Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-05
DRANK ACID AND DIED.
John Gallagher Ends His Miserable
Existence 10 SstluslOn.
NE ouTwIrrEp A WOMAN
A Gold Gathering IBv'ntion ferho'eu
byaD,aver GenIu"

had commenced, but was Wv ~" >"
accompanying, and John 0allagh,r Ne
a corFee At his late residence, "'i' In
fnyetie street Denver.
The desponient and liqu1r crahs
victim was found In an unused cellar
Yesterday morning by bis wife, W"
had zone there for wash tub. II"
had been drinking aud was misslng
from bIa home for several days, hui MS
wife who lad been his helpmalc ~
brighter days aud hal not forsaken
him In his downfall, thought nothing
Of Il. a, he was accustomed 10 10 90
spree and be- absent from h home for
s.vefal days at lime.
Gallagher hnd been dead for several
hours when found. Lying beside him
was an almost empty thrce-ounce bot
Tie tearing tho inscription OF the deadly
poison.
The woman thought her husband
was In drunken stnpor, aud she nt-
tempted 10 awaken him, but soon die.
covered the Truth. NeighbOr- were
called In md then Undcrtsker Me-
Govern was notified ~ come and take
charge Of tho remains. lyon exam.
nation II WIS discovered that the acih
had eaten the skin from the right side
OF the dead mans face and the horrible
burn OF the tlIid extended down on the
neck. His face bore unini-inkahle
signs OF the awful torture and sui.
fering he hnd endured before life was
extinct
After removing the body TO the un.
doriskIng room Coroner VALLEY wa
notified and examined the body. The
following note was found IN Galiagher's
pockets
DESvER, April IS.
Dear wIfe--Thls II the last note
will ever write you OF anyone else, 10
please excuse me. This In my last day
10 live. was trying to make n little
better Of ", but whenever | am getting
there you step inland spoil Il. This Is
the last Of II. You claim that ! have
been n trouble on your hands aud spend
my mouay. dive my best respects 10
Mg. Higgins and my sister Maggie,
but particularly 10 my five Of family,
Katie Mary, Maggie, John Joseph aud
little James Peter. Good bye forever.
Your husband,
joins GALLAGHER
Mrs. Gallagher was seen hya Ncrs
reporter yesterday and related the fol.
lowing facts ntout the affair;
"He Ind been drinking heavily
Aimee the 10th Of the month. On Tues.
day found him In McCarrick's saloon
and tried 10 get him 10 give me- money,
which he refused TO do, or 10 10 even
home with me. lie went out Of the
back door. aud this Is the lat time
saw him alive. have repeatedly
pleaded with him 10 reform, but with
out avail m he seemed TO be totally dis.
couraged.v Gallagher went into a
pharmacy at Thlfty.-ighth and Market
streets shortly aiterwafd and purchased
this deadly drug.
John Gallagher was rs years OF age
and for rix years was chcckman In the
baggage room Of tho Union depot.
Coroner Valley decided not To hold MA
inquest, and tho remains will be buried
nom the family residence at 9545 La
fny ettc street this morning. denver
Netps.
ONE DOLLAR FoR Five.
QuIte n lIttls excitement was created
uptown last evening by the sudden ap-
pcnrnnce Of what seemed 10 be q small
ny 'fNntiJ tuiiuWtl Wy u Wutiluus DUN
We're running, and the woman, who
was dressed In mother hubbard and
without head covering, soon overlook
the fleeing youth. A policeman waA
called and The young man, who proved
70 bo shorty" news vender on the
GrcatNOrlhcrn, was taken 10 the station
house at the instance OF the woman.
"Shorty" IN dwarf IN stature, aud no
was highly Indignant. He said he
was q sufficient show Of himself with.
out being exhibited Ia the public In
such an unceremonious manner. The
case turned out 10 be n sort u conf.
dencc game, but "Shorty" WIS not In
II. He aud a companion had gone into
one OF the dives on Clorc Street, aud
there the said companion N sald TO
have sIuandered flv. dollars Ia money
for drinks. He passed five dollars over
70 the woman who runs the place, hut
Immediately Afterwards, NJ She saws.
claimed TINT he had given her ten dol.
lars. The woman protested, and In
proof Of her statement showed the five
dollar bill. The stranger took II and
then handed II back 10 the woman.
That u shesnpposed he handed Il back.
but when he len she found that he ha d
given her one dollar bill inste "a OF a
hvc. "Shorty," whose legs are only
about one foot and n half long, mai.
slow progress, hut his companion did
not let the grass grow under his feet.
He was out OF alght before the woman
discovered her loss, no she caught
"Shofty." hut as he was guilty Of no
oiiense he was discharged. Helena
Journal.
An INGENIOUS INVENTION.
A Denver genius has Invented ina.
chine which solves the problem OF
saving The Hour gold In Snake river
sands. The Idaho Falls Regis'or saws
the machine Il very simple and that
me inventor has been 10 that pince
tahng samples OF sand from the river
10 experiment upon. The Rcgisicr Ia
80 Impressed that the machine ifgoiny
TOTO The work that the paper eyclalns,
"Eut"ka!" There Il gold enough In
the bed OF Snake river 20 pay tho mn.
uonal debsot all the governments OF
the world. II eau be- saved, the bi,.
gest Industry Of the world viii he ~.
Ablished In Idaho. -haho Ar1lonole
ncRuLAR ARRESTED.
Sheriff Rose on Monday received n
telegram from Sheriff LLOYD. of
Silver Bow county, Montana, asIlne
him TO arrest negro and u white mnn
VINO were supposed 10 be In Dillon
and giving. descriptions. Through
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