Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-07
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
DistaTiIy Attempt 10 Blow Up a
House IN Park City.
MARROW ESCAPE or the INMATES.



John J. Carroll, whose case wa
ueiofo Justice Thomas Culplt, Of PARK
CI'y, today Will have VA opportunity
OF answering before tho grand jury 10
charge oia1luit with Intent h muir.
dor The crime committed was Of
most diaOoiich character, aui u the
Intent Of tho perpotrR,or had been
carried on! would have resulted Ia the
death OF several persons. rne evidence
duplicating Carroll Is purely oiteum-
sianiial, bat presents strong case
against MIN. His bonds were flxsi 1t
sbOJJ to await tbs roiul. Of ga iuves.
LEGATION.
The crime Tor which Carroll
was aFfc5.cd IL exploding giant
powder under tbs steps OF
John Bogan's rusiienco on Main
street, Park CITY, on the mora.
ing Of May. 90 that occasion tprfInu
report startled the t0wn, breaking tue
Windows Ia houses along the street
anu creating CONSERVATION in the local.
n.y. tho actual damage done was bot
very great, owing % several alluks OF
Bihnt powder iailing % explode. ASH
Wusi however, tho long fight Of Htups
was partly demolished, four large punss
OF glass Ia tue itlnt Ui the hIIsa wefu
shiVofed 10 atoms, aud several articles
10 mo house thrown down. The people
ln thu locality snid the explosion causod
the ohfth 10 shake Ne though there was
an earthquake, Had tho powder been
Hshtly uscd anu been all exploded, u
u lisoly ihut nli thn occupants VI the
hsueu would have been Killed.
Tue connection OF Carroll with tho
outrage u believed 10 10 due 10 do
NESTLE troubles. He has been addicted
u drunkenness anu 90 10 using bic
family, slmu Time ago Mrs. Carroll left
HIN and went with her children 10 live
with Mfa. Began. rhun CArrolps two
unughIots were persuaded 10 70 back
hul live with their father, hut la
ufuhk-n spree no acted ne Violently 60.
warn lhem as hr had 10 bis wife, aud
assaulted ihum with a kuifc, they
having ~ iiuo into the darkness aud
storm 70 save their live, aud remained
out all night. Afterwards they
80" N"t~AANA ANAshn WIN Allhs 1v-
gau.
Recently Carroll has endeavored 10
pcuundu his wife 10 return 10 him, but
nor former experience deferred her
IRON doing %. On thursday night ha
tried 10 got her ~ 70 up the canyon
with him,gaying he had rented house
there anu wanted her 10 eco II. lilo
said ho was going 10 take the temper.
auce pledge. Shu refused 10 10, how.
ever feeling that her lite would not DO
safe, anu Subsequent events indicated
that her fears were well grounded,
~ tbs giant powder outrage points ~
the fact 0f an attempt 10 murder her.
The circumstances connecting Car.
roll with the affair are: Hs should
have been At work Thursday night,
but was not, being ~ BOgan'a At 10
O'Clock, when lao came 10 SEQ
his wife, aud because she would
not 10 with him cursed and
HwOfe like a pirate, he vas econ la the
Union tunnel, whore the Ontario com.
pany keep ils powder, about midnight,
Just as tue explosion occurred he Wenl
into a saloon near by; his past record as
powder user H. against him, a. on
former occasion wuuu his wiiu left him
aud took refuge a. the residences OF
Mt. VIM, Carroll exploded giant caps
on the root VI Winn's house; NJ anOtht
time, when the UniOa cIucautFalOf
was being built, Carroll had quarrel
nnd began throwing powder iuio the
boiler room, causing the men u rush
out " the building, but fortunately
none Of It was igniteI.
samuel r. Allplim, OF Pangulolh,
Garfield county, IL under arrest ON
cuargeUf Uurglarizlug the pOsgOilloe at
that place.
r.. II. Clayton, Of Beaver, has pur.
chased tbs grlsI mill ut Miuersyille,
Beaver county, and viii put In now
machinery.
kamas, summit county, has put In
an unusually large acreage Of general
crops Ihia year.
Five citizens OF Upton, Summit
county, lefI laI, week on general tour
OF observation 10 the Big Horn coun.
try.
Garner Thomas, Of Corlvllle, who has
been negotiating with salt Lake men
for the operation " his coal niue, says
a company has been Organized aud will
put Ia 1000 10 work The mine. Tho
capacity OF the machinery viii bB 400
tons per day, aui Il will work up tho
mine slack into lump coal, which IL 10
bg shipped 10 California.