Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-12
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A SKELETON FOUND At DENVER
IA. Onlccr's Peculiar Experience with a
Prlsoner.-Sad Death Of a babe.
KILLED on the Railroad.

John Ryan, formerly postmaster at
Pike CITY, NevauS, bur VI late yUats
engaged IN prospecting, was found
dead IN his bed on Thursday.
Peter Joncs, eighteen years Of rye,
while hcutiuH suy on a uOfthuJuud
freight tfaiu a..n tUur others one mile
south VI Tracy, Cal, white getting Out
VI at emu GUgf, fell anu WIS mnngloi
~ the train. lie was "a Mexican.
while Eugene Bone was working Ia
the fed thv otnuF DAY, says the LEM
banner, ne jug up last yoaI's sugar
UtcL On cutting II open nc iuuuu the
iuside died with very sWvUt syrup
which filled the entire Inside 81 the
root
Extreme precautions have been
taken IA Fresno, Cal, 10 ruard against
iucUIdihry fires anu to capture thOee
Who set Ihrm. Anonymous loilrfs
have Ueen received ~ citizens threat
ening more nIgs. A. general lhing
tut little attention IL gwen TO letter.
without tue namCg oil the writer, nut
IA the present case citcums,uneos CONF
pei attention aud tiiJfts Arc Leiug
made tU ueteut the wtiteu.
jacob bonn, presiutnt VI the Slate
Bank OF CuulAuu, Beatrice county
NeD., which wa8 closed several weuks
ugO, was arrested lhursuuy night 90
D. warrant charging him with accept
tug uUlusits after the Uank was known
To- be iuHolvoht. he gave uOnds Tor Ills
upIuaIuucu August 10, ihe anairs Of
tue bank are rHil 10 Uu Ia a bad condi'
ton, with UJnectnblr bsHrls OF only
s2UUU against deposits Of nearly ssO,'
900.
The ntuun.monthf.old daughter Of
Policeman DIXON, at Pueblo, Coli got
mold OF box VI Ono.graiu morphine
pellets anu swallowed several OF lhou'
Ihp mother found thu child with tue
box, and, counting the pills, thought
she had not taken any OF them. bUvn
after, they went ~ Hpouu the remainder
OF the day with relative, anu shortly
alter arriving there the child gave eVi'
douCus VI having taken sOmo o. the Plus.
A physician was sent for and worked
with the child for several hOufri but
she died the same night
A young man who gave the name OF
q. II. Harfis, and who drives a dellv'
cry wagon Tor the Waaatch bakery has
been accidentally shot, sayh tho Lthl
Banner. IL seems that Harris was
driving along Second South street
west OF Main, and WIS handling re-
yOlver which he thought was not
loaded, when the weapon was die
charged. The bullet ontoreu tue
ieshy part Of the right leg, between
the nip AMI knee, anu came out TWO
inches below the knee. The wound
although not serious II painful.
A Chinese highbinder murder was
committed In Oakland on Thursday.
The shooting occurred ut Chinese
clearinghouse. The highlander eB-
caped after the shooting anu the dead
man waA taken TO the mOrgue. Three
highhinderu from San Francisco were
noticed lurking about the Jute mills
Tuesday. IL Is said that price had
been placed on the murdered mans
head and tho three HHsassina plotted
hla death. They finally disappeared
and II was thought that they returned
10 San Francisco. Shortly after noon
Thursdsy a single highlander went 70
tue Chinets lodgings Mt the lutte mills
md demanded entrance nt the door OF
the house. A Chinee inside went TO
the door, but failed 10 open II quickly
enough 10 suit the intruder, who nfed
four shots through the wood, killing
the man inside instantly,
One OF the Denver city relief gangs,
,ybile grading on West Colfax avenue
Thursday, uncovered skeleton. IL
was hurled In an upright position, ~
though dropped feet fret down hole.
A yVorkmgn,s shovel came In contact
with the skull. Ex.Aldefman Jones,
vino IA the foreman over tue gang, had
tbe remains gathered up and placed In
a box. They were examined by Dr.
Robertson, but there was ~ little VI the
bonv struciute left that the doctor was
not even able 10 say whether tho de-
parted was "a man OF woman white or
Indian. Tho body must have been
hurled many ychTs ago. 10 was im'
possible 10 tell whether death was from
violence or natural causes. the bones
were minced In a box and quietly
nurled araiu near where they were
found. Old residents, familiar win
the Vicinity Of West ColfaX avenue,
are unablo 10 rec0llcot Of anyone be-
ing put under ground there
I'm "Wednesday evening n cold
hlonded denomination occurred ut
Ioyor Duerte, 0ne mile east OF Mon
rnyia. Cal. which IL liable 10 remain
a myatrry for Oh time. At the tine
menilouei five men were seated about
table standing outside Il mouse uuueF
some fhRde trees. About the tau,o
were the proprietor VI tho ranch, his
son. two nephews and Pedro LusAflih,
an Italian, who has been employed ON
the ranch Tor over two years feur0
OCCUPIED a seat aimust opposite 70 anu
In direct line with the corner Of tue
house. An ordinary lantern was aus
pendel over the table. GATOR the forty
emuloy,s Pedro was tho only one AT
wnrf. Tho marty was enjoying a re-
rast when suddenly a rn su9t Wus
heard, aud almost instantly FeuEo 1911
forward on the table. An inVesNsa,
lion wns made at once ami IL WIS iHuni
mai he ind been shot In the back, the
bullet paeaing through and lodging lust
under the aka Mt tho pit OF the stomach
He lived for two hours, when ne
breathed his last without ulterlnEa
word. The shot came from ine CORNER
Of the house, and II is thought thhl thr
bullet was Intended for tue proprietor,
and not for Pedro, who Ii sehoia.iy
liked In that section, and mas no AHo"n
enemy,
On Thursday Sergeant Avon Of san
Frannisco had n peculiar experience
which might have cnleu ulsasl ,"uH'y'
On the arrival of the Los Angeles e@-
press Deputy Sheriff Lawson brought
prisoner en- route 10 i5a Quentin
He turned him over 10 the serge hl
who IL stationed ut The Marker b'Ieel