Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-29
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Cruel RuIdeF Of a Postmaster al ella
City, ArilCHa.
ANOTHER FATAL GUN ACCIDENT
Narrow Escape at Kaysville.--A Hotel
Burned.-thc Fate Of Dr. Vincent
OF Fresno, California.

On the 30th inst. the North Amefl'
eau Navigation company VIII COM
msnoo carrying the mails from san
Francisco 10 Central American ports
A good start has been made on The
road to Castle Valley, says inc
Ephralm Enterprise, anu II VIII DC
pushed forward to completion ~
rapidly as possible.
Acting Governor Bruce, Of Arizona,
has oflefed reward Of $1,000 for theap'
pfehpnsion OF tho murderers OF FfanE
Oury, tho Pima county politician.
This has been supplemented by s8OOO
by his family. No Glow hus yet been
discovered.
MARTIN Day was found dead Ia the
water tank Of the o. X. mine OF Bul-
lion, Idaho, on Wednesday afternoon.
Something remarkable IL that ms
head was above water anu that there
was neither mud nor water on II. The
deceased was a native Of llllnolsi
ub5ut thirty -four years old and unmai-
ned. lie was cripple.
The Eagle Hotel at Stockton, CAL,
containing fifty guests, caught hro NJ
uutarly hour on Wednesday morning,
hut the blaze was cKtinguishod alter
damage amounting 20 5000 hau buon
done. There ntu etvefal circumstances
about the iite which seem TO Indicate
that the IRE was started by some
ono at cnmity with the hotel pro.
ptioiofs.
A dispatch from Lusk, wyo., 10 the
Cheyenne Lc0dr says that about
twenty horses driven by two men
were seen going through the bteaks
near Hat creek ON Tuesday afternoon.
From the description tbs stock u sup
POSED to belong to the Embar Cattle
comIany Of tho Big Horn ua'iu.
About this number OF horses bolon. {.
lag 10 this company we're driven en
their range n few Jays ago. inc
thurlH OF Fremont Rud Converse
countlta are Ia close pursuit.
A distressing accident happened on
Wednesday five miles south Of Sacra.
munto, Gal. Joseph lash aud wife
with their three children wefu aitting
on the bank Of the river near their
home, when che children wandered of
short distance. The youngest was
but one year old and could Just walk.
After while the PARENTS went TO look
for the children but the little one was
missing. Search was made aud the
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bank. The child'a SKIRT was caught on
a twig which kept the body anOat, but
life was extinct.
James Smith was shot and instantly
killed by Thomas Godfrey, near Siski-
you station, fifteen miles south OF
Ashland, Oregon, few nights ngO.
Godfrey and Smith were watching u
deer lick. Smith was holding dog.
- a st.sF
the deer came in sight ho whiriod
around and the gun was accidentally
discharged, the bullet striking Smith
Ia the head. The oOroner's jury rom
dered n verdict VI accidental shooting.
Smith was about forty years Of sge
aud was without a family.
The shorifl's posse which left Flag.
At n, A. t., last Friday In pursuit "
tho two men who held up tue watch
man at the tunnel west Of Williams on
the 10Th, came up with the men on
Tuesday at In TOuIOtpH ranch, IN the
Horseshoe bond Of the Verde river.
The despcradooa resisted arrest and a
fight ensued IN which the dosperEd0cg
were killed. They proved to be II. q.
Harris and Andy Diamond. The pJsse
recovered six stolen horses. None Of
the posse were hurt In tho fight The
affair occurred 100 miles south Of Flag.
stall.
The condition Of DR.. h. o. Vincent,
sentenced 10 be hanged on October
9th for the murder OF his wife, IL be-
ginning 10 attract attention. since
sentence was pnesod on him, ak
days ago, he has not slept as much as
four hours. He walks tho floor Jay
aud night ana It Is feared that no will
not last til the day Of execution. He
still says that he will not DO hanged.
IL IL intimated that movement Will
bs made to examine him with the
view OF declaring him insane. Al.
most one.iOurth OF this voters Of Fresno
county nave applied for tickets to wit
ness the execution.
william Morgnn's career, says the
KRysvllle Edg'e, came near being
brought 10 an abrupt and unpleasant
termination few days ago. lie was
hauling straw in u header.bOx, when
something Underneath this large re-
oeptaclu got out Of gear and went l. .-
derneAth the wagon 60 make repairs.
A slight movement Of the hOrses aud
the reach CAME out, letting the heavy
box fall ami pin HIM securely TO terra
frmR. II was fortunate that some
neighbOrs were at work near by. They
hastened nj once 10 rescue Morgan
from his pcrilOus situation. There was
Hn ugly ghth over his right eye ami his
nose was badly bruised.
The chief agents Ia the prosecution
OF Or. Thatcher GTayoE, Tor the muir
der Of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, Of
Providence, II. l.,by sending poisoned
whisky from BosIon ~ Denver, arc the
central figures IN n biz domestic Ger-
satiOn ut Helenn, Montana. John n.
Conrad 10 n soL-iu-lnw OF Mrs. Barn
ably, Rnd he aud his wife hsve reen
leading people In society anu business
IN Montana iof years, being wealthy
aud ultra fashionable. Conrad has
begun proceedings Tor divorce. In his
complaint he nance three cor,sp0nd-
ents anu gives dates and places IN great
number. One correspondent Is VIII
liam 3. Hopkine, a wealthy lumber
man Of 81. Clair Syringe, Mlchiga
The second correspondent Is kicuurd
BlshOp, VI Denver. The thirl cutei-
pOndent Ia Joseph A. Baker COnr r.
business partner and brotheI-iu-l q.
Conrad charRcs In his complaint LAT
his wife and Baker vent 10 New YDIk
together last November, and bt0pprd
nj the Holland Houie.
The murder OF Postmaster Potter
ana Robert Roberts NJ GilR CITY on
tuesday was one OF the most cruel