Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

life was despaired Of, The horse died
two or three days afterwards An
other man was thrown and broke his
leg
At daylight one day last week, a
wagon arrived from Provo and stopped
at a house, kept by man named D.
OF Sprlngyille notoriety. The wagon
contained a woman, her two children
and a girl about eighteen years Of age,
who had been induced, by hatterng
promises, TO come TO his place Upon
learning the character Of the house de-
signed as their future residence they
refused TO leave the wagon, venting
their outraged feelings In bitter cries,
which excited the sympathy OF many
bystanders. The wretched perpetra-
tors Of the abduction escaped coats OF
tar and feathers, which some had
threatened. by taking themselves off
The women were taken care Of by Esq.
Wells, who doubtless viii do them JUS
| tlce,
An assault was made upon one Ste
Nens from Cedar Fort, a night or two
since, by some dozen fellows, who. hav-
/ ing dragged him from his bed, beat him
| with clubs In a most unmerciful man
ner and left him for dead. He had just
| returned from California,and II reports
are true there were things transplred
during his absence which were the inn
mediate cause OF this brutal assault
! In quarrel between two Mexicans.
one Of them stabbed the other several
| times, INJECTING mortal wounds and,
/ when In the act OF fleeing, was shot
| dead by a person standing near by.
! Such are a few rough jottings from
/ memory of Incidents Transporting I'm
this sink Of drunkenness. gambling and
every species OF pollution.
! ! may write you again. should any,
! thing of interest occur.
4 Respectfully, ETC.,
OCCASIONAL.
| Daring Outrage.-A correspondent at
| Brigham city informs us that, on the
| 29th of February, two persons In dis
| guise went to the camp of Mr. Hunsa-
| ker, on his herd ground in BoXeder
! county, and ordered a lad about Il
| years old, who was there alone In
| charge at the time. 10 leave,
From their menactng language and
| demeanor, the young man considered
| II unsafe to resist the rutiians and left.
| The camp equipment was then over
| hauled by the Williams, who took a re-
| volver and some other things that they
| could carry away and put off.
Suspicious resting upon two men
| named Armenius Miller and Marion
! Scott residing at Brigham City, Mr..
| Ilunsaker obtained search warrant
and proceeded with Sheriff Cutler to
search the premises Of the suspected
| persons, While the sheriff was per-
| forming his duty he was violently re-
| sisted by Miller and a colleague by the
name Of Van Vliet, who subsequently
! mounted their horses and put Off with
| four others of their clan, whereupon the
| sheriff summoned posse and gave
| them chase and overlook them near the
| south line of Boxelder county, on their
| way southwark on coming up with
| the refugees, Cutler ordered them 20
stop, They Immediately assumed hos
! tile attitude. and bid defiance to the
officer and his posse Van Vliet appear
| ing to be the chief of the gang After
n short parley In which the sheriff tried
| 10 dlssuade them from the course they
We're pursuing Miller started off again
at full speed, Cutler giving him chase,
/ soon came near enough to fire, ordering
1 the fleeing man to stop, to which he
| paid no attention, and thereupon he
fired upon him, Miller returned the
compliment, and four or five shots were
| fired by each as they were under full
speed neither taking effect; but Cutler
succeeded In capturing the scoundrel
and his colleagues. and took them back
| TO Brigham City, where they have been