Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-20
OBSERET EVENING NEWS
saturday. september 70, 1890
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
Died in Jail by Reason Of Heart
Troubles.
STRANGE MURDER IN MONTANA.
The First Lady Voter in Wyoming
Other Items.
STRANGE MURDER IN MONTANA


MONTANA.
"Wednesday morning when the
door Of the cells in the county JAN
,Eer. ouened il was discovered that
Georre Gresham, n man with many
aliases was dead. He was arrested un-
der the chargeof petit larceny, aiiu
weut 10 bed without any apparent
silmeut. An inquest was held anu
The verdict Of the jury was that de-
ceasesi came 20 his death by reason
Of heart troubles superinduced by
lie excessive use " liquor. De
ceased has been in Jail aud IN the
peniteutiary several TIMES anu IVES
a had man. lie claimei 10 De \
nephew Of Judge Gresham, OF
Indiana, the ex-p0stmsster general.
After the inquest the body was
turned over 70 sherman for burial.
-Butic Mining Journal
Cautain Trrloar. a genial travel
Ing man from New ORLEANS, Is IN
the city and tells a good story, Tut
Is uudegidel whether he or W. r.
Hall is tire victim. 4 few days ago
MIR. Trs!oar was in suit Lake aud
while with n party Of gentlemen
was introduced t. Mr.. Hail IS n
afellow CoruisheT" from Montana
Naturally he did not know any thing
about the political history Of Mr.
Hall. aud when tins conversation
tu-neI upOn politics and Montana
was reached ia the discussion, air.
Treluar with some emphasis IT.
marked that the state would have
gone democratic but fO- the acts u
the scUundIelly returning board. Ia
fact he may have used some strosger
language. In response captain
Billy disclosed his identity Is a
member o. the county boari, and
added that he supposed he would
never hear the last Of iL.-Butte
Hiding Journal.
Butte, Mont, Sept. l9.-F. F.
Willard, a wood hauler, csmpeli
about eleven miles back ia the hills
from this place. brought in the story
OF a strange murder today. Several
mornings since a stranger called al
his cabin aud asked for breakfast,
Swing he had been riding all night.
While the two were taIsinga second
stranger TO ie up. Throwing down a
doub!e-barreled shot gun he said: Il
have found YOU At last. Throw NJ
your hands, As the hands Of the
stranger dill 20 up, the last GOMEZ
fred both barrels, striking him un'
der the arms, killing him instantly,
| The murderer explained his action
by SAYING he was the sheriff Of
Deer Lodge County, and was
after the fellow Tor stabbing
a man near Anaconda, ana
then stealing hone 10 get away,
lie fired because he was afraid q
take chances with so bad 4 man
Willard accepted the story aud -
sisted in tying the body 81 rhe deat
man acruss his horse, when th'
seif-stylci sheriff rode away, taking
his victim with him. The NOR,
willard thought Of il the more Ger
| tain was he that something wa
wrong. at last he Determined Il
tell the sheriff. a warrant has beeI
sworn out and a posse j. out nov
looking FOR the dead man, and thu
description given Of the two meg
acuoris nicely with that Of TIVE
/ cowboys recently on the range. tn,
supposi;i0n J. shat they had a quar-
rel that resulted in the murder "a
given. The story has aroused con
siderable excitement, and every
possible effort will be put forth 4
appTeheud the murdcrer.-Heruld.
IDAHO.
One Idaho preacher has sued an
other for Islander for calling him ;
s'pale gray ass The prosecution
does not state upon what wori Ih,
action lies.-Bofss Sun.
a report came from Camas las
Saturday, that the Italian whit
| murdered ID. W. StOddari, hal
been seen bya rlncher named Sulii
van about thirty miles west o
Camas. He was also seen by N,
stage driver On the route 30 one o.
the mining camps west Of thesr,
and a posse q armed men starieJ
on the hunt FOR him.
Last Tuesday morning an anus
ing incident occurred between n
old Iaiy and 4 rancher. The woman
had been running a knife and rims
table at tine fair, AMI offered III,
rncher fifty cents 10 haul bel
trunks 20 the depot. The trunk.
were hauie,i, but she then onlJ
wanted 10 Vay = cents, and Ia,
rancher contended for the full usy
meut OF the hill. This she declined
whereupon the man loaded up IN,
trunks and hauled them back again
and the woman sweareih an,
the last seen % b r eiewas hunting
up the constable .ul threatening
suit against the TIucIer.-Eayi
RocL Tunes.
ARIZONA.
John Mahan is the owner Of .
COW that has given birth 10 fou
calves in twenty days les than {
year. This j. pretty hnnl record {,
beat.-IoHlps NeicS.
AuAaAkAAANs
The fall meeting % the Mes.
County Fair association promises q
be the best one ever held in Tn,
county, or ON the slope west Of tn,
DIVIDE.
The many friends Of Mayor Brad
ish viii be grieye1 10 learn that hi
mother died THURSDAY afternoon
about 8 O'cl6c'g after n irc urE 90
ness Of ten days. She ~ en-
Of age and has been GA "a y.sit u
Grand Junction for tie pas e. {
years.-GraEd Junction StUT.
wYOMINGj
At the first election held in Lara
mie, after tine elective franchise hat
been granted 10 women, the fin
person to cast the first hallo
WIS Mns Louisa Sawin, a lady
mole than seventy years old. Sd,
Stood on the siefs q the court hous,
AID waited for the polls 10 b.
opened that she might claim the
distinguished honor Of being tn,
iirst woman voter. All her friends
cheerfulIy accorded her this privi
iege which she 20 highly priced. a
few weeks later an apron festiva
was given for the benefit Of the old
Literary AMI Library Association.
The aprons We're sold a. auction
anu scores Of the ''0liest inhabi,'
ants Of Laramie cannot tut remem
Ter that Mrs. Sawin's apron wa
purchased by a gentleman from
Washington who gave $40 for Il ant
who declared Afterwards that h'
weuld have paid $50 rather than no
have secured the apron Of the fire
woman voter Of the United State
ami Of the world.-LGrdHliC Loom
erGRg.
NEBRASKA
Omaha, Neb., Sept 19.-An un
known man was found dead Thur
day evening in his room az th'
Merchants Hotel. Thn-e letter
were found in the dead mrn'
pocket, signed "From your loyini
mother" One was taiei Onst a
ISIS. and the other from Sprin.
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