Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-04-22
FATAL SNOWSLIDES.
Three Men Lose Their Lives In Utah
and Two in Colorado.
JAILED FOR BEATING HIS WIFE.
OnlCcrs Discover q Murderer In n Unique
Hiding Placc--A hoy P0is0ner's Con-
fessi0n-Struck u Broken Rail
The Staging Broke.

The Staging Broke.
BRIGHAM CRY, Utah, April 20.-A
snowslide occurred yesterday at the
mines Of the Consolidated Mining Co.,
four miles north Of Brigham City, re-
sulting in the death Of Fred Wolhaup-
ter, Ed Now and William Turner.
David r ussell and George Dalton were
also showed under by the slide, but
were taken out alive. The slide COW
cred up the mouth Of the tunnel and
swept away the blacksmith shop. The
body Of Wolhaupter has been recov-
cred.
A bad snowslide, attended with loss
OF life, took place In Eagle river can
yon, three miles west Of Redcliff, Col.
Frank Larsealoc and Ernest Kemp are
dead and their bodies have been recov-
cred, and 1t Is supposed three more
men are buried in the avalanche,
though II Is not definitely known.
The slide occurred at Highland Mary
mine, up Girard mountain, opposite
Rock Creek.
JAILED FOR BEATING HIS WIFE.
GUTHRIE Ok, April 2O..-J. Laws,
living east Of Perkins, has been ar
rested and Jailed for beating his wife,
Mrs. Jennie Laws, while she was dying.
She had been lying very III for days
and because she could not care for her.
self he allowed her to go with no at
tention, and when she begged him to
get help he beat and abused her In .
manner almost beyond belief. Neigh
bors finally discovered her condition,
as she was dying, but the men were
afraid to do anything. Mrs. Coates, .
plucky little woman, swore out war.
rant for the arrest Of Laws and will
prosecute him in behalf OF abused
women everywhere.
A MURDERER HIDES IN SAND.
ARDMoRE, |. T., April 2O.-At Davis,
80 miles north Of here, Frank Brown,
a negro, murdered Charles Mccormick,
a brickmason, by splitting his head
with an ak while he slept. The motive
for the crime was robbery, but only a
few dollars were secured. Brown at
once fed to near here. He was cap
tured yesterday, naked and buried in
the sand at Caddo creek, with only his
head protruding from under the bank
lie Is now in Jail.
A BOY poIsoNER's CONFESSION
EXETER, N. H., April 2O.-Frank
Wentworth, the 16-year-old boy who
was arrested on the charge Of having
attempted to poison his father and
stepmother, George II. Wentworth and
wife, Of Newton, N. H., has made a
confession, stating that he put paris
green In the tea while eating break.
fast. He gives as his excuse for the
act that he despised his stepmother on
account Of her continually giving him
fits," bat says that he had no III feel
ing toward his father
STRUCK A BROKEN RAIL.
KALIspET, Mont, April 2O.--A Great
Northern eastbound passenger train
struck a broken rail near Bear creek,
east Of here, last night. Both engines
broke loose and were hurled down the
side Of the mountain. Four Of the
train crew were hurt, Engineer Smith
badly.
THE STAGING BROKE.
MENoMrNEE, Mich, April 90.-Two
unknown men were blasting on some
staging at Michigamme falls, on the
Michigamme river drive, when the
staging broke and the men went head
long over the falls The bodies have
not yet been recovered.