Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Corello, Anton 1901
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Arizona Republican-August 8, 1901
ANTON CORELLO
August 8, 1901

Anton Corello was drowned in a ditch near Glendale on 
Tuesday night.  He was working on the ranch of H.W. 
Hamilton.  He was last seen alive by the ranch foreman, 
J.R. Hughes, who left him along in the evening to watch a 
check gate with instructions to close it at a certain time.  
Corello had an infirmity on account of which he was never 
set to irrigating alone.  He was subject to epileptic fits.  
They were not of long duration but they always lasted long 
enough to drown the victim if he should happen to fall into 
the water.

The foreman saw no more of Corello that night and when he 
could not be found yesterday morning parties were sent out 
to search for him.  They naturally went to the check-gate 
first and seeing nothing of him in that neighborhood they 
spread out over the fields.  The hunt was at last given 
up.  It was the opinion of the searchers that Corello 
perhaps feeling an attack coming on, had started to town 
after medicine.

On the way back the hunters passed the check gate again.  
Someone saw an article of clothing in the water a short  
distance below.  Corello was there, face downward and had 
been dead for several hours or at least since 10 o'clock 
the night before ,the time when the foreman had told him to 
close the gate.  He had done so, but must have immediately 
fallen, for he had been carried down the ditch and around a 
bend by the last rush of water.

The body was found about 3 o'clock.  It was not removed 
from the ditch but a telephone message was sent to the 
sheriff's office.  Justice Burnett accompanied by Deputy 
Sheriff Williams, went out and held an inquest.  The 
coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by accidental 
drowning.  Corello was about 50 years old.  An uncle, 
Figuero Peralta, keeps a saloon in the southern part of
town.

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