Notes
1. Arizona Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Orlando S. Douglass, October 9, 1941. Orlando’s last name is spelled Douglass,
and Douglas. His wife’s signature is “Douglas,” which is the spelling used throughout.
2. Ninth Census of the United States, Tucson, Pima County, Territory of Arizona, p. 71, 1870.
3. Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona, Description of Convict, Orlando Douglas, Registered no, 2341, “A Murder at Tempe,” Arizona Republican, April 26, 1905.
4. “There was a Woman at the Bottom,” Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona, April 27, 1905.
5. Territorial Prison, ibid.
6. “People Regret it,”Arizona Republican, November 17, 1905 .
7. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905
8. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905.
9. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
10. Twelfth Census of the United States, Arizona, Maricopa County, Tempe, 1900.
11. Arizona Republican, November 17, 1905.
12. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
13. Arizona Republican, November 14, 1905.
14. Ibid.
15. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905.
16. Arizona Republican, November 14, 1905.
17. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905.
18. Twelfth Census of the United States, Arizona, Maricopa County, Tempe, 1900.
19. Arizona Republican, November 14, 1905.
20. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905.
21. Ibid.
22. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
23. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905
24. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
25. Arizona Republican, April 26, 1905.
26. Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
27. “Preliminary Examination,” Arizona Republican, April 27, 1905.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. “Six True Bills, Two for Murder,” Weekly Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26, 1905.
32. “The Beginning of the Relation of the Story of a Tragedy at Tempe Last April,” Arizona Republican,November 14, 1905.
33. “The Defendant Swore that He believed that it had to be He or Benitas,” Arizona Republican, November 15,1905.
34. “There was a Woman at the Bottom,” ibid.
35. Arizona Republican, November 15, 1905, ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Territorial Prison at Yuma Arizona, Description of Convict, Orlando Douglas, Registered no. 2341, “Gone to Yuma,” Arizona Republican, November 23, 1905.
38. “People Regret It,” Arizona Republican, November 17, 1905.
39. “Gone to Yuma,” Ibid.
40. “Returns from Yuma,” Arizona Republican, May 5, 1906.
41. “A fine Piece of Work: Orlando Douglas Presents a Friend with a Fine Cane” Arizona Republican, August 23, 1908
41. “Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park,” http://www.desertusa.com/yuma/du_yumatp.html.
42. Territorial Prison at Yuma Arizona, Description of Convict, Orlando Douglas, Registered no. 2341.
43. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, Arizona, 1920, Pinal County, Ray Precinct, Sheet No. 22B.
44. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, Arizona, 1920, Pinal County, Ray Precinct, Unincorporated area of Sonora.
45. Arizona Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Orlando S. Douglass, October 9, 1941.
46. Arizona Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Teresa Douglas, June 12, 1953.
47. Arizona Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Orlando S. Douglass, October 9, 1941.
48. Arizona Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death, Teresa Douglas, June 12, 1953.
