HERBERT MORGAN
December 11, 1895
Arizona Republican Newspaper

Yuma: Herbert Morgan, a man aged about 40 years who came 
here a couple of months ago from Gila Bend and entered 
the survice of Chief Engineer G.W. Norton's surveying corps, 
disappeared Monday night and nothing has been seen or heard 
of him since.

Early Monday evening he conversed with some of the boys who 
had been associated with him on the survey.  They say he was 
then laboring under the hallucination that parties were 
going to hang him.

It is believed that in order to escape, as he thought, from 
the persecution of his enemies, he rushed to the Colorado 
River and jumped in and was drowned.

The river has been patrolled for sixteen miles down, but 
no trace of him has been discovered.

The lost man is addicted t othe use of liquor nad during 
the past few weeks had been drinking heavily and it is 
thought htat he probably had an attack of delirium.

About a year and a half ago he experienced a similar attack 
during his residence in Gila Bend and when found on the 
desert by a searching party he was nearly perished of thirst.

He is spoken of by Engineer norton as an exceptionally 
bright and intelligent gentleman and a good enigneer.

A cousin by the name of s.E. Hazzard, lives at Gila Bend 
and Wm. J. Morgan, a brother, resides at Boerne, Texas.

December 13, 1895

Herbert Morgan who is suppsed to have committed suicide by 
jumping into the Colorado River at Yuma is well known at 
Phoenix to many old timers.

To a Republican representative yesterday a gentleman who 
knew Morgan, as a man of probalby 40 years of age and 
very intelligent. He resided at Gila Bend for ten years 
and was by occupation a canal engineer and a clever one. 
His brother, W.J. Morgan also resided at Gila Bend and 
ran for the legislature a couple of years ago.  A cousin 
of Morgan, S.E. Hazzard, an attorney, still resides at
Gila Bend.

Herbert Morgan left Gila Bend a couple of months ago for 
Yuma to enter on a surveying expeidtion with Engineer G.W. 
Norton. He is said to be a man who drank heavily and it is 
thought he was delirous when he jumped into the Colorado.

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