Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-04
NEWS OF The WEST.
Evans and Sontae, tho Two Notorious
outlaws, Again Heard From
A DRUNKEN BoBOs FREAK
uorr,ble Case Of Mutilation a Ia "JaeR
the Ripper."-A Valuable
Gold Brick, Etc.

lehman and Carr, the two pris,oIners
held for horse stealing, piose ya hut
day nIght al Casper, Wyoming, pu'
wers retaoiurcd Monday anu NV
again In iail'
Al puehlo, Colo, G. Il. Hsssier,
.. ,.n,irsr. mas been instantly kiIoI
n, ,hs Missouri Pacific shops "
inchscrew slipping aud Striking nun
on the neck
Thu umor was again dying arounu
yesterday. says thu Cheyenne sur
ihat The Burlington hnu oOugnt
Cheyepne aud Northern anu "oui-
,xtend lhat road to Sheridan
A vold prick weighing 49, ounce,
vo,th s6bOO. ~ being exhibited NJ lhe
A,hIsnd. Oregon, bank as the proluci
of the Anil run Of a iivc.stamp mill on
or. from the Ashland mine. Ihlr
mine has been the center Of ATTRACTION
in the gold excitement IN Southern
Oregon during the last few months
News bnp been received by stage Of
the finding OF tho body Of n woman,
horribly mutiiatcd, at Fort Bidwel,
Nevada, last week. She wae ut-
solute character, ans was muuIa'eu
after tho fashion OF Jack the ripper
There 10 no clue TO tho perpetrator.
Only twenty Chinese were registered
In san Francisco yesterday. blgnly-
Ave applications for certificates Were
received from the country towns. INC
total registration In the city has now
reached the thousand marx. rms =
only one-thirtieth " the number q
Mongols who arc local residents.
Sheridan, Wyoming, Post: The
construction train and ahout hfty
track layers came In few days ago 20
work on the extension. IL ~ UNDER
stood that the track will be completed
10 Tongue river at once, where exten-
sion yards and shipping pens Will be
erected. Beyond this no contracta
heye been let 40 far az Is known to the
general public, but every indication
points 10 the early completion OF the
road to its northwestern connection.
Joseph Cans, one Of Montaua's
largest sheep raisers, Is In Orrin
Junction, Wyoming, with $4,000
sheep, states the Cheyenne Sun.
Cans Il en- route from Colorado to
Nebraska with them. At this place
the sheep were turned out to rest and
feed. Sheep Inspector Williams
caused him TO be arrested for bringing
sheep into the ouHty without notify
ing him. Cans will fight the case, rs
no claims the sheep arc In transit. 1t
viii be u test case OF the sheep law.
The Sunset Telegraph and Telc-
phone company OF Oakland, Call, has
showing that the company has ex-
pended sl8,652 ON tho underground
wire system up to date, This state
ment was quite necessary because tho
ordinance granting the franchise re-
quired that 10000 should be expended
on the work within year after the or
dinanoe was passed. The franchise
was granted TO the company on May
I, 1892. The cables have now all been
laid in the main streets and the work
Of stringing tho high poles on each
corner Will soon be commenced.
On Tuesday afternoon rather
unique robbery was attempted by u
drunken hobo, being no less than the
stealing Of n telephone from the walls
Of Judge Merrelps Office says the
RAwllns, Wyo., Journal. The Judge
was In Louis Schalli's at the time. lls-
q tening to ono OF DIR. Ricketts, wonder
ful bicycle romance, and had stepped
to the door to laugh, when he caught
sight OF the man coming out OF his
office with the telephone under his
arm. He promptly collared the fell
low, rang for the police ON the tsle-
phone under the fellows arm ami the
enterprisl9g thief 10 now in Jail. What
he intended TO do with the telephone
after stealing II Ia not known.
Craven Robinson, tho 7-year.old son
Of Richard Robinson, who lives about
elk miles down the valley from Boise,
Idaho, has BEEN dragged to death by a
horse. Young Robinson was leading
the horse to water. He had the rope
wrapped tightly around his right
hand. The animal became frightened
and dashed Off at furious rate, the
unfortunate lad being dragged along
behind. The hors. sped over the sage
brush, kicking the poor boy at almost
every jump. when tho rope finally
gave way the boy WAS mangled torrl-
bly,. His head was crushed and there
was scarcely an unbroken bone in his
body. Tho sufferer passed away In "A
short while after the accident.
]. u. Morrison has sworn out n
criminal complaint before Commis-
sioner Jensen, agalnst HyIum Chris.
Jensen, charging him with using COM
plainant for a sand bag on which 10
practice IugillstlO eXerulsei. 1t seems,
says the Richneld AdVocato, that MIR.
Morrison AMI WIN. Curis.ensen,
Hyrum's brother, hal both been i'm.
proving and claiming prior possessory
rights 10 small piece Of university
land, and Mr.. Morrison claims that on
Wednesday Of last week Hyrum
Christensen rode uut In tho field to
where no wap, and without any pro-
vocation, cause or explanation,
Knocked him down several times,
stamped ana kicked,und almost chOkod
the HE out OF him. The case VIII be
prosecuted.
According TO Tuesday, dlapatchea,
says the Dan Francisco Chronicle, the
notorious outlaws Evans and Sontag
nave again emerged from their hiding
pace IN Tho mountains, and have
openel their summer season of crime
by holding up "a stage on the line run
ming petween Vesalia and Sequoin
mills. The story isrelttsd with "a care.
iui attention to detail but IN ante of
this tho on cials Of the southern Pacific
company aud Wells.Fargo Exnres.
company, In this city, are inclined Ia
DO skeptical as TO the truth OF tho warn.
Detectiye Hickey, OF the Southern
Pacific company, who, by the way.
has not been outside tho city for III,
past three weeks, notwithslandlng tho
atntAmant lulliahal a..