Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEST.
fsIla Of Six Years Arrested for
InCendIarlsm.
,..i, Nurderor,' Cell-Death From
Exposurc-w. H. IRWIN,
OF Omaha.

pocaisllo. Idaho, Tribune. An thicel
-, home from Lima Thutsday morn
having In charge one w. III. ~
W who claims to hail from Lincoln
~ irwin struck Pocatello one day
~, week and among his fret acts WEI
,ns tbtoging out OF two checks for $40
IN one OF which he passed Oh Felix
On Rsuth, anu the other on HUI
tg.s the Intelligent celestial who runt
,ns Minnesota restaurant. Thee
ss.oks were drawn on the Fifst Ma
,isnal bank Of Boise, but they proved
" be no good, as Mr. Irwin had no
and, there 10 pay them. lie was
,Sssn before Judge HopsOn but waived
ssarlng aud went to Jail pending the
action OF the distr CT court
Two incendisry flres within block
Teach other were started Saturday
sn,rndon In Sacramento, Cal, ami II
"a, owing TO the promplness OF the flre
g,paftment and the faot that there
80 no wind that there was not n
vide.spfoad cob Migration. The In
etpdiafy, II the woman who gave the
Information IL correct, IL now In Iail.
Heisa little child, In knee breeches,
about 9 years old, and having a face ~
innocent a. a baby. Someone sci fire
ia hay ia the basement OF one Of the
houses. The woman said II was a little
bov named Ray Gould, whose parents
,iyed on Fourth street, betw0Vn q and
r. Acting upon this information the
pollce arrested the child and took him
|, The city Jail. He cried 90 hard that
n was difficult TO get anything definite
out Of him, but from what he does say
M evident he knows all about tho
dfes. He denies that he did II him.
self, but says he knows who did, and
accuses u boy campanion. Rays
father Ia q brakeman In tho employ OF
the Southern Pacific, ana tho child's
sarents are wild with grief over the
charges against him.
A hesrtrendlng scene occurred In
the county Jail at Riverside, Cal, when
Mar and Cleo Cummings babe fare
we'll TO their condemned brothers, John
aud Gear, convicted OF the murder OF
Baffamore. The girls live nj I'll
Monte, and came Saturday mora
Ing with Mrs. LatohwOTth, a thiId
cousin, who IL al,o missionary In the
Holiness Band at Los A ngeles. When
they entered tho jail tho condemned
men were seated on a couch, aud the |
avoniled tones, "BfotheT,D and burst |
into tears. For fifteen milo utes not a |
word was spoken. Tear came into |
johns eyes, but CWiar was unmoved.
fhe white-nalfed missionary sank to |
het knees at his feet, and,
elasping his manacled hands, |
prayed long anu fervently. The
ittory OF the Cummings family |
h a sad one. The mother died when
the BOYS were very young, twelve |
years ago. The father was paTalyzed
and the family was very poor. John
and Gear hired out for all classes Of
work aud fell into lad company. Cleo,
The eldest sister, had lover who was
very devoted anu wanted 10 marry her,
bat she gave up tho lover Of her
youth to devote her life TO the care Of
her aged father ana the younger chill.
ditu. The family was 30 poor that
friends wanted the two youngest boys
10 20 10 tho poofhoute, but John aud
(aiAr would not allow II. They
Hauled the family kept together, anu
worked hard TO 10 80, this solicitation
for the family being about the only
iscsemlng feature OF the murderers'
lives.
Beaver, Utah, Utopian, Last Friday
nights blizzard caught Mt least one
victim. Father Valentine, who for
some years past has been IN charge OF
the property at Fort Cameron, oAmr
to town on Friday last. He attended
to what business hs had 10 do, and
started for tho fort. On his way up
neealled at bis son Georges ana left
theie some time before dark. He then
called at neighbours house and
remained short time. He got started
GU the road home when the hllzzsrd.
which ragged that night, struck HIM.
The folks at the fort thought the old
gentleman had stayed ut his sons
place In town, and his son supposed
his father safe at home long befoie the
wlnd began TO blow. But the old man
had q terrible experience that night,
The wind blew u gale, II was cold anu
oAfk. From indications the old ZEN
usman wandered up TO where the
lenoO ends when his hat blew Oh. IL
was near this point his ba, was found.
Marks IN tho dust show where be had
felt around for the hat. In his sssrch
he doubtless got Lost, and the winu
blsW him In southerly direction
smong tue brush. He must have had
severe fall rs his right arm was
broken near the wrist. AZ he did not
get home Saturday, the folks at the
ioft became anxious cOncerninR him
aud began search. All day Satut-
DAY and Sunday night the teaTchefs
were out but 10 tracS could he found.
Foul play was suspected. Sunday a {
COMPANY Of riders took up the hunt {
anu near aud far they searched, but .
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