Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15
NEWS OF THE WEST.
1 Brutal Husband Kills His WIlts
Brother 10 a Quarrel.
ARRIVING coRPsEs IS INCHES DEER
Strange Bctov ~ r siol'n rop ry-
pri,en by ntais-shh
win a Rin.

a ITOmlueut HeiuhehN ~ 49, l'-N.f
80 found dying nj 10 o'olock Ihute'
s,y morning in his room by an EN-
I've Atll O'Clock he died without
ssiniue consciousuesP. He was one
s,the best.knowo men In Santa Cruz
Sosnty. lie was 40 years OF age and D.
native OF Sweden.
Jamre ID. Sherman, n resident o.
f,oveln. Cal, was aseAssinated Thute.
Jay night by some person Or pofsont
unknown. sherman was on horse.
naek returning h, mo after dark anu,
wben but within fow yards Of tue
gate leading to his house, n loud report
Sas heard and Bherman'e body was
found, A bullet had entered his neck,
,syefing the spinal nerve near the bssu
ofihe brain. His death was Instant.
ghrrman was ones known ~ one Of
Inc bad cowboys of Oklahoma, but had
isiormed anu was living n quiet life 10
California.
Walter Dustte,A i5.year-old tephew
NJ Cieorge Duarts, who keepe saloon
Al San Gabriel, Cal, lies In critical
sonditlon from the effects OF gunshot
wounds In the head. On Thursday
afternoon young Duarle aud IL number
Of Young mon were engaged In good.
naiured struggle over tho possession OF
A gg.oaliber rifle, when II was suddenly
discharged, the ball entering the right
,ids OF Dnarte's head. lie fell ~ u
Killed aud his ompsnions ran for help.
He was taken TO the home Of his unolo'
and at last accounts was siill alive,
though the chances for his recovery
are very slight.
II. y. Hilton, a stranger, arrived In
Fresno, Cal. n few days ago and took
room In u lodginghouso. Thursday,
while adjusting u picture frame on tue
wall y roll Of paper fell 10 tho fiior
witch proved to be bonds worth 81
900. He laid the matter before Chief
Of Police Woy, anu II was asceTtAinrd
that the bonds were stolen lAsl beplom'
Dor from Miss Mcneil Of Easl North.
Geld, Mass, who was In Ffosuo ylslI.
ing her brother, Prot Mcneil, teacher
Of sciences In n Fresno school, A box
Of Jewelry was stolen at the same time.
The box was found In the same room,
but the jswOlry was gone.
A grussomo discovery was mhdo
THURSDAY In Mountain View cemetery
Fresno, Gal, by health Ofiioer DT. &.
IL. AdniT. Ho had supecied that dead
paupers had been receiving scanl
burial, and uncovered the coflln OF
HenIy Bauman, who committed sul-
eide last September, and found the
corpse only eighteen Inches below the
surface. The graves OF other paupera
will be opened 10 see n all were given
suoh soAnt burial. A short tins ago
there was sharp rivalry among LEGAL
undertaksrs for the burial OF paupors.
and finally n contract was let for burials
Il one-tenth OF one cent each. The
sndsrtakers expected 10 roooup losses
BY occasionally getting m order from
relatives OF paupers for decent burial.
A man and his wife who went 10
Carson, Nevada, Thursday for supplies
met with strange llttls adventure.
They were ON camping trip anu
,topped near the road not far from
Woodfords, to take lunch. The woman
threw n chicken bona into the brush
and her husbands eye was caught by
the glitter OF some bright object. He
piehsd Il up and found IL 10 DO n ten.
dollar gold piece OF the coinage OF 1854.
They hitchod up and LETT tho spot, but
after going n mile OF more turned back
10 look for more. The loose dirt was
brushed aside and ton more eagles
were found Of the same coinage, max
Ing sliO In all. There were also pieces
Of bone. supposed 10 be human. IL is
,upposed that some wandersr with
sold in his pocket died al that place.
NeWa OF revolving murder In the
eastern part Of Fresno county, Cal,
mas besn received. The crime was
eomnItted late Thursday evening, but
oWing 10 the remote locality tho news
was slow In coming In. The tragedy
occurred In n logging camp nine miles
above the Bequoia mile, and Robert
l.. Totten Lost his life at the hands
Of Cas- Colviu, his brother-in-lAw.
Both men were employed In q lumber
camp, and Mrs. Colvin, who 10 Tot
tens sister, was engaged ne cook.
There mad been quarrels earlier In the
day, aud TOttsn mad accused Colvin Of
misifoating Mrs. COlvin. About o
o'clock In the evening the quarrel was
renewed, iColvin knocked Totten
down, and, drawing q razor from his
pocket, alnshed rotten's throat, nearly
EevetlnK his head from his body. Death
resulted almost Immediately. AS soen
Ne Colvin saw what he had done he
led 10 the woods ana has not since
been heard Of
Two trained bears which arc led
shout the county by couple Of
Italians are now TO be made 10 answer
for n case Of attempted suicido At
Eureka, Cal. Emanuel Hanson, an
ineoIIlgibls cocaine fiend, who was
last week examined aa TO his sanity,
but was discharged, IL their last victim.
After his discharge Hanson struck out
from Eureka into the farming country
70 the south, and Thursday evening
while wandering about on tue verge OF
deliflum caused by being deprived OF
The necessary drug, suddenly came
upon the bear camp. The elght OF tue
bears completed what the craving ior
The drug Ind commenced, and
with wild yell. HauVon
struck out across the country.
The barking OF iarmers' dogs which
he aroused In his mad digit only In.
creased his terror and he kept on until,
almost exhausted, he dropped In fence
corner. With his romaining strength
he took n caseknife aud sawed two hOr'
ilolr Rashes In his armP, one across Che
inner right forearm aud tho other
across the muscle Of the lett arm, both
cutting to tho bone. AS he said alter
NAfd, he preferred death that way 10
being eaten alive by bears. Hanson lay
all night whore he dropped, and would
probably have died n he had not been
accidentally discovered by farmer,
VINO, alter dressing the wounds, broughI
MN 10 this oily.