SAMUEL RANDLE July 4, 1902 Arizona Republican Newspaper Jerome--Samuel Randle died at the Jerome hospital at 12 o'clock last Thursday night. Mr. Randle was 84 years old on the 17th of June, the day on which he was taken sick. He had been employed as cook on the farm of W.A. Jordan for the past two years and as it is not always possible to obtain the services of a physician out in the country just when they are needed, it was thought advisable to take Mr. Randle to the hospital where he could have the best of care and treatment. His disease, which was a chronic derangements of the kidneys and bladder, was of such a complicated nature that a surgical operation was deemed necessary and was accordingly performed by Drs. Woods and Kaull. The patient survived the operation and it was thought for a while that he would get well but owing to his advanced age and the complications of the malady his recovery was impossible. He was buried on Friday evening, June 27th in the Jerome Cemetery by Undertaker Nevin. The deceased was born June 17, 1818 on a British merchant vessel en route from England to New Found land. He was of English parentage and the greater part of his life was spent at sea as an English sailor. He also did considerable service with American vessels. After abandoning the sea he did considerable prospecting and mining in Lower California. Several years of his life were spent at San Diego during the early days of that city. A notable incident of his life there was his services as the chief witness in the Holcomb Valley murder in 1874. Upon the strength of his evidence, William Bornor was sentenced to serve a life imprisonment in San Quentin for the murder of a man by the name of Smith. The history of the deed and the proceedings of the trail were afterwards written out by Mr. Randle in verse form, making quite a long and very interesting poem, showing considerable skill of the composer as a verse maker. Shortly after the incident just related, Mr. Randle came to Arizona and has lived here ever since being engaged in various occupations, principally as cook for different mining camps. His was a life of wide experience, beset with many dangers and hardships. He saw service in almost every country on the globe and his rambling,adventursome nature took him to Arizona during her early days, adding his mite to the upbuilding of the territory and as one of the oldest of Arizona's pioneers, he now rests in peace.