The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-26
DIR. CrowdeT OF Phoebe Unnec.ss-
ati'y Called. With The Delibera-
sion OF Insanity, Hidden by
Darkness i'm "a Big Lot "A young
ParoNvOn Man strip ms In-
testines From the Omsnium

NsNNHN 'gihS uldu ~ audCd' All
speed pc ssible was made, as the sufferer
was said to have disemboweled himself
and was suffering untold agonies,
The doctor arrived there too late to be
OF any assistance. Death welcome Wis.
Itor had stepped in to his relief.
The following are the facts as related
to the reporter by Win Kane, who
brought the doctor back home. The I'M
fortunate young man is William Daven.
port who halls from Parowan, Utah. He
had been sick at Panaea, in the house of
L. D. Watson for about six days; some
thing being wrong with his head which
kept up continuous aching the whole
time.
AT about half past nine O'Clock in the
evening of Tuesday the fatal day, he got
out of his bed, dressed himself and took
walk out. He soon found an old friend
Mr. Meeks who was undressing by his
camp fire preparatory to retiring for the
night. Seating himself on little bench
by the side of the old man, Davenport
asked for the use OF his pocket knife to
trim broken nail of his finger. The
nail trimmed, he got up and with the re-
mark that he would help himself to an
apple, quietly moved from the fire toward
the rear end Of Meek's wagon. "You
will have to crawl in at the front end
WHIP said Meek, but his words brought
no responce, Will had made off with the
knife intent upon
COMMITTING THE AWFUL DEED
After waiting for sufficient time as he
thought for Will to return with his knife
Mr.. M started to hunt him up.
at Watson's he aroused Mrs. w. and
a girl. Knowing that Davenport was
too sick to be out Mrs. W. became
alarmed and instigated a searching
party consisting of Kane and some
Others. In the mean time Meeks and
N. J. Wadsworth had procured lanterns
and were already hunting the missing
man. 49, 81
The combined forces, after consider.
able search found traces of blood, which
led them to Syphus big lot. Here they
discovered large pool of blood which
had evidently flown from terrible cash,
as the wounded man had crawed
through the bars. Now baked by the
under growth further tracking was i'm.
possible, until attracted by sound of
CHOKING AND CASTING FOR BREATH,
they were guided onward. Following
up the noise that soon saw the form OF
Davenport in a crouched up position;
evidently suffering intense pain. He at
once began begging some one to give him
a pistol that he might finish the deadly
work he had begun. Finding no one to do
this he begged that blow be given him
on the head to ease the last pangs of
death. As they we're recovering their
first great shock, the dying man raised to
| SNOW them mis- cOnultl0n.
AGIIAsTLY sTGBT MET THER EYES
He had as the doctor afterward related,
inserted the knife at point half way
Between the navel and the right hip joint
cut into the abdomen and let the bowels
out; then with the deliberation of nsani.
ty he
! cUT TIE BOW ELS AND SrRIpED
them Of from the omentum for distance
of fifteen inches. There were two incis-
ions also in the left side of the throat and
one in the front, al of which missed the
jugular vein, and one severed The wind
pipe. EEI9#N UAt
The doctor was Immediately dispatch.
ed for. Davenport was moved to the
school house near by, where death soor
relieved his sufferings. Before dying he
admitted doing the deed and said: 81
don't know why did it except l mus
have been wldp
Word is not yet received from his poo,
parents who were informed Of all by wire
, as to what disposition is to be made 0
the body. bh
"a Later. News from Panaca disclosed
the fact that Davenport cut off anC
threw away about six feet Of his mites
tines which were licked up near wher
he was found yesterday Fek.t 4
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