Dr. FREDERICK ARNOLD SWEET
April 16, 1903, 
Arizona Republican Newspaper

Dr. Frederick Arnold Sweet of Bisbee died suddenly yesterday 
morning of heart failure.  A telegram announcing his death 
was received by his most intimate friend, Honorable B.A. 
Packard who happened to be in the city.  Later in the day, 
Mr. Packard received a telegram from his secretary saying 
that the day before Dr. Sweet had been in his usual health.

There was no man in all Arizona better known than Dr. 
Sweet.  He was a native of Rhode Island.  He went to 
Bisbee sixteen years ago and became the chief physician 
for the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, and 
held that position to the time of his death.  He was a 
familiar figure in the capital for being one of the 
foremost men in the Territory, he naturally became a 
representative at meetings which are held in Phoenix.  
He was one of the leading physicians of Arizona and had 
for a long time been a member of the territorial board 
of medical examiners.

Sudden as his death was, his friends here said they were 
not greatly surprised.  He had spent a considerable part 
of the winter here and it was known that he had a great 
deal of trouble with his heart.  There was a floridness 
of complexion which it was feared was a sign of ill 
health.  It was remembered three years ago that he had 
suffered an apoplectic attack from which it was feared 
that he could not recover and he believed himself that 
a recurrence of it was at any time possible.

A distressing fact in connection with his death is that 
his wife was absent.  Not long ago, accompanied by their 
three year old son, she went to Brooklyn New York in ill 
health.  Dr. Sweet had arranged to join her there in 
June.  Dr. Sweet was forty three.