Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-20
How Arizona Cattle Thieves EYade
the Law.
TIE COUNTY MIXTURE IN IDAHO.
uurt IN the Notwithstanding 10
Death. - Extending Canals.--
paraiyztd with Fright.


on Friday, at KOo.enal, Idaho, :
dwelling occupied by family named
Graham, caught fire, totally dps.ioy.
Inv tue building and the iamily'i
fleets and burning 10 death mas
named Alex Mckay. rhe latter WA
drunk, and therefore unable to escape
w. J. Morgan, who Is doing the en-.
yiueefing work for the Lower River
,ide canal, near Phmnix, Arizona, snyt
The work 10 progressing alta rate that
will complete tho enterprise tie OF,
hot weather. The laborers are working
In shifts OF peventy.iivc men each and
one mile "a DAY IL being eNcavated and
finished.
The NJ. b. Gwinn Mercantile com.
piny OF Caldwell, Idaho, secured the
contract for tins extension and enlarge.
ment Of the property OF the Boise Land
and Improvement company, known a.
the Dixie canal. Work viii begin ~
tnce and be pushed 10 completion,
Ihis important enterprise will bring
some 10 900 acres VI choice land under
cultivation.
While travelling alone on horseback
from Austin " Cortez, New, II. ID.
Walt, al OLD pioneer OF Eureka
county, was thrown from his horse IN
u lonely part Of the mountains anu
evidently had lain on the ground SOW.
efal hour. before he was discovered.
w. ID. Arlington, who saw the horse
10 by hts place with n saddle anu
Bride on, started on tno back trail and
iUunu MIR. Walt stunned, bleeding anu
with one arm aud ono log broken,
exposed 10 the cold weather anu = pack
OF hhngfy coyotes ready 10 uuvIur MIN.
lie was removed 10 Coftez Tor treat.
mtnt hut had to lay suffering twu
uays before n physician could reacn his
bodsidc.
Turner and Lyall, the two men ar.
rested ut TOmbIont, Arizona, :, Gently
iur butcheriug cattle uniawiuily, wefr
released on Saturday ca u writ OF
haoeas c9rpus. rhe ease hinged upon
"a point Oiiuternatiuual law, tue quv-.
lion being whether the accused, caught
Ia the act OF killing cattle beiOngi &
10 HOenrr & Co., utn OF tho liur,
could bs held by American authorities.
rno cattle belonged Oh this side pud
had htTayed Rcrvrs tho line. The
accused had gone over anu killed them
nud were In tue net OF skluning them
when captured. The cattle, the own.
efs VI the cattle and the accused al
belong on this eide, but tho act was
committed ON the other side. The
court commissioner decided that uU
crime against this lawe OF this country
had been committed.
An elevator accident occurred on
Wednesday evening In nu Office build
Ing known "a the Colorado, on
Market street, San Francisco, which
resulted IN the Instant death OF VIM.
O'Donnell, All ll.year.old boy. lie
was talking to the elevator boy on Tia,
first floor, when he suddenly jumped
into tne cage aud said he was going /
take ride. Tne elevator boy TOLD
him not 10 DO 40, tut O'DInnell paid |
no heed and pulled rOpe which |
started the cage. Just above the fret |
iiOOr there was an open trausOm, nnu |
Tor some reason O'ponnell puJ hi |
head through this and was caught IN |
m instant. The cage did not stop |
TIL II was three feet above the transom. |
The boy's neck was broken aud his |
head and shoulders 70 tightly wedgeu |
between the cage anu walls OF the
shaft that the woodwork had u be
cut away before bis dead body could be
removed.
II IL reported that an injunction
Will DO served upon the newly Az
pointed officers OF Bannock nnd Ere.
mont countiee, Idaho, restraining them
from any further action or incurriug
any Indebtedness until the matter shall
have been settled by the courts, the
cround being that there are flaws In
both bills that render them Illegal.
These counties were created cut OF
bingham county. In section six oi
the Fremont county bill II a pr1visO
that "Bingham county shall retain oil
the present county OF Bling CHAM" Con.
Hequently Bingham county would te.
tain all the bridges over Snake river
which are located within the bOuu.
darles Of Fremont county. Another
Is that In the BunnOck |
county bill the county seat Is per.
located at PJcatellO, while
IL h claimed that it cAn only be tenn.
porafily located and provision for a
vote by the people at tho next general
Election, as under that provision "a
vote would make It perman.
snt, while after beiug permanently
located II would require twO-thlrds
vote TO change thu location.
IL has been developed that n Cuya.
maca Indian named Hicks, recently
-rnt to the county poor farm, at San
Diego, Cal, nus history. Absui
Iour years ago he went with General
Pablo, an old lnllau, anu John, II
young buck, from the rancheria to
Julian, anu all got drunk. Becoming
broke, Pablo sold his pony ior so aud
got more rum. When all started OIL !
Pablo retained a few dOllGrs, but while
he others reached thu ranoheTia hu
as never seen again. Ills widow anu
orphans m0urned, anu meanwhile
Ilcks ana John LEFT suddnuiy Tor
Mexico. Two years aiterward Hicks
and gradually he revealed
hat John said Pablo had fallen into
no Tom Scott mine sha on the return
rom Julian. The shaft WAS searched
.ud his bones recovered. rhe only
l0ssible witness was Hicks, anu no
vas sent for by COnbtgblu jasper.
Hicks was found on roadway near
he top Of hill. When told what
vas wanted he took a step OF two, then
ell headlOng In 1T down strtp =
III. When reached he was utterly
ielpless anu speechless. He had been I
'aralyzed. Que side OF him hai been /,
literally frightened u death. or toursp {
10 was useless no witness, auu the Z
nquest could not he held. The lbdi-
rs took care VI him until short time
go whom he was brought IN Tor treat
nent. He IL now recovering slowly
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