Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Mysterious Disappearance Of q
Wealthy Coffee Planters Son.
MANS DETERMINATION TO SUICIDE.
Remarkable Eseap' From Deaih-Went
Iusane Through a Blow on
the Head.


The court Of inquiry at San Fran.
cisco which had been for several days
inye.tigating accusations Rgainst tie
moral character u Rev. Dr. A, a..
uifut maze by 3. Rogers came ~ al
end on Wednesday evening. vot'
lict was returned generating DE-
Hifst In the fullest manner possible
aud denouuclng the originator Of the
occusation NJ n wicked conspirator.
Geo. Young, 22 years old, son Of
Samuel Young, secretary OF tho
BOULDER (COlo.) Brewing company,
has been adludged insane. 5ome
time ago the young man receive
blow ON his head by fall, causing n
ronousslon or depression Of the brain
which had thrown him int a state Of
melancholy. The doctors advised ON
operation, but the young man YOU'D
not consent 10 II.
The Denver Noigs sAysit 4, probable
thst Canada anu Mexico will be repre-
scented at the approaching Irrigation
congress in that city. a letter has
been received by Secretary Smith
from Secrelsry Of State Gtesham, say.
ing, that at the request Of ihe real
estate exchange, the secretary Of state
had invited Canada and Mexico 10
send representatives to the congress.
Toe invitation was extended through
the embassies at Washington.
Peter Mathes, an old prospoo or, who
was found wandering ON tho desert
near Campo, Cal, anu was subttqueul-
ly brought to tue county Jail NJ hun
Diego In mentally Unbalanced con.
uition, was examined In tbs superior
court on Wednesday for insanity.
Some days ago HE mania was CON
aldered OF 40 mild a nature that he wss
ofdefed sent 10 tho county hospital for
rect aud rccupeTatiou, but HE insanity
~ slightly inofeAsiug,at wac evidenced
by his indifference and evnsivu replies.
lie was committed 10 Au asylum.
Andrew Gehrig, living nine miles
northeast of Akron, Colo, hal = ~
matkabla escape from death on
Wednesday night. Mr. Gthrig was
coming home from Snyder, whore he
was making hay, TO attend tue funeral
nf the boy who was killed by the horse
falling on him. Mr. Gehrig was dtlv.
ing horse 10 cart. lie had ~
Winchester fiflo laying on the seat. IL
being dark the horse ran into barb
wire fence, throwing the gun on the
slngle.tae anu discharging II, the bail
taking effect IN Mr.lthfig's let cheek,
passing out through the right cheek.
Mr.. 9ohrig's beau II swollen until u IL
twice Its natural tize and preienls n
horrible sight. There 10 danger OF
flood poisoning.
On "Wednesday J. w, Dunlap, at one
time butcher Of Pato kobltr, Gal,
vent into n drug store and purchased
an ounce OF lAudREum, A. the clerk
yaa registering the poison, Dunlap
took out the cork, skellei OF the drug
and then emplied the contents Vt tho
vial into his mouth. The clerk spraug
forward and prevented him swallow.
ing the whole amount Tue mhn then
LETT aud attempted 10 purchase more
poison at the other drug stores, but they
had leon warned and refused 10 fell
him any. Dunlap started for tho depot
anu on the way cut htS left wrist with
n pOcket-knlie, but not deep enough 10
DO much harm. by request OF the
druggist several men followed Dunlap
aud gave him M antidots, partly by
force, ana worked over him tor over
two houTs before no was out OF danger.
Dunlap had boon deserted by his wife,
was out Of work and dishenrIoned.
The dead body Of Thomas Cecil, a
mlddle.agod physician, was found on
the door OF room In the Ahlborn
house, at San Ffanoltco, late On
"Wednesday afternoon, On tho table
In the Io1m was an empty Vial which
had conlAiued 0nu.oignth Of an ounce
Of morphine. The appearance Of the
body led 10 the belief that the deceased
had taken tho satire contents of the
bottle. There was nothing found which
would show whether or nOt the
physician had taken the poison with
suioidal Intent. lie arrived Al the hotel
on Tuesday evening and called for q
room. He was somewhat under the
iuflueues OF liquor but nothing unusual
was noticed In his conduct. When he
had registered he remarked that he ex'
pected some things to reach the hotel
shortly for him. Nothing more wa,
seen OF him until n chAmberma,d al
tempted to enter the loom, but was Oh
llged to call for assistance. When the
uoOr was Opt ned the body was iounu
lying on the noor,pnftlally dressed. lie
had not occupied the bod.
Considerable excitement prevails In
the Ban $ ,lvnuOran colony vi San
Francico over tue mysterious dlsap.
Iearapce Of Juan Prado, son Of Fred.
erico Prado, a wealthy coffee planter Of
SAn Salvador. The missing youth II
g2 years OF age ami arrived IN Ban
Francisco ON the Col ma last Saturday.
Tue last seen Of him was at tho Mail
dock, where number NJ friends who
accompanied him from Central Amer,
lea, lett him. Since then nothing has
been heard Of him, and all efforts 10
trace him have thus far proved futile.
The young man WAS sent 10 San Fran.
cisco by his father 10 attend school nud
II uish HE education In English studies
PTAdo senior N the pgont In Central
America for the Stockton Milling
company, and he gave his son \
letter OF Introduction TO the sDhwab.
aoheTs, who oontfOl the company,
ia this city. The irst that was kdown
OF the youths presence by them was on
Monday, whom letter was received
from PrAJO, ST., inaltucling them m
10 bis piRna Tor his sou. When thu lAd
did not put In an appearance on Mot
day nothing much was thought Of the
matter, but when Tuesday had we'll
nigh gone by the SchwabaohoIs be.
came nervous aud Instituted inquiries
about young PrAd0, The boy has
relatives in San Jose and they too
have been making inquiries as 10 his
whereabouts. The young ioll0wg whl
weto passengers On the Culima with
PfAdo say that he acted ralhur strange,
" Mt tho Mail dook. They asked him
n no Waa going M town, aud no said
after while. They also inquired u he