Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-17
NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Irtr-rst Culled Prom
Various Exchanges.


Legere Paris, of Black Tail Greek,
Montana. was arrested ON June Ii
by Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas for refusing &c answer
questions propOunded by the census
taker He was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Dinre-
Won and held in bends II s250 10
appear IN ire United States court
AZ Helena. July :. So far as is
known this is the first arrest made
in the west for such an Offense, and
Supervisor Sheer has telegraphed
for Instructions.
The north-buund train over the
Utah & Northern met with an acri-
dent Saturday night, by which
brakeman w. {. Curtis lost HE life
and two other trainr,n.l -TcTu severity
injured. The train was about ten
miles north Of Dillon. Montana, at
the time Of the accident, and was
running at very moderate rate Of
speed. By some means a loose sand
board caught in the wheels and
I N-AAN" 1AA A4hAN " I'LL NllEEIN
the track Curtis was standing upOn
one Of these cars when last seen
alive, and his dead body was after
waris found between the wreck.
horribly mangled. The cars were
all completely demolished and the
sheep either killed outright or in
iured 50 badly that they had 20 he
killed. The wreck blOrkcd up the
track for fully Eve hours, and 1t was
notsntil Sunday morning that the
body Of the dead man was returned
with the wounded 10 Dillon. Curtis
was % years Of age and a member OF
Stewart lodge, Brotherhood Of Train
men, Chillicothe, Ohio, where HE
parents reside,
Butte, Mont, June iG.-The out /!
going train on the Montana rniaa, !
bound for Garrison, l3yt ~Ith an
accident about 2 O'Clock this after !
noon which resulted in the terrible
I death Of Engineer William Hooker. 4
The train was about half way be-
tween this place and Silver Bow
>nd was running at n good rate Of
speed when the engine suddenly |
threw the side bar upon the right !
side. The pOnderous piece Of steel |
! followed the motions Of the driver |
and crushed through the cab with |
terrible force. stripping one side EN-
tirely from the engine. II caught |
Hooker In passing and threw him |
from the cab and clear Of tie train. |
The fireman was on his own side
AF shUs .VasF a
parativcly unhurt. When picked I
", Hooker wa still breathing, /
but death cape 80 his relief in
very fer minutes. He had sus-
tained fearful injuries on his head,
sides and back and upon both legs,
almost any one Of which would have
been fatal. Deceased was one Of
the best known and most trusted Of
all the men on the road. He was
about forty years Of age and leaves
a wife 10 mourn his loss,
Butte, June l6.-Thomas Bryant,
a lad not more than eighteen years
Of age, was arraigned before the bar
Of the district court Of this city this
morning charged with the murder
Of his mother. The killing took
place at her home at Burlington. n
suburb Of this city, February l.
last. No one was present 20 wit
ness this shooting, and number
of theories have been formulated
regarding IT, What i known Is
that Mrs. Bryant was hard
working Woman, doing everything
in her power 10 keep her three
children and save money enough !
10 join her husband. vino was fore
man of n mine in Australia. The .
boy was an incOrrigible youth who
would not work. but delighted in
spending his mothers money in
saloons and other places. Learn
$500 he asked her for part Of it with
which 10 20 10 Frisco. This IT,
quest caused the quarre. which cost !
his mother her life, and has put his }
now in jeopardy. The state will !
prosecute on the theory that the
shooting was wilful and premedi- /.
tated and for the purpose Of secur- /.
ing the money. The defense viii !
he that il was purely accidental.
The unfortunate woman only lived | I
long enough after receiving the
deadly shot through the breast !
to slagger 10 the next room l
and expire on the threshold
being able to speak I
a word. The boy took sos of the
money! and fed TO the hills, where J
he escaped pursuit by hiding in n
deserted placer mine. He several '
times narrowly escaped being shot l
by his pursuers. Afler suffering
greatly from cold and exposure he
came in and gave himself up. Feel
ing ran very high against him az
the time, but it has had time TO
lie down some now. The return 4;
Jf the father frOm Australia and /.
his evident faith that the shot was
has done n good deal TO
shake the belief that the boy in-
tended TO kill his mother. 4 good
many now believe he pointed the :
pistol at her TO scare her into Civ
ing up the money, and that il was
discharged. The aC- =
cused is a dark cOmplexioned young
fellow ofslight build, with anything T,
but a pleasant face. He bears his
trial manfully, only showing n lit
lie nervousness when the attorneys
talk about the death penalty in
questioning the jury. The case will
occupy several days in !
trial.