LUKE SOTO
April 8, 1910
Az Republican Newspaper

Luke Soto, a negro pioneer who claims the distinction of having 
come to this territory with John A. Gurley, the first governor 
of Arizona, was arrested at Lost Gulch on an insanity charge, 
says the Globe Silver Belt.  For a number of years, Soto has 
made a living by working placer claims in the Lost Gulch 
district.  He has shown evidences of insanity for some time 
and within the past few weeks his condition has become so much 
worse that yesterday steps were taken to have the old man placed 
in the territorial asylum.  The age of the defendant is unknown, 
even to himself.  He was born in slavery before the days of the 
Civil War and was not a young man when he came to Ariozna, fifty 
years ago. If his age was known, it would probably develop that 
he is one of the oldest men in the territory today.


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