Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Gamez, Antonio 1907
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Arizona Republican-Oct. 21, 1907
ANTONIO GAMEZ
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 21, 1907

The dead body of Antonio Gamez, a five year old boy was 
brought in from the Agua fria by his parents yesterday.  
The exact cause of death is unknown but it is thought that 
it was caused by the bite or sting of a poisonous insect.  
There had been no medical attendance and an inquest was 
held yesterday afternoon before Acting Coroner Johnstone.  
The father of the boy thought that death had resulted from 
a thorn in the foot but that was only conjecture and the 
theory is not borne out by the circumstances.

The father is engaged in clearing a tract of ground along 
the Agua Fria three miles north of the Moore place.  A week 
ago the child was playing about the camp and suddenly he 
gave a cry of pain.  He ran to his mother who found a slight 
wound in the bottom of the foot.  The boy was quite sick 
and for a day and a half ate nothing.  There was no 
noticeable swelling of the foot, the wound became 
inflamed and vesicular in appearance.  It was opened 
in a search for the supposed thorn but nothing was 
found.  In a couple of days the child recovered his 
appetite, slept well and did not complain of pain.  
Two days ago he became feverish and refused to eat.  
When death came it was without warning.

There was an entire absence of signs of lockjaw and there 
were none of the symptoms which follow the sting of a 
scorpion.  There is a black "trap" spider, as large as a 
tarantula, which people general consider dangerous but 
no such insect was seen around the boy.

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