WILLIAM BOCKHOLT
ASA T. HOY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 14, 1909

Bisbee--Asa T. Hoy, former business manager of the Bisbee 
Review and William Bockholt, a linotype operator were murdered 
at 2:00 this morning in the machine room of the Review by 
William Pfankuck, a printer from Douglas.  The tragedy is the 
culmination of a strike of three weeks ago by the members of 
the local union against the Review.

The strike had its origin in a change by which Hoy surrendered 
the position of business manager and took a place at one of the 
machines. It was afterward decided that as a part owner of the 
paper he had that right under the rules of the union.

Pfankuck entered the machine room unobserved and took a 
position behind Bockholt and Hoy who were seated side by side 
at the machines.  He first shot Bockholt in the back and before 
Hoy could defend himself he, too, was shot in the back, falling 
from his chair dead.  Bockholt sprang form his chair and 
running to the business office, fell dead.

There were two other occupants of the room, Miguel Arabelo, 
the make-up and a boy, Lee Hamilton, employed in setting heads.  
The murderer fired at Arabelo who ran. Pfankuck took a shot at 
the boy and then started in pursuit of Arabelo who escaped by 
sliding down an elevator cable, though fired at as he was 
descending.

The firing attracted the attention of Officer Wilmoth, who, 
when he appeared, received a shot in the arm.  This emptied 
the revolver and Pfankuck surrendered to Officer Henry Odall 
who by this time appeared on the scene.

The manner of Pfankuck was cool; he betrayed no excitement.  
He assured the officer that he was not crazy, saying "This is 
not a Harry Thaw case." He said he had killed Hoy and two or 
three others; he had shot at everything he could see.  Pfankuck 
was hurried across the country to the county jail at Tombstone.

Hoy came to Bisbee about six years ago and had been connected 
with the Review ever since. He was a gun man himself; had 
killed a man in Texas but had been acquitted on the grounds 
of self-defense.

Bockholt lived at Covington, Kentucky and had been in Bisbee 
only three days. Not a great deal is known of the murderer. 
He had been employed in the newspaper offices here but after 
the trouble at the Review office he worked at Douglas.  It is 
reported that some years ago he killed a man at Fort Riley, 
Kansas, was sentneced to the penitentiary for life, but not 
long after was released by pardon. It was the opinion of 
those who talked with him after the killing this morning that 
he was insane. He is 27 years of age.