SLAUGHTER, Joseph Ransom

JPrescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, April 26, 1926, page 5, column 2 Joe Slaughter Is Found Dead Joe Slaughter, 60 year old prospector living in the Black Hills district near Hay Stack station, was found dead about two miles from his cabin at the Eclipse and Tough Nut camp Saturday afternoon by his neighbor, R. O. Gordon. Two days previous, Gordon had loaned Slaughter a burro, but when the animal came back to Gordon's place Saturday riderless and was stained with blood, Gordon immediately started to search for the aged man. When the body of Slaughter was found, every indication pointed to his death having been caused by heart failure or a hemorrhage due to miner's consumption, of which he had been a sufferer for many years. When the remains were inspected by the coroner's jury, more than $600 was found on Slaughter's person, he having sold a group of mining claims to R. E. Logan a short time ago. Slaughter was born in Texas and came to Arizona many years ago during the majority of which time he lived in this county and mined in practically every mining district in this county. In appearance he was very dark and would have been easily mistaken for an Indian or Mexican. A man of few words and upright character, his friends were many, all of whom held him in the highest regard. Slaughter came to Prescott but seldom, spending most of his time in the hills mining and seeking to regain his health. He never married and had no relatives in this country. Transcriber's note: Mr. Slaughter is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.