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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
ASSASSIN NOT DRUNK.
Mrs. Heath Says He Was a Fiend
And in His Right Mind.

Mrs Horace Heath was Frustrated a
her home this morning from the ex
! element Of the night and grief at tn
! loss OF her companion, Miss Russell
! She had not slept all night
She was 50 beautiful and so good,
| Mrs. Heath kept saying over and over
as she sat back In her chair overcome
I III was shame for her to die at Tho
hand Of fiend Ike that. She was 50
! noble and so beautiful" Miss Hedy Vor
Zenda, the little French girl who sings
at the Salt Palace, and who lives with
Mrs Heath, sat near and echoed the
, tributes 70 the character Of Miss Rus
sell.
Everybody loved her" said Miss
Won Zenda, for she was one Of the
purest and noblest girls that ever lived.
she had been here but two months-ah
II was a shame for her b be taken
away in such a way by murderer and
without any cause at ALL" All Of Miss
Won Zenda's references 10 McCduslin
were as "a murderer" She refused TO
call him by his name.
Il VIII try TO tell a straight story Of
how the horrible thing happened" final
~ said Mrs. Heath, composing herself
N
met Mr.. McCauslin last Tuesday night
after the races He was introduced TO
us by Mayor Davis Of Vernal. ana he
acted al the time as perfect gentle
man, We we're given no occasion at
that time to think that he was other
wise.
II did not see him again until last
night when he came into the lunch
room and said that he he'd an appoint
ment with Judge Mcconnell bur that
he had missed the Judge, and thought
he would come in and wait He was not
drunk, nor did he appear TO have been
drinking but he was very blue over
something and did not smile at any
thing that was said There were about
twelve people IN the lunch room, and
we were all laughing and talking Mr.
McCauslin devoted his attention to
Miss Won Zenda, whom ] had called
In after the performance In the theater
10 wait until / could go home with
her.
II did not hear what he was saying
to Miss Won Zenda. but I did see him
draw a revolver from his pocket and
say something about shooting the necks
off the beer bottles, and that It was
an easier way to open them than by
pulling the cOrks. ! thought nothing
Of this. because | was not watching
him at all, and II struck my mind as
just his original style OF a Joke.
Finally we left the palace and went
on up the street. Miss Won Zenda went
ahead-she would not walk with M
Causlin because Of things he had said
TO her My husband and my little
boy were with her was walking
In the rear with Mr. Peters, who has
been an old friend OF the family for
years one remark which he made 10
me as we went up the street has come
back TO me, and II almost seems that
he had a 2remonition.
You will see that I get home all
right, anyway. won't you, Mrs. Health
ne said Ia me. OF course. II was only
a Joke but the things that happened
afterward seemed TO slip In with II,
that II almost seems that Mr. Peters
had a warning.
"Mccauslin was walking In front OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
MRS. M'CAUsLIN's STORY.
Husband Threatened 10 kili Her
Yesterday Morning,

Mrs McCausln, the grief stricken
wife Of the murderer, went to the hos
qltal this morning to be at the bedside
of her husband Or. Daily, who has
been treating McCauslin for delIrum
tremens for some time also went out
10 see the wounded man
The story told by Mrs, McCauslin
and her mother, Mrs Agustou shows
pretty clearly that MCCauslin has been
on drunken spree for at least three
weeks. and during that time has been
cruel and brutal to his wife and little
girl not yet years old Mrs. McCaus-
lin said that her husband was Interest,"
ed in the Gilsonite mine In Colorado,
and since coming back from that state,
has spent about three weeks IN the
mountains, Since returning to the city
he has been drinking heavily At one
time he took the Keely cure, and for
five years did not drink at all They
have lived here for two years. His
relatives are at Athens. Tennessee
where McCauslln and his wife lived
prior to coming TO Salt Lake. Mrs.
McCauslin was formerly Miss Agustun
and Is % years Of age
Yesterday morning MCCauslin came
home drunk, and his wife did every
thing In her power 10 induce him to
remain home He became very angry
at this and raising a beer bottle which
he was In the act Of opening with a
Continued on page two)
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
SezioHS CharQe
against Butler:
surgeon General Hamilton, Before 5leehng of The BsSb
Med'cal c4SSociafion al Manchester Says The General
Used Army Medical Wagons, WIN tie Red Cross There
on, Fos Taking Ammunition 10 The Font

bearer companies, using them as es-
corts.
The surgeon general declared his au-
thoHty for the statement was the prln-
cipal medical officers to whom the or
dcrs Were ISSUED, and he added that
the British could not complain at the
Beers doing what Gen, Butler had done
30 years previously.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

dust, the blood oozlng from the hole In
his skull A short distance away Miss
Russell lay moaning in the dust, with
death near to her.
Peters was farther up the street, APP
parently dead. Mckenzie lifted the body
of Miss Russell and carried her, eXpir-
ing, TO a house a short distance away
on Sixth South street.
MI and Mrs. Heath went to Peters
assistance. They tried TO get him TO
his home on Sixth South street, but
finally had to lay him on the sidewalk,
while Mr.. Heath went for help,
When the police arrived upon the
scene. Peters body was up the street
half a block from the others, where
II had been removed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

could save him, he was removed to the
Holy Cross hospital
Miss Russell, who had been removed
hastily after the tragedy to the Scott
house, a short distance away, was at
tended by DR., Behle, who lives but a
half a block from the spot where the
shooting was done. A hasty examlna-
ton showed that death was only a
question Of hours at the most The
ball had entered the left OF the spinal
column and lodged IN the vitals. There
were constant internal hemorrhages.
There was only the slightest posi-
billty of saving her, and that was TO
get her TO the hospital where every
thing that medical science can use is
ready and the best of care is TO be had.
DR. Behle bandaged the wound hastily
and called for the patrol to take her
out to st Marks. She died on the way
out there.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

yoyer and shot them in cold blood
NO lnnocen. victims Of the whim of a
fsnd.
The shooting took place at / o'clock
his morning on the corner Of Eighth
Suth and Main streets Miss Russell
ted within two hours after she was
'hot within half a block of st. MarlJ
hospital as she was being taken there
10 The patrol wagon. McCauslin, by
whose hand she fell and who may be
DE murderer Of his other victim Max
A. Peters, died at 1890 this morning at
HOLY Cross hospital. He neJ re-
gained Consciousness. He never told
WY he did the fendish act,
NcCauslln had been with his two
Victims al the salt Palace. Mr.. and
ls Horace Heath Brigham Mckenzie,
Kiss Hedy Won Zenda, a singer at the
vat Palace theater, and the l2-year-old
"a Of Mrs Heath were also present at
Tie killing.
The party wac walking up from the
s2l Palace Miss Won Zenda, Mr..
Heath and his boy were a half block in
lee lead McCauslin was walking with
Mss Russell and behind them came
aI Peters, Mrs Heath and Brigham
Mckenzie.
NcCauslln had been moody and sullcn
an evening and had made a gun play
~ the Salt Palace, saying, as the 9TH
en thought jokingly that he was q
. a. hnf
YES better by shooting of the necks
InSh could any one else by pulling the
oViAs' He had had trouble with his
sne and continually talked OF them
Sihg febuked for the unmanlineSs Of
, ny lhe other members Of the party.
a. az nad also made advances 10 Miss Won
N,ruA which she proudly resented.
me other members Of the party
nolsht nothing OF these things and
sut unsuspectingly along with the
@h1; AT the corner OF Eighth South
az East Temple streets. he wheeled
SSsSaleny around, whipped out his re-
,oNer and shot Max Peters through
,S e Vnast the ball entering the lobe Of
s sae IGt lung, just above the heart, A
NM bullet whiZzed by the cheek OF
Isiia horace Heath, and the third
SaH hlss Russell. The fourth ball
y, seat Wild, and with the fifth, the last
80, ~ sne chamber, he shot himself in his
,,npe dying at 1890 this morning
ION the wound
~, .,oooIlihg 70 Mrs. Heath. McCauslin |
!, uot under the influence OF liquor
~ H1 ume Of the deed. According TO
- -. McCauslin, the wife OF the muir
=, ne had been drinking heavily
W Three weeks past. and that he had |
M M treated by DR. Daily for delirium |
= a' The general opinion Is that |
= n, Nss crazed by drink.
n. condition Of Max A. Peters late |
-ss afternoon was very serious. II |
M reported from the hospital late
!, sIternoon that there Is a Chance
! W. ..s recovery, but that he danger
4 nsgling around on the ground, |
,pnceyu running on IN little stream
the dust into the gutter.
,ov,a Duicers scattered the morbid
, anl got the body onto a stretch
= WrioNins him to police headquart-
"a Ut r II. Raley was summoned
al ehafnlned the wound. The ball
-. hoNed It's way uo through tho
ssbossu 9lt over the left side Of the
,,,., u The death rattle was In his
a. - II II were full OF gravel, and
M "a over his eye. His breath
y ,..'avlly and laboriously, with
Iis ~ Hom his throat at each in
4 n le examination being made.
ENG seen that only a miracle !
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

r,,o nj three participants dead and
..,,1 near to deaths door-that is
,rnl story Of perhaps tho most
,,orovokcd killing that ever took place
saIt Lake. on a cold slab at fhe
,,na Of Joseph William Taylor lies
,s ' ho5y Of Miss Lotte Russell a
.,,Ifd Girl Of % years Of age; at
o.n,onalrs undertaking establishment
no boiy Of the assassin, by whose
,.od she iell, j. w. McCauslin; with
M. INST lingering near, Max a. Peters
D, i,,o,, TO die out at st. Marks hos
{ u,al 81, .,,.. uo.
Miss russell and Mr. Peters did moth
,og at all to provoke the dastardly
,d McCauslIn whipped out his re-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

There was a little knot OF Rio Grande
Western officials and employees not eK-
Guiding "Mlkado Hashimo.o." the Jap
labor agent at the Oregon short line
depot at 12:4j this afternoon. who had
gathered 10 shake hands with Mr. A..
Il. Welby and wish him Godspeed on
his way to Peru where he goes TO
manage the railroad that is to be built
by A. w. McCune and James g. Hag-
gin from the sea coast through to the
copper mines and on 10 the deep wa.
tiers OF the Amazon river
While there were no feryent demon
STATIONS, hearty handshakes were the
order Of the day and many were the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

London Aug. 2--surgeon- Gen. Ham
ilton before a meeting of the British
Medical association at Manchester yes
'erday definitely charged that Gen. Sir
tedvers Butler during the Boer war of
leA, used army medical wagons with
the Red Cross thereon for taking ann
munltlon TO the front and armed the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

Max Peters, the third victim was
taken to st. Marks hospital In the am
bulance and was Immediately cared for
by DR.. Pinkerton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

expressions OF regret that Mr.. Welby
WAS leaving. As the Overland Limited
pulled out the old thine general supern-
tendt.t Of the Rio Grande Western
waved his hand. a hat was swung and
one Of the Rio Grande men said There
goes one Of the brightest railroad men
In the west" and the train swung
round the bend
General Manager Welby OF the Cerro
De Pasco company stated prior 90 his
departure th<. he thought he might
spend ten days In New York, making
arrangements. and then would buard
the first steamer out
Mrs. Welby and her two daughters
will remain In Utah. and Will In all
probability 20 10 California for the
winter They expect 10 Join Mr.. Welby
In Peru next spring.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
Triple Tragedy
OF Last Night

l.I 1lq,derous Assault Made Upon Sldr PeietS and
aGss Russell Neas Observation-Disclosures c4bo Fires
BuHef INTO His Oum Brain Pasfp Was Returning
Fran The Salt Palace Absolutely No Reason for Crime
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
Subscribe for the Citizen.
DEMING
A Few Pointers About a Good Town In
Southern New Mexico.

Keep your eye IN Deming.
Demlng has just been incorporated.
Deming, the coming city of New Mex
leo.
Deming has a magnificent school sys-
TEN.
Deming, the railroad center of New
Mexico.
Deming. the gateway to the best part of
Old Mexico.
Deming! Don't overlook II IL you are
looking for a safe and paying investment.
Deming, the seat of the new county OF
Luna.
Deming is the great mining center of
the southwest.
Deming water is chemically ~pure-equal
to Polan springs.
Deming has increased so per cent in pop
ulation In -four years.
Deming water and pure ozone make
strong and healthy people.
Investments In Deming lots will double
and treble in one year.
Deming mas now a large ice plant and
electric light system under contract.
In Deming the demand for rental
houses is five times in excess OF the sup
ply.
Deming has an abundance of water for
irrigating vineyards. orchards, or gar
dens.
Buy lots and build in Deming. Your
rental returns will be 20 per cent on the
investment.
In Deming good safe loans can be had
at better rates than in the old established
towns.
At Deming you can buy lots at $40
which will pay you 100 per cent in less
than twelve months.
In Deming another good hotel is needed
to accommodate the enormous increase OF
population.
Deming is a great health result-has nc
superior in climate for the cure of pull
monary troubles
Deming will be the great smelter center
Two large plants viii be installed within
the year.
Why buy high priced lots when o car
get them in Deming cheap now, with GER
tain advance assured?
Agricultural lands in Deming are unsur
passed for fertility, production OF fruit:
and vegetables of all kinds.
Deming offers the same opportunitie!
now that the most prosperous cities in thu
west offered several years ago.
Deming needs one hundred new houses
to supply the demand, and needs then
now. This demand continues to grow.
Deming ships over 10000 head Of cattl,
annually; is the center of the creates
breeding region in the southwest and cat
tlemen all know this.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
Writer Wants to Know Something of
Otero County.


The following letter from Kansas is
a good sample of the questions asked of
the Bureau of immigration and the
wide range of subjects on which in
formation is desired:
Secretary of the Bureau of lmmigra-
ton, Santa Fe, N. M:
Dear Sir-Having read your bulletin
No. ~, relative to Otero county's re-
sources and developments, | desire to
obtain further information. | have de-
signed removing to that section of
Uncle Sans domain for quite a period
of time. l have a limited amount of
capILal, but have been devoted to edu-
cational efforts most of my life. Kind
ly inform me as to the opportunity for
a successful and experienced educator
in this new county. Please give salary
of principal. Will the lumber company
spoken OF sell any larger than forty
acre tracts of cleared timber land to
any one person? l presume the stumps
and underground are left for pur
chasers to clear. Will tame grasses
and grains, as corn and wheat, grow
on this land? Is there coal in that
region? Give cost of living or of nee
essaries of life. Please give me the
names of a leading business man il
each of the towns of Otero county. Car
men find employment at good wages
in the box factory at Alamogordo
Give wages.
Please answer soon.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
EXPECTS PLUM.
Denver Man Looks for Big Contract
for Work in New Mexico.

for Work in New Mexico.
1t is probable that a Denver contract
ing firm will be awarded a railroad
building contract amounting to mil
lions.
w. II. fitzpatrick, of Fitzpatrick Bros.
& Collins, expects notice at any hour
of the letting of the Santa Fe's new
work in New Mexico, and he is one OF
the principal bidders. His. company
bid has been in the hands of the Santa
Fe at Chicago for some days. His bid
Is on 157 of the 203 miles to be built
east of Belen, N. NJ.
1t involves millions of dollars and
will employ thousands of men.
Bidding against the Denver grade
men are several large eastern bid
ders.
w. II. Fitzpatrick. accompanied by
his family leaves Denver tonight fol
Beatrice, Neb., for Christmas.
Another western person who will be
informed in the letting of the Santa FL
work is Mrs. S. j. Atwood. the propri
etress of a large western and eastern
employment agency system. She is in
terested inasmuch as she is to supply
the work to a large extent with labor
ers.-Denver News.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
TOR Over sixty years.

An old and well tried remedy.
Mrs. Winslc VS. Soothing Syrup has
been used for over sixty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teethine with perfect success.
1t soothes the child, soften the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant tc the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part Of the world.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. It's value
Is ~incalculable. Be sur and ask for
Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no otksr kind.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
CHAMBERLAiN'S
AND LIVER TABLETS.

Try them
When you fell dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in the
mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipated.
When you have a headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite,
cleanse and invigorate your stomach
and regulate your liver and bowels
For sale by all druggists.
H. II. Mcintyre, St. Paul, Mimi, who
has been troubled with a disorderet
stomach, says: 'Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tablets do me more
good than anything l have ever taken
For sale by all druggists.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

pected at once the check was a for
gerry, and notified Mr.. Stearns. who at
once confirmed Mr.. Jones' suspicious.
Tucumcari officials have been notified,
but so far no arrests have been made.
The first financially responsible man
who advanced the cash for the check
will be the loser, and for awhile at
least. will be very particular about ac-
cepting strangers checks.-Guadalupe
County Democrat.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
a Slick SWindler.

C. II. Stems, grocer of Santa Rosa,
was selected last week as a victim of a
forger. A check for $110, drawn in
favor of one Davis, with the name of
C. H. Stearns forged as the drawer,
was cashed by a Tucumcari business
man. Ii afterwards passd through the
Tucumcari bank and an Ell Paso bank.
When received here by the First Ma
tional bank, Cashier Ii. B. Jones sus
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
COMING EVENTS.

December 25-Entertainment given
by young men of Methodist Episcopal
church at Armijo hall.
December 26-Dance by Woman's
Relief Corps, at Colombo hall.
December 29.-Basket ball at Col
ombo Hall.
December 30-Basket ball, at Colon.
DO hall.
December 31-Ball given by Wood
men Of the World at Colombo hall.
January 19-First annual ball of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at
Colombo hall.
January 12-1S-"The Krause Tailor
at Colombo hall.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
He Found a Cur.

r. H. Foster, S1S Second street, Salt
Lake City, writes: Il have been both
cred with dyspepsia or indigestion for
twenty one years. have tried many
doctors without relief, but | have
found a cure in Herbine. recommend
it to all my friends, who are afflicted
that way, and it is curing them, too.
soc at Cosmopolitan rharmacy.-B,
RupDe.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
Want Miners, Hospital.

The Commercial club has received
a letter from A. G. Wells, general
manager of the coast lines of the San
ia Fe, offering to donate block 23.
Railroad addition to the town of Gal
lup, for a location for the miners hos
pital in case the legislature desires
TO give us the hospital. This block is
300 feet square, is on the hill in the
eastern part of town and is the best
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
The Pride of Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote
o say that for scratches, bruises, cuts,
wounds, corns. sore feet and stiff
joints, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best in the world. Same for burns,
scalds, boils. ulcers, skin eruptions
and piles. 1t cures or no pay. Only
Csc at all druggists.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
In a New Home.

The Guadalupe County Democrat
has moved from Santa Rosa to Puerto
de Luna and the issue of last Satur-
day was the first from the new home.
The Democrat was started during the
election and many thought it would
cease after the campaign. but in the
last issue the announcement is made
that such was not the intention and
the paper will continue.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

n you are troubled with impure
blood, indicated by sores, pimples,
headache, etc.. we would recommend
Acker's Blood Elixer. which we sell un-
der a positive guarantee. 1t will al
ways cure scrofulous or syphilitic poi
sons and all blood diseases. so cents
and 81. j. fl. O'Rielly & Co. and B. H.
Briggs & Co.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
FRENCH TANsY WATERS.

Ladies can depend upon securir
permanent relief from irregular {
painful periods by using these wafer
Safe and sure at all times.
Avoid worthless substitutes by pur-
chasing only from our agent.
Paris Toilet Co, Lowell, Mass, i'm
porters.
w. Y. Walton, prescription druggist.
corner Railroad avenue and Third
street. Albuquerque, N. NJ, sole agent
for B~ernalillo county.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
Favoriue ramiIy Kennedy.

Frequently accidents occur in the
household. which cause burns, cuts,
sprains and bruises; for the use in
such cases, Billiards. Snow Liniment
has for many years been the constant
family remedy. 25c, soc and $1.00 at
Cosmopolitan Pharmacy.-B. Ruppe.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24
sick headacne absolutely and perma.

..ently cured by using Moki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures eonstipa-
ton and indigestion, males you eat,
sleep, work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back 25c and
soc. Write to w. H. Hooker & Co., Buff
falo. n. Y, for free sample. ]. II.
O'Rielly & Co. and B. H. Briggs &
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

The w. r. C. gives a grand masque
ball at Colombo hall December &c.
Tickets at Wilson's music store.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

We make the best door and window
screens. They are far superior to any
made in the east at the same price,
Albuquerque Planning Mill company. A
T. Telephone No. 462.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

liberality shown by the company is
commendable.-Gallup Republican.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

Bring in your tinware and have II
Observation-Disclosures Hardware com.
pany
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-24

No tuberculosis preservaliae or col
oring In Matthew'S Jersey milk