The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-01-20
IFr0m Mondays DARYL
IHHuMAA TREATMENT.
A BOY LEFT To sTARvE ON
FREEzE BY HIS EM-
PLUYERs.

ci6c Company, who on Saturday morn
ing arrived here from Terrace. bring
ing his II year old brother, We learn
the particulars Of the most heartless
transaction. il has ever been our duty
to record. 1t appears that a little
brother Of Mr.. Conwell, fourteen years
Of age, who has been living with the
family at Carlin, and attending the
school at that place. being ambitious
to do for himself. without the know
ledge of relatives. about the 25th of
November last, hired out to drive sheep
for a couple Of California men named
respectively, Barber and Dixon, part
ners i'll the sheep business, who were
on their way, at the time, with n band
to winter quarters in the mountains OPP
posite and south Of the town of Ter
race in Utah. The boy discharged his
duties ard At Welis srots To- his rela-
tves III Carlin that hs was employed,
and would return home about tho holi-
days. From Wells they proceeded
slowly, and sometime in the
letter part OF December we're
caught with the flock, during the in.
tensely cold weather which at that time
prevailed, in the forty. mile desert off
from Terrace, south. The camp in the
mountains WAS reached, however, but
not until the boys feet were frozen, and
the sheep. at this juncture having
stnmpcded, he inhumau wretches left
the poor frozen boy. with nothing but
a dog for IA companion, aud no wood
With which to make "A fire, in au old
cabin formerly occupied by herders, in
the mountains. To follow them. A
snal! piece Of mutton WAS all that WINS
left for the boy. and at the expiration of
four days Of lonelln .ss and suffering,
the greater part of this little store was
seized and eaten by the famishing dog,
aud to this apparent misfortune, WAS
Conwell indebted for his life. The
cries Of the dog on being struck by the
boy IN defense Of his provisions, at
tracted the attention OF a young man
named l.. n. Sahin, who WAS employed
10 herd sheep in the vicinity, and who
fortunately was pushing ia hearing dis
lance at the time. Hearing the cry he
came to what he supposed was an
empty cabin and found Cuuwell a.
stated destitute; without fire. and una
bic TO walk, being disabled by his
frozen feet. Sabin. unlike his heart.
less employers, immediately improv
Used cTutchcs for his Use aud assisted
tue poor boy toward his camp which
was uOout two miles distant. but AS il
was impossible &" proceed SO far, in that
way, he then went 10 the camp himself,
brouBhe a horse and placing ConWclI
upon il, brought him whore his i'm.
mcdint" necessities coull be- supplied.
Dixon subsequently returned to the
cabin where the boy was left aud upon
being Informed Of the little fellows cou-
dition, even refused to 80 over 10
> abin's camp to sec him. The latter
finally found means TO communicate
with Terrace. and the facts being re-
ported To Mr.. Conwcll, who was run
ming upon the road, he at once set out
across the desert to ms brothers res
cue. aud met Young Sabin with the boy
in charge, upon n horse. making his
way To tho railroad. Arriving ut Ter
race, the boy was placed upon tho first
train for the west and arrived here Sat
nrday morning. An examination
showed the right foot SO badly affected
nineteen days having elapsed since
It was frozen-ihnt amputatiou Just be.
10" The instop n necessary, the toes
having already dropped off. The lief,
tact %hE Eiao severely frozen. but will
he saved. The right foot wes treated
by DR.. Huntington TO dry, and the lit
tie fellow bears mp under his suficrinps
manfully. He is an intelligent poy. |
nni as plucky as intelligent. In All in.
torview to. day, no rccounted tho whole |
story as previously given us,
md added that no made
several attempts to climb the
mountain for wood while in the cabin, |
but was unable. lie further statcs that
the wretchcs who had him in their en-
rloy had mover paid him n cent for his
services. A moro revolving exhibition
OF heartlcssness than that exhibited by
these men. Barber & Dixon, in tho
treatment OF this poor boy has never
camc to our notice.
Grand Prize Machinery.
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