Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-18
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Young ClaF.nro Dow, The Denver Bank.
tf's Son, In a Dilemma
ATTEMPTED ESCAPES FROM JAN.
A Sensational Elop,mrnt In California.
Making Love 10 thnmbermaids.
--lluuco Men Capturcd.

T.. J. Elliott, city trtn,urer Of Great
Falls, M0ntiua has boon drowned
while bathing below the great iail- Of
the Missouri, twelve miles rast u town.
while out wit a picnic lsity.
Postmaster l.. l.. CtRndoll % Moaca,
Colo, has been visited 10y the pOsiOtilCe
inspector who Investigated his Ac-
counts ani found that no had uppr0.
priated sl75 Of government funds to
his private usp, and that hc haI fcpoIt-
Ell aud collected pay from tie govern
ment for the cane llatiun OF more
stamps than he had actually cancelled.
CfAudcll was placed under arrest,
but aner n hustle among bic ifiondr
male good this shortage aud was fc.
leased.
james Rickers, ALA. Professor Cor.
win, the Colorado confidence man,
made an attempt Goo escape o. Monday
from the jail at phw liX, AtiL ila, and
almost succeedcI. flo hau HAweu two
seveu.and.Oue.right uars, when
tho grating fell, the noise atlraCun4 the
Taller. Tho PRISON on 'inls had infUt.
matiun OF fine hair uw having been
bought during tue day, sui were Keep
ing n careful watch. The oili cials uru
NNNh NAlN wan % NlNf VI ~ ANAANN' y wv
are supposed TO have smusgoi tho saw
into the PRISON.
Frank Robertson, alias California
Jack, made determined effort o. vt.
cape from the county tall at Colorado
SPRING., On "Wednesday muIuiuL,
While Jailrr John Beat was locking
the cell doors Tor the day be Wa found
that the door Of R0btrwOu's e. u had
been tempered with. The jaiicr went
IN to investigate anu Robertson dashed
out anu down the corridor Tue QUEER
door, however, wac closed anu the
prisoner dashed into thu kitcssu anu
secured large knife aud ordered the
TALLER 90 OpUn the door, The Jailcr
drew bic pun ana called 10 RObrrttDl
90 halt. lie continued advancing AMI
Heal, raising his gun, pulled the rig
ger. The cartridge missed IRE aud ~
Beal was about to- Try the second, the
prisoner dashed back into hin cell.
The uolice Of Cheyenne. Wyo., have
made tne ,upiuto OF three uuuc, men.
They bilkcu Hon. George PuiutGtNtrr
u Portland, Ore, Outof so ON bogus
check drawn On The Denver City
National bank Tor $500 anu signed nN
q. =. Pool. They are now under At.
rest and the leader, Frank Williams,
Ln8 been recognized as ma old Denver
crook. when arrested CHECK Tor
u, 200 On tue Colorado National was
found ON his porron ~ were bluuk
checks on half the National anu state
banks Ia all tho wcstufn country.
They have been working the trains
from this city west for three weeks.
wiIiiamB pal II au cid man, who has
Onu short leg, which IA raised by an
iron shoe. Williams N tfy lug 10 work
a great blu1 on the police. lie says he
represents one Oi the mercantile houses
Of Omaha, and Will make II hot Tor the
authorities.
Charles Nickel, fnshiouably
dressed young man, was arrested no
Los Angeles on Wednosday for steal. /
ing letter containing note i1T a |
large sum addressed 10 Mic. Josie sui. !
Ivan nj Denver, while stopping OF tne |
NatlCk hotel. Nlckel's plan was 10 |
make love o. the cuambufmalds aud |
have them deliver tue letters Of the |
guests 10 MIN, aud then steal all those |
thought TO contain money. When /
Nickel observed an utiicrr watching |
him open the letter of Mrs. sullivan /
no ran down BfUaiwny 90 large /
boarding. house, anu thrust the letter ]
In the hands " chHmUofmaid he /
kuoR there. The chEmburmuid hid !
this letter IN her bosom, but the de. /
tVCtive made tho woman deliver the |
latter 10 HIM aud arrested Nickel. |
Nickel has been doing this kind VI !
work In many hotels anu boarding /
houses In L6s Angelic. lie halls from |
New YORK, nud II quite dude. lie |
was turned over 10 the United States
authorities.
Clarence Dow, the whywari son Of |
T.. II. Dow, president oil the CONNER /
cial National bank Of Denver, Colo, |
who deserted from Company IA. Fir-t |
Infantry, stationed AZ Angel Island, |
Cal, on April 90.h of the present /
year, has surrendered 60 the military |
authorities NJ Ftrt sam Houston, nuHr /
San Antonio, Texas. Hu 10 now
prisoner awaiting court martial. The /
lowest penalty Tor ms olcnsu h
eighteen month"; imprisonment 40
hard labor ana diHhonOrablu discharge
from tho army az the expiration ut
that sentence. Ga the Jay OF hls
deserliou he married young lady
living IN California, ami tue two pro.
cepded by steamer TO Mexico. lie went
under an assumed Eumo IN the CITY Of
Mexico nnd claimed tO be the cores
poudent o. the ChicagO Tribune,
About thrte years ago young DIV
created sensation by marrying
the GOubrotte In Hu opera com.
pAny after lew days' hC.
quRintance. Hts father east him
Oh, anu the young man Travelled
with the opera company 10 California,
where he and his wife agreed up4n 10
separation. She obtained "a divorce anu
large amount Of money from her
nusband's father, who wanted 10 rec
his son ifee from tho unhCAlTugblu mat
rimODial tie. Banker Dow then In.
duced his son TO join the army with u
Wow TO getting hun away from his old
associates. The young man enlisted nj
Fort Logan, Cob, IN tho First
Infantry Band on April .7th, 1897
anu was transferred 10 Company H.
First Infantry, stationed At Angel
island, on December 2iIh OF the SAME
year.
"A sensational elopsmont took place
Mt Gnpeland, CalliorniR, n few Gays
ago, which has lust come 70 light
About q year ago Ferdinand Heller
and his young wife came % Gfnle'
land, about ten miles from San Bernuf'
dino, 20 live upon government |
claim. The husband and wife worked
induatriOusly TO make Themselves
home, ana happiness seemri o. rule ~
the household until few months ago,
when Mr.. Halter employed one wan
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