Bisbee daily review., 1920-04-20
JOHN CHR|ST.y IF CL|F TOM PASSES. TO LAST REWARD.
Well Known Resident o f Greenlee County Dies at
 Gila Bend of Heart Trou- ble; Experience Had in
 Many Parts of the World

Captain John Christy of Clifton, bus mess man and mining man, former legislator, former soldier and prom inent Arizonan, died last Thursday might at Gila Bend, where he had gone recently to the holdings of the Gila Land and Cattle company, or which he was president In his death the state lost one of her best-known and best.respected citizens, for Cap tain Christy' had been prominent in Arizona since he came here 15 years ago, and had been a pioneer in de- yeloping the state.
 Captain Christy was born in Ireland 50 years ago. Between the time of his young manhood and the time he came 10 this state, about 1905 he had been British government repre- sentative in Scandinavia, partici- pant in one of .England's most ia nous military campaigns in Egypt, an officer is the royal northwest mounted police, gold-seeker in the Canadian northwest and a timber man in the northwestern states.
 When death cut short his long and brilliant career Captain Christy was president of the Gila Land and Cat tle company, organized only a few weeks ago by himself and a syndicate of Norwegian business men, and it was on the holdings of this company that a heart attack caused his death. He was also operating a silver prop erty between Clifton and Duncan, and had large timber and livestock in- terests in the eastern part of the state. Captain Christy returned from New York only ten days or so before his death. and had gone to Gila Bend to look after the interests of the new company, which is doing much de- velopment work there, until a regular superintendent could arrive.
 Had Adventurous Career
 Resides being prominent in busi- ness affairs, Captain Christy took an active part in civic and political life. Four years ago he was a member of the state legislature. Physically he seemed no more than 45. in his very prime, and he was, noted for his courageous and fine personality. It was often said of him he would go where any man would go, and that he would send no one where he would not go himself.
 Before coming to this continent while still far from middle age, Cap tain Christy had covered large part of Europe in his career. For six years he had been in the service Of the British foreignuoffi in Scandi' navian countries. He was a membeG of the celebrated Gordon relief ex- petition in Egypt in the sos. Cap tain Christy's long residence in Flu rope and familiarity with European business men anI conditions proved valuable to him after coming to this state, as he interested European cap. ital in many important Arizona enter-
 prises in the early days of develop
 ment here.
 ! After coming to America, Captain I ChriSty became a captain in the fla nous northwest mounted police, in
 which he served brilliantly. In 1897 he emerged from the Dawson and Eldorado gold fields with q fortune of $120,00O in gold dust, and came to the northwestern part of the United
 States where he became associated !, with the timber industry in Washing ton and Oregon.
 T Held Large Interests in State Coming to Arizona 15 years ago , Captain Christy became interested in ! mining in Greenlee county, also ac Quiriug other interests. At the time } of his death he was operating valu able silver properties near Clifton lheld large timber interests in the