Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-08

ducts the Ross house, on Ninth street,
His mother, who was an accomplished
musician, left him there while she
went north on a trip twenty years ago,
ard later he became so attached to
Mrs. Larsen's family that he would
not leave her Mrs. larsen was mar
ried to II. j. Thompson whom she nrst
took Lester into her charge The Lar
sens have known Of tho young mans
right to the Hennig estate for years.
and firmly believe that big fortune
will revert to him. Taylor Is well
known in Oakland and has many
friends.
Henry oubridge. alias Lord Athol.
and Algeron Percy of Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland. England, has been
arrested at San Francisco, charged
with having fictitious checks in his
possession. He Is an old oefnder, haV-
ing been arrested before FOR having
swindIed livery stable keepers and II
is also stated by the police that he
once served three years in san QUEEN
tin FOR forging the name of Alexander
Center, general manager OF the IA
cifc Mail steamship company. ON
the present occasion he is said to have
offered as security for livery bill
bogus check for $500. alleged to have
been drawn by j. b. Tobln on the Bank
Of California.
For property said to be worth $780,
0Oa there was failure to receive even
the upset price OF 100000 when 1t was
offered for sale Tuesday at san Fran
cisco by order Of the court. The prop
erty in question is the entire corporate
holding of the woodbridge Canal and
Irrigation company. The property is
located near Lodi Cal, and consists
OF thirty miles of ditch, rights Of way,
construction plant, money due and
various minor assets. The order of
sale is the outcome of a suit brought
by the Atlantic Trust company, as
trustee, to recover the amount due on
nlnety-slx bonds, each FOR $1,000, sold
or hypothecated, as well ~ the eN-
penses of the court proceedings and of
the reeeivership. which has lasted for
about three years.
At is said that the United states
marshal at Butte. Mont. has discov-
cred that the John Bull. who was shot
and seriously wounded In Spokane a
few days ago during a shooting ARRAY
with IL. $. Barnat, variety MANA
ger, is the same John Bun against
whom the United states grand jury
recently found an indictment for us
ing the mails for fraudulent purposes.
lie had formerly lived in Chicago and
associated with NJ. o. Fegen- Bush Of
that city and II. c. w. Evans Of Butte
in the sale of bogus mining stocks.
Fegen- Bush and Evans were also in
dicted and arrested but Bull was sup
posed to have fed the country and gone
to Elondike If he escapes the WASH
ington law he will he taken to Butte
TO answer the Indictment
ON Friday last Judge VIM. n. Wal
lace of the superior court, San Fran
cisco. for the first time in his long
judicial career, imposed sentence OF
death upon a murderer. a. l.. Knott,
a locksmith convicted of murder in
the first degree for the killing Of Joseph
Knauer. a barber, was sent to the gal
lows. Judge Wallace has already
signed the death warrant fixing Fri
day, January 2l, 1888, as the date OF
execution. The killing of Knauer grew
out of dispute over n mongrel dog
owned by Knott Each caused the ar
rest of the other on a charge Of as
sault. Knauer was acquitted and
Knott was found guilty and fined.
Knott nursed his wrath for nearly two
years, and ON july Sth last shot and
killed Knauer on Stevenson street, near
Third.
Another chapter has been begun in
the famous case involving the estate
of Joseph Bachelor Of Guernevllle,
Cal Bachelor formerly lived in Wis
consin. He came West suddenly and
settled at Guerneville, palming himself
OF as q single man. In due time he
fell in love with and married comedy
woman of Guerneville. When the old
man died the trouble began. Two wo-
men in black appeared in the probate
court, claiming his estate. The Wiscon-
sin wife was on hand and so was the
| Guerneville spouse. Each applied for
letters of administration, but the court
recognized the Wisconsin widow as the
legal one. Then the Guerneville widow
\ sued for the property. claiming 1t had
| been accumulated since her marriage
| to Bachelor. Now the Wisconsin
/ widow has petltioped to have the en-
| tire estate set aside to her.