URFER, Gotlieb

The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory Friday, December 18, 1885 Death of G. Urfer Yesterday evening, a little after 6 o'clock, Gotlieb Urfer, the well known saloon keeper of Cortez street, was found lying senseless on the floor of the room behind the bar, with a bullet wound in his head. Dr. Ainsworth was immediately summoned and pronounced the wound fatal, as it had penetrated the brain. It was at first supposed that the wound was self inflicted with suicidal intent, but later information leads to he suspicion that Mr. Urfer was the victim of a cold blooded murder. One of the lodgers of the house states that at about 6 o'clock he entered the saloon where he found a colored man standing near the bar and a revolver lying on the floor near by. Looking into the back room he saw Mr. Urfer lying on the floor there and immediately turned around to question the colored man, but found that he had decamped. Chief Dodson is now investigating the matter. Today would have been Mr. Urfer's fiftieth birthday, and he had been making preparations for entertain his friends on the occasion. No reason can be assigned for his intentionally shooting himself. ------------------------------ Arizona Champion, Peach Springs, Mohave County, Arizona Territory Saturday, December 19, 1885, page 3, column 1 Local Matters - A saloon keeper named Gotlieb Urfer was shot and killed in Prescott on Wednesday.