Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-18

panlons of the Barbary Coast, bear
hard characters.
Thomas w. Wright. one Of the best
known residents of santa Cruz CAL
died Monday afternoon aged 70 years
lie went to Santa Cruz county in lN
and resided there continuously untl
his death, He was elected county sur
yeyor in 1850 and servcu FOR thirty-tWo
years. Prior To going TO California
Mr.. Wright's life was an eventful one.
when the Mexican war broke out he
enlisted and served throughout most
Of the war as sergeant tn company
Of Arkansas volunteers. He was in
General Trails command and fired tho
first American gun at the battle OF
Buena Vista. During the closing weeks
OF the war Sergeant Wright served
in the quartermnster's department.
II. s. Pohr. a baker, while delivering
bread Monday morning between 4 and
8 o'clock near the water front, santa
Barbara, cal, was startled by a blind
ing light that flashed out Of the sky
and which lost itself with a Kissing
sound in Santa Barbara channel. H.
says that the light was so brilliant
as to frighten his horses The meteor
made a roaring sound as 1t went
through space, Some who did not sec
the phenomenon claim to have heard
1t. although not knowing at the time
what It was. The baker said 1t sound
ed like an electric car going at nigh
speed. Marlio n fisherman who was
tending his nets, claims also to have
seen two mcteurs, the first falling at
O'Clock and the second after 4 O'Clock.
He said the second seemed to break
into two parts, descending into the
ocean with great splash.
suit was Instituted at San Fran
cisco Wednesday afternoon by Nellie
o. Donnell against Henry L. Byrne,
Cecil Byrne, Daisy H. Byrne, Maria $.
Murphy and Eugene j. Murphy heirs
Of j. NJ Byrne. late well known cap
ltalist there, to recover the value OF
fifty shares OF Spring Valley Water
| company and other stocks and bonds
not given in complaint Miss o'Dou-
nell was for years the trusted house
| keeper of j. NJ. Byrne. and the stocks
mentioned. she maintains, were placed
in the safe Of her employer for her use.
| After Byrne's death Will was found
| which disposed of his property to his
| relatives. She maintains that the
| stocks and bonds Were in an envelope
| addressed to her and that Henry r.
| Byrne obtained possession of them and
| converted them to his own use, hence
the suit
An unknown man was caught be-
! tween the wheels of a oad-gauge
I
! broadway, Oakland, Cal, in It's busiest
| hour, and was torn to pieces in sight
| Of many people, The man left san
| Francisco at $3.50 o'clock, arriving at
Seventh and Broadway at 500 O'Clock.
| No one saw him when he fell, but the
| presumption is that he tried to rush
| through the gates when the train was
in motion and lost his footing. His
| body was dragged nearly to Franklin
street The head was crushed and both
legs were manrlcd. The man was clad
! in n plain, cheap suit and wore II
brown straw hat He was evidently AZ
years of age and a lahorer. He wore
chin whsliers. a police whistle and %
cents were found upon his person, but
nothing that could lead to his idcntiil-
cation.
Policeman Jack Murphy of Oakland,
Cal, was tossed fifteen feet in the air
by the Berkeley local train Monday
night and escaped with cut on his
elbow and a bruse on his left side.
Murphy, in company with Sergeant
John Morrison. went to the Sixteenth
street station to arrest four runaway
boys wanted in San Francisco. They
located them on FREIGHT train, and
Murphy, intent on capturing one OF
them, paid no attention to the Berke-
ley train. which reached the station
about 10:lj o'clock. Murphy was tossed
high above the stack of the engine
| and those who saw the accident Were
sure that he was killed. Murphy was
able to walk but the patrol Wagon
was sent for. DIR. j. y, II. Dunn eN-
amined him at his home, 1916 Twelfth
street and declared that he would suf-
fer no inconvenience from the accident
Policemen Ryan and O'Dea of Sar
Francisco are convinced that IL. j
r Brown, the man whom they arrested
several days ago for the commission
Of number Of burglaries. knows 9
! great deal more about the Mendocin,
stage robbery than he cares to ad
nit. Two persons who saw the brac,
. of men who held up the stage have
identified Brown AS of similar Dp
pearanCe to one of the highwaymen
= the only difference being that Brown
I seems somewhat older than the maj
5 they met near the scene of the hold
5 up. Beyond this Ryan and O'pea have
found a woman who says that shortly
, before the Ukiad robbery Brown pro
posed to her that she accompany hin
to MendOclno county, where they wOull
rob the miners as the should come on
with their gold. And she saw further
: that after the robbery Brown wanted
her to go with-him to Mendocno coun
ty and steal the buried booty of tn,
robbers The woman claims that he
husband Is employed in the mines q
that district.