SIR ARTHUR STEPNEY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 3, 1909

An elderly man arrived in Yuma yesterday and registered at the 
Southern Pacific Hotel as W.C. Stepney, of Seattle, was found 
dead today in the train conductors' room of the station.  A 
coroner's jury decided that the man came to his death from 
excessive use of alcoholic drinks.  Gold and notes to the 
amount of several hundred dollars were found on his person. 
He carried a quantity of luggage and had apparently recently 
landed from a sea voyage.

Identity of the mysterious stranger was  disclosed through 
his papers. He was Sir Arthur Carl Steppney of London, an 
English baronet of large estates and a scientist of distinction 
whose motive in visiting the desert region at this season was 
evidently to increase his entomological collection.

The address of the nobleman's London solicitors was found 
among the papers and they had been cabled for instructions. 
A deposit slip for $13,000 in a Los Angeles bank was found 
and other papers indicating the dead man's wealth.