Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-18
EVENTS IN THE WEST
A Record Of Occurrences in Neighbour
States and Territories.
CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING GRAVEL


Early Sunday morning citizen OF
] Independence Ida, named lOHs. YVES
I held up at Idaho Falls and relieved of
| 5i26.
Archie Palmer a laborer OF Idaho
! Falls, attempted sunday to kidnap the
| ten ear-od son OF MIR. Turner, hotel
| proprietor there. but his efforts were
| put to naught by the Interference OF a
| conductor ON "a south bound freight
| train.
James Bennett, the would-be muir
derer and suicide who escaped late
| Wednesday night frum the receiving
| hospital at san Francisco during the
| temporary absence Of his guard, Is still
| Mt large. The police are hopeful, how
ever, Of rucaptuiing him.
| Two brothers named Peters, aged lG
| and iS years respectively, became in
| volvcd In n dispute over an apple at
their home in the Fair oaks addition
| Of Stockton, Cal. Friday and the
| younger stabbed the other with q
pocketlinife, inflcting serious wound
George Houlgate, a laborer, 40 years
/ old, was crushed to death at Los
! Angeles Friday morning, by Il falling
| embankment. Houlgate was eXcavat-
| ing gravel, when, without warming.
several tons Of earth fell, forcing
|
| the life out Of him.
John II. Baker. well known citi-
zen Of Butte, Mont, committed sui
| eide by shooting Sunday morning. Ba-
| ker was formerly assiatant city treas-
| urcr Of Butte, but had been failing in
| health for some time and this is said
to have brought on dependency, the
cause of the mans rash act.
The dead body OF man going by
| the name OF Frank DAILY, but who Is
! said TO be Henry Chapman Of Silver
| Plume, Col, was found lying in a pond
| near the railroad track midway be-
tween Hams Fork and Diamondville.
| Wyo.. Saturday afternoon. The man is
| known to have had money on his per-
son, and foul play is feared.
a wretchod woman, whose face de-
| picts long suffering. with two small
| children Juggling at her skirts, Is a
| charge upon the hands of the Oakland,
| Cal, police and the Humane society.
| The woman is Mrs. Edward Petersen.
| and she was elected from her humble
home on Grove street, near Twenty
third Wednesday night because of her
husbands inability to pay rent
While riding a bicycle Thursday af-
| ternoon w. ii. Krauz, II Lodi, Cal,
merchant, was attacked by n vicious
| dog, which caught him by the leg and
caused him to fail His head struck
the ground with great force. He was
! picked up and taken home unconscious
| and physicians found that he was suf-
| fcriug from conclusion OF the brain
and was otherwise badly injured.
Joseph swift. aged "a years. night
! fireman at the Crown Mills. Stockton,
/ Cal, was instantly killed Friday
evening while on his way to work by
| being struck by an engine of the Ala
| media and San Joaquin railroad. Swift
was quite deaf and could not hear the
warning signals. The tralnmen did
not know of the accident until after
they had housed their engine at the
yards.
An aerial trnmway Is now in the
| course of construction over Chilcoot
pass and by the middle of January the
greater portion will be in readiness for
the transportation Of freight and pas
sengers, and by March the icy cliffs
and treacherous depths may have been
conquered and the gold-secker will
pass over with the ease, If not the com
fort, that would characterize a trip
across the bay.
Frank Laface shot and dangerously
wounded Angelo Faliciana near San
Bernardino, Cal. early Thursday morn
ing. The ball entered his head near
the eye and, ranging downward, en-
tered the mouth. Fallciana Is barely
conscious and his life is in great dan
ger Laface fled after committing the
crime and has not been apprehended,
although officers are in hot pursuit.
The cause of the shooting is I'M
known.
Herman Meyer, alias r. Miller, n
prisoner awaiting trial for grand lar
ceny, escaped from the county jail at
jackson. Cal, early Thursday morn
ing. The doors of the Jail had care
lossly heen left open or the keys left
in the locks. The escape was not dis
covered until the prisoners We're
locked in their cells at night at least
ten hours after Myer had escaped.
sheriff Gregory offers 800 for the re-
capture of Myer.
Rose Kemble. the 1G-year-old daugh-
ter of f. II. Kemble. a prominent
farmer of Tulare, Cal. while handling
loaded revolver accidentally shot
herself. A young man working on the
ranch had been using the pistol and
had placed it on a table when the girl
picked 1t up and, pointing 1t at her
breast, playfully reRIsrked, Here
goes!" when the double-action weapon
was discharged. The wound is n
serious one and 1t Is doubtful whether
she will recover.
A tramp supposed to be Henry King,
formerly a resident of Nevada, com
mited suicide near the tracks of the
Southern Pacific line, a mile above
Pleasanton, Cal. some time Friday
morning He laid down by the side of
the track and sent bullet from an old
style Colts revolver through his head.
Death must have been almost instan-
taneous, for the bullet tore Il large hole
in the side of the head and went
through the brain. He was found by
some passers-by some hours after
death.
DIR. il. b. Pinney, who recently re-
turned from Alaska, lectured Thurs
day night before the Pastors league
of the First Presbyterian church at
Oakland, Cal. Part of his lecture dealt
with the whisky traffic. He said that
in Lynn canal when the steamers
came in and the revenue officers came
ashore the saloons closed. All of the
whisky was Struggled ashore and
buried on the beach, and the lecturer
declared that 1t was not an infrequent
sight to see saloon-keepers and bar
tenders mining for buried liquor.
Charles Harris, n pioneer miner of
Mokelumne, Cal. was arrested Wednes-
day night charged with havinr,
burned the Mosler mining works. Last
Sunday afternoon the big twenty
stamp min and hosting works used 10
operate the Mosier and Roanoke mines
We're burned to the ground. The fire
seemed of very mysterious origin nj
the time, as the mill had been closed
for six weeks and all infammable