Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-11
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
MISTAKEN FOR A DEER AND KILLED.


Of the members has made clean
breast of one of the robberies in which
the gang was interested.
A dispatch from Portland, Ore. says
that w. w Jordan. n farmer, has died
at Chehnlis, Wash. He was the sec
ond victim in the town Of CHAMBERS He
contracted the disease from mule.
The state veterinarian has gone to
the town to make an investigation.
Elsie de We're, pretty, handsomely
gowned little woman of q years, was
arrested Thursday afternoon in san
Francisco for stealing n bonnet. she
was taken to the city prison aud
charged with petit larceny. She
frankly admits her guilt, makes no
excuses: but claims to be victim of
lleptomania.
The large packing house and dwell
ing of Relovich Bros. at jacksonville,
Cal, and the barn of A. l.. BiXby,
We're destroyed by fire at $3.50 Thurs
day morning The buildings were well
stored with fruit and hay, and also
contained several wagons and horses.
So rapid was the spread Of the fire that
everything was destroyed.
Il. Pettingell, an employe of the
Peninsula Lighting company of Red
wood city, Cal, while astride of some
primary wires putting in a trans
former at Palo Alto, was overtaken
by Il current Thursday evening. His
body and legs were frightfully burned.
In failing his left arm was broken and
his head badly bruised. Slight hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Thursday afternoon General A. p.
Sergeant, while riding along the
beach at Santa Monica, Cal. discov-
cred the body of a woman floating In
the bay. A fisherman brought the
body ashore. The face was bruised
and bloated to such an extent that
recognition was Impossible. De-
ceased was dressed in street attire
and was probably about 80 years OF
age,
Dressed as nun to conceal her
identity, Miss Rosa A. Alongha,
beautiful Armenian woman. fled from
Turkey to escape persecution. she
went directly to relatives in Berkeley.
Cal. The refugee has been taken I'M
der the protection of Jasper G. Ben
gluian, her mothers brother, with
whom she will remain until circum-
stances will permit her to return to
her home.
| Willie Pattison, boy OF II. is locked
up in the county Jail at Fresno, Cal,
charged with an assault to commit
| murder. Pattison was employed to
keep grape thieves out of the Reese
| vineyard. He was armed with shot
| gun. and Thursday when he saw two
boys, bennett Doland and Bobby
| Murray, stealing grapes. fired point
blank at them. Both lads are serious
| ly wounded and may die. Murray
turned out to be cousin of Pattlson.
| The seizures made by Internal Rev
| enue Collector Lynch of cordials, Bit
tiers and liquors made in San Francisco
| but labeled as well known brands of
| imported goods, Is likely to prccipitate
some stubborn litigation. p. G. Lyons
| & Co, through their broker, John r..
Youngberg, have already notified the
| collector that they will file n claim for
their goods, give a bond for their re-
lease and take the case into court for
| trial upon the merits of their particu-
| lar labels.
Samuel Edwards, who has been in
business at Santa Barbara, Cal, for
| the past twenty three years and was
| the founder of the firm OF Edwards &
Co., died suddenly Thursday morning
from an attack OF heart disease. Mr..
| Edwards was Il native of England
and about 50 years old. He leaves n
wife and five children. Besides being
| the senior member of the firm of Ed
wards & Co. Mr. Edwards was n di-
rector OF the Santa Barbara County
| National Bank.
Mrs. Fred johnson has lost her baby
girl and discovered, all within forty
eight hours, that she is bigamist. The
child was taken Wednesday night from
| her home, 1l0S Dennlson street, East
Oakland, by Mrs, Lydia a. Prescott OF
the California Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Children. Thursday
| the mother sued out Il writ of habeas
corpus before Superior Judge Hall of
Alameda county. and an order was
| issued to Mrs. Prescott to appear In
the morning and show cause why the
child should not be returned to its
mother.
The 5:07 train from Santa Cruz
Thursday evening ran into surrey In
which were Mrs. ]. p. Carr and her
son Elmer. The boy was injured about
the head and will die. The lady was
quite badly hurt, but will recover. The
horse was killed and the surrey de-
| molished. The train was running at
the rate of about twenty miles an
| hour. No one saw the accident. so
that no particulars can be had. The
| lady is in a semi-conscious condition.
| The train was in charge of Engineer
| Kelsey.
Thursday morning at Colusa, Cal,
a bold attempt was made to hold UP
Joseph Legrave. the night clerk of the
| National Hotel, by masked man. 1t
appears that Legrave was lying on
the counter, when suddenly heavily
masked man came in. and. with a
pointed pistol, ordered him to give
him the money he had in the register.
The clerk obeyed promptly, giving
him $50 in silver. He then ordered
him to open the safe, but Legrave
convinced him that he did not know
the combination.
William Trengrove attempted to
commit suicide at jamestown, Cal,
| Thursday, by hanging himself He
| arrived in that city recently from
Amador county and is supposed to be
| Il miner Late Thursday afternoon he
| went into an orchard and tying rope
| around his neck and to limb of a
| tree, dropped toward the ground. He
| was cut down in time to save his life
and was taken to jan at Sonora. He
| gives as his reason for wanting to
! commit suicide that his mother, who
resides in lone, is going to marry
| again.
Eugene Reeves. we'll known about
| Oakland Cal, and son of Mrs. S. A.
Reeves, a Southern Pacific agent, was
taken into custody by the police Thurs
day night on n warrant charging him
| with having paid call in the after
noon at the home Of Mrs. Mary Muir
ney, and with having beaten his
| hostess in brutal manner, after
which he showed similar attentions. as
the complaints sets forth. TO Miss
Martha Nurney, daughter. Miss MUIR
ney appeared before Clerk Hennesey
of the police court to sign the COM
| Dlaint with n wound over one eve