Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-26

bind quarters. The animal inmeil.
ately started 10 escape, Mr.. Wilcox
following TO get another shot. Hr
heard n noise behind him aud turning
perceived the animals mate making
flr him. A true shot soon dispatched
Mt. Lion, hut the female had ttcaped,
and ~ II was getting late he could not
fnd her again. She 10 wouuded W that
she cannot possibly livc,and he expects
to run across It, carcass some iay. The
one killed meaaufed nine feet aud two
inches, and the hide has been stuffed.
Mount Pleasant Pyramid.
Tho late Hugh 5licsr, 4 Oakland.
CAT, who was capitalist, left his
affairs In such tangled condition that
now there are many contestants over
clsims. Not very long agn he will
was dscla'ed invalii on tue ground
that he was intoxicated when he exec
cuted the document Yesterday a
claim for 5000 was flied against bis
estate aud therein the good name oi
the dead capitalist " attacked. IL ap.
pears that n number Of yeafsayO Hugh
Slcer was appointed guardian NJ tie
persona and estates Of Daniel aud
Henry Csllaghan, minors, vino hal
some little property. Slicrr collected
tue tents and, 1t IN claimed, Kept tue
money. La the meantime Daniel
Caliaghhn had become victim n the
morphine habit and IL now fnviug
maniac In the Adnows Insane asylum,
His bFo.her.in-law, Con Mooney, the
well known sporting man, has been
appointed guardian Of DaniePa estate
| and 1t IN he who now makes tho claim
against the Sllccr estate. Slicer was
bachelor, AMI ~ when ho dlod lhufu
wdsa big squabbo among his relatives
over his estate. Sow there ~ pUiug 10
be- another ccutost huI u 70 thought
that some unpleasant memories may 10
revived.
A bold attempt at train robbery but
an unsucccaaful one, occurred three
miles east " Coolidge, NM, on the
Atlantic d Pacific, on Saturday morn.
ing at I:gU O'Clock, the train being the
eaatb0und Southern California c1 pfcss
going up tho continental divide. Eugi.
ucer Clint Lemons observed white
light In front and he was slgnalled to
stop. On bringing his train TO v halt
| Conductor R1tert Krusc and Brake.
man Richard Carter Irft the day coach
/ w AAHNNAANNAA wv ANhAN W wv NiaAAh ~
ping, when cooked rovolvtn were
| showed into their faces and they wcrc
ordered TO hold mp their hsuds. They
were then marched to the express car
| and at threats OF death caIltd on the
messenger u open this door. Mesienper
Higgins partially opened the doDr out
ON fealiElpg the situation ON TIM out
side closed II at once, barflcailng Il
and getting himself ready for cmtr!rn-
oies with his firearms. by this time
the engineer took In the situation NJ u
seeing an opportunity 20 escape iulled
the throttle VI the engine wide open
aud took the train at n lively speed to
Mitchell station, leaving conductor and
brake man at the mercy Of the robbers.
Just ~ the train moved away TWO Of
the robbers jumped ON the engine, bu,
were knocked un with a pick. With
out molesilng the conductor aud
brakeman the ROBBERS left the scene,
and half an hour later a passing
freight train picket up the irainmen
and took them 10 Mitchell. Tue men
were masked with white handkerchief
tied over their faces. IL II thought that
they are young c0wbyys ON tbs
ranches in the vicinity, and that being
nUvices, uid not have the courage e
successfully carry out their plans.