Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-25
WESTERN CULLISGS.
burglars In Evanston. Array.
--Burnei with Molten Metal.

D,nrer News-Thniiad, Colo, Sept.
gi.-This afternoon nj 2 O'Clock tle
.esilound Santa Fe express NJ the
Nevada street crossing struck the
wagon driven by u. n. Burt dernol.
ishlnR the wagon and instantly killing
the driver. The crossing IA only y lew
hundred feet from the passenger station
and Mr.. Burt'e body WIS sent hylng
through the air at height equal -
that Of the smOktstaok. He struck on
the side " tho head on the tmck and
acarcoly moved after no fell. A violent
gale was blowing and cloud OF dust
covered the track, and the engineer
Mr.. Reilly, says he saw nothing Lux
tho man hying through the air. Burt
was 81 Year, Of age and leaves n VIE
and family Of children; the latter are
NIL grown. He was much liked ny hll
who knew him ~ q Woodworking, re-
spectacle man.
Davenport, Ia, Sept. 2l.--The break.
Ing OF bar at the foundry OF the basie
Manufacturing Company this afternoon
~ an iron ctuciblo was being swung on
n crane from the furnace 10 the molds,
sent the ladle AMI ~ contents, luVO
rounds Of molten iron, 10 the ground.
tnorgo Mccoy, q laborcr, was standing
almost beneath the ladlo when
dropped, and some Of the molten metal
fell upon his head. Ills hair was
taken on In broad strip running
down the back Of his neck from the
crown, and his neck and head were
burned 10 yellowish color where
touched by the fiery liquid. liz was
badly burned about the head aud body,
but Il IL believed that he Will survive
thcAccidcnt. Other persons hal narrow
escapes.
Eranston Register-Some time dur.
Ing Monday night burglars entered
the postoilica through the back part
aud left unmistakahlc evidences that
there IL, or was In Evanston, first class
professional shfc-cracking artists. rhn
PARTITION In the rear Of the p0stoillce
completely hides the safe ~ well ms
the interior Of the office from view, 80
that once inside tho building tho rob
beers had II all their own way. The
burglars were evidently supplied with
diamond drills and undorstoOd the
make Of the safe, which Is an ordinary
frr.proof with as Interior burglar-proof
compartment, and stands about fournud
half feet high. A reporter visited the
office yesterday morning and found u
neatly drilled hole immediately 81 the
laft OF the combination, through which
some instrument must have been In.
serted aud which with the assistance
OF a sledge hammer knocked the lock
away from tho combination 40 that the
bolts responded promptly 10 the out
side knob. The bufglar.proof com.
parlmont was not m0leated. There
were In the outer compartment about
$500 In stamps ami some 81 In money,
but tho burglar overlooked about 5000
IN stamps and only got away with
sl25 worth with the loose money.
'fherc Ia absolutely no clue 10 the
burglars 10 far.
Yesterday about O'Clock u disgrace.
full cutting affair took place nj tue
house Of Ruby Wade, woman Of
questionable reputation, who ha. been
passing as tho vito OF Henry Wade.
II has been impossible ~ learn full
particulars Of the affair, but II ~ pre-.
sumud that quarrel over the woman
between Jack Howard aud Henry
Wade, her alleged husband, was Ia
progre.. when Wade throw sugar
bown at Howard, badly brushing his
head. Howard grabbed n knife ami
slashod II across Wade's throat, oaua.
lug an ugly wound on the lott side,
from whhh the blood flowed freely.
Tho wounded man was taken 10 Dr..
Hocker'a and an examination showed
that ono OF the branches OF tho carotid
artery had been severed. The partioi.
pants are all in jail awaiting a hearing
before tho justice.