Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-11 | Page 2 | Beaten to Death by Mexican Bandits

Deafen to Death by Mexican Bandits Thit Believed to Be th Fnte of Mining Min-ing Engineer Who Lived r.t San Diego. CHrOAGO June 10 Luther IT Jewell, tho Chicago mining engineer reported killi d, robbed and burned b Mexicans in tho Magdclenn district, Sonora. Me:;lco. Is believed to be a son of the lnte Ellas Jewell, a wealthy fanner of Wheaton, II) . who conducted a farming machinery store in Chicago. Prospected in Klondike 0 Ti Jewell, a relative, today said that Luther JI. Jewell wjis ft mining cnKlneer and had spent nearly five years prospeet-ing prospeet-ing In the Klondike, where he accumulated accumulat-ed considerable property The lust heard of him by Chicago relatives ho was living with his family In Ban DigO, CaJ The report that Jewell was killed by Mexicans is given credence- by I'hlcngo engineers who have, visited Mngdnlena. Killed and Body Burned. Jewell was the superintendent of a mlno near Sonora and lived in a small house close to the shaft Flee, men are said to have surrounded the place and after rushing In upon him. unawares, I '-n 1 tho defenseless engineer Into lni-ii-slblllty. When the bandits had robbed him of everything of value ho was dragged away Into the woods, where he was beaten to death According to advices received here his hodv was afterward cremated bv the bandits.