Charley Shut |
| Posted 2017-03-03 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Daily Journal - Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Thursday, January 2, 1908 CHINAMAN FOUND DEAD ON CHINK NEW YEAR Just as the rays of yesterday’s sun welcomed the Chinese New Year, 4605, Charley Shut, a native of Flowery Kingdom, was found dead in Miller’s Lane, immediately northwest of the city, by a fellow countryman. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death as a result of alcoholism, and it is whispered, among the Chinese element that Charley, true to tradition and the ways of the yellow people in the land of the dragon, drank himself to death because he was unable to pay off his obligations before the New Year entered. It is hinted that a solution of opium, mingled with the intoxicants he drank, caused his demise. Shut was an old-time resident of this city and had been engaged in gardening in Miller valley for several years, He was 49 years old. Transcriber's note: Mr. Shut is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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