Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEST.
An Old Man BTulally Beaten and
Robbed by Masked Robbers
A COSTLY STAGE LINE ABANDONED.


The people OF Rock Springs, Wyc.,
gave bonus OF 5000 Tor the estab.
iishment OF tue STAGE line bctwee n
that place aud Ladder, aud now 1t hti
been abandoned.
Typhoid foyer has become epidemic
IN Rock Syringe, Wyoming. The Mmt,
Of last week reports several deaths anu
number Of cases. Physlcians altri.
butte the epidemic 10 the poor sanitary
condition Of the town.
Rauohmen and stookmen Of Wynn.
ing sny that the recent iRll wa NOT
needed. ne II tunds u keep the gtns
green and prevent " from uurlug Tor
winter for this stock. II II remains
green until the frost Kills IL II IL not %
good.
The Casper (wyo) Dsrrios sayG J.
J. Hurt already mas npsI orders for
sheep amounting 10 100, 600 head, hut
~ far he can't Ind anyone willing =
part with their bands. This IL not a
bad indication and rather bellies the
assertion that the sheep Industry 10
prOstfated.
While Ofi,er Hogan was trying to
arrest John Doyle, a sewer contract. or,
who became involved Ia quarrel on
tue street at Butte, Mont, a. O'Clock
on sunday morning, the officers re-.
yOlver was accidentally discharged,
the bullet sinking ID ylo In tue leg aui
killing him Instantly. lie was not
otherwise wounded aud his death IN a
puzzle 70 the dlnlors, though several
Witnesses 10 the aiirsy claim that the
officer dubbed the man to death.
II was an eveniiul occasion when the
ffst load " bailei nOpr ever grown In
Idaho rolled down Main street lasg
Sunday afternoon and drew up In front
VI the G1lding Hop oomplny's offices
IN the Payetlc valley hank building,
says the Payette Independent A good.
ly number OF peOuir uad been tongTe-
gated about the IN sea o tbs compsuy
for more than an hour, while the hITuris
were packed with vehicles and horse.
men, waiting Tor hn opportunity 10
give the fret load OF Payotte valley
hops nh ovation BETTING the occasion.
When the big wagon decorated with
hop vines and nags came 10 halt, the
crowd gave three cheers from the north
eide Of the street, which was answered
with Interest from the bank corner on
the opposite side.
On Sunday evening masked robbers
entered the home OF Charles Hadley,
an old man who live, all alone ON tue
road 10 Lafayette, two miles from Wal.
nut Greek, Ca. They bound Hauley
hand aud foot ami then teAfched the
premises for money and valuablrs.
They found only so and n bank book,
which they took. Heiley 10 about 70
years old, and Ia commonly reported
to be wealthy, being regarded as sort
OF \ n iser by his nelghbots. The rob.
tiers evidently knew u his reputation
for wealth, for having secured only 80
~ their first search tney tortured the
old man 10 make him reveal the whore.
Abouts Of his treasure, They beat him
horribly with pistol, H. illctiug about
twenty serious wOundg, The old man,
Influenced by pain anu tear, told them
where he had secfeted his money anu
bank book. The men secured $40 IN
coin and the bank book, showing that
money was deposited IN the UniOn
Savings Bank OF Oakland. Hadley
became unconscious from the effects "
their treatment, And the robbers, think
Ing him dead, left with their booty.
After they had gone Hadlcy recovered
consciousness and managed ~ free.
himself. lie wandered out 10 the road
In n dnzed condition, where he was
found by neighbofs anu taken 10 Wa.
nut Creek for medical treatment He
will probably lie from the effects OF q o
rough handling he received.