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while he came into A1 Miller’s tent and asked for a drink of water. He then laid down and said he was going to sleep. Miller left him went down town. Shortly afterwards a number of shots were heard at the tent and it was de- cided that Cooper was shooting his rifle, a forty-four, and had set the tent on fire. Cooper left the tent and started for the hills, shooting his gun and acting strangely. It was apparent that the whiskey was getting in its work and that Cooper had developed a most decided case of jimjams. Being armed as he was no one cared to go out and tackle him. He was seen to go into the grove, another shot was fired and nothing more was heard of Cooper. Shortly afterwards a number of men went over to in- vestigate and found poor Cooper dead. He had put the muzzle of the gun in his mouth, pulled the trigger and blown out his left cheek and eye and the whole back of his head. Word was sent to Lordsburg and Judge Titus went out and held an inquest in which were developed the above facts. C. S. Cooper was a young man between twenty-five and thirty and had always borne a good reputation. He had lived at Gold Hill about two years and was well liked. He left no immediate family, but had a brother at Willcox and another at Dos Cabezas. — Liberal.