Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Child Driven Insane from Hunger
and Fatigue,
, srrrrArnERs CRUELTY.
novel introduced as Evidence IN
Divorce Suit-Llght Damages
for IibsL

rio psaver Ul0nidn Gays that james
or Iotsman left tor the south last
,.sk FOR the purpose OF issuiug news
rarerA, ~. George.
A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch says:
49,. tprv on Friday afternoon, In the
'.1i United states Mafshal Meade,
..h, turd the Aris0Hd Star (GJvernor
tf,,hrs,s papsfl for s21, 600 tor libel,
swSrded Meade al damages.
ON Monday night, Gays the Beaver
Ifouidn leo frozs to the thickness N
aver half an inch al indian Jf,os.
Inc weather generally hofoahour hes
tesn peculiar. The days are very
lI,asanl, the nights nre colo, cold
enough 10 nip the lucern and down
The potatoes.
II. -. Scott, committed suicide NJ
Chico, Cal, Thursday evening by Mt.
ipg n rifle hnll through his brain. Scott
arrived In Chico Tuesday morning and
Tssls'efed nt the Hnllam House, where
he stnyei until Thursday morning.
thursday no started out with n rlilr,
aud the rcxt morning was found dead
ON the grave OF his mother, Mfp.
Lydll weIls, who died 10 1870.
A Vancouver, y. g., dispatch sayt.
In addition 10 the deaths by drowning,
under suspicious circumstance, nj
ready reported, Of two chiefs Of leading
Bfitish Columbia tribes near Va.
rDuver, II In now evident that
further fatality has occurred. The
bdy NJ tue klOotChman, OF wife OF the
dead Chief GcgrgC, OF Seymour creek,
hts been discovered floating In Bur
nri inlet. She doubtless suffered the
rme fate ~ bcr husband, M n cOnse.
qucuco ofRu ovcfiniulgence In SNUG.
gltd intozicanIs.
An interesting fshtute of the d..
votce emit Of Elizabeth stewart
against d. John a. Stewart, nj Santa
Cruz, Cal, was the Introduction Of a
novel entitled "a search for n Hoati,"
written by the uo'eudaut In China.
The novel tells 90 nmUuTa and love
rliairs OF the hero, Hugh Blair, ami
goes into details ol adventures with
various females, and contains passion
ate uilrfAnCus. NfB, Stewart claims
that the book h really au Autobiography
Uf the defendant, the various characters
discussed bUiug given fictitious ugmss.
She recognizes people tho has KNOWN
and with wh0m she alleged the doctor
was intimate. She alleges that Hugh
Blair IL none other than tho doctor
himself Extracts from the book will
be read next week.
Word Ia brought here, sayn Fresno,
Cal, dispatch, Of an occurrence IN the
mountains OF MADEIRA county, which
has aroused tho people 10 n high pitch
OF anger. A man named Victor
Adams escaped lynchlng only by
pleading for bis lilo uuti the neigh
bOTs consented 10 let him live, They
had rope prepared to hang him with.
Adams has "a wife and email gtuT-
children, for whom he provides mi.tr'
able support. Last TUESDAY be ''!t
home and set his five-yeAr-Jli tirp.
daughter and small dog 70 watcn n
lew sheep. lilo returned ThIrsday
morning aud the sheep had wandered
Cd. lie fiew into rage Hnl beat The
dog TO death and Threatened 10 XIII the
little girl II she did not bring the sheep
home. lie then drove her on without
breakfast. She came back several
limen crying for food. Tho child's
mother tried 10 give her something,
but Adams picked up n gun anu
threatened to Kill her, and tho mother
dared 70 no further. The child ran
from the house and was once
more warned not TO cOme back
without the sheep. Ono Of
tho neighbofs happened TO pAss
the house late In the evening And
learned Of what had occurred. When
he spoke 10 Adams OF his cruelty, he
was told TO mind his own business,
coupled with u threat. Several neigh
b9rs were notified, and gathered VI the
house TO find Adams Ia bed. The
child had not returned. All night the
hssich went on, without success anu
tho next day ut noon the child's track
was found by the searching party, ok
miles from home, ana after following
10 four miles through brush aud TOCkB
the child was found IN a thlokei. She
had gone Insane and He'd a, tue np-
preach OF the men and .iey only
r,ught her after u hard chase, She
was u pitlable object. Whom dtiysn
from home she was without shoes o. n
bonnet aud had on only scanty cloth.
lug. Her clothes we're torn IN shTeds
hnd her feeet and body were cut by the
horns anu rocks. She was carried
home, aud at sight OF her condition a
try was made to lynch Adams and u
rope wac procured. Adams covered
w terror anu began 10 beg Tor HE, And
nnhlly his life was spared, on oOndi.
lOn that he would never trouble the
county with his presence again. The
Guild had been thlrty-six hours with
out food. IL IA thought possible that
'he may recover from the terrible eK-
peflence with careful nursing.