Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-10
George Lanphere Shst through the
Bfa Head While Lying On the
Ground Asleep.
S. +. lBeebe Fire. ths'Fatall Ball-Hi.
Arrest By James somsrs, Of Brule
CITY, and His Lodgment Wv y
ny !" en- In Jail. & ~
Unproveked, Deliberate Homteide.
Witch Deserves the Extreme Pen.
atty Of the Law.

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and Dakotaian special from White Swan.
another murder has been committed within
the Jurisdiction of the court which sits at
Yankton. The man
CHARGED WITH THE NuRDER
arrived last night. In charge Of James
Somers and the two witnesses to the bloody
deed, and was turned ever TO Deputy Mar
shall Edmunds and placed In the county
Ijail. From the two witnesses. W. II. Viii
liams and George Cammack. who came
through with the prisoner, we have OBJ
tained the following particulars Of the ira.
gedy:
Some two weeks ago q party consisting
of George Lamphere (the murdered many,
s. F. Beebe (the prisoner). w. H. Williams
and George Cammack (the witnesses), start.
ed from Beloit, Iowa, for the Crow creek
country, with the purpose Of establishing
a ranch near the mouth Of that stream, on
the Missouri river and taking possession Of
claims. 1t is stated that from the beginning
of the journey Beebe
N EvINCED A DISLIKE
for Lamphere. and even objected to his be.
coming a member of the party. They man.
aged, however. to get along without much
trouble, and. on the 4th of July. the party
reached Crow creek and camped on the
bank, some twelve miles above Its mouth.
Here they ished and hunted for a while
and cooked ard ate their dinner
after which Lamphere laid
down upon a quilt spread on the ground
and went to sleep. Beebe was sitting On
the ground ard the two witnesses named
were leaning on the wheels of the wagon.
Suddenly Beebe arose, and, without a word,
took his rife,
A1MED 1T AT LAMPHER's HEAD :
and fired, with probable immediate fatal
effect. as his victim did not stir after the
rife was discharged. Williams and Cam
mack witnessed the act, but say that the
murder was SO quickly and unexpectedly
executed that they had no time to interfere.
even had they possessed the means for pre-
venting 1t. 1t was, to use their own words,
as much out of their power to interrupt the
shot as it would have been had Beebe fired
on them instead. They we're unarmed and
stood in considerable fear of the assassin,
who belongs to the desperate class. After
shooting his helpless victim, Besbe turned
to his two companions and boastinely said.
TALK ABOUT SAND,
I've got it," He then asked Williams and
Cammack to help him put the body out oil
sight. This the horror stricken men refused
to do In the most positive terms. They
were almost mute with terror. the sudden
ness of the transaction completely unnerv
ing them. They could not, however, be
brought to touch the bleeding body of their
late companion and Beebe vent about the
task of concealing it himself. Approach.
ing the bloody morsel of humanity which
bis heartlessness had so suddenly robbed of
life, he was about to lift 1t in his arms
when he started back and exclaimed,
he amt dead yet" With this remark
Beebc drew his revolver and
'. SdOI AAAfHEHE AGAIN. y
He then rolled the quilt upon which it
was lying about the body and carried it
down the bank of the creek, where
he concealed it in the bushes and weeds
Neither Williams nor Cammack inspected
the remains closely enough to ascertain
where the shots took effect. They did not
60 nearer to it than where they stood while
the shots were being fred, but they have
every reason to believe Lamphere was dead
when Beebe carried him down into the
bushes and laid him away. After this was
done Beebe hid all of Lamphere's clothes
and had about completed his work of con.
cealing the evidences Of his crime, when it
suddenly occurred To- him that the quilt he
had left about the body belonged to one Of
the other members of the party. He said.
1T won't doNto leave that. It will give us
away" Then he went down into the bushes;
unrolled the guilt from about the body Of
Lamphere and brought It to the wagon. Al.
ter this the party packed up their traps and
started away. from the scene of slaughter
taking the direction Of Brule City, which
place they reached Saturday night. Alopa
the road ="
BEEBE DIDN'T FAY MUCH i
about the murder, except to caution his
companions not to give him away, which
was a repetition Of a request made by him
just after he had concealed the body. vii.
ilams and Cammack kept their own
counsel and on their arrival at Brule Civ
the former sought the advice Of James Som
err, an. old acquaintance of his. After list.
ening to the details Of the case somers de-.
clared it to be his intention to arrest Beebe
and take him to Yankton, Williams and
Cammack agreeing to accompany him and
assist in guarding the prisoner and to ap.
pear As witnesses against him. Meanwhile
Beebe was
PREPARING TO rscAPr. y
having procured q horse for the ostensiblt