Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-11
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Father Kldnaps His Own Child and
Is Pursued by an Officer.
AN IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISION
A steam Laundry Proprietor Arrested
for Arson-A Dishonest Travel
ing Evangelist

The Rathdfum tIdaho) IOH IL now
Issued ~ a daily Newspaper
Tho daily Wyoming Democrat bas
made Ito appearance In Cheyenne.
George Herfoll, well known brewer
OF Portland, o., has committed sui.
eide BY shooting himself through tue
head.
The California state board Of hortI.
culture has Issued a call Tor state
fruit groweTs' convention, TO be- he'd a.
BacfamentO, November 20 10 25rd III
elusive.
4. ChrislAntor, n travelling 'cvangc.
llet, who ut Santa Cruz, Cal, disp0eud
OF a horse anu wagon he had borrower
Of friend Ia SAu Francisuo, pleult
guilty to misdtmsanor anu has be- "a
sentenced TO pay tne VI $40 or serve
twenty days IA jail.
Judge Wallace at Eau Franclsco on
MONDAY, gave a terrible Lesson 70 law
breakers ny sentencing three young
robbers To the state pcnitvutlnry Tor
lie. The trio are natives Of "a
Francisco, anu the age " the elitst
does not exceed tweniy'tnTee yeare.
Max and Meyer Livlugs,one, two
hrOthera Ia the junk business AT sau
ffanclsoo, received serious iuIuuss -
the eKplOsion Of gasoline tank Oh
MOnIAy. Both mon we're blown rev.
ersl feet through the Aif aud suffered
numerous wounds Meyer had 10th
logs broken just above the ankle, anu
amputatlon may be- Necessary. Max
had his Lett lex broken ABOVE the knee.
Meyer N the more severely hurt
Two prisoners In the city jail At Val
leIO, Cal, one negro named VIII
Iama anu another named r. Az, be.
came excited over who should have
the better part Of n breakfast SUNDAY
morning anu rhOs. Boyle, another
prisoner, who ATTEMPTED 10 paciiJ
them, was stabbed by Williams In tue
lett breast. Tue iujufy II pronounced
fatal, tue kni,o having puncluted tue
lung.
Judge Ross, At L1s Angeles, he's
rendered All important decision In tue
case Of Lee Yuug, a registered GNU
zee VINO went over the Mexican linu
tor few days and on hiH urn wAs
arrested aud taken before the commit
tioneT, Who ordered him 10 be depofttd.
tered Chinese happens 70 cross over
into another country on business "
pleasure he IL not sui Iuct 10 arrest anu
deportation under the Jaw.
The band ofseyoral thousand sheep,
owned by L.. l.. Ormsby, when the
latter Intended % duvo East, Will, II
h unt sistOod, be- returned TO Idaho,
says the Boise (Idahol StutesHiun. Tue
sheep we're driven as lar as Wyoming,
hut the terrible condition OF the cast
tfn market and the scarcity OF feed IN
Nebraska, whore IL was INTENDED 10
winter the band, caused Mr. Ofmeby
10 order them returned ~ tubs valley
Tor the winter NJ least
A stranger In town, says tho Reno,
Nevada, Gusttto, giving The namo OF
William BFAdBhAw, drew n check Tor
$50 on the Fiust National bauk, pay
Lble % himself, Aud after endorsing W.,
rot IL. J. ThyeH to cash n. On pre-.
eputation Oi the check atthu bank neat
morning II was found ~ DO WORTHLESS.
bradshaw was arrested, and ON prom
icing 10 make IL good was released.
When the appointed time arrived II
was lound that he had skipped. A
mesaage has been Hlure received from
WadswOtlh stating that he had been
captured tuefr.
Percy Il. Ryan, who has been rum
ming a steam laundTy Mt Chico, Cal,
f1t the past three months, has been NJ
rested on charge Of attempted arson.
The suspicion. oi the insurance ageuts
being aroused, on Monday uight on
Gers were hidden ia tue laundry, chen
Ryan came Ia, went into n closet,
saturated the floor with ooaloll, whit
tled shayings, sci hfs 10 the II lor and
then started Tor home, but was inter-
csplsd by the officers aud locked up
It's thought he wanted 10 burn tue
building aud machinery In order to
start Laundry OF his own, ~ he hsd
only leased the property.
A rather pathetic story, says The Los
Angeles Express, comes from Oceau-
side, Cal, 0f lSmily enlargement,
which has resulted Ia the ilyht VI n
father with his own child, pursued ny
devoted mother dutuTmiued upon
capture. The paTtits are Mt. ani Nile
ID, h, Gray, aud thelr little sou CnHl'
mprs, VINO IL i've yeArs Old. The couple,
who Tor sumu lime past had not uvtu
happy together, hal decided ulOu
separation. This little son, whom Dot
loved deVoteuly, was The 0NJtot Ui
much trouble, both deiermi Ing l.
keep Jo'sesslon OF him. SATURDAY, lta'
Mr.GIay quietly took the child aod left
the town, coming u Lns Angeles on
the Santa Fr. Mrs Gray, upon die
covering the facts, had IA writ Of habea
corpus issued 10 compel her husband
g. produce the boy In court An
tnlcer has been detailed 10 nnd the