Show LINES FROM LOGAN The suicide John A Davis was brought from Trenton on Friday night Dr Snow sewed up the gash in his neck and much hope was entertained that he would live Sunday morning however at 0 oclock his spirit wearied of waiting and fled Yesterday Yes-terday an inquest was held before Justice McAlister and these facts developed James A Davis and Mrs J A Baldwin brother and mother of deceased live at Salt Lake city Deceased was on his way Idaho with a company Persisted of in drinking workmen heavily to Caribou and on Thursday the foreman of the company discharged him and threw his bedclothes and belongings outof the wagon when near Trenton He grew frantic at his treatment treat-ment and wandered about in a dazed and distracted condition until despair settled down like the darkness of night upon his soul and decided to end his troubles by cutting his throat After severing his windpipe and making a cask some three inches long he desisted audhur ned to the nearest house for help This was about 6 oclock Thursday morning Friday evening word was brought to Logan and Deputy Sheriff Crookston and Dr Snow went immediately and attended his injuries and brought him to Logan He was quite rational most of the time and talked as much as he was allowed His mother and brother were telegraphed and instructions were received yesterday from Undertaker JosephXVTnylor to Undertaker Fennimore to ship the remains to Salt Lake today The jury rendered a verdict according ac-cording to the facts related In the commissioners court on Saturday were arraigned Dan Stewart and Tnomas Murray of Vellsvillc Cache county for assault and battery OH the person Justice of the Peace John Colmrn of the same place Thomas Carr who was also implicated impli-cated was not to be found Defendants were bound over to await the action of the grand jury A petition was being widely circulated among Mormon and Gentile elements on Saturday netting forth to the President the propriety and advisability of holding a term of tho first district court at Logan Some 250 names were secured in one vicinity In the case of Murphy vs Leatham wherein an 800 calf was in question the judgment of the justices court was reversed re-versed and an appeal was taken to the first district court Hundreds of dollars have already changed hands and many more willet will-et escape the litigants and the funny part is that the calf docs not belong to either LOGAN May 2S 1SS9 |