| Show FURTHER particulars HOLDEN millard county utah august 17 1898 1896 joseph jooeph H turner ot of this place hung bung himself this morning just juat before daylight he has bus had bad lots lota of sickness tor for some time la in big bie family and it worried halh greatly he huog hung himself in his bis barn he leaves quite a large family A miss robison was wag drowned last night between here and fillmore in a flood there were two young men and two young ladles ladies in the wagon at the time they were from kaolah A CITIZEN filmore CITY august 17 1896 yesterday sunday robert and alto alta beaulne and miss jennie robi bob son daughter of willie robison son of f too toe venerable uncle peter left petersburg petersburg corn creek on a visit to fillmore joseph seguine Begu loe lne father of robert and alta alia went irom from town with them to the farm of mayor smith to iles ee some borne old friends friend just arrived irom from kansas mr and mrs cummings whose some are working the tar carmode moDe of whom leaton in law during the day thunder clodas bad deposited considerable water in the mountains mounta ioB which concentrated in the creek making a very large volume swift and muddy which reached town about 6 p m when the above named were returning to the city in their wagon at the junction of the sunday waste ditch and the old creek a block north of the creamery on first west street la Is a crossing brigham melville and walter rowley bowley saw the travelers bom ing towards it and pulled off their hate bate and waved them back knowing the danger of the abe swift current the girls sensed the longer danger but robert whipped up the horses horse for the venture and they hey plunged into the water which lifted the abe wagon bed from its if place and turned it completely over depositing the four pasion gers in the muddy torrent beneath it they were carried down the stream and the so guines were all rescued but miss robison could not be reached walter waiter rowley bowley heard her scream 0 save mel me he ran to the rescue but when about ten yards from corn her be lost sight eight of the body scores of people were attracted to the scone scene ready to assist and searched the creek for two miles until i ibey hey came to a large body of driftwood left by a flood where they knew the body could not pass pam this was pulled apart piece by piece until the dody body was liberated and was seen to start down the current again and could be beeden seen at intervals interval for naif half a mile dalle further when a young man frank son eon of dells belle eight bight of it and made a heroic plunge and caught the drowned girla toot foot to which he hung bung with a grip of despair unable to pull it to the bank until heber mitchell Mi reasoned out and ana caught his baud band when wey they drew draw it to the land limp bruised and dead Mayor may or smith went down to petersburg to apprise the parents of the low of their daughter who had left home ft a few hours previously full of happy anticipation Jenni ewas an exemplary young lady oneff toe time chief workers in chesun the ban day school the of bob beguine and the first born in the family am lly for whom all the people feel the deepest sympathy joseph turner of holden about 46 years old the father of a large family six alx or seven of whom are living jiving some same few years since showed signs of mental troubles trouble and became la in care tor for progress or work but for the he lost few years be has assumed his normal condition and been active and energetic he fie has had some sickness in his family lately one boy about 9 6 years year old has required careful attention for several weeks but appeared to be improving late ly friends were at the house bouee last night and offered to remain all night but joseph said he did not wish them to do so as he be could not sloop sleep it if be went to bed he and his wife could do all that was necessary quite early in the morning he left the house and his wife thinking his stay long took a lantern to ta try to me dee where be had gonrand gone and soon discovered bis big body hanging under a shed abed nest near the barn dead he had evidently made au an unsuccessful effort to co cut his throat as signs clearly showed the good people ot or holden are much dw du over this very sad mad affair mr turner served as a juror at the lost last term I 1 of the district court held bold in Fl fillmore Ilmore and was as generally considered a kinds kind indulgent parent and a good and honorable citizen olti xen A BD |
