Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-01
NEWS OF The WEST.
Three TTamps Run Over BY a Freight
Train and Killed.
A RELIC OF PIONEER DAYS


The mining and mill property lstely
belonging TO the MAY Mower Mlulhg
and Milling company, situated IN
Spanish Bar mining DISTRICT near
ldaho Springs, has been SOLD ~ tue
United States marshal Aad bought Ia
by Safah Rubocca Btrbsufi tins con.
aidefRtion being $4,000.
On Wednesday night a. freight
train passed through Fresno, Cali the
engineer discovered that his engine
had tuu over four tramps, VINO were
supposed to have fallen asleep while
warming themselves near some einuois
lying on the track, instantly kililng
three Of them aud managing theif
bodies In q shocking maunet
Eight masked men on "wednesday
night rode up 10 the winehouse Ot jose
Chevas Romero, near Los Lunss, New
Mexico, and calling Romero out threw
lariot over hia ueCK anu dragged MIN
10 - bridge, stripped him Of his cloth
Ing ami whipped him numerically.
They then hung him to a beam until
ho was nearly dead, aud rode away.
Idaho Daily Staisman: George Ellis,
the negro VINO ~ iucaIoerEtel 10 the
y
Il playing the crazy dodgo again. He
eel IRE 10 sons rags Ia his cell yestur.
Jay. Ellis IL the man who escaped
several months ago by cutting through
q bricE vail, but was captured at Csld.
well. He took with him about 500
belonging 10 "Generap Sch, M VI, the
CoxeyiIe leader.
The novel sight Of seven Crow In.
dians before " lifted states district
Judge charged with contempt OF court
was witnessed Mt Helena, Mont, On
Wed nusdhy. Tuoy were ordered 10
show cause why they should Dot be
punished Tor contempt Ia not answer
lug summons 10 appear ~ Witnesses
before the grand jury. The Indians
all said they had no money with which
10 pay travelling expenses, 40 they had
60 walt until the marshal came after
them. Under the circumstances Judge
Knowles decided to purge them Of con-
tempt.
John West, while cut hunting on
the headwatets Of Pine creek, picked
up In pulch an iron canugu ball,
which he took to the Office Of Colonel
Park Henshaw, says tue Chico, Cal,
Ent,rpriso. When looking ut " we
think wo can trace this relic back
thiT;y-seven years, when the Hat
Greek Indians made their raids on this
valley, aud a company Of volunteers
went out after thBm from Red Blum
under the command Of Gen. bowie
anu slaughtered many Of them.
Sandy Young and III Good, both now
uead, were " this party, ana they lid
good execution with their trusty u "a.
The party hAd howitzer packed On
mule when they left Red Bun. This
cannon ball, however, seems larger
shan those used IN tho howitEor, which
We think was six'pOunder.
Yesterday afternoon, says the Pen.
dlelon, Or, Tribune, tramp carrying
roll OF UianEvts, unostvntatlously per-
formed au act o. humanity deserving
Of notice. lilo was passing along tue
railroad track where IL TuuH along the
millTaoe when hr was noticed to lay
down HE blankets anu wade into tho
icy aud swiftly rushing water. Toe
buholier was astoniahtd beyond meA-
sure at the signt Of tramp taking
baIh-more especially while retaining
on his person his entire RppAiel, bur
wonder vas transformed into dlsmAy
when the stranger hihed from the cold
WHtrTat the limp form VI n hsli.irOwucd
10y. The lad was the little sou OF joe
Dupuib, aged about aiA years, who,
alter getting the surplus water from
his stomach. wAu none the wurse for
hia imprOmptu bath. The Tramp,
without waiting for formal ackuUwl-
edgemenls, or leaving his name In
order to receive gold modal from the
United States for bis lifosaving ser
vice, Again ahouldered his blankets
md nTucnnlNu ON nm MAY.