Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Bowers, Tom 1902
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Arizona Republican-December 2, 1902
TOM BOWERS
December 2, 1902

Thomas Bowers died very suddenly about noon yesterday of 
homorrhage of the brain, otherwise known as apoplexy.  
The news was very startling to his friends as he was a 
man of strong physique and so far as known was enjoying 
the best of health.  He was a member of the Phoenix aerie 
of the fraternal Order of Eagles and all last week was 
engaged in doing what he could for the success of the 
carvival, part of the time taking tickets at some of the 
shows.

Yesterday shortly before noon, he went into a restaurant 
and ordered something to eat. Before his order could be 
served he told someone near that he had  felt bad all 
morning and would go and see a doctor before eating.  
He went at once to the office of Dr. Duffield.  The 
doctor was out and Mr. Bowers went into an adjoining 
room where he suddenly became dizzy and fell down.  
Dr. Duffield arrived a moment later and went to his 
assistance at once. He gave him something to revive 
his heart when Mr. Bowers recognizing him, said, 
"Hello Doc" and then described his fall saying he 
felt better and would like to get up.  He was told 
to lie still and shortly after a couple of men 
placed him on a cot but he died while they were 
thus engaged.

Coroner Gray was called and summoning a jury held an 
inquest rendering a verdict of death from hemorrhaging 
of the brain.  Whether the blood vessel was ruptured by 
his fall or whether it resulted from some preivous cause, 
the effect was the same.

Mr. Bowers was 58 years old and leaves a wife and daughter 
in Ithaca, N.Y. who have been notified by Undertaker 
Bradley in whose charge the remains were taken.  The 
dead man was well known in the community and had many 
friends.  He was a wholesouled, good natured man and 
a man of strong convictions.  He was best known as an 
associate of John McCarty, the lion hunter who was 
killed by a bear in the Mogollon Mountains and Joe K. 
Day, his partner who found the remains and who died 
here of  pneumonia several months ago.  Mr. Bowers 
was with them on the hunting trip that ended so 
disastrouly and was also with Mr. Day in his long 
search for the remains of Mr. McCarty.

Arrangements for the funeral will not be made until some 
word is received from the east.

Funeral
December 3, 1902

No replies have been received from the relatives of 
Thomas Bowers who were telegraphed to in Utica N.Y. 
and the funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock 
in the parlors of A.J. Bradley, under the auspices of 
the fraternal order of Eagles.

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