W. A. MAXFIELD, Jr.
Marriages
Alice Snow Maxfield - November 22, 1898
at Portland, Maine.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - December 20, 1912
W. A. Maxfield, Jr.
W. A MAXFIELD, Jr., who was killed at Pando last Sunday, was buried at Gypsum last Tuesday. He was born at Bryant Pond, Maine, on March 20, 1876, the son of W. A. MAXFIELD, Sr., and Sarah F. (Tucker) MAXFIELD.
He received his earlier education at the public schools at Rochester, New Hampshire, and subsequently at Rumford, Maine, taking afterwards a two-years course at the University of Maine, preparatory for the college at East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine. It was also at the latter place that he met Alice SNOW, also a student at the Seminary, who afterward became his wife, the ceremony taking place at Portland, Maine, November 22, 2898.
The deceased, with his family, moved to Colorado in 1901, locating at Red Cliff, where they lived until 1903. They then moved to his father's ranch on Sweetwater, moving to Gypsum about two years ago.
Two children, Donald aged thirteen and Wilda aged three, survive the murdered man, also a wife, one brother, E. H. MAXFIELD of Gypsum, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah MOORE, of Delaware, Ohio. Both in his native state and here in Colorado the deceased had a wide circle of friends who sincerely mourn his tragic death.
The Enterprise joins the friends of the bereaved relatives in extending sympathy.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - December 20, 1912
BRUTAL MURDER COMMITTED AT PANDO SATURDAY EVENING. W. A. Maxfield, of Gypsum, killed while on way to his father's funeral, murderer captured.
W. A. MAXFIELD of Gypsum was the victim of one of the most atrocious murders ever committed in Colorado, aat Pando last Saturday evening at about eight o'clock, while waiting for a train to take him to Gypsum to attend the funeral of his father.
Mr. MAXFIELD and two other men were in the depot waiting for the train, when a masked man walked in and ordered them to throw up their hands, which they did. He then ordered the agent to give over his money and watch. The agent did not move fast enough to suit the robber, who shot twice, one shot grazing the agent's ear.
After making the men give up their money, the robber ordered them to walk the track ahead of him, apparently with the object of making his escape more easy. After going a short way the agent told the robber that he had to go back and flag No. 1 in order to avoid a wreck. The robber told him to go back but to keep his "damned fingers of the key."
Mr. MAXFIELD, being hard of hearing, [note on article: W. A. Maxfield's daughter does not remember her father being hard of hearing.] turned to walk back also, probably thinking he was to be turned loose, too, when the robber hit Mr. MAXFIELD on the head with his revolver, knocking him down. The robber then started on with the other two men, but after going a few steps, turned and walked back and shot Mr. MAXFIELD in the neck. At the coroner's inquest it was found that he was dead before being shot, the blow on the head having broken the skull and killed him.
After shooting Mr. MAXFIELD the robber left the other two men and disappeared. These two men and the agent went back to Pando and told the men of the attack and a possee was organized... They searched the neighborhood around Tennessee Pass and found a man hiding in the ice box of a refrigerator car; they took him out and back to Pando.
When they got in Pando they thought they had the right man, but he denied being the man. The agent and the other two men were unable to identify him as he had had a handkerchief tied over the lower part of his face when committing the robbery and murder.
He was turned over to the sheriff and taken to Red Cliff, where he was searched and the agent's watch found on him, also the exact amount of money taken from the men at the depot. Yet the man still protested his innocence and claimed that he had the watch for several years.
Monday he waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the June term of court. Sheriff Farnum, fearing there might be a lynching, took the man to Glenwood for safe keeping. After getting to Glenwood, Burns confessed that he was the man who did the killing, and said that he did it because he was hungry and broke.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 - December 16, 1912
