Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-26
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Neil GIllls Falls Ninety Feet And
Sustains a Broken Ankle.
A DANGEROUS FRATERNITY.


Word cane down town Friday
morning 10 me effect that Nell GINS
the popular foreman at Ontario NO
mine bad allen down the inau'way o
the shaft and was badly injured. rh'
facts in the case show that Mr.. Giili'
had n miraculous escape from an IN
slant death. lie was going down th'
ladder In the man.way Of the shat he
tween the eight and nine hundred
levels, when rock or some othel
hard substance fell and struck him
on the head, knocking him In
sensible. In that condition he Tell
10 the level below, a distance Of
ninety feet, and had his left ankle bad
ly broken besides sustaining other pain.
ful and ugly bruises about the hips
and hack. DR.. Gfegur ami Wilson
did oil that was possible for the Injured
man aud he was taken 10 the hospital
at Salt Lake Friday afternoon. To
tho fact that he was insensiblo while
falling Mr. ellis probably owes bis
life; for had he realized his danger aud
endeavored 10 save himself he would
IN all probability have been killed. A.
u IL Mr.. ellis stands q fair show u
being crippled for life, for when a
surgeon says an ankle Il badly broken,
II means much.
Mr.. ellis many friends viii be
psiDed Ia learn of his accident, yet
pleased 10 realize that he escaped a
horrible death and that his Injuries
hre no worse. The doctors think he
will bc around Ia about three months II
he has good luck.-J'drk CiV Rcoord.
DANoERous FRATERSiTY.
'Tramps aru getting quite numerous
these days, and among them are found
various degrees and klnds Of rascality.
II IL true that among them may be
found occasionally some honest but
unfortunate fellow ~ whom the force
Of Opposing circumstances has brought
III luck. But In the majority " cases
these flag ends Of aristocncy arc com.
posed Of the worthless, the scum OF de
PRAYED society, having no honor, no
relf-rcspcct, caring but little whether
they pillow In barn or In n pcniten-
tiary; creatures whose moral. are only
satisfied In villainy, In theft aud llcon-
tiousnc-s. Low bred, III raised and
Inherently devillsh they seek TO take
advantage Of the unprotected wife, tho
unescortcd daughter, and even the
aged matron, whom all should respect,
receives when chance affords, brutal
treatment from those lustful vampires.
Several accounts from various parts Of
the territory tell us Of the dlnbol'cal
actions Of tho tramp. Even In our
own nelghborhood, Monday last, a
lady OF any was ruthlosaly set upon,
knocked down, beaten, chlorofotmed
aud otherwise badly treated by one OF
the gang. IL Ia not safc for women
residing out of town 10 DO alone
safe for young hdies ~ travel
the streets late nj night with
out companion. II IL not absolutely
safe 10 retire nj night without inst nj.
tending TO the fnstcnings Of DOOR and
Windows. II Il always safe 10 be on
the safe side whether dealing with
tramIs or with strangers Of any kind.
Tfamps are not the only bad ones. The
We'll dressed, oily tongued or mon.
eyed villain Ia more subtle and hence
more dangerous. As tho serpent OF
Ccylon saiiyatcs hlA prey before he
swallows II, so does the refined rogue
with fiattering words dccoy the giddy
aud the unsusnccting Gro thoy ruin
thcm.-ifooly fountain Star.
FIEND's POUL DEED.
The disgusting particulars Of horrI.
hle case Of rape come from Willard, ],
A. Walters, an Old soldier, lives There
with two daughters, oue about Is and
the other only 10 years u age. 4 few
weeks ago Charles w. Elder, ayoung
man from salt Lake, began lodging
with tho Walters family by night
operating the bIickyard engine by day.
Elder made repeated bold advances
toward the unsophistlcatod elder girl,
which she instinctively shunned. The
unworldly parents interpreted these
acts as tokens Of pure love passion,
Hut the girl continued TO rppuiso lin.
<fSo on the 2nd OF this month an oppDr.
tunity presented itself aud he uatisiled
his beastly appetite by bfutally ravlsh.
Ing the younger sister, u tender child
Of ten. lie then lufl. The infant hi
dangerously III, but nuTsed tho secret
until last week, when sho made dis.
closure, revealing her person incurahly
diseasod by the forced contact with
that nend incarnste. A vigorous search
Tor Edlor Il on, but this morning
sheriff l,oveland says hO Is still nj
arge.--BrighGm Bu9ier.
The Elsinore roller ilour min IA onoe
again reaching out for supremacy I'm
the matter Of supplying roller mill
Hour 10 the various western mining
camps, a still better grade OF flour
With fofty.nine pounds In each hall
sack Instead Of the swindling FORTY.
eight pounds heretofore given, il be.
ginning IL count 40 that other mills
had bettor be looking out for their laur.
els. Competition is lively.
An exceedingly heavy shipment of
cattle viii, Il Is expected, be made nom
Milford In n few days for the Eastern
market Judging from the great mum.
Der on cattle ears now sidetracked M
The terminus, II IA thought that thu
shipment Will aggregate not less than
5000 head, The animals arc b,ing
brought In from Spting valley. M,
Nadh, NJ which place thev haze No.,
grauuhily gathered IN during the past
, ,, Weess, a. fast a. purchased from
.ne T"nrhers ~ the surrounding coun.
try'-Bearer Htoaiui. N''"'
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An Wing Sling, Chinaman from
nNS.Vllle, was on trial in Judge
sh h"',ta 'outt Yesterday, charged with