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Show Ed Johnson, 70 Year Old Arizona Rancher, Found Dead Ed Johnson, 70-year old Arizona rancher was found dead in the corrals near his Paucoon ranch home last Monday afternoon by passing cowboys. They took the word to Bundyville and on Tuesday Tues-day under order of Mohave county sheriff Ernest Graham of Kingman, King-man, a coroners jury with Martin Iverson and Alvey Shelly held an inquest and decided Johnson had met instant and accidental death while breaking mustangs. He was lying on his back in the corral, with caved in ribs, broken neck, broken arms and legs and severe rope burns in his arms. They decided he must have died on or about November 23, since that was the last date checked off on his calendar and his habit was to check off daily. (Continued on page eight) 1 Ed Johnson Found Desd ' (Continued from first pa.e) j The .horses corralled without food ; or water, had stripped all the bark from the cedar posts. Erown Hail and Bill Sorenson learned of the accident and made the trip Tuesday through Riverside River-side and Key West. Ariz, to the ranch and from there to House-rock House-rock Valley to get Johnson's only known relative. Jimmy Johnson. They, with Bill Shanley, returned and took clothes and a casket to the Paucoon ranch for the body, which was brought to St. George for burial today, (Thursday) following fol-lowing brief graveside services. Ed Johnson came to the Arizona Ari-zona Strip from the Texas-New Mexico border about 30 years ago and has always lived alone at his ranch. He was a former railroad rail-road officer in Texas and known as a crack-shot, and foreman for Preston Nutter. At his death he was Arizona Cattle Brand Inspector. In-spector. He was known for his generosity to cattlemen. |