WESLEY, Ned

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Tuesday, July 30, 1901, page 3, col. 3 Local Intelligence Ned Wesley, the colored man, who was killed by a taxless train near Wickenburg a few nights since, was an old time Yavapai cowboy and was quite a local character around Prescott for some years. ------------------------------- Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Tuesday, July 30, 1901, page 1 From the Wickenburg Herald, Wickenburg, Arizona Territory Ned Wesley, a negro formerly known at the saloons at Wickenburg, was killed last night by the southbound passenger train while attempting to beat his way to Hot Springs Junction. ------------------------------ Arizona Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, July 31, 1901, page 3, col. 4 (From Monday's Daily) City and County - Ned Wesley, a well known colored man, for a long time a resident of Prescott, was run over by a train on the S. F., P. & P. railroad at Wickenburg last week and was instantly killed. His body was badly mangled. ------------------------------- The Coconino Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona Territory Saturday, August 3, 1901, page 1 Local Brevities - Ned Wesley, a colored man known in in Flagstaff from 1892 to 1896 was run over by a pass anger train at Wickenburg Wednesday of last week and was instantly killed. His body was badly mangled. Transcriber's note: No place of burial has been found for Mr. Wesley.