Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Martinez, Enriquez 1909
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Arizona Republican-November 4, 1909
ENRIQUEZ MARTINEZ
November 4, 1909

As the train bringing Dan Patch, the great pacer, Minor Heir 
and a number of other race horses for the fair, drew into 
Phoenix last night the crew noticed a man lying beside the 
track near Fifth Street, just back of the wood yard.  Members 
of the crew accompanied by the police went back to the spot 
and found a man, supposedly a Yaqui, dying beside the track.

A frightful hole had been cut in his head, in fact, the whole 
right side of his face was crushed.  He died about an hour 
and a half later at the police station.  About a dozen feet 
away from the Yaqui and toward the station was a suit case 
with one corner battered in.  twenty feet down the track was 
one of the man's shoes which had been torn from his foot by 
the impact of the train.  It is one of the peculiarities of 
such accidents that persons struck by rapidly moving trains 
are often found with their shoes ripped off but no bruises 
will be found on the feet.

It is supposed that the Yaqui was either walking down the 
track with the suit case in hand or that he was riding on 
the 7:20 train for Maricopa and attempted to get off.  The 
man lay beside the track for fully forty five minutes after 
he was struck. He was there at least thirty minutes before 
anything was done for him.  He was unconscious when found 
and it was seen at once that nothing could be done to save 
his life.  He was there for at least thirty minutes before 
anything was done for him and was unconscious when found. 
Dr. Beauchamp, city physician was sent for but Coroner 
Johnstone and the wagon belonging to Moore and McLellan, 
undertakers arrived first.  The man was taken to the city 
hall where he died and was later removed to Moore and 
McLellans.

November 5, 1909

The inquest conducted by Coroner Johnstone yesterday on the 
body of the Yaqui killed the night before by the outgoing M&P 
train brought out all that will likely ever be known about the 
tragedy.

It was learned that the name of the dead man was Enriquez 
Martinez, that he was a native of Mexico and was twenty seven 
years of age. He had lately been working as a baker at 
Silverbell. This information was furnished by a friend, 
Wincezlos Encobosas, who had been with him a few minutes 
before he was killed.  Martinez had told him he was going 
to Tucson and Escobosas went with him to the train and took 
a seat wit him in the smoker where he remained until the 
train moved, when he left the train.

He was not afterwards seen by anybody until his mangled 
form was seen some hours later by the engineer of an 
incoming train. The supposition is that after the train 
got under way he decided to leave and taking his suit 
case was getting off the platform backward when the 
suit case caught in the railing and impeded Martinez 
long enough for the bottom of the platform to strike 
him.  This supposition is based on the fact that a 
corner of the suit case was battered in.  The suitcase 
contained among other things, a black suit.  The 
suitcase and its contents were identified yesterday 
by C.A. Massie who had sold them the afternoon before 
to Martinez.

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