Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-03

guns 1t has to be loaded each
time after firing. Witness took the
gun to his fathers house; he borrowed
1t from William Brock about three
months ago. to 60 to Snake river
hunting deer. When the difficulty
commenced the gun was standing
either behind the door, or in the
closet about three inches from the
door; witness used the gun about two
weeks before, to shoot at q crow, and
left a cartridge in it; the crows were
out on the fiat, near the house where
the tragedy occurred; witness took
two shots at them, and intended to
take another; he therefore reloaded
the gun, but as he did not shoot, he
left the cartridge in it. Just before
the shooting deceased threatened to
strike her at different times, and also
attempted to; witness pushed him
off FIVE or six times, and Mrs. Smith
ran into the bedroom, deceased
rushed at the door, and kicked it
open in; opening it slammed against
her, throwing her against the foot of
the bed; she caught her balance and
Strengthened up; after she got straight
he caught her by his left baud, about
the center of her right arm; he
raised his right arm, in the at
titude Of striking; before he
could strike witness caught de-
ceased's arm and pulled him back
out of tho door; deceased bumped his
head on the door and this made a
scar on the right check bone; he then
attacked witness for doing so, bu,
the latter, instead of fighting pushed
him off an arms length; deceased
thereupon swore that he would clean
them out, and proceeded to attempt to
do so, but witness succeeded in re-
treating until the stove stood between
witness and deceased, the former
standing in the bedroom door, and the
latter on the east side of the stove
Deceased then backed up against the
east wall, witness facing him, but
on the other side of the stove, and be
deceased made another attempt t,
attack witness mother; this must
have been the seventh attempt-aud
as he was going to make that attack
he advanced with clenched fist, in
somewhat Of a crouching attitude
and as he did so the defendant tool
up the gun, and as deceased had
made about three steps,
SIZE FIRED.
Deceased had then got to abou
the center of the room. As Mrs
Smith fred deceased fell backward
he had nothing in his band, thai
witness could see, when lie advanced
toward his mother; deceased said
81 will clear you both out!" just a
he started. Deceased was moving
when the shot was fired; when tn
shot struck him his knees began t,
bend first, before anything else, ane
he fell with the right leg partly unde
him and caught under the leg unde
the head Of the lounge. Witness
Strengthened the decoased's legs, be
cause the right leg was in kind of
cramp-he did this to make deceased
more comfortable: witness supposed
him dead. He witness had had con
siderable difficulty in keeping hi
father from his mother, as decease
was stronger than he. When tn
shot was fired, witness was standin
on the opposite side of the stove
from his father, in the front room; di
not see his mother reach for the CUR
When the fatal shot was fred, h1
mother was standing just inside tn
threshold of the bedroom. Whe
witness father fell his mother did nc
say anything that he can recollec'
|, she went to his head, and looked at i
she then put on her shawl and ha
and started down; witness went owe
to Browns to get Uncle Johnn
West, and said to him to come ov'
and stay with his father while he wei
down town; witness returned HON
aud from there down town to Sc
\ some friends; met DR.. Mckay I
. Wertheimer's store, and also the d.
, PENDANT. Fur cap shown.] This
). the cap deceased had on when he WI