Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-29
NEWS OF THE WEST.
CAPTURE Of a Murderer after Four
Years Starch.
BURNED 10 DEATH IN HIS HONE.
Big Irrigation Work-A View of Col.
ora o's Lag slal0rs--Ia'nl Fail
Attempted Poisoning.

Meeker, Colo, Herald: A Rio
Blsnco citlzen who 10 tartying 10
Denver end FRI quently looks in at the
100 legislators anu their 100 assistants,
writts to a friend here that they are.
with few exceptions, as macy 6 lot
ns ever got together in any state for
the purpose of making laws Tor an in.
telligent people.
Tuesday, about noon. Marshal Cook
Of Ban Lutte Ooispn. Cal, captured
Ramon MelinW, Mexican, who has
been wanted Tor four years Tor the
murder of Juan Para IN Panoche
valley, thirty miles from Fresno, Cal.
Malinas is n desperate character and
bears ON his face and toby the acars OF
encounters innumer0ble. He mas been
a woodch0pper IN the mountains tor
about three years, and when taken he
was oil his guard. He confessed tho
killing. Tho Fresno authorities have
been notified.
From the top OF the tall three.e,ory
building at 81 Stevenson street, San
FIancisco, ut height OF fifty feet
above the ground, two painters were
hurled to the pavement Wednesday
by the breaking Of their scBfiold. OHe
was killed Instantly aud the other
died Wednesday night. The men
were William Blake OF Harrison ave.
nue. and William J. Buckley OF Broad.
wsy,. Alameda, Cal. Both leave
families.
Nathan i. Uemick, native OF
Canada, aged 65 years, was burned TO
death Tuesday afternoon at his resi-
deuce In Santa Cruz, Cal, under sua.
piolOus circu meta nces. Early in the
afternoon MTe. Demick told him that
she was coming to town and he re-
spOnded that ne would lie down on
tue lounge until her return. When
the Are was discovered the fire depart.
ment responded to the alarm. All
doors aud windows of the house were
locked 81 that entrance hat 10 be
forced. When the FIRE was well under
control the body Of Demick was found
Ia the room. Nearly every piece OF
clothing WAS burned from the body
aad the corpse was badly burned.
Near him was Il can VI coal oil. Along.
eide tho body was found sOme money.
There Is division OF sentiment as 10
whether IL is case of murder or sui
eide.
Work has been resumed IN the tun-
mel OF purlOCk Irrigation system, Calf
tOtDia, under u contract entered into
with Judge j. A. WRymire In the
spring OF 1896. The work was stopped
at the time u Judge RIss's decision
agaius. the Wright act. AT present
forty men are at work on the lower
end OF the tunnel, us the upper end Is
filled with water backed up by an irTl.
CATION dRm to be used to divert water
rnu hs Ittn nj 4 m. ma
dssto add TurlOck districts. There
remains $50 feet OF u tunnel out OF a
total OF $50 feet to exeAvate. Way
mlre'S contract is for the payment oil
about $3.50, 200 Tor putting the entire
system III working orIer, 90 that the
water will run over the entire district,
which comprises l76, 900 acre..
News from Independence, Oregon,
Gays that an attempt at suicide anu
Wholesale poisoning occurred out ON
the Ben Mason place, a few miles
South of the town last Sunday mora.
ing. The facts Of the case 90 tar as
learned are as follows: w. w. White,
county charge, has been stopping al
Mrs. MasOn's. The mEn is old and
feeble and In q fit OF dependency
made an attempt to take his own life
by taking dose OF strychnine. The
Mason family are early risers and
about O'Clock Sunday morning they
heard etrsnge noises coming from the
old MAJ room. An investigation
showed that White WAS In great
agony anu every Indication pointed to
It's being case OF poison. a physician
was called aud the old man wal re-
lieyed. As soon as White recovered
he admitted takinS poison, and ne also
confessed to having attempted to poi.
son the whole family by putting
eirychnine inIo.the well anu the water
pail. He further said that he hsu put
poison In the horse trough for the pur-
pose OF poisoning the stock. He said
that he wanted them all to go together.
The members OF the Mason family |
were thrown into the greatest coniu-
sion by this cold.blooded confession. |
There is every evidence that White is |
partially insane. When In his normal
condition he does not appear to have "a
vicious disposition. but lately has had
dts OF dependency.