In this year leading up to Arizona's centennial, Feb. 14, 2012, we'll reprint a story or excerpts each day from the Arizona Daily Star or Tucson Citizen archives.
June 26, 1912
KINGMAN - Over at Goldroad sometime Saturday night, Rudolph Adolphus, an Italian miner, went into a small tunnel west of the Goldroad mine and shot himself to death with a shotgun, the charge entering his body below the heart and tearing a great hole through him.
The man was missed the following day, but although a search was made in the town, no one thought that he would have committed a rash act in the taking of his life.
Monday afternoon some people noticed that buzzards were alighting near the entrance of the little tunnel and went there to investigate and found the body. It was in a horrible condition owing to the heat of that place.
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Undertaker Van Marter was called to attend to the funeral of the unfortunate man and went out there and the burial took place the following day.
The man left a note stating that he was tired of living. It is stated that he made a big losing at poker, and that a love affair were the primary causes of the man taking his life. He was aged about 26 years.
- Tucson Citizen
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