Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-30
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
FELL NINETY FEET TO HIS DEATH,
Suicide by the Cyanide of Potassium
r:oute Tried to Cut Her Throat
Deaths and Accidents.


Jack Trembling. charged with the
Ida, on the eth of last August, has
been convicted of murder IN the second
degree.
Al McCanne, well-lSnnwn mining
man, died suddenly at Prescott, Ariz.,
Wednesday OF paralysis Of the heart.
lie was part owner of the Big Bug
onyx mines.
j. s. Cole, convicted of killing his
slster-in law, Mary Perez, near Cas-
troville. Cal, last June, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at san quentin
Wednesday.
Thomas Ruby. Tuolumne county,
Cal, miner. died "Wednesday morning
at the county hospital, Fresno. from
the effects of carbolic acid admins
tered with suicidal Intent.
Some boys fired shot from a rifle
at the south bound train arriving at
Fresno, cal, Wednesday evening.
The ball shattered the glass OF one of
the windows, but did not injure the
passengers. The culprits have not yet
been discovered.
c. w. Porterfield, superintendent of
the Van Avery mine. at Blue canyon,
near Auburn. Cal, nearly met MS
death Tuesday while engaged In NOV
ing mill from the Minirici mine to
his property. He was struck on the
head by falling timber and he is in
critical condition.
The jury in the case of Thomas Lind
say, charged with killing his wife IN
Chico, Cal, on June 18th, found a YER
diet Wednesday of guilty of man
taken, the first standing IL to
in favor of conviction. The
second was unanimous. The jury was
out only seventeen minutes.
At noon Wednesday l.. Lubbock OF
Nevada City, Cal, locked the iron
doors OF his dry goods store and went
to lunch, leaving $500 in the till. He
returned at / o'clock and soon went to
the till to make change and found 1t
was empty. The doors lad been
opened during his absence 1t is the
cleverest robbery ever perpetrated
there, and the officers have no clew.
Francis II. Brown of Denver, Col.
committed suicide in Pueblo yester-
day morning by sending bullet whiZ-
zing through his brain. Brown was II
prominent mining man and had a big
deal on hand at Victor, Col, but be-
ing unable to reach that point on time
he became disappointed and this Is
thought to have been the cause OF his
rash act.
Tom Williamson, until recently n
faAmer of Stockton, Cal, was found
Sead in the vicinity of the mining
town of Coultervllle last Monday
morning. Williamson had been visit
ing at Coulterville and drinking
heavily When found his rifle lay
within a few inches of his side. The
coroner's jury came to the conclusion
that death was caused by heart dis
ease.
Andre Chavanne. a pioneer capitalist
and one of the best known mining en-
gineers on the Pacific coast, died at
Grass Valley, Cal. Wednesday even
ing at the age of 10 years. He went
there in the early fifties and followed
mining until his death. He was an
inventor of some note, having patent
ed nozzle regulator and other things.
He was a native Of France and an
odd Fellow.
In the district court TT Poca.ello,
Idaho, suit has been commenced by
James a. Murray against o. Blunt
ing, administrator of the estate of G.
Bunting, deceased. to recover $4,000
on promissory note. In the same
court suit has been brought by c. 70.
Thum, receiver of Bunting d CO.,
bankers, of Blackfoot, against the
Hopkins Lumber and Milling company
for $500.
Joseph Jamison, n San Francisco la
borer, aged 50 years, was thrown
from n scaffold Wednesday near the
roof of the city hall to the ground.
distance Of nearly ninety feet, and sus-
tanned fatal injuries. The accident was
the result either of the carelessness of
Thomas Mccain, a boy in charge of
the donkey engine used for hosting
purposes, or of the engine suddenly
going wrong"
The well known dry goods firm of
Einstein e. Small of Redwood City,
Cal, has failed. Wednesday evening
the doors OF the large establishment
closed. The firm has been in existence
for eight years and carried a $4,000
stock. A rushing business was done.
but too much credit was given and
this Is the cause of the failure. 1t
was the largest establishment of its
kind in the county.
The startling information was con-
tained in death certificate filed in the
office of the board OF health Mt Los
Angeles, Cal, Wednesday that Mrs.
Leona Cassigre, a native of France.
aged AZ, had died OF starvation at her
vestigation proved that Mrs, Casslgre
really died OF starvation, but the starv-
alton was produced by structures of
the throat, which made 1t impossible
for her to take nourlshment.
Tuesday evening word was brought
Chico, Cal, of an attempt to wreck
the house Of j. j. Sanders, ten miles
from Chico, and murder the inmates on
Monday night last. Sanders and two
miners We're in the house and had re-
tired. Without any warning n bomb
was thrown through Il window. The
bomb exploded almost instantly and
wrecked the house, but the inmates
escaped with few scratches and
bruises. The occurrence caused much
excitement in that neighborhood.
selah C. Walker, for fifteen years as
sistant manager of the Elite photo
graph gallery, San Francisco, COM
mitted suicide Tuesday night by taking
cyanide OF potassium. Walker was
native of Rhode Island and about 30
years OF age. Some years ago he kept
n shoe store at 81 Market street, but
retired from that business, and. do
nestle troubles arising, he was
estranged from his children and his
wife, from whom he was soon after
wards divorced.
winnifred Forsyth has been freed
from her marriage to William @. For
syth, but she has been unable to OBJ
tain possession OF her baby boy, who
was abducted some months ago by his
father. Forsyth did not oppose the
suit of his wife. A summons was pub
lished In the papers OF the Northwest.
but Forsyth paid no attention to the
notice. He was not represented, made
no replies TO the different documents
in the case and no Testimony on his he