Lewellyn Thrift |
| Posted 2016-06-04 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Thursday, March 28, 1866, page 3, column 2 Lewellyn Thrift was killed in Prescott on Sunday evening last and buried the following day. Thrift who was usually a very quiet and good-hearted man, would now and then drink heavily and threaten the lives of those about him. Having drawn his pistol on Mr. Jay, he met his death, and the following is the verdict of the jury in the case: 'We, the undersigned, the jurors summoned to appear before George W. Barnard, Coroner of the County of Yavapai, at the Court room, in said County, on the 26th day of March, A.D. 1866, to inquire into the cause of the death of Lewellyn Thrift, having been duly sworn according to law, and having made such inquisition after examining the body and hearing the testimony adducted, upon our oaths, each one and all of us do say that we find the deceased was named Lewellyn Thrift, a native of Virginia, aged about 30 years; that he came to his death on the 25th day of March, 1866, in this County; that his death was caused by a gunshot wound by the discharge of a pistol in the hand of Leroy Jay. All of which we duly certify, by this inquisition, in writing by us signed this 26th day of March A.D. 1866. Van C. Smith, E. B. Radford, T. McWilliams, Robert Postle, H. B. Cummings, L. B. Jewell, William Prideaux. Transcribers note: Mr. Thrift is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona. |
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