Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-16
OUR WESTERN EXCHANGES.
A Commercial Traveller Makes a Fatal
Plunge,
SOME OF THE LAwLEssNEss OF
COLORADO.
Dining Room Girl shot Dead by an
Insane Man who Afterwards
Kills HIMSELF


San francisco william &.
Byrne, a commercial traveller, came To
his death under peculiar circumstances
yesterday morning. Accompanied by
several friends he went out TO the
Harb0r Views Baths about s. n. m. TO
indulge In a swim. He dived from n
spring board-lnto the water. The tide
was low at the time, and the water was
not overtwo feet deep at the end OF the
spring.board. His body rose to the
surface Of the water after a
minute or two, aud the incoming
waves rolled II over and over.
His friends called TO him, and, on re-
ceiving no reply, became apprehensive
that something was wrong. One Of
them plunged into the water, and nj
once discovered that Bry ne had broken
his neck by plunging headlong into the
shallow water, and that life was ex-
tinut. The remains were removed 10
the Morgue. There was deep cash
along the len side Of the dead mans
face, and from all appearances he had
evidently struck against sunken pile.
The deceased was q native OF Missouri,
aged 20 year., and was engaged ~ n
travelling salesman by tailoring firm
Dcnrcr News Specidis. - Ration, n NJ,
July ig.-Iniormntlon has Just reached
here Of the horrible death OF John Ton
Long, for many years q citizen Of Ra.
ton. He was driving q team for a
fishing party and was near theCNtills.
Yesterday he was missed from camp.
pearch was made and he was found Ia
the woods dead, with his body badly
laceruted by mountain lion. The de-
ceased was shout So years Of age, was
anex. Union soldier and an experienced
hunter. He leaves family In poor
circumstances.
Silver cha, Colo, July IL. - A
ftlghtful tragedy occurred Mt Ro-ita last
Saturday evening, Frank Schriver
IN game Of cards IN Kyger's
saloon. Both had been drinking,
and thoy began 10 quarrel and hnally
10 light. Several knockdowns oc-
CURED and then Schriver drow knife
and cut fngraham seven times In the
breast, the arm aud under the sSm.
All this time the fighting continued
TIL with n heavy cash Ingraham's
stomach was slashcd open and his en-.
trails lot out. DIR. Sperry was sent for
aud he had great difficulty In putting
the unfortunate man together. His
recovery il considered very doubtful.
Schriyer Ia under bonds.
RIoo, Colo, July is.-P. ID. Hudson,
proprietor Of the Hotel Enterprise Of
this place, nj 1880 last evening shot
and Killed Rose lsgar, . dining room
girl In the house, the bullet entering
the right breast and passing through
II - U...lA.
Ing what he had done, he then shot him.
self through the brain. Death was al-
most instantaneous In both cnsos.
The only cause known for the deed Is
that the young lady had possession OF
n valuable gold watch belonging 10
Hudson, and would not give II up rs
requested. Hundreds Of people were
on the spot In . short time, The opin.
ion prevails that Hudson was tempo.
rarily insane.
Tempe (Arizona) Necs-on Tuesday
word was brought 10 town that indians
had found the body Of u dead man on
the river bank about three miles east
Of this place. Justice Forsce At once
summoned jury and repaired TO tho
scene. The body, which had been
buried by the Indians, was disinterred
wv JUL tbAhh W W. NhbN VI ~
white man, about rs years old; 8 feot
tache and chin whiskers; good
set OF teeth; wore blue over.
alls; wooden oveshirt and blue
or black broadcloth vest; No. miners
shoes, right shoe missing. From the
Indians u was learned that the body
had been found some three months
ago, during high water, floating down
the river. They pulled tho corpse
ashore aud took from the pockets 81 and
some papers which latter were thrown
into the river and lost. After securing
the mnney the body was again showed
into the stream and II floated down
about mile aud lodged at q point on
the south bank Of the river due north
Of Boon Lewis ranch, where II was
again found by Indians and buried.
The Jury found u verdict Of death from
causes unknown.
Sacramento lee Late Saturday
afternoon convict employed at tho
Folsom prison granite quarry was sit
tiog on the bank waiting ior some tools
when = mas OF decomposed granite
rolled down on him. The convict was
carried along with the heap until his
body struck drilling machine which
lay further down tho decline. When
picked up no was found 10 bo horribly
mangled. He fingered In great agony
until . O'Clock Saturday night, when
he died. The unfortunate mans name
was J. Ward, and he was sent from
Modesto for grand larceny. His
family Ia said 10 he a highly rekpecta-
BILE one. Ward was young man and
a
the accident occurred.