Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-04-16

very little, and never mentioned her I
folks or told where she came from.
She had . quick, mean temper, wss +,
very uneasy, and could not sit still for
any length of time, hut would fire.
quently suddenly jump from her chair
and run to the door as though expect
ing some one. The murdered women
Lizzie Thomas, told Mira Schaffer that
her father was farmer named Ware,
and lived near Kansas City. She said
she had, in company with her husband, +
and Broomfeld and wife, journeysd
from her home to Walla Walla, where
the party started out in = wagon
bound for the Four Lakes country, and
that they had stopped at Coss' ranch
on the new Collville road, where her
husband bought q horse from two
strangers and started off with them
for the purpose Of looking at stock |
range on the Columbia river, promising |
the party to either write or Join them
at Spokan Falls in short time. Liz
zie seemed anxious about her husband
until brought the news Of having re-
ceived letter from him, after which
she made no signs Of anxiety. Mrs.
Schaiier told Lizzie she had noticed
Broomfield and his wife engaged in
conversation and casting wicked glan,-
es at her, and advised her not to go
with them, but to remain at her house
until Mr.. Thomas should come for her.
To this Lizzie laughingly replied that
she was not afraid of them, and also
that she had more money in her trunk
than they were worth.
| In speaking of the tattooing on her
arm Lizzie said young man had piac-
J ed it there long ago, and that the let
tcrs M. Il. were his initials
; About the lst Of March the party
left Sehatfer's, saying they were going
to join Mr.. Thomas at his ranch on
the railroad, and we next hear of them
at ,Comaskys, near the head of Big
Lake, where Robert Hendren again
, falls in with them, about the ID or Sd
/ Of March.
Hendren says they arrived At Co
: masky's about 5 o'clock p. m. The
, man refused to let the women enter
D the house, hut forced them to do their
. cooking in the open air.
E During the evening Hendrcn saw
t Broomiield approach Lizzie and whis
per TO her, to which she replied, "Oh,
J Ed, you can cali me what you like now
!; all my moneys gone" She then re
t tired to the wagon, and he angril,
:. kicked the IRE out, after which ht
y paced up and down restively, seeming
Il in deep study.
l. The noSt morning after breakfast
3 Brooniield allowed the women to en-
:, ter the house, but went with them ant
i, watched them closely. They left Go
" masky's about 10 o'clock, previous t.
which Hendren had noticed the tat
t toong on Lizzie's arm. This was tn,
h last he saw Of the party until he rec
7, ognized the corpse in tfis city. Th
', tnurder must have been committed OF
% the night after leaving Comasky's, TO
N Mrs Coss saw the same horses, draw
G. in. the same wagon pass her house tn
Is next morning, and the wagon contain
< ed hut two people, one man and on
n woman. f4-
n AS near as we can calculate, tn
lg murder must have been committed o
ct the night Of the 9th Of March, fo,
r according 10 our authority, Broomfel
We and wife arrived at Rassett's on tn
r- evening of the 9th Of last montl
le They told Mr.. Bassett that their aur
had gone below bJ way of Colfax, an
Sc thaa they were disgusted with til
,n country and would sell out cheap ar
10 leave it. Mr.. Bassett bought the
he hurses, wagon and outfit for abo,
lis 800, at the same time agreeing
as take them to Walia Wulla, which
st. did, leaving them in that city {
no about the ! lth slt. They spent Il
mt night Of the 18th in WaIiuia, Broo,
'or field sleeping on the boat and his wi
il; in the hotel. Reports say they Il
liz trscted attention by their uneasy |
,as havior, neither of them sleeping mo
,ce than five inmates at a time. Fro
ad this point we lose trace Il them, b
on the general supposition is that tn
,he have gone back 10 Missouri.
me Man who went from here to- y hs
The the corpse was found, and examli'
ted the erounA, are of the opinion ri
bat the party stopped az 'afs 10 camp
~ the n ,;.t, and that either Brooi.lii'
.rr o. MS wife t,pro.eiel Ma Jh3n.
rlal the pm.zie of a pistol =, /
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