2nd of 6 children of HENRY HOY, Jr. & MARY ANN SMITH
Died: at age 78; chronic gastronomic; also suffered from Bright's disease
Occupation: Bullwhacker, rancher, cattle and horse dealer, writer, author: manuscript; "History of Brown's Hole"
Politics: Wyoming Territory Legislature (5th General Assembly, Republican), Livestock Commissioner, US Commissioner, Justice of the Peace
Affiliations: United Workers for the Blind
Married (1): Dec 23, 1885, ELIZABETH M. "LIZZIE/LEE" STICKLAND, Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska
Divorced: Nov 15, 1900, Wayne Co., Michigan
No children
Married: (2): Apr 24, 1909, EUPHEMIA ESTHER "PHEMIE" (ROBINSON) MASON, Green River, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming
No children
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Aug 3, 192,: Newspaper article, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
COLORADO PIONEER'S BODY IS DUG UP FOR PROBE OF "POISONING" GOSSIP
Gossip About Death of James S. Hoy Shortly After He Made Will Leads to Investigation; Stomach Being Analyzed.
Gossip that James S. Hoy, 77 years old, a Colorado pioneer who died here May 31—two days after he had made a will—was in reality a victim of poison administered with murderous intent, has resulted in an investigation by Deputy Coroner George Bostwick and District Attorney Cline to clear up any mystery surrounding his death.
The body was exhumed from Crown Hill cemetery Thursday, and Drs. W.S. Dennis and Francis McConnell performed a post mortem examination. Contents of the stomach are in process of analysis to determine whether poison was administered to him.
The death certificate filed with Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital statistics, and signed by Dr. Perry K. Pratt, gives "chronic gastronomic". If it is found Hoy died of natural causes, the matter will be dropped.
It was said by one acquaintance of Hoy that the probe into his death was started by "the whisperings of a couple of women who are disgruntled because he didn't provide for them in his will."
In his will, which was dated May 20, and which named George B. Berger, Colorado National bank, as executor, Hoy made the following bequests: Mrs. Henrietta Wilcox, 1006 East Twenty-third avenue, $5,000; Ada Whitaker of Baker, Oregon, a niece, $5,000; Mrs. L. Richardson, Salt Lake City, a niece; Ethel Murdock, White Rocks, Utah, $500.
The will gave the furniture in Hoy's room to William Hewitt, 2018 California street—the address where Hoy lived and died.
Hoy, in his will, asked that his body "be wrapped in a shroud without being undressed before either my friends or my enemies, and that it be decently interred as soon as possible."
According to the petition of the executor, filed in the probate division of the county court, Hoy is survived by the following relatives not named in the will: Adea A. Hoy, a brother, of Shrewsbury Park, St. Louis: Mrs. Emily Chamberlin, a sister, Los Angeles. The estate consists of 1,760 acres of land in Moffat county and approximately $1,500 cash.
Altho he was not blind, Hoy was a member of the United Workers for the Blind. It is said it was thru his interest in work for the sightless that he became acquainted with Mrs. Wilcox, one of the beneficiaries under his will.
Hoy was born at Hoy's Gap, Pa., in 1847. He came to Colorado in 1867, and for years lived on a ranch at Brown's Hole, Wyo. He was a member of the Wyoming legislature, being elected to that position in 1876. His brother, Valentine, was killed by Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw, a number of years ago.
Rumors that Hoy had been poisoned came to the attention of Deputy Coroner George Bostwick last Monday. "I talked with half a dozen persons concerning the case, and the stories they told sounded more like dime novels than real life." Bostwick said. "They seemed preposterous, but I took the case up with the district attorney and found the identical stories had been told to him. We then decided to find out beyond the shadow of a doubt what caused Hoy's death."
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Note: He wasn't poisoned...
Died: at age 78; chronic gastronomic; also suffered from Bright's disease
Occupation: Bullwhacker, rancher, cattle and horse dealer, writer, author: manuscript; "History of Brown's Hole"
Politics: Wyoming Territory Legislature (5th General Assembly, Republican), Livestock Commissioner, US Commissioner, Justice of the Peace
Affiliations: United Workers for the Blind
Married (1): Dec 23, 1885, ELIZABETH M. "LIZZIE/LEE" STICKLAND, Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska
Divorced: Nov 15, 1900, Wayne Co., Michigan
No children
Married: (2): Apr 24, 1909, EUPHEMIA ESTHER "PHEMIE" (ROBINSON) MASON, Green River, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming
No children
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Aug 3, 192,: Newspaper article, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
COLORADO PIONEER'S BODY IS DUG UP FOR PROBE OF "POISONING" GOSSIP
Gossip About Death of James S. Hoy Shortly After He Made Will Leads to Investigation; Stomach Being Analyzed.
Gossip that James S. Hoy, 77 years old, a Colorado pioneer who died here May 31—two days after he had made a will—was in reality a victim of poison administered with murderous intent, has resulted in an investigation by Deputy Coroner George Bostwick and District Attorney Cline to clear up any mystery surrounding his death.
The body was exhumed from Crown Hill cemetery Thursday, and Drs. W.S. Dennis and Francis McConnell performed a post mortem examination. Contents of the stomach are in process of analysis to determine whether poison was administered to him.
The death certificate filed with Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital statistics, and signed by Dr. Perry K. Pratt, gives "chronic gastronomic". If it is found Hoy died of natural causes, the matter will be dropped.
It was said by one acquaintance of Hoy that the probe into his death was started by "the whisperings of a couple of women who are disgruntled because he didn't provide for them in his will."
In his will, which was dated May 20, and which named George B. Berger, Colorado National bank, as executor, Hoy made the following bequests: Mrs. Henrietta Wilcox, 1006 East Twenty-third avenue, $5,000; Ada Whitaker of Baker, Oregon, a niece, $5,000; Mrs. L. Richardson, Salt Lake City, a niece; Ethel Murdock, White Rocks, Utah, $500.
The will gave the furniture in Hoy's room to William Hewitt, 2018 California street—the address where Hoy lived and died.
Hoy, in his will, asked that his body "be wrapped in a shroud without being undressed before either my friends or my enemies, and that it be decently interred as soon as possible."
According to the petition of the executor, filed in the probate division of the county court, Hoy is survived by the following relatives not named in the will: Adea A. Hoy, a brother, of Shrewsbury Park, St. Louis: Mrs. Emily Chamberlin, a sister, Los Angeles. The estate consists of 1,760 acres of land in Moffat county and approximately $1,500 cash.
Altho he was not blind, Hoy was a member of the United Workers for the Blind. It is said it was thru his interest in work for the sightless that he became acquainted with Mrs. Wilcox, one of the beneficiaries under his will.
Hoy was born at Hoy's Gap, Pa., in 1847. He came to Colorado in 1867, and for years lived on a ranch at Brown's Hole, Wyo. He was a member of the Wyoming legislature, being elected to that position in 1876. His brother, Valentine, was killed by Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw, a number of years ago.
Rumors that Hoy had been poisoned came to the attention of Deputy Coroner George Bostwick last Monday. "I talked with half a dozen persons concerning the case, and the stories they told sounded more like dime novels than real life." Bostwick said. "They seemed preposterous, but I took the case up with the district attorney and found the identical stories had been told to him. We then decided to find out beyond the shadow of a doubt what caused Hoy's death."
========
Note: He wasn't poisoned...
2nd of 6 children of HENRY HOY, Jr. & MARY ANN SMITH
Died: at age 78; chronic gastronomic; also suffered from Bright's disease
Occupation: Bullwhacker, rancher, cattle and horse dealer, writer, author: manuscript; "History of Brown's Hole"
Politics: Wyoming Territory Legislature (5th General Assembly, Republican), Livestock Commissioner, US Commissioner, Justice of the Peace
Affiliations: United Workers for the Blind
Married (1): Dec 23, 1885, ELIZABETH M. "LIZZIE/LEE" STICKLAND, Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska
Divorced: Nov 15, 1900, Wayne Co., Michigan
No children
Married: (2): Apr 24, 1909, EUPHEMIA ESTHER "PHEMIE" (ROBINSON) MASON, Green River, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming
No children
========
Aug 3, 192,: Newspaper article, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
COLORADO PIONEER'S BODY IS DUG UP FOR PROBE OF "POISONING" GOSSIP
Gossip About Death of James S. Hoy Shortly After He Made Will Leads to Investigation; Stomach Being Analyzed.
Gossip that James S. Hoy, 77 years old, a Colorado pioneer who died here May 31—two days after he had made a will—was in reality a victim of poison administered with murderous intent, has resulted in an investigation by Deputy Coroner George Bostwick and District Attorney Cline to clear up any mystery surrounding his death.
The body was exhumed from Crown Hill cemetery Thursday, and Drs. W.S. Dennis and Francis McConnell performed a post mortem examination. Contents of the stomach are in process of analysis to determine whether poison was administered to him.
The death certificate filed with Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital statistics, and signed by Dr. Perry K. Pratt, gives "chronic gastronomic". If it is found Hoy died of natural causes, the matter will be dropped.
It was said by one acquaintance of Hoy that the probe into his death was started by "the whisperings of a couple of women who are disgruntled because he didn't provide for them in his will."
In his will, which was dated May 20, and which named George B. Berger, Colorado National bank, as executor, Hoy made the following bequests: Mrs. Henrietta Wilcox, 1006 East Twenty-third avenue, $5,000; Ada Whitaker of Baker, Oregon, a niece, $5,000; Mrs. L. Richardson, Salt Lake City, a niece; Ethel Murdock, White Rocks, Utah, $500.
The will gave the furniture in Hoy's room to William Hewitt, 2018 California street—the address where Hoy lived and died.
Hoy, in his will, asked that his body "be wrapped in a shroud without being undressed before either my friends or my enemies, and that it be decently interred as soon as possible."
According to the petition of the executor, filed in the probate division of the county court, Hoy is survived by the following relatives not named in the will: Adea A. Hoy, a brother, of Shrewsbury Park, St. Louis: Mrs. Emily Chamberlin, a sister, Los Angeles. The estate consists of 1,760 acres of land in Moffat county and approximately $1,500 cash.
Altho he was not blind, Hoy was a member of the United Workers for the Blind. It is said it was thru his interest in work for the sightless that he became acquainted with Mrs. Wilcox, one of the beneficiaries under his will.
Hoy was born at Hoy's Gap, Pa., in 1847. He came to Colorado in 1867, and for years lived on a ranch at Brown's Hole, Wyo. He was a member of the Wyoming legislature, being elected to that position in 1876. His brother, Valentine, was killed by Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw, a number of years ago.
Rumors that Hoy had been poisoned came to the attention of Deputy Coroner George Bostwick last Monday. "I talked with half a dozen persons concerning the case, and the stories they told sounded more like dime novels than real life." Bostwick said. "They seemed preposterous, but I took the case up with the district attorney and found the identical stories had been told to him. We then decided to find out beyond the shadow of a doubt what caused Hoy's death."
========
Note: He wasn't poisoned...
Died: at age 78; chronic gastronomic; also suffered from Bright's disease
Occupation: Bullwhacker, rancher, cattle and horse dealer, writer, author: manuscript; "History of Brown's Hole"
Politics: Wyoming Territory Legislature (5th General Assembly, Republican), Livestock Commissioner, US Commissioner, Justice of the Peace
Affiliations: United Workers for the Blind
Married (1): Dec 23, 1885, ELIZABETH M. "LIZZIE/LEE" STICKLAND, Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska
Divorced: Nov 15, 1900, Wayne Co., Michigan
No children
Married: (2): Apr 24, 1909, EUPHEMIA ESTHER "PHEMIE" (ROBINSON) MASON, Green River, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming
No children
========
Aug 3, 192,: Newspaper article, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
COLORADO PIONEER'S BODY IS DUG UP FOR PROBE OF "POISONING" GOSSIP
Gossip About Death of James S. Hoy Shortly After He Made Will Leads to Investigation; Stomach Being Analyzed.
Gossip that James S. Hoy, 77 years old, a Colorado pioneer who died here May 31—two days after he had made a will—was in reality a victim of poison administered with murderous intent, has resulted in an investigation by Deputy Coroner George Bostwick and District Attorney Cline to clear up any mystery surrounding his death.
The body was exhumed from Crown Hill cemetery Thursday, and Drs. W.S. Dennis and Francis McConnell performed a post mortem examination. Contents of the stomach are in process of analysis to determine whether poison was administered to him.
The death certificate filed with Miss Florence Leach, registrar of vital statistics, and signed by Dr. Perry K. Pratt, gives "chronic gastronomic". If it is found Hoy died of natural causes, the matter will be dropped.
It was said by one acquaintance of Hoy that the probe into his death was started by "the whisperings of a couple of women who are disgruntled because he didn't provide for them in his will."
In his will, which was dated May 20, and which named George B. Berger, Colorado National bank, as executor, Hoy made the following bequests: Mrs. Henrietta Wilcox, 1006 East Twenty-third avenue, $5,000; Ada Whitaker of Baker, Oregon, a niece, $5,000; Mrs. L. Richardson, Salt Lake City, a niece; Ethel Murdock, White Rocks, Utah, $500.
The will gave the furniture in Hoy's room to William Hewitt, 2018 California street—the address where Hoy lived and died.
Hoy, in his will, asked that his body "be wrapped in a shroud without being undressed before either my friends or my enemies, and that it be decently interred as soon as possible."
According to the petition of the executor, filed in the probate division of the county court, Hoy is survived by the following relatives not named in the will: Adea A. Hoy, a brother, of Shrewsbury Park, St. Louis: Mrs. Emily Chamberlin, a sister, Los Angeles. The estate consists of 1,760 acres of land in Moffat county and approximately $1,500 cash.
Altho he was not blind, Hoy was a member of the United Workers for the Blind. It is said it was thru his interest in work for the sightless that he became acquainted with Mrs. Wilcox, one of the beneficiaries under his will.
Hoy was born at Hoy's Gap, Pa., in 1847. He came to Colorado in 1867, and for years lived on a ranch at Brown's Hole, Wyo. He was a member of the Wyoming legislature, being elected to that position in 1876. His brother, Valentine, was killed by Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw, a number of years ago.
Rumors that Hoy had been poisoned came to the attention of Deputy Coroner George Bostwick last Monday. "I talked with half a dozen persons concerning the case, and the stories they told sounded more like dime novels than real life." Bostwick said. "They seemed preposterous, but I took the case up with the district attorney and found the identical stories had been told to him. We then decided to find out beyond the shadow of a doubt what caused Hoy's death."
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Note: He wasn't poisoned...
Gravesite Details
Buried: Jun 1, 1925
