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Cheyenne Daily Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1902

Page

4

LAST HOPE GONE FOR WOODARD IN CASPER

Attorney C DeB Bennett failed to secure a writ of habeas corpus for Charles Woodard. He warned that a grant would force Woodard to waive appearance, delaying justice and risking lynching in Casper on Friday. Bennett indicated no remaining legal avenues to stop the execution.

Deb. Bennett Charles Woodard Laramie Brame Bramel Bennett Supreme Court Woodard Casper

Remains of Jess Loomis to Be Taken to Ionia

Arthur P. Loomis arrives from Ionia Michigan and a meeting of the local Elks decides the remains will be moved for interment tomorrow afternoon. Elks will conduct funeral services at the club house before the 1 00 PM train departure. City banks will close at 1 PM out of respect to the dead cashier. A boy suffers a deep bruise over the eye from a baseball bat blow to the face.

Arthur P. Loomis Jess Loomis Ionia Mich Lodge of Elke The Elks

Construction of Laramie tie treating plant progresses

Two carloads of material arrived for Union Pacific tie pickling plant at Laramie. Construction of buildings to begin soon. CitLens Ticket reports Pearl mining town election with citizens ticket favored. Rawlins reports land prospects after district foray. Pauson jailed thrity days for theft. Miner editor returns to Battle Lake after Denver absence. Williams spent over 100 dollars after taking charge.

Laramie Union Pacific CitLens Pearl Citizens Harry Wellman Battle ‘Lake Denver J. Hi. Williams Williams

Palm Sunday Celebrations Highlight City Churches

Catholic and Episcopal congregations in the city observed Palm Sunday with decorative palm leaves and contemplative services. Parishioners noted the day as a fitting lead into Easter next Sunday.

Steam Sheep Shearing Plant Planned at Geddes Corrals

A Chicago steam shearing firm rep is in Raw ling to install thirty steam sheep shearing machines at the Geddes Sheep company corrals. The Union Pacific store at Carbon caught fire last week, burning for about thirty minutes before fumes were doused, causing significant damage from the blaze and water.

Chicago Steam Shearing Company Rawling Geddes Sheep Company Union Pacific Carbon

Soldier killed while beating his way home to Indiana

Dalton Stevens, a discharged private from Company K Eighteenth Infantry at Fort Russell Utah, was killed in Rawlins Wyoming when Engine 1345 backing down the track struck him as he walked onto the tracks after alighting from train No 102. He carried an honorable discharge and $40. inquest ruled death due to his own carelessness. Remains sent to Rawlins for disposal per parents' telegraph.

Rawlins Wyo Dalton Stevens Efist Lynch Stevens Eighteenth Infantry Fort Russell Utah Indiana Dalton Union Pacific

Engine Blast Kills Three Near Ogden Utah

An engine attached to No 6 exploded between 7 30 and 8 this morning eighty miles west of Ogden Utah killing the engineer and fireman and a second trainman and injuring another. The engine was wrecked completely.

Ogden Utah Here

Improvements and Weddings Highlight Local News

Two giant steel T beams arrive for the Inter Ocean hotel bar improvements to start tomorrow. Miss Helen Greenough to wed J Frank Wahl on April 2 in Sterling. Brakeman Baird survives a near death on the Toluca and Cody line. Cody Enterprise notes DeMaris to Cheyenne talks on hot springs control. Hatsford store closed by attachment in Rawlins. Freighters form union at Casper and Rawlins. Matthew Burke jailed for petit larceny swallows lye in custody. Model Oil seeks land in Spring Valley belt for 10600 and Penal for 5000. Union Pacific to run its own dining cars. A N Ackley to lead UP dining car system.

Inter Ocean Hotel Union Pacific A. N. Ackley Pullman Commissary Department

Insane Soldier Attacks Train No 6 in Wyoming

In Rawlins a soldier Van Gicklela attacked train No 6 after going insane from high altitude. He assaulted the train butcher and passengers until overpowered and jailed by the sheriff. A separate Oakley incident reports a one year old baby wounded in the mouth by a stray 22 rifle bullet with no serious injury.

Rawlins Wyo van Gicklela Jal Ths Place Wyoming Division van Sickle Rewiins Rawline T. W. Talmage Oakley

Mrs Warren Very Ill

Senator F E Warren rushed to Huntington Massachusetts as his wife battles a long illness. Friends here fear her recovery is unlikely and report she has been an invalid for years with prospects of a fatal outcome.

Washington, D. C F. E. Warren Huntington Mass

Rawlins Man Pleads Guilty in Theft Case

William Brown, arrested at Laramie and brought to Rawlins, pleaded guilty in district court to stealing two amps full of clothing and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. Also notes bids for a Continental Oil warehouse, and Miss M K Nachtman visiting Central City, Colorado.

Rawlins, Wyo William Brown Laramie Rawlins

New Mail Route Opens Between Meeteetae and Thermopolis

Congressman Mendell Kag secures a tri weekly mail route linking Meeteetae and Thermopolis in Big Horn County. New superintendent W. T. Hoyt arrived to oversee construction of the new federal building and will stay during its erection.

Mendell Kag Meeteetae Thermompolis Big Horn County W. T. 5. Hoyt

Nip and Tuck at the opera house draws crowds

The upcoming comedy drama Nip and Tuck will be presented by Harry Webber and company at the opera house next Saturday night March 29. The entertainment promises a pleasing evening as the show debuts in town.

Opera House Harry Webber

Osteopathic Examination and Treatment at Normandie Hotel

A notice announces osteopathic examination and treatment available at the Normandie hotel on Saturday March 20. Dr N Alden Boller details services and contact points for those seeking relief for their bones and nerves.

Normandie Hotel Jerforms Piyst ‘Ann Cheyenne Rulerenora N. Alden Boller Outen Gure

BLAKE KENNEDY Gathers Music Poem and Lecture at M B Church

Tonight at M B church del ves. Mrs Ward moves dream making shop to 1919 WDDY and invites patrons to visit new address. Includes excerpt from Tit Bit about leaving, marriage, fortune telling and clairvoyant signs, with local humor and dialogue.

M. B. Church

Wyoming capture ends NC murder suspect manhunt in Rockies

Sheriff Peter Swanson and deputies arrested Javan Long alias Bill Falsler alias L N Hooper forty miles southeast of Rock Springs Wyoming while pursuing the Webster North Carolina murder suspect Pell of Jackson County last August. A $400 reward is offered. Long says he worked on the Union Pacific and was briefly a state hospital patient. He is jailed in Green River awaiting transfer.

Sherif Peter Swanson Paul Walker Alex, Riddle Robert Guy Javan Long Bill Falsler L. N. Hooper Webster North Carolina Pell Jackson County Saya Rock Springs Swanson Long Chapman

Headlight Explosion Triggers Roundhouse Fire at Newcastle

Last week a fire broke out in the Newcastle roundhouse when an engine headlight exploded. The blaze was extinguished before significant damage occurred and no serious injuries were reported.

Newcastle

Fifty Italians Pass Through City Heading West

A gang of fifty Italian laborers traveled through the city yesterday en route west to work on the grade out of Salt Lake.

Salt Lake

Penitentiary Turnkey John Watson Vanishes

John Watson a state penitentiary turnkey who recently re signed is missing with no trace of his whereabouts. Authorities suspect he fled to escape an unhappy marriage and potentially left for England. Fire destroyed two miner housing units near Newcastle last week.

John Watson State Penitentiary England

Wool Trade Boost for Clearmont Delivery

Last week Hardin and Cavalry of Boston bought 300000 pounds of Johnson County wool for delivery in Clearmont. The wool is this year’s clip and bought at 12 cents a pound.

Hardin & Cavalry Boston Johnson Clearmont

Sandcar shipments begin from Cheyenne quarries to east

Union Pacific flat car No 10045 loaded with fifty five tons of sand stands in Rawlins yards ready to be shipped east as the first of over 15 cars of stone for the federal building at Cheyenne. The stone car has lingered in Rawlins for more than a week delaying public building work until its departure.

Rawlins Wyo Union Pacific Federal Cheyenne Rawlins Yards

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