The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-13
WILD IRISHMAN'S REMAINS.
Frozen to Death-A Model United
States Commissioner Down
South.
MARYsvALE. September 8, 1885.

MARYsvALE, September s, 1885.
Correspondence of THE HERALD.
Some years ago, man known here as
the Wild Irishman, an eccentric miner,
that owned assmining claim in Bullion,
went to Phoebe to work in the mines
there, and late in the fall returned to
Beaver with the intention of coming
back to Bullion to work on his mining
claim. He left Beaver and has never
been heard of since. The remains of a
dead man were found on the Sd, by one
OF the United States Geodetic Survey
parties, aboutone-fourth of mile below
the summit of the Mt. Badly Bench,
near the timber line. The skeleton was
i've feet eleven inches in length. Mr..
Foisey, one of the jury summoned by
Marion Smith, the Justice of the Peace.
informs me that the name of the Wild
lrishman was John Daugherty, and
that he firmly believes the remains to
be that of John Daugherty. Mr.. Marion
Smith, the Justice of the Peace, sum-
moned out Mr.. Tom Ferguson, Mr..
John Lee. Jr., and Mr.. Ed. Foisey, as
a jury, to examine and bury the body
They proceeded to the place and made
examination of the remains and found
verdict, TO the best of their beliefs,
that the deceased, who was unknown to
them, had been frozen to death, while
attempting TO cross the range in the
winter, and it would appear evident
that their verdict is true one. On ex-
animation, they found box of matches,
a pocket knife. few pistol balls, but no
fire arms, and that the deceased had
cut off the legs OF his overalls and
wrapt up his feet in them and bound
them on with strips of cloth. The skull
was found some three hundred feet
down a declivlty of rocks from the
body. The left leg and portion of the
left side were not found. The remains
were buried at the place where they
were discovered
Everything is quiet here at present
although our naughty Faber cannot re-
train from saying that September I'd
was lively day with few miners.
who got INTO the good gracious of our
United States Commissioner, (that
claims to have no license to wait on
people with ardent spirits) who dipped
1t up to them by the cupful, and got
quite full himself. The next morning il
was found that some one had smashed
In one OF the windows of the postoffice,
and Judge ID. p. Whedon' s buggy top
had been slit up with knife. Some
one OF the night ranters must have
done it.
BWhat would the people of Great
rltaln, or even in the Eastern States.
think OF a commissioned judge swagger-
ing through the streets, prOfaning the
name OF the Deity? What he was 60
ing 10 do with certain portion of the
community. Would they raid him out?
ihey would; and that quickly. In all
tneSe tnlngs, we try 10 keep cool, and
oh, 1t gets burning hot. 1t would seem
among common folks, that when man
is appointed to hold the judicial ermine
over the people as a. Judge. he
should appear with a civil and honor |
anle department, and suavity of man
ner that would go to show that he was |
a gentleman of intelligence, unbiased |
m mind. and worthy of the respect OF |
the people.
But we are sorry to say that we can !
not view the incumbent in that light. |
Saul, the son of CHS, hewed to pieces
yoke of cattle and sent it around to all |
Israel with the threat that he would |
drive them that way, and more so, if |
they would serve them and defend |
Israel against the Phllistlnes. We want /
1 pair of commissioners Just like the /
one we now have, but not to hew them
q pieces. We want to present them to
MIR. Barnum, as an example of judicial |
'ussedness for the whole United States.
MARYsvALEITE.