Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-25
THE BELLEVUE HOMICIDE.
ANOTHER REPORT OF SUNDAY
MORNINGS TRAGEDY.


Cured -ChiatOvich Said to Have Re.
nsained with the Dead As Minutes be.
fore Giving Himself Up-Supposed
Cause Of the Shooting.
FROM the TINES Special Reporterl
BELLEVUE, July %.
Early this morning our town was
stirred up by the firing Of three
shots that apparently came from the
direction of the rear Of the Wine
House, owned by Messrs. Chiato-
vich 4 Lucich, and run as a first
class saloon. Although several say
they heard the shots, it appears that
no one went to see what the trouble
was, but for what reason l am not
prepared to say. Sometime after
say 80 or As minutes, Peter Chiato
vich, one of the partners, appeared
ON the street looking for Justice Red
sull, the Sheriff, or some other off
Ger, and on Justice Rcdsull going
over to the cabin occupied by the
partners as an eating and sleeping
room, he found Mitchell Lucich w.
ing against the door, which was
partly closed, dead. Chiatovlch
gave himself up, saying he had done
the killing, and wished to place him.
self under the care of an officer, when
Constable w. f. Davis appeared on
the scene. and took him in charge.
Spiro Gregovich, who was peddling
vegetables at the early hour of 5
O'Clock, and countryman and friend
OF both parties, arrived, and with the
help OF another friend placed the
body Of Lucich, the deceased, OF. a
bed in the room, which is only about
l2x14 feet.
On examination it was found that
the deceased had received two bullet
wounds, one entering the right side
between the fourth and fifth ribs and
lying under the skin in the same To-
cation on the left side. The other
ball entered an inch or SO to the left
OF the navel, passed below the hi,
joint, and came out almost six inches
from where it entered The latter
wound nippcd the inte RAILS some-
what, while the former passed through
the lower lobe of the right lung and
through the top of the heart to the
bottom, cutting completely in two
the two ventr.cles. The third ball
missed its mark and went through the
bedding and into the floor.
The deceased, when found, had
only his shirt and drawers on, and
the powder stain was on the shirt
near the entrance of the side wound,
a powder stain was also on the de-
ceased's left hand, as though he had
hold of the revolver or else there was
struggle. These few lines are only
given from your correspondents own
ideas.
These are the facts from what was
seen on the arrival of those first
present.
What was at tkc bottom of the af
fair is mystery, and probably al
WAYS will be, but it is supposed to
be about this: The deceasc |, who.
from appearances, was the business
man of the firm, desired to contrib
ute a small sum toward the removal
of the Postoflice to their immediate
neighborhood, next door, and Chat
ovich objected to any such subscrip-
ton. Words are known to have
passed between the two several times
since, and last evening they were re-
newell with still more vigor, and
what occurred, afterward, so far as
your correspondent can learn, have
given above. 1t is the general sup
position among those best posted
that the first shot was fired while de-
ceased was asleep, but it missed
him, and the report awaked him,
when he jumped from the bed re-
ceived the shot in the left hip; Chi
atovich ut the same time backing
toward the door. And when the
last shot was fired the latter was
outside and the deceased had hold
Of the door, when he received the
shot through the heart, falling
against the door, and thus partly