Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-02
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Case Of Grave Dissertation In
California.
STABBED FOR REFUSING MARRIAGE
Death OF a San Franc SEQ Visllan'e-
Railroad Building In Wyoming
Mexican Railway.

AICroekery OF Hauford, Gal, lie In
iail on charge OF assault 10 mutuer.
Crockery wanted young LADY OF
Kinspburg TO marry him, ana wheh
she refused he stabbed her In the necs
with n psn.knifc, ipfiio.ing severe
wound. The young lsuy Will recover
Demln4, New Mexico, Headlight;
A Marty Of Surveyor, headed by j..
Eewson Smith, arrived overland thls
rnornine from Mexico. They VIII re-
sn,vav the old grade from this CITY 10
p.,omas. 1t begins TO look qu!'e
favorable for the early BUILDING OF 'he
road south.
James Pollock, who was menef,
~ IN. San Franeitoo Vigilance, u,eu
at Seattle, Washington, or SUNDAY
pieht OF heart failure, aged 20 year.
he lad been unweil for four years. ne
was born in the village OF Crtrihe,
Scotland, and came to the nheu
States in 1S4S. Two years la,e. me
vent 10 San Francisco by the islhmu,'
He opened q clothing ana genuenen
iurnishing store on Warrington s''ou',
opposite Maguire's opera no oro' "Iu
Va In business there until ls70 In
the exciting early days o, oan ffsh.
CISCO no was msmpet oi 'h'
vigilantes.
Relating to the Oregon Short Line
order by which the Utah coal miners
at Pleasant Valley were shut out anu
the company's patronage transferred
70 wyoming, the Laramie Boomer
apg save; Since the ohange Of man
aQsment Of the Oregon Short Line,
the Diamond Coal and Coke eou p,py
has received the standing order Of the
GOAL supply for the system. Before this
the mine was run ming rom three 10
fye DAYS per week, but now u Is
working every day, including sun.
DAYS, and the output 10 about for,y
cars per day. A great many nddi.
tional men have been employed anu "
10 expected to put ON humber more.
Laramie, Wyoming, Boomerane'
The corps OF surveyors who lett the
city Saturday for Hanna, where they
will be ftlsd out for several months'
work. will run q line Tor railroad
from the Johnstown soda lakes to
Hanna to connect with the Union Pa
cinc, It was given out In the city
that they were going out to survey q
ditch, but In truth, II 10 said they are
going over = railroad line. This line
was protected long ago. IL 10 neost-
sary ss an outlet for the product from
those lakes, whore works were erected
several years ago through the efforts OF
I'D. Negus. The party will consist
of ten men, more than half OF whom
will 20 from Laramie.
Another case OF grave decoration
was discovered at Jackson, Cal, on
Sunday. This morning II was noticsd
that tho grave Of Mrs. i. R'ce, who
was buried In the public cemetery
here last Wednesday, had been dis
turbsd. The gloves OF the pallbearsr
which had been thrown upon the
easket at the funeral were found on
the surface and other Indications
pointed to the conclusion that the
grave had been opened. Relatives
were informed, and they notified the
sherifi's office with . view OF having
q thorough investigators, az tho ap'
psaranc gavs rise to the lear that the
body had bsen removed. The grave
was reopsned Sunday and all uoubt
that ghouls had been at work dis.
PEELED. The outer box containing the
casket was found broken. The cover
OF the casket had been lifted. One
screw was missing and others were
found In different positions to that in
which they were lett by the under
tnker. The corpse was there,
however, but tho presence OF
dirt inside the casket showed
that the body had been disturbed.
Drs. Bassslla and Gsn were callsd to
find out the motive OF the dissurbers
and extent OF the interiersncc. A
hurled and partial examination re-
vealed no evidence that the body had
been opened or any part removed.
Deceased was So years OF age and died
tom . complication OF diseases which
puzzled the medical attendants. Alto
gether the case IL q mystery, the ~
earthing of the remains showing nc
motive Tor the Dissertation. This 10 tbs
second case within lew months.