, 1877-05-26
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

named respectively HAwley and Foster. were
l on terms OF intimacy, and The friendship ex
/ tended to the children Of the families. Sew
eral weeks since Mr.. Philip L. Hawley and
his son proposed trip to the Snake River for
the purpose of locking up land. Sir, Lewis
! Foster asked and Obtained leave 10 accompany
the party Mr.. Hawiey went with bis own
team s1d wagon. Whilst out on the exp5di
ton young Fos'er became dissa,i,fed from
some eanse and removed his blankets from
the wagon. This passed off and the parties
returned home, apparently on good terms.
THE HOMICIDE.
Thus matters remained down 20 Sunday
| last. about II A. NJ, when Lewis Foster cali
ed a, Hawley's house, and asked 10 see ms
| lHawley'>) son. The old gentleman was
stated in a chair reading, but looked up and
answered that his ''son WAS in an adjoining
room, drtssing, and would oe out in few
minutes" and in the meantime he bade Fos-
ter to be seated Foster again repeated the
inquiry in relation to young Hawley. and |
| again received the same answer, when al /
most Immediately the sharp report Of pistol /
was heard Mr. Hawley son rushed out OF
TIE adjoining room to see his father sink Jack /
in the chair dead, and AT the same time young 4
Foster passed out of the.y4rd, holding in his
band pistol The ball from the pistol en-
tered high up in Mr.. IIawiey forehead, and /
ranging backV ard and downward, caused IN /
slant death. The deceased never spoke after !
being shot, ana it was Only the fact tbat two of
| Mr.. Hawlsy's sons were in The house at the |
| time of the shooting and head the conversa- |
ton between their father and young Foster, !
| that there was clue TO the circumstances at I.
tending the traged-.
ARREST OF THE PRISONER.
The alarm WAS at once given and Messrs
Thompson and Justice, deputy sheriff and f,
marshal, were early on the ground. After |
learning The facts, Marshal Justice repaired /
to Mr.. Fosters house, on Second street, near
Stahl's Brewery, and on irqniring was told /
| that young FoSer WAS in his room The I
young man az once surrendered, aud on tx
aInina ion II was found tha, be had two pis-
tolls, one of them-a notwithstanding evil
dence of having recently had barrel dis
charged aud then reloaded Marshal Justice !
describes the prisoner when arrested as being /
perfectly cool and collected, and betraying
no cOpcrrn whatever. When asked whether .
be had been over to Mr.. Hawlfy's house, be .
said be believed be had. He was not ones
tioued as TO the murder or his motive in kill |.
ing the old man, but was at once removed to
the county jill where be remains in close con- !
finem-nf In explanation of this mysterious
/ humicid-. it i stated that for some time back /
| Foster has exhibited
SIGNS OF INSANITY,
and that he has been under trea'ment for (
Whist may be termed incirient madurss. It
was not dreamed, however, tha; he was .
dangerous, and il was only after the prrpe- .
tration of this terrible deed that very many .
person< v 10 knew the toy well learutd for .
! the first time that he was Insane The Foster
/ family have liv.d at Waiia Walia srvrn or
eight years. aud the perre'rs'Or of This ter
! rib.e deed OF blood his always been regarded .
as an
EXEsi@!.tRY Y0CNG NAN.
He was never known chang about saloons
or place, Of Questionable character, and was
in all respects correct in bis habits and d,pori-
ment Since bis confinement in the coun'y |
Jail he has been quiet, and gives no evidence
of the excitcmen MT that would naturally fol-
low the commission of such a terrible deed.
| Taking into consideration the boys good !
character, tnl the absence of all motive for
killing Mr. Hawlcy. the only inference is hat
he is bereft of reason. Il is possible that the |
examination 10 be had before Judge Wingard /
will bring out more fully the facts in relation /
20 this bloody tragedy, and in the meantime /
| we forbear comment.
THE vICTIu
of this terrible tragedy. Philip L. Hawiey, /.
was in his 60'h year, aud was q quiet, inOf- /
fensive mau He had lived in this valley some J
10 years, and during great part OF the time
had been engaged in sto, raising. More lat (
terly ne Ind owned n ssw-miIl and was pro- /
prirtor of the lurnher yard, corner of First |,
aud Alder streets. He leaves q wife and five |
children TO mourn his death.
THE EXCITEMENT.
As already stated, the shooting occurred I
about II o'clock. Sunday morning. Like |
widfre the news spread through town, oc-
casioning intense excitement. At first it was |
regarded as a clear case Of murder, but grad
nallv it became known that for over a year
past Young Foster had exhibited signs Of in |
sanity, and this tended to allay the excite
nent. In the meantime Foster had been
committed TO the county Jail and locked np |
in his cell. All this time he was perfectly |
cool, aud apparently bad no knnWledge of I
the terrible crime be had committed.
THE FUNERAL
was deferred 10 TUESDAY afternoon, when the I
weather unfortunately was stormy. As it 1
was the attendance was very large, many /
persons having come in from the adjoining
county to pay the last sad tribute of respect /
Deceased was member of Blue Mountain /,
Lodge, 4. f s. :. VI. and was buried in ac-
cordance with Masonic rites. The Frisr Caval (
~ Band. led ~ Prof Bracht, headed the I
procession, and 10 the strains of sweet music /
the remains were conveyed TO their last resting |
plsce. Thus ends the frs, chapter of iragsdy /
that has spread pail over the whole COM /
munity.
MRS. MONEY Is The proprietor of first |
class job printing Office, and is borh primer I
and press-man- The way she rms Gordon
press is a caution to the blaeSsmiths who are .
usually found around country printing offices. /
| Mrs. Money has heretofore been located at /
Kaama, but that town having collapsed. she