Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-31
STATE "SCOOPED'' /. BY THE JOURNAL MINER
ONLY PAPER IN ARIZONA TO GIVE ITS READERS CORRECT ACCOUNT OF PARKER TRAGEDY.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

(From Tuesdays Daily)
 It is not the policy of the Journal Miner to boast concerning the service it gives the people of Northern Ari- zona, but that it covers its field and accurately is well known all over the state,
 Last week there occurred at Parker a double tragedy. the killing of young man. Herbert Fuqua, by young widow woman by the name of Sweeney. The morning following the double tragedy the Journal-Mincr was the only paper in Arizona to give correct account of the affair. The Phoenix papers had a story which for falling short of the facts was truly wonderful. It told wierd tale of a Mexican who had threatened the life of the young man and laid the crime at his door. Additional details, published subsequently, were along the same line and never hint was given of a woman figuring in the kill ing.
 The Journal-AIincr scored State wide beat on this important story and that every word, which it published, was true. is confirmed in the account of the affair given in the last issue of the Parker Post. Its account, al though going more into detail, sub stantiatcs in every particular that given to the readers of the Journal Miner. It is as follows:
 Because her love for Hubbard Fu- qua was greater than her courage to live apart from him, Gcnevievc II. Sweeney successfully laid and exc cuted her plans to take her own life and that of the man she loved.
 The tragedy, which has ineNpress- ibly shocked the whole community occurred sometime last Saturday night. in the old Smith se,loca- ted on the mesa overlooking the river.
 The dead bodies of the two young .rcoplc were discovered Monday af- ternoon. and from a number of letters left by the unfortunate woman 1t Is clear that she shot young Fuqua and then killed herself.
 Gcncvicve Sweeney was the daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs Fred Hall who reside six miles north of Parker on the California side of the river. She was 21 years of age. was the divorced wife of William Sweeney, who opcr- atcs a ferry at Needles, and leaves two small children.
 Hubbard Fuqua was the son of MT. and Mrs. B. NJ. Fuqua, and was but Y years of age He possessed an unusually pleasant disposition and was beloved by everybody in the community. His tragic end is deeply regretted by his friends, and has prostratcd his parents with grief. While the young people were known to associate together at inter- vals. it was not thought that the woman in the case was so desperate ly in love with the boy. She arrived in Parker from her home up the river Saturday evening, after pre- viously writing a detailed account ot what she intended to do, which she addressed to her mother and hid in q dresser drawer. Another note ad- dressed to her mother and found by the bedside in the old Smith house. stated where her farewell letter would be found
 Sometime Saturday evening the young couple went to the Smith house. all of which was evidently GldullCu DN llG NOllldll' III pui 9''''''NN of the letter writer her mother, in which she stated that she intended to kill herself and take Hubbard with Ter.
 From the position of young Faqua's body it was evident that he was shot in the head from behind and while he was asleep. After killing Fuqua, Mrs. Sweeney sat on the edge of the bed and put d bullet into her own head. the entrance and exit of the bullet being practically the same as that fired into Hubbard's head.
 Upon the discovery of the bodies coroner's jury was at once impan- clcd. consisting of the following: Ed $. Osborne, Jack Snowdcn, Billy Will Hams. (. E. Day. After viewing the remains. the jury adjourned until the following morning. when Mrs. Hall and her son, ]. l.. Hall. were inter rogatcd.
 Mrs. Hall testified to the letter which her daughter left behind. It related that she was discouraged with life and that she loved young Fuqua
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