Franz A. VonSacken |
| Posted 2019-01-20 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, September 30, 1908, page 8, column 2 Greets His Death Far Away From Fatherland "County' Von Sacken Sees Immortal Dawn In Lonely Canyon (From Tuesday's Daily) Dead three night and two days, F. A. Von Sacken was found yesterday morning in his cabin in the Yeager Canyon section by Justice of the Peace, McLane of this city and a coroner's jury. The left the city early yesterday morning at the suggestion of a man named English, who arrived from there late Sunday night. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that death resulted from natural causes. The body was brought here by the Ruffner undertaking establishment to be prepared for interment. Von Sacken had been known here the last twelve years as County Von Sacken. He was a native of Germany, between sixty and seventy years of age. He was a miner and prospector by occupation, and the owner of several promising mining claims at the time of his death. He had been suffering several months from dropsy. After visiting this city last week, he returned to his camp Thursday. Friday afternoon he asked English, who was passing by, to join him at dinner. English accepted the invitation. They ate supper in Von Sacken's tent cabin at 6 o'clock in the evening and conversed until 9 o'clock that night, when English retired to a neighboring tent cabin. English noticed that Von Sacken ejected five or six cats from his cabin before sleeping. He told English not to get out of bed in the morning until he called. English arose early Saturday morning and noticing the cats on the roof of the tent tried to enter Von Sacken's tent, finding it locked. He stayed in camp that day and in the evening found the Von Sacken cabin still locked. He slept in the neighboring tent Saturday night and in the morning finding the cabin still locked, walked to Prescott, notifying the sheriff's office here on his arrival that he thought Von Sacken was dead. Justice of the Peace McLane left yesterday morning with an undertaker and on his arrival at the place found Von Sacken dead. He impanelled a coroner's jury. They returned the verdict as stated above. Von Sacken leaves no immediate relatives in this section and little is known of his history. He was an accomplished linguist, conversing in several languages, indicating that he had the advantages of good education and training in his youth. Transcriber's note: Mr. VonSacken is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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