Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Woman Bsaten by a WOuld-be Rob.
ber 10 Daylight.
FELL FROM A TRAIN WHILE DRUNK
Orange Pick,rs' Wages - Conn., ilted
Suicide-An Unlawful Will
Killed Big Lion.
Tempe, Arizona, is having an elg

Tempe, Arizona, is having an elg
famine.
Thirty.flve degrees below zero is the
record IN Montana--the csld.st NO
vemDer weather known.
On Saturday evening j. McAbee
anu h. Holman killed California
lion In the Big Basin, Cal, firing seven
shOts into the beast. Toe lion neas'
ured ak feet from the tip OF his Rose 10
the emu OF his tail.
The Portervilie, Cal, Enterprise
| eBys the orange Orchards IN that vlcib-
ity are spiinkIed with men bDd boys
gathering the fruit. The wages are
81 so tor men for picking and genera
work, anu the girls make quite sool
thing out OF 1t at three cent? tox, se
they average II % y to sixty boxes Day.
1t is reported that, anticipating n
change In the tart Il the ow nefs Of the
| great bnrsx mine at Calico, CAL, are
preparing to start up their works
| again. The mine has been smut down
| almost ever since the passage OF the
Wilson bill. 1t Is expected that zoo
| meD will be put 10 work anu tue
monthly payroll will amount fiom
| SlU,UUu 10 SlZ iOUU.
AdoIph Iulhe, an aged inmate OF
| the county infitmHry NJ oakland, Cali
| died Thursday morning from the
| effects OF q large dose oil lBuJsnuuI,
taken with suicidal intent on Monday.
| How the old man obtained the poison
Ia q mysterr, Tor the drusroom at toe
infirmary Is never open to the ln'
| mntrs, and the poisons are carefully
guaTU,d. The poisoning was not dis
covered until IL was too late to do
anything for Tuthe.
II. L. Phelps, who died at Ontario,
Cal, soms months ago, aud lett an
| estate valued at about so, 900, willed to
Pomona college two.thirus OF his prop.
eEty towards an endowment funt tor
the benefit OF poor students. The laws
OF California make 1t Illegal for any
Individual TO will more than third
| Of his estate for charitable purpose, and
unless Mr.. Phelps relatives allow his
wish 10 bs carried out the benevolent
desires Of the deceased will be irus.
traled.
A man, supposed TO be james
Quintrell, a San Francisco printer, fell
from the race track excursion train nj
Oaklsnd, Cal, on Thursday evening
aud received Injuries which Will prove
| fatal. Quintreii hau been to the race,
ana, according to some Of those who
saw him fall, had been drinking. he
was on the rear platform OF the third
ps, seuger coach, and the train was
| lust getting It's speed after leaving the
| station when he fell. In his plunge
forward he cleared the car ana trace
and la ndea on his head on the ground.
The train was stopped, but 1t was DE-
| cideu 10 have him taken to the hospital
| here, 80 the patrol wagon was cent
| for. At the hospital 1t was found that
| q iiDtIell had compound fracture OF
tue skull, ana DR.. Nj. l.. JohnslD, W no
| treated him, said there was no chancs
for him TO recover. He was nlso badly
cut and bruised on d. fferent parts OF
his body.
In broad daylight, In her ows house,
| and while holding her baby in b or
Arms, Mrs. Susie Hartfortn was al
tackled Wednesday forenoon by thug,
who, in his efforts to mske her dis.
close The hiding place Of The money
| and valuables In the house, sand
| baRged the young woman int, al
almost insensible condition anu IL Il c.
| ted painful and serious injuries. The
young man came to make Inquiries
concerning it.. He complained OF
| to tthache, and asked Mrs. Hartiorth
II she would bring HIM some hot water.
| AZ she turned TO 20 toward the kitchen
he slammed the front door shut and
struck the unsuspeoting womsn over
the head with q sAndbag. She fell to
the floor with the baby 10 her arms
and screamed for help. The ruftisn
tore the child from ner arms AMI
threw 1t to one side and then proceeded
TO rain blows upon mis- victims head,
face, shoulders ana back with the
sAndbag. He demanded that che tell
him where she kept the household
money. She told him there was no
money in the house. This he rs.
fused to believe, and continued
beating her with the sand club.
He dragged the woman into q
back room which 10 used Rs u sleeping
apartment and renewed his demands
for money. The woman persisted
that there WAS no money In the house
anu again cried out for help. He then
stufied rag In her mouth TO stop her
outcries, and, taking small bottle
from his pockets, declared that he
would mske her 0rins its contents.
|
CLING TO free herself, anu he would try
to silence her by beating her about the
bead and lace with the sandbsg. He
reLeeteu his demands Tor money, anu
insisted that she disclose Its hiding
place. There wns IA small box on the
bureau containing two golu watches
mud other jewelty, but the rObber uiu
not notice II, anu asked only for money.
The struggle had lasted about fvr
minutes, and Mrs. Hsrtiorth was al.
most exhausted from fright and In,
beating sne had received, when the
man appeared to become frightened,
aud told her II ahe would stop her
move he weuId not beat her any
more. She told him that the oUIy
money In the house was a niekl,
which WAS on the table In the kitchen.
lie ordered her to 40 AID bring II,
which she diJ. He took the tve.cenl
piece, put IL In his pocket AMI ran out
The 'front.' door, Mr-. Hsrttorth Iushed
into the hallway anu picked ny Tho
baby and then went TO tht bach door
anu called upon her neIghbors fer hq-
slstRuce. IBey came 10 ana renu.TeD
the bruised aud bleeding woman what
ASSISTANCE they could anu rent for thu
police. TIE mau had lett his sanu ag
upon the floor OF the rear beuIoo III
wnere tbs doth Isy when he had al.
tempted 10 uts asa gag, ami " leu
Mi.. Hartiorth had puiiud out Of her
mouth. The sand CLUB was an oil y