CHARLIE DOBIE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 2, 1892

A telegram was received by A. Dobie of Tempe this evening 
that his 13 year old son Charlie, had been shot by a renegade 
Apache Indian.

The telegram was sent by the sheriff of Pinal County and stated 
that the murder was committed near Four Peaks.

Charlie had gone to that vicinity on a visit to Sim Neighbors, 
a ranchman who is an acquaintance of the Dobie's.

The name of the murderer is not known but he is a desperate 
character and killed a Mexican woman a short time ago on the 
Gila River Reservation.  Charlie Dobie, the murdered boy is 
well known in Tempe, his parents having lived here for several 
years.

June 5, 1892

The tragedy which resulted in the killing of Charlie Dobie, 
whose mother lives in Tempe and whose father works at the 
Silver Bell is the all absorbing topic here and there.  The 
news was brought to this place by Sim Neighbors, whom the 
young boy had been visiting at Jack Frazer's Ranch.  Sim made 
the ride in five hours over rough and broken country to see 
Jack Frazer who was on the federal grand jury in Florence.  
He reported that on returning he found the ranch had been 
pillaged, all the provisions gone and things scattered about 
the house.  The boy was missing but his hat was on the floor.  
Frazer, Jim Thomas and P.R. Young returned with him to the 
ranch reaching it at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning.  As 
soon as daylight came they began the search for the boy and 
found him about fifty yards from the house. He was shot in 
the back and his head mashed with a rock.  A messenger was 
dispatched to the Silver Bell and the boy was also sent 
there for burial.

T.P. Carson of Reymont, a justice of the peace, impaneled a 
coroner's jury consisting of Frank Marion, Peter R. Young, 
James D. Thomas and Francisco Charcon.  The verdict was that 
Dobie met his death by killers unknown.  Jack Frazer's horse 
was stolen with saddle and bridle.