The Coconino sun., 1926-06-04
TEMPE MAN CHEERS
UP AT CHANDLER
(Chandler Arizonan)

A young man by the name of G. B.
Turner and giving his address Tenn
pc, Arizona, encountered al Kinds Of
grief in Chandler last Monday, but
is still alive to regret his foolish
capers.
1t appears that Mr. Turner had
been violently pursued by the "hoo-
doo' for several days prior to his
trip to Chandler He and his girl,
according to the story as related by
himself, had had a falling out, bitter
words had passed between them,
which finally led up to the annulment
Of their engagement, as we'll as to
their heretofore pleasant and happy
relations. The load was more than
the discarded lover could bear, so
cranking up his faithful coupe fliv-
yer and procuring what he considered
a reasonable amount of bootleg whis-
key, sought the companionship of a
gentleman bosom friend and headed
directly for Chandler to recuperate,
having heard great deal of our
beautiful city and delightful climate.
After driving around our fair city
and relating to his companion his
beastly luck story, such as no man
had ever before experienced sudden
ly he stopped the car and demanded
that his companion get out. Then In
tragic tones announced that he was
about to leave this cold, cruel and
unresponsive wicked world, and pro-
posed to commit suicide by dashlng
his car against a large tree at the
end of the street. Starting the car
at full speed he headed for the tree,
but as the car gained momentum, his
courage sagged, and the nearer the
approach of the tree the colder his
feet became. Just before the final
crash came the young man bent on
self destrution jumped from the
speeding car and landed in a heap at
the side of the roadway. The car
missed the tree and landed against
the side of Bob Wards house with a
violent crash Bob, at the time was
in the bath tub. 1t appears that Bob
was unusually busy Saturday and was
unable to take his usual weekly Cor
monthly as the case may be, ablu-
ton, and was performing this dell
cate operation early Monday morn
ing. Bob was under the impression
that a California earthquake had
struck Chandler, and after satisfying
himself that the worst was over, eau
tiously stuck his head out of the bath
room window only to gaze on the re-
mains of a much battered Ford coupe.
The injured man who jumped by
the wayside was rescued by his COM
panion and conveyed to a local ply
sician who patched him up as best ne
could and sent him on his way How
ever, it appears he Went the wrong
way, the "hoodoo" was still working
for the way he chose to go led him
past officer Stow who discovered
that he was drunk, not only drunk,
but awfully drunk. The officer
locked him up Shortly after he was
placed in the town bastiie smoke was
seen pouring from the windows OF
the west side of the jail building.
Officers Stow and Hall made hasty
examination and discovered the prls-
oner had piled all the bed clothing
he could lay hands on, piling it in the
middle Of the floor and set fire to
the pile.
The next step was to take the prls-
oner before Judge Howey, who after
hearing the complaint and evidence,
assessed a $100 fine against him, and
in default of payment he was locked
up again.
The following day the prisoner and
the Judge talked the matter over and
the prisoner agreed to pay $50 fine.