Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-13
NEWS OF The WEST.
"a Case Of Drowning While Going
10 Church.
~. ANGELES DETECTIVE SHOT.
,,,iog Conrlct shot In Tie Arm
By Guard--fire In Chi"c'e
Quarters.

-.. esronei's Jury 10 the case Of +.
igs.,c,f. sayH Los Angeles dis.
d. ,siufbed a verdict Of death by
p,slis Mrs. spencer proved n perfect
slloL ,-u-,-., -,
,.1,i,ro. burned 10 the ground Short
10, / O'Clock Sunday mOtniDg,and
ave PEOPLE living In II came very
bsI1g burned 10 death. Tho three
's,sn barely escaped with tbeit liyee
Inmnipr from tho secOnd.slOfy
.JoW They were taken 10 the
gsstylnv hospital. The two mUn
In,,.psj with slight burns and bruises.
Gro broke out In tho ChiDesu
a,,sr nj Downievllle, Friday, says
~ Tfuckee republican, and spread
IN such fapidily that for while the
,t,e town was threatened with DE.
.',"rtlop. Three blasts Of giant powder
- Exploded ia order to blow up
~, gf Inc shantief, and IN this way
s,rnion soon had control and saved
Wv main mart ,oi the town. IL was n
..s,s eall. The entire Chinese portion
,,,be little town was destroyed. Tho
fire. when Nhh wv 'aAA't h"et hNs
',,nrfed there since 1864, siattud in
stsh. house. The cause IL unknown.
A scandinavian, whose name could
"a, be learned, committed suicide IN
bs wilder lodging hQutc, ut LIS
anr.les, BY taking slrychnlne. HIS
80 body was discovered by the
ss,mb,rmaid. He had laid down up
On the bed without dlsrObiug, merely
t,,ing of his boots, In one Of which
%, found an empty vial which had
,,ntaiped tho polsOn. But little 10
tspvn Of the deceased. Ho worked
"a lew days on Col. Dan Freemau'a
,.nrb, and took lodgings ut the house
,sbsfe he committed suicide, hut gave
no name. The only thing found on
M. tefson was y scandinavian society
taise Of San francisco.
A tad drowning accident occurred
sunday nj Sumss, Is. g., whereby
L5,lie and Lydia Mcleod, aged IL and
4. daughters OF Malcolm Mcleod, Loaf
hslr lives. In company with their
mother aud elder sister, thsy were on
tbslt way TO church, and we're being
nWsi across a small creek when tho
accident occurred. Mrs. Mcleod had
crossed safely, but the boat upset while
tbs girls we're crossing. All three chung
10 Lsrkhaft Chadsey, the boy rowing
The boat, and all went down together.
He succeeded In freeing himself ami
us,ucd the elder sister, but the ether
tvog girls were drowned. The bodies
utfe recovered about An hour later.
A special 90 the Sacramento, Cal,
RtcJid. linton from Folsom says that
Uony.ol Tom O'Neill, serving iout-
lear Term from san Ffancisoo for
burglary, while hauling hay Monday
% tho Folsom prison grounds, made a
sfsak for liberty by dashing Into the
rush. The alarm was given, the other
prisoners were called IN and the guards
sent alter ONiell. Ii. was discovered
late In the day near Mormon Islaud, n
couple Of miles away, and n shower Of
bullets was sent after him. Ths Oillesrs
trailsd him through the bush by blood
marks, ard about 7 O'Clock they recap.
lufod and took him 10 the prison.
Dne arm vas 30 badly shattered by y
bullsl that II had 10 be AmpuIRted, and
1t last scoounis O'Neill's condition
WAS serious.
The Jury In the second trial Of Alfred
vaughan for the murder Of VILLA
Lister, . siEtaen.yeaT.old hoy, ON De.
eembtt 5, 1893, says an Austin, New,
Dispatch, brought Ia a verdict Of mut-
def In the hfst degree on the first bal
bL Vaughan shot aud Instantly killed
John Ulster on ranch shout twenty
mllti ifom Austin. Al the zane time
be ibhlctsd wounds on William Ulster
which caused hiB death few days
AeL The boys, who were aged re-
Ipteuyely eighteen anu twenty-One
yeAr, had been Lett 10 guard their
l.lhers place and warn trtspassoTs.
vaughan approached tho gate and
demAndod ndmittanCe, which tho boys
isiu,ed. This onfAged him ana he en-
dsAy0fsd 10 force his way In, and IN
lhetcuitie that followed he shot both
boyt.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal,
t,Js that A. Il. Lawson. the well.
Known detective, was shot anu almost
ih,Ianty killed Monday afternoon Ia
hl own Cilice by Il. Il. Kinnoi, n
Igfntt empIOye. At 4:25 O'Clock three
lli'ol shots rang out in the office Of the
gstcllNe agency, aud Kinnat, walk.
lhg Into tue adjoining room, exclaimed
70 The startled occupants; ~ surTend DIET;
! nave killed him." On the floor OF
ihe room kinuet had Just lett lay
LANs0n'- body, with blood pouring
Hsm The wounds. From Whist has
teh gathered II appears that the
mututr was the outcome OF mutual
Thuu'l aud dislike. kinnet says that
LlNson owed him money for work
NnIeh he KINNEY had performed as
~ smployo VI the detective agency,
wv LaWson'a employees have examined
'ls BOOKS and claim that lne latter
'Nel him nothing.
rue Barnes poisoning case came 10
40 unexpected end Monday afternoon
"oAh httnaTdinO, Gal, 40 soon NJ
suI' convened, tho attorneys In the
st'e loaded down with law books, com.
eleel ihe light on the admission OF
' confession made by Mrs. BATnss
w november o, 1894. The deieuse
heuled thAt when Mrs. Barnes
ue tue confession she was under
TI,'a ana In such u state ~ mind that
hhdly knew what she was doing
,' ur district attorney took AdyAl
Ao VI her condition 10 got tho comics.
rue prosecution attempted 10
Nv witnesses On the stand 10 Prove
.uA'she said she had MADE the COMES.
~ 1l her Owg free will and that
r ual sue SAIL was the truth Ia every
NeulaT but the court ruled fCT the
aueuse' The Prosecution YVES ruled
wy On every vital point and wsro not
Iws'a 10 prove the conspiracy be-
~, 49, Ai's. Barnes aud Baltrr 10 XII
n S,ues, Tho Judge instructed thg
min, " ping In u verdict OF 10.