Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-05
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
SUICIDE or A FlFTeeN-YEAR-oLD GIRL.


of Football Fell to His Death.
Idaho had n woman jury Monday,
the FIRST Of the kind in the history Of
the state. They were called at Boise
to serve in the case Of Or. Fairchild
against the county,
Mrs. Matte jenkins. who was charged
with obtaining by false prctenses and
Misrepresentation $500 from Dr. Rert
Ellis, was discharged at Los Angeles,
Cal, Friday by Justice Young. The
court held that no fraud was shown.
Mrs. E. Courtney, who shot and seri-
ously wounded Juan Sessmh at Du-
nrte, Cal, few days ago. because he
had ceased to care for her, was Sat
urday held to answer in the superior
court to n charge OF attempt to MUIR
der.
The German residents of San Fran
cisco have completed arrangements for
the statue of Goethe Schiller and he
fore another year has pissed the
bronzed likeness of the famous poets
OF the fatherlnnd will be placed in
Golden Gate Park.
Henry l.. Wiley. one Of the most
highly esteemed residents of San Jose.
Cal. died at his home in that city
Friday night, aged 80 years. He had
been in poor health for several years,
but was able to attend to his business
until few days ago.
Edward p Cole, one of San Fran
cisco's prominent attorneys, died Fri
day morning after an Illness extend
ing over a period of twelve months.
Brlghts disease seized the lawyer a
year ago, and after few months,
came heart trouble, to which is as
scrlbed his death
Theodore Porter,living at 23i Haight
street, San Francisco, attempted sui
eide Saturday night in Golden Gate
park by cutting both wrists with n
penknife and swallowing the contents
Of n bottle of ohloral. DR.. Stafford,
who attended him, says he viii re-
cover. Porter, II is claimed, is mem
tally deranged.
Joe Zammitt, the San Francisco fire
man who was shot while standing in
front of his quarters by II. n. Deppe.
saloon-keeper, died at HIS o'clock
Friday night at the German hospital.
nation of the ARRAY but was not
booked for murder at once. although
he win he.
Philip Wadsworth, son of Henry
Wadsworth, prominent California
banker. was injured Thursday in n
practice game of football played with
other students of Stanford Unlver-
slty. Young Wadsworth is in n pre-
carious condition, and much alarm is
felt over the probable result of the in
jury he received.
News comes from London of the
taking over of the Drake and Tryon
quartz mines, near Angels, Calveras
county, Cal, by nm English syndicate,
styled the Drake Properties Limited.
The basis of the transaction was val
uation Of over $4,000 The new COM
pany has been organized with "A cap
ital of 100000. and expects to spend
100000 at the outset in development
work.
Because she was scolded by her
father, Kittie Nugent took her life
Friday afternoon with strychnine, and
all of Pomona, Cal. is shocked by the
tragedy. Kittle was the elder of the
two daughters of Frank Nugent, pro-
prletor of the Pomona Valley Brick
Works. She was Is years old, grace
full, pretty and vivacious blonde The
family is well-to-do. and the daugh-
tiers have been carefully reared.
Samuel Thorn. better known as Ed
Thorn, was killed at Brown Bear mine.
Deadwood. Cal. Thursday afternoon
while descending the way, pas
He lost his BALANCE and fell sixty feet.
breaking one leg and receiving inter-
nal injuries. He lived half an hour
He was native of England, aged
30 years. He leaves a widow and four
children the eldest being years old.
What was one of the greatest dens
ever devised by robbers, with under
ground expresses and hiding places and
sewer escape, has been discovered in
Loo
clear up the mystery surrounding the
sudden and unexpected disappear
ances Of ]. j. Mccarthy, Jack Stewart
and Jim *. Stevens, three noted New
York crooks, who were concerned in
the attempt to rob the vaults of the
Los Angeles National Bank.
A dispatch from Antioch, Col. says
that GUS Christlanson, mate of the
scow schooner Lizzie H.. was shot and
almost instantly killed by William
Nichols on board the vessel about II
O'Clock Friday night while anchored
In the river off Black Diamond. The
killing was sequel to a drunken
orgie during the afternoon. participant
ed in by the murdered man, Tom and
Robert Rogers and woman named
Mrs. Nellie Junta, sister of the man
who did the shooting.
Miss Sarah Mclean, one of the best
known young ladies' of San Diego,
Cal, has instituted suit in the SUI
perlor court OF California to recover
10000 damages from Mrs Mckenzie,
former friend of the plaintiff. for all
legged Islander. Both women are mem
bers OF the First Presbyterian church
in that city, and are also prominent
socially. The case has been set for
trial on October 25th, before jury
and promises to attract great deal of
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