Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Plucky Constable LlndS a DSSpar-
ate Criminal in Jail.
nArTIzlYG A toSyICr MURDERER
saved n iran tos ~ Balh-- Mem
b'r of yasqu y Gang-Iig
strawberry Crop.

In Victoria, b o., the lesislature
has rij o,ed the woman suh'age bill
Azuss, Cal, citizsus are talking o.
forming vigilance society TO oeA
out justice to horse thieves in ths'
| vicinity.
In digging a well on the Warn
Syringe, Oregon, reservation recent y,
| George l(rause lou human bcue'
and teeth at about forty leet
Worms continue devastating or
chards bout San BernardIno, Gal. A
Ulack- joinled beetle has been founu
that Kills the worms. Tne beetle en p
Ply, however, is very limited.
John Sutherland, mate OF the
steamer Belle, VS. drowned at New
Westminster, b. O., Sunday morning,
by falling into the Frazer river. Ii,
was under the Influence OF liquor.
Hood river, Oregon, straw oerr e'
came Into tue market this WE X, and
frlm present Indications the crop VII
ne q phenomenal one, says the DAlIas
| Chronicle. La the height Of the season
two and three csrloaus will be shipped
daily.
Two wagon loads OF Iudians from
the Silelz reservation passed through
Eugene. Oregon, recently for the
Rogus river country to engage IN
salmon fishing. fney will remain
away from the reservation oil summer
and In the fall Will secure work IN the
hop fields.
| Marshal Stiles and Police man Gro
ner routed n hobo camp 10 the north.
eastern outskirts OF Eugene, Otegou,
last week. There were nineteen mel
in the gang and each had his certain
duties to per orm in camp, which was
composed OF a cookhouse, barber-shop,
laundry, etc.
Miss Mary Mex inney, the school
teacher who was arrested In San
| Francisco on a charge OF cruelty 1,
uuimair, because sue knocked down n
| chicken which had Come into hei
ysru, theo twisted its neck and threw
II into the ow uer's lot, WAS acquitted by
| the court on MInday, on The ground
that che acted in sell defense.
L.. Govau, living near the mouth o
Lutte Butte creek, la Jackson unity,
| Ore, ssys that the coyote caught by J.
| Montgomery two years avo aud which
was marked by cutting off his tail an
| ears and n bell placed ON mis- neck, Is
still in the woous, and has quite ioi-
| lowing OF coyotes, being terror to the
| pouitry-faisers in that section.
The wrecking OF the south hound
| train, near + emo, Cai., on Tuesday,
was narrowly averted by the prOmp'
| action OF q young man who iOund thai
| 100 feet OF the embankment had teen
| wVbhed out by AN OVERLOOKING ditch at
| u quarter oil "A mile north oil kipgsburg,
Cal. He rushed to the depot aud nJti
| fed the operator, who stepped the
train then on Its way south.
The absurdity of a certain style Of
bsptisms ID well illustrated IN ths cas-,
OF Ben Hill, who must die for the muir
der OF his wife, according u recent
decision of the California supreme
court. He was baptized and received
into the Methodist church TUESDAY
The Ger. mOuy was performed by Rev.
Alfred Hummer, pastor OF the File
Methodist church. A. previous to the
time OF the ceremony Hui mad not de-
ciued whether 10 be simply sprinkle =
or immersed, the sheriff. q. b. White,
directed the jailors TO furnish batu
ub Tor the purpose, 30 1t could be useu
for either.
The trial OF Ramon Molina for the
murder of Juan Para on Cantua
creek, Cal, in September, 1892, Is now
IN progress in California court. The
murder, which was cod. biuoued an
deliberate, was witnessed by boy
eight years OF age, who is now The
pri cipal witness for the prosecution.
Molina testified that Para attacked
him with a case knife, and he then
killed him in seli defense. Toe accused
is an old man, and OH OF San
Louis Oblspo couEty, where he was
in hiding, claim to have information
that he was formerly a m mbsr OF
VAsquez' hand OF tutlaws and has
committed many murder5.
| Constable Frank y. Slanker 10 the
nero Of Pomona, Cal. iUnaided, ht
captured Juan Lugo, a triple murderer
after a desperate fight In barn a
midnight. Constable Slanker lay IL
walt for hours Tor his man, who cam,
in with q pist0l in one hand and {
knife Ia the other. The vfIicer at
tackled him aud battle for lite in tut
dark followed, Lugo fought like
fiend, and the men swung back AM
forth among the bales OF hay in theil
struggle. Sisnker finally threw Lugo
and beat him with his heavy revoivor
ill ne was helpless. Lugo 10 now In
the Los Angeles JAIL awaiting a hear.
ing. Tho constable earned 81 200 re-
ward by HIS capture.
Tom Shaw, San Francisco drug
gist, took Turkish bath Saturday
uignt aud 1t cost him several nunured
dollsrs. According to story he has
told the police he went into the bath,
with 3 friend named Charles Wnsleo u.
He deposited his valuaoles, winch In.
oludeu gold walun, u d Rmonu stud
and a little over $500 in cssh, in one
Of the boxes provided for that purpose,
and when he swoke the following
morning at 10 O'Clock he found tina
the key to his box hai been taken
from his clothes anu the box relieved
OF the money and jewelry. Whalen,
who quietly disappeared from the
establishment three hours btfsre
Shaw awOke, is suspected OF the crImt
ana the police are now looking FOL
| him.
The semi.monthly lecture o. the
| Acauemy OF Sciences at San Fran,
cisco was given Tuesday evening b..
lore large audience by john Dag.
gett, superintendent OF the mint. IN,
lecture was upon the INDIANS Of North.
ern California. The speaker exhibited
several very fine specimens OF Indian
l a