LEN F. HALE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 18, 1909

Persons who came from Prescott yesterday brought news of the 
suicide of Len F. Hale, one of the pioneers of the territory 
and well known in Phoenix.  He had for a long time been 
afflicted with rheumatism and it is thought that the constant 
pain of a hopeless illness was the motive for his act. He stood 
before a mirror and put a bullet through his brain.

He was between fifty five and sixty years of age. He was a 
native of Maine of good family.  He came to the territory about 
thirty years ago.  Some years ago he was reckoned the most 
daring gambler in the southwest.  No wager was too high for 
him. In the earlier days he drank a great deal and it is related 
that while on a spree of several days duration he took in the 
"banks" of Prescott for $30,000 without making a losing.

Previous to the fire, he was associated with Robert Brow in the 
Palace and later he in company with Robert Prior, owned a game 
though he retired several years ago. He was a good type of 
westerner, square in the relations with men and he enjoyed 
the respect of the community.

Many of his neighbors objected to his profession, but none of 
them to the man.