Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-11
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS,
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Sad Case Of a YOua5 Van undergoing
q Life Sentence.
NOTABLE CHARACTER DEPARTS
california Lady LAWYER WIZ stump
for the Democratic licko'.--
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,d,ew A neelm OF Almy, wyoming,
loaded gun In his wagon and IN
p,,S behind the wagon the gun
iIschargcd,i iuilioting wound IN
w. sbiomen that proved fatal ia lew
loirs.
No. Laura do Force Gordon,
csiIiofnla lady lawyer, will locate ~
Chsvenne aud there practice her pro-
S.ssion. She will stump the state ior
IN. Democratic ticket, says an OK
change.
wm. Mellor, Jr,, tells the h9es
snr,uus Independent that al ne
caitIemen 10 tne territory south OF thh
nlsce. with thu single exception OF the
i,r,vo Bar'' company, are getting rio
oftheir cattle u. fest NJ possible ln'
snving sheep. Nearly everybody an
,,cinaies a bard winter coming, ami
nome wish TO DO caught ia It win
cattle.
OR. Moorehead, west end bake
man, had "a very marrow iqueak iot hia
ilfe on 8unday ct Grsan River, wy
ming. Ho was riding On the pilo. Of
Jack slins' engine and IN stepping Oh
In urn pwllch his heel caught and
hls foot ia some way was twisted,
throwing him On his lace just Oh tue
track aud tearing his shoe and stocking
from his foot. He escaped with
sprained ankle.
Hank Freel, notable character OF
Wyoming, Is no more, says the 'Ftlscp
Examiner. a nephew hos shot hin,
and,thAt no anticipatVfy anguish might
beiGu unuh, was thoughtful enough
to shoot him In the back. Then hn'
other Freel shot the nephew, ana ne
this point, much 20 the discontinue OF
ciuzsns generally, fatalities ceasei
with SOME Of the family surviving
The cut.on which Is orlng built by
The Rock Island, connecting bine9lni
Neb., aud Jansen, Neb., is rapidly ap.
proaching completion. Il Is iOrty-hve
niilea long aud reduces the distance
between Denver ana the Missouri
liver by fifteen milt-. When the
work il done the Rock leland trains
will enter Lincoln over tracks owned
by the company itself, ~ present the
Union Pacific 10 utilized between
Beatrice aud Lincoln.
Commissioner Hrscock, says the
San Frauci.co Chronicle, hns remnudod
Chineso woman, Lso Sue, whore
nidprs aud uhuttofs tried unusually
hard 10 avAlo abe exclusion law. Lee
Bus arrived In san Francisco nom
China on September 10Th last, but wa
denied o landing by the collector. The
evidence adduCeu on her trial on
babcas corpus shows how the willy
Chinese manage things. She clalmed
10 have left mere IN Ort0ber, ISIS,
bplpg then the wife OF Chum Gin, q
merchant. Lee Ong Dai, she aaid,
returned with her, but the steamer
regards disprOve that assertion. She
had some knowledge OF Chinatown
and the vicinity Of 500 jackson street,
where she claimed to have lived. Her
knowledge came from careful school
Ing byn Chinese member OF the steRm-
eris crew. Inspector Mci<euna dis-
covered her ia tine act OF learning from
a chart the locations Of hougcs,
factories, streets, people and even
doors and windows. The chart was
seized and was placed in evidence
after having been translated by Rev.
Mr.. McMas,ers. II was very com.
plete with diagrams and names and
an important special instruction upoa
the back. w. II. Makinson, real
estate dealer Of 8ii Kearney street,
vwOrr that he knew the woman and
ISIS. She said she Loot the certificate.
Had II not been for the chart which
rhe was caught studying no carefully
Lee hue would probably have beaten
tue law and stayed In the country.
In the Idaho penitentiary, ut the
present time, Is immuted, under lie
sentence, Frank Arm1trong, young
man who In 1855, In AltuTas county,
took tho life OF Paul Hubert, well
known stuckmnn. Armstrong wa.
convicted Of murder In the second de-
gree, and he owes II to one man, who
stood out nil night agsinst tho Other
eleven jurors, that he was not found
guilty OF murder IN the first degree
aud sentenced 10 death. Armstrong;
IA In many respects remarkably Rad
case. He left his home IA Waterloo
Iowa, In 1884, mere boy, 10 sock his
fortune I'm Idaho. He entered the ser
vice Of Hubert, and In 1855 shot an
Killed his employer. At that time ht
was but II yeaIs Of age. lie admit
the killing hut asserts that he was mol
10 blame. Ten days after the TRACE y
mad been committed Armstrong wa
arrested, and his conviction speedily
followed. Ho had influential relative,
IN Iowa but, with remarkable spirit
lac did not appeal to them either bslor,
or after his conviction. IL WAS MOI
until after he had been In prison fOl
three long years that his family
learned OF his plight, and then theJ
conferred their energies upon the wOfl
OF securing pardon for the un
fortunate young man, About tw,
weeks ago w. ). Robinson and Mrs
q. w. Wright, OF Chicago, .ho uucll
aud the sister OF Armstr ny, arrivet
In Boise. rheyi wsre provided will
Credentials from prominent cluz,n
and officials " Iowa nnd lllinOis; an
they also had letters from four Of th'
Jurors who convicted Armstrong, sup
pemented with n large putiton bear
Jug the signatures Of Wood Rive
people, recommending that the yOuni
man he pardoned. They visited IN
peuiientlafy and the meeting between
eisior aud bruther-ho Ia his sOmbr
prison gaTb--was 40 Affecting scene
But the appeal Of Mr.. Robinson am
Miss Wright 70 the pardon board wa
futile one. They were given littl
% no encouragement, aud yesterda.
they decided 20 temporarily WithdraY
the application for clemency. DARN
the afternoon they sadly called al u
peniienlinry 10 bad their unfortunRt
relative goodbye, and today they vii
depart Tor Portland. Three month
hence they viii again apply for par
don for ArmsIrong.-ldsho DdR
hatemaH.
Thrlaru thousand uiue hun1rpd an