Show m LAB HEWS LIFE TERM CONVICT IS GRANTED A PAROLE recalls a committed nineteen years ago ogden burglar pardoned set fire jail miner commits suicide i thomas williams a life term man was granted a parole by the state board of pardons yesterday the marks the climax of years of ef forton the part af pf a few constant friends time and time again tho case haa come up before the board but each time it has been refused on each occasion until yesterday williams applications have been bitterly resisted by sirs willis knapp a sister of II a miner who was killed by williams the sister claimed that williams had no right to be at large she declared that he had threatened to kill her when he got out of the prison and she said she feared for her life if he were turned loose wil lama has remained in prison for nineteen years the offense for which ha was committed is described as having been cold blooded in the extreme the evidence showed that he shot his victim while the unfortunate man was kneeling in tha snow begging for his life the tragedy occurred on the mountain between silver city and eureka the body was found lying in the snow no effort having been made to secret it the two men bad been a quarrel over their work in the mines II is said to have reported to the foraman williams irregularities aa act which set williams to drinking and later caused the tragedy williams was taken to prove and tried before judge emerson he was found guilty of murder and in the early part of november of 1884 was sentenced to life imprisonment the prison authorities say he haa been a model prisoner and has never caused any lo at the prison several of the guards who had charge of him say thai it ho was ever a dangerous man he has bince completely lost that trait and is worthy of being entrusted with bis liberty he will be liberated tomorrow morning after breakfast and will visit the city for the first time in nine beep years in search of work pardons were granted by the board to william who was convicted of burglary two months ago and whose M was suspended by audgo booth pending the action of the board the claim having been made that while the man was technically guilty there were mitigating circumstances and to alarney crist convicted at ogdan of burglary last november the application of E 0 draper for a parole ana denied draper is serving four years for a felony depredations LARS 1 John of Indiana editor nt arboriculture is in salt lake city looking after the catalpa trees recently plant ad by the rio grandc western at various points along its right of dav through utah and colorado he re everything satisfactory so far recently mr brawn lias been invest i forest conditions about the watershed of peak from which be city of colorado springs obtains its water supply the aspen thickets about the lakes and reservoirs in that region ave been seriously injured by the caterpillars which have for three spir defoliated abo trees the colondo brings gazette of recent date report of this inspection ind it is feared by the people in that p immunity that if the pest is not checked by some heroic measures t rc re es will be destroyed mr brown explains es plains that this li a tent caterpillar myriad of eggs I 1 arc found on the cheape ape ns above colorado springs which will goon hatch out and begin their eating it la well known that the trees arc absolutely necessary to hold chesnow th esnow and prevent its rapid melting of warning is sounded by mr drown aado the trees and brush antoo watershed from which salt jakc drav its water supply it is not known le jaffs that the trees about tho city ar infested with destructive injects but ha insists that it will be wise for the people to keep a sharp lookout and in this way savo the great expense that will bo entailed in removing the pesla after they become numerous mr brown is confident that when the catalpa trees planted by the rio grande western have grown lor a few years they will attract the attention 0 o all who visit utah even more than the lombardy poplars do now the most desolate place on the face of the eartle he thinks is about a railway track where there are no trees HEART BURNED FOR LIBERTY john delancy an obstreperous drunk who had been placed in the drunk house yesterday to cool off decided that the place was too small to hold him and that he wanted his liberty he attempted to get out by kicking out the walls but the oak planks held in his desperation a new idea came into his head he would burn the place and get out that way taking off his shirt he tore it into strips and placing the pile on the floor set fire to it As there are no windows in the room he was almost suffocated when patrol driver and sergeant fratt discovered the fire and went to the rescue the b pile ot tinder and delaney the fire lug were each treated to bouchea 01 cold water from bucket it had a effect on delaney as well as extinguishing the fire MINER TAKES HIS LIFE broken in frank 35 years old t 0 be a miner committed suicide in room 25 of the american houa at no 51 east Second South street time saturday afternoon or night by taking two ounces ot laudanum he w found dead in bed by mrs R edarda a chambermaid at yesterday afternoon ter noon hutchinson Hute hinson was in last stage nf consumption and ins death from cattral natt ral causes would only have been the matter of afew weeks his fleshless frame and 25 cents in money found in liis pockets told the story his had evidently been painless for when found lie seemed to be sleeping peacefully when coroner clark arrived he at first thought that death was due to batir il auses but an examination revealed n empty two ounce bottle which bud COP laudanum under the on the chair beside the a half pint bottle containing blackberry brandy from a or two hid been t alcen it is thought that dranly thea poison and wg shed it doan brandy he turned his ace to the wall an d passed into the of death he left no wordia nd an ot a notebook found in his pocket gave no possible pos siLe ii a lives 1 L E bird who was acting as cleric on saturday says the man canci in about block and seemed perfectly sober he requested the clerk to register him as frank hutchinson nd whap asked where he came from aid 0 o put him down as being fro the lintle district |