot, lean ing against the wall.
 The old man had apparently been dead for a number of days and there was little left to distinguish it from a skeleton. Keith rode back to Mescal and reported the discovery to W. J. Marks. who wired the news to Ben son, whence it was relayed to the sherlff's office here. The conorer and deputy sheriff left Tucson yesterday morning by train for Mescal,. whero they were met by W. H. Etz and taken to the rpospectors cabin.
 Leaves No Fortune
 Lepnow owned some mining claims near his cabin and these he had worked up to the day of his last ill., ness. The claims are said to De valueless. The cabin is about ten feet square and about it are evidences of squalor. Apparently Lupncw had lit. erally drawn the crude draperies of | his couch about him and lay down 1 to pleasant dreams"-and from the statements of residents of that sec. ton they must have been pleasant | Not one but said Lupnow was a man of integrity and hospitable to all liv. ing creatures.
 The old man had rolled up a qui,t buckled a strap around it and placed | 1t in the corner of the room over the cot, arranged himself for his fast sleep, then drew the cover over him self Tn that position he was found | though what was found bore small resemblance to a human being. Human Debris
 The skull was severer from the yer tebrae, but investigation showed this 10 be merely the result of the disin. tegration of the body. The bones of the fingers had dropped off to the floor and were arranged about the | skeleton like a fan. No evidence of ! foul play was found. Everything pointed to a peaceful end, for which the old man with a remarkable pre-, science had himself arranged for.
 No one had seen Lupnow for two months. though it was impossible to 1 tall how long ha had heen dead He e had been a resident Of that section for nearly thirty years and was affec. tionately called Uncle John" Three months ago. when he began to fail, friends at Mescal tried to get him to go to Bisbee. where he could be given medical treatment, but he declined
 preferring to remain at his cabin alone.