Adams County, Ritzville, WA ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Gardner sueboo18@hotmail.com ==================================================================== The Ritzville Times, Thursday, January 27, 1910, issue Boys Drown At Hatton Percy McMillian, aged 16, and Charles Neave, aged 25, were drowned 12 miles east of Hatton Sunday morning. The bodies were recovered the following day, that of young McMillian being found within 10 feet of where he went down, while that of Neave was several hundred feet from where he was last seen. According to James Harter, who saw the two boys drown, they were enroute home from Harter's place and instead of going around the lake formed in the road, they decided to swim their horses across. The water was eight feet deep and the swift current swept the animals off their feet. Neave's horse was strangled and both horse and rider went down. Young McMillian got off his horse and attempted to swim out, but sank just before reaching the bank. One horse was drowned, while the ohter scrambled out and went home. Percy McMillian was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. James McMillian and was 16 years of age. The McMillians had purchased the place where they are now living only a few months ago, coming here from Prince Edward Island. Neave's mother, who lives in Scotland, was notified of the death of her son. Suicide At Lind Between 3 and 4 o'clock last Thursday afternoon Mrs. George Wing took carbolic acid with suicidal intent and died from the effects of the drug in less than an hour. Mr. Wing is at a loss to account for his wife's rash act. Her health was good but she was quick tempered and nervous and at times got the idea that he had ceased to care for her. This she had mentioned several times of late. She had also been worried about some business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Wing have been married about six years. There are two children, both girls. The oldest is between 4 and 5 years of age, and the youngest 2 and 3. She left a note for her husband and her father, George H. Justice. Mrs. Alice Johnson BENGE - Word was received January 20th, of the death of Mrs. Alice Johnson, youngest sister of R. J. Gilder. Mrs. Johnson was born at Owensound, Canada. She died the day before her 29th birthday, at Pullman, Washington. She leaves a little boy 3 years old, her husband, 4 sisters and 3 brothers. She was buried at Albion, Washington. The Ritzville Times, Thursday, February 17, 1910, issue A. D. Pytcher Dead Last Friday night A. D. Pytcher fell dead on Riverside Avenue in Spokane. For a number of years Mr. Pytcher owned a large ranch in Lincoln county just north of the Adams county line. He sold out last fall and went to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he has lived up to the time of his death. He owned a large hay ranch in the vicinity of Bonners Ferry. He was also senior member of the Pytcher-Tyler automobile company of Spokane. Mr. Pytcher was about 50 years old and a Mason. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of Joseph Unger, a rancher living in the southern part of Lincoln county. Henry Krab Henry Krab, a young rancher living alone in McElroy coulee about eight miles southeast of this city, was found dead in bed Tuesday night by a neighbor, Mr. Decker. Seeing no stir about the place Mr. Decker went over to see if Krab was at home. He found the stock half famished and on investigation discovered the body of young Krab. Coroner Wm. F. Armann was notified and went out to investigate the sudden death. He held a postmortum Wednesday morning and decided that heart failure was the cause of death, which probably occurred Sunday night. Krab was about 32 years of age and had no relatives in this part of the country. He has an uncle living in the east and step brothers in the old country. The uncle was notified of the death. The Ritzville Times, Thursday, May 5, 1910, issue J. S. Boon J. s. Boon, a wealthy rancher living near Sprague was shot and instantly killed last Friday night at his home. Boon was tired in the superior court of Adams county last June and convicted of horse stealing. His case was appealed to the supreme court but had not been decided. He had led a checkered career and it is believed that some former associate whom he had given the "double cross" may have committed the crime. Two charges of buck shot were fired into Boon's body Friday night from a distance of 30 feet as he was going between the house and barn at 9 o'clock. Some of the buck shot passed through the heart and death was instantaneous. It is said that Boon's body was covered with knife and bullet marks received in frontier escapades. He was a man about 40 years of age. H. G. Stevens H. G. Stevens, aged 50, died last Thursday from tuberculosis. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon. Rev. William Hoskins pastor of the church officiating. Mr. Stevens had lived here for the past eight years. He is survived by a wife, four daughters and a son. Mrs. Princess Sherley Mrs. Princess Sherley, wife of J. L. Sherley, died at the family home on Cow Creek April 19, at 10 p.m. from blood poisoning following an operation for appendicitis, after an illness of about ten days. Mrs. Sherley was born in Sullivan County, Missouri, April 23rd, 1858, and came to Oregon in 1879, was married to Mr. Sherley December 24th, 1901, since which time she has lived at their home on Cow Creek, eleven miles southeast of Ritzville. For several years previous to her marriage to Mr. Sherley she was connected with the County Hospital at Pendleton, Oregon, in which capacity she was at all times highly respected by those connected with that institution and loved by all to whom she has had an opportunity to extend a helping hand. She leaves a husband, a son and a brother and sister to mourn their loss. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church and the burial in the Ritzville cemetery on the 21st of April.