Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-01
EVENTS IN THE WEST
JAMES wlLlET WANTED IN CALIFORNIA
Small Boys Rob a Man-Poilccnian Beat n
by Ruilians Killed by Car
Miscellaneous.

Confiscated gambling tools valued pt
| 1--WE thousand dollars were burned nj
| Leadyille, Colo, Tuesday by order Of
Judge owens OF the district court.
Sergeant Charles Ris, company e.
| Twenty fourth infantry, has been or
| dered transported from Fort Douglas
Utah, to Hot Springs, Ark, where he
viii receive treatment at the army
and navy hospital.
The Oakland. Cal. pollc- believe
they have the perpetrators of a score
| OF burglarles safely locked in the steel
cages of the city prison. The men Were
arrested Sunday night by Officers Scan
| Ian and Kyle and are registered on
the books as James Ryan and William
Jennings.
Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo conn
| ty, Cal, has issued Il circular Offering
n reward of $3.50 for the arrest ana con-
| viction of James Willett, Believed to
| be the murderer of c. a. Andrews at
Baden November 18th. Willet. was re-
leased from San Quentin in September,
| after serving a term of ten years for
burglary.
The report Of the Montana state
| Sheep commission shows that that
state has produced more wool during
| 1897 than any other in the Union.
Values are said to have increased 100
the number OF sheep. The years wool
crop amounted to 2l6a,92i pounds,
which sold at ia cents II pound.
There are now 3,6I0,S55 sheep in the
state.
Three small boys were arrested Sum
day by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea
and Policeman Thomas Regan for rob
bling a train. Burglary is the specific
charge made against them. The desper-
a % EDpraEtpr y
years old; James McDermott, years
old, and Alden Magee, 10 years old.
They have all confessed to being par
Elephants in plundering southern Pa
cifc bonded car Mt the foot of Fifth
street about 2 O'Clock Sunday after
noon.
Policeman owen f. Heffernan Of
San Francisco was seized and severely
beaten Sunday night about II o'clock
by gang of roughs in the saloon of
William Bastion, at the corner of jess
sic and Anthony streets. He man.
aged to make his escape and to stagger
to the nearest patrol box. where he
rang in for assistance. When the
wagon arrived the officers in charge
found Heffernan in an almost uncon-
scious condition on the sidewalk COW
cred with blood and entirely unable to
give any coherent account of himself.
A Swiss named John Pfyffer attempt
ed suicide at Sacramento, Cal, sunday
evening by shooting himself in the
mouth with large celiber pistol. The
ball ranged upward and shattering the
frontal bone made its exit two
inches over the left eye. Pfyffer is
about 10 years of age and has lived
there many years. He has a wife
and three small children. He is per-
fectly rational and says he shot himself
because he could get no work to do and
tn 1hil1rpn c
The attending physician says he will
die.
Shortly after midnight Monday morn
ing an unknown man was killed by
an electric car at Sixth and Railroad
avenues, San Francisco. while the car
was on its way ts the Potrero-street
power house. The car was running rap
idly, but, according to the story OF
John McVey, the motormnn. the man
was not seen until the car was close
upon him, when he seemed to throw
himself deliberately upon the track.
He was knocked down and instantly
killed. His body was fearfully man
gled by the wheels, one leg being torn
off and his limbs crushed
The Idaho supreme court handed
down an important decision Tuesday in
the case of Rebecca Ann Wilcox VS.
Charles Deere at al and \ J. Davis.
sheriff of Bear Lake county. The
supreme court sustans the findings
of the lower court in that the husband
of plaintiff Francis Wilc3N had at
tempted to defraud his creditors by
transferring property TO his wife.
Deere had Judgment against him ANA
execution was levied on real estate.
Mrs. Wilcox enjoined the sale, claim
ing to own the property. The lower
court dissolved the temporary restrain
ing order, hence the appeal.
The following order has been issued
from department headquarters U. s.
army at Denver, Colo: The troops in
this department will be paid to in
clude the muster of November 80. 1897,
as follows: BY Maj. c. @. Snffen,
paymaster at Fort Wingate, ~ NJ,
and Whpple barracks. Arizona Ter
ritory and clerks and messengers. de-
partment headquarters. BY Maj. Il. w.
Halford, paymaster at Fort Logan,
Colorado, Douglas, Utah. and Apache.
Arizona Territory, and troops de-
tached from posts. BY Mai. A. II.
jackson, paymaster at Fort Bayard, y.
NJ, Grant and Huachuca, Arizona Ter
rtory, camps at San carlos and san
Bernardino, AriZ., and troops detached
from posts. Payment win be made by
check sent by registered mail or ex-