Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-30
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
FALL CAUSES CONCLUSION or THE SPINE
-Goulet the Tailor Dying Attempt
mt Abduction miscellaneous.

Sheriff White on acharge of having
obtained $1,000 from Or. II. Bert Ellis
under false pretenses, arrived in Los
Angeles Monday afternoon and was
taken to the county Jail and locked up
In the matrons room. Her bond was
fixed at 81 ,0UU.
j. II. Carrot OF Oakland, Cal, sub
scribod to complaint Monday night
in which he charges Henry Colgan, a
brother Of state Controller Colgan,
with perjury, The charge opens up
fight that revives a remarkable story
in which Carrot has figured AS the
wronged husband, and is the forerun-
ner OF a sensational proceeding that
has not been altogether unexpected
Laramie Boomerang; John KoslSi,
an employe OF the Union Pacific steel
gang, was struck by the passenger en-
CINE of passenger train No.3 last even
ing at Green River and thrown OF the
track. ais skull was fractured and
one leg broke above the ankle He
was placed on board Of the train and
forwarded to the Union Pacific hos
pital at Ogden. Company Surgeon
Hawk pronounced Koskis injuries
critical.
A sensational suit for divorce was be-
gun in san Jose. Cal, Monday by Mrs
Catherine Smell against Thomas e.
Smell. The parties to the action are
dents of the county Thomas Il. Smell,
the defendant,is the owner Of the
Smiths Creek hotel property near
Mount Hamilton, and 5000 acres OF
land in Halls valley. Mrs. Smell al
legcs cruelty and infidelity as the
grounds upon which she seeks di-
vorce.
Dr.J. F. Cooper. veterinary sur
geun from Santa Paula, Ventura
county, Cal, was arrested in Los An
geles Cal, Monday, and booked on
charge OF adultery, the complaint be-
ing sworn to by his Wife. The warrant
for Coopers arrest has been out for
several days. but by frequent chang
ing his place OF abode he managed to
keep out of the clutches of the officers,
and 1t was only by clever piece of
strategy on the part of Robbins that
the man was located.
An accident on the Fort Bragg rail-
road, Cal. Monday afternoon. resulted
in the instant death OF Jasper Nowde-
sha, locomotive fireman. While
rounding "a curve with long train of
logs the engine ran against log which
had slid from the hillside. one end OF
which lay across the track, while the
other rested on the bank above. The
engineer and fireman jumped from
their engine but a moment before 1t
struck Nowdesha being on the side
next the bank. The force of the col
lision swung the log around and 1t
rolled upon the unfortunate man,crush-
ing him in a terrible manner.He was
25 years OF age and unmarried.
Bonnie Soberanes. the eldest son Of
Benito Soberanes, a well known and
wealthy rancher of Gonzales, Cal, was
drowned Monday afternoon in the
Salinas river, three miles south of
| Salinas, while bathing. He, in COM
pany with his younger brother. Ma
! thaniel. and another boy, went to the
| river shortly after luncheon and went
| in swimming. While in the water, just
| above his hips, he was seized with
cramps and called to his companions
| for help. They caught him by the arm
and endeavored to pull him out, but
| he seemed to lose his head. and in
| stead of helping himself began 20
| struggle and pulled himself way from
| his companions. He sank from sight in
| n 15-foot hole and did not rise again.
Abram King. well-known capital
| list of San Jose, Cal, and until last
| January president of the Security bank
of San Jose, was Monday charged with
| forgery and emhcz2lement by Mrs
| Louise j. Kruse, administrators of the
estate of Stephen Hobsan, deceased.
| Abram King was formerly guardian
| of the person and estate of Hobson,
| who was insane for several years prior
| to his death. The charges against him
! are made in an amended complaint of
the administratriN, asking that the
| final accounting Of King as guardian,
which was accepted and approved, be
| set aside and that the defendant he
made to refund to the estate various
amounts of money alleged to have been
misappropriated through forgery and
| embezzlement.
| 1t Is told of Jesse James and his gang
that they once stopped at the house of
a poor widow and ordered dinner while
ona raiding tour in n certain locality,
says the Tulare, Cal. Times. After the
| widow had hustled around and got
up the best dinner possible, she told
Jesse she was In great trouble, that the
| MORTGAGE on her farm was due that
| very day, and the man would he there
| in few hours to turn her out If the
money was not forthcoming. The ban
| dit asked how much II was, and handed
her the 81. 500. The man came, received
the money and released the mortgage.
| but had not gone far on his return trip
when he was told to throw up. his
hands" Jesse not only took the 81 800.
but all the money and valuables he had
| on his person, and rode away with Il
contented and happy smile on his face.
Death removed one of the most dis
tingushed OF California's pioneers on
Sunday night Maurice G. Blake, ex-
| Judge and eN-mayor, passing away
after a brief illness. Judge Blake. n
| week ago last Sunday, suffered a light
stroke of paralysis, which. although
| of n trivial nature, combined with the
| 81 years he bore, proved fatal and
closed a career which Is well remem-
| bered by all OF the early residents of
San Francisco, Death came at n time
1t was expected. The attending ply
| stefan had announced that the vener-
able Jurist was near his end, and the
| news had been hardly received by the
friends OF the stricken man when he
passed away Only one blood relative
survives Judge Blake. a sister residing
in the East He was n single man.
and lived at the residence of the
widow of a nephew. Maurice Blake.
Calvin Nuttlng, an iron founder and
contractor of San Francisco was so
badly injured by Mission street cleo
trio car Monday that he Is now lying
at the Harbor hospital suffering from
paralysis, oCcasioned by conclusion of
the spine. Mr.. NuttinE was crossing
Mission street at Fremont at 1O:45
o'clock Monday morning when the ac-
cident occurred, He had moved out OF
the way of one car and was lodging a
Wells. Fargo company express wagon
when car 1905 OF the Mission street line
came along rapidly and knocked him
down. Mr.. Nutting. while he is 52 years
of age. is active and possesses much
presence of mind. He Erasped the
woodwork on the front of the car and
thus saved himself from being ground
| h., dan In undpr tho 10 bt,n,- a.,