The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-11-24
IDAHO NEWS.

Challis Messenger: Joe Andreas,
freighter, while returning from
Rocky Bar. Thursday evening, was
held up by two highwaymen on the
new Camp creek road and relieved
of $55. After emptying Mr.. An
dreas' purse they threw it back into
the wagon and told him to go on,
and ''vote Ter straight. We learn
that the two large smelters of the
Viola Mining and Reduction Works
at Nicholia have received orders
from New York to close down for
an indefinite period. The closing
down of these works will throw
several hundred men out of EN-
ployment.-rhe Viola Mining
Company have declared a dividend
for October of 81 cents share.
Idaho Democrat: Wilson and
Bradley were mining partners on
Snake river, fifteen miles from
American Falls. About six weeks
ago they dissolved and Bradley said
he would go to his family in Marsh
Basin, leaving Wilson at the claim,
who was also to go away as soon as
he could sell his mining tools.
They went to the Falls in company,
where Wilson got returns on dust
amounting to over $500, when they
separated. That night Wilson APP
peared at the ranch of James Nc
Claren, five miles from his mining
claim, bought some butter and
started on his return to camp. 1t
was the last time he was seen alive.
A few days following he was missed,
suspicious were aroused and the
neighbors instituted a search which
resulted in finding human bones
charred and brush heap where a
body had been burned. The skull,
although mostly destroyed by fire,
showed large fracture. Other
bones were scattered along a little
trail which the coroner's jury be-
lieved had been dropped by the dog
of the murdered man in attempting
to carry them from the wagon to
the camp. The two horses, wagon
and dog were found all right 1t
was supposed that Wilson had been
followed and killed while in the act
of unhitching his team. Circum-
stances pointed to Bradley as the
perpetrator of the deed, which was
done to obtain possession of Will
sons money, and a warrant was
issued for his arrest. The belief that
Bradley was guilty was strength
-ened when it was subsequently
learned that he did not return to
his home in Marsh Basin, nor had
been seen by his family. The fore
going was related by Jas. McClaren
one of the coroner's jury, who was
in Boise last week.
Lewiston Teller: A young man
by the name of A. Rodgers, aged
"a years, who resides on the Lewis
ton hill near the Rudy place, was
poisoned ON Sunday last under very
peculiar circumstances. It seems
he was putting poison in dead
COW to kill cayotes, and used his
knife as an implement, and short
time afterwards he used his knife
to cut some chewing tobacco, and
almost instantly after taking the
tobacco, he had one spasm after
another until he passed away.
Cassia County Times: The body
of Hans Jensen, who was drowned
in Snake river, near .Glepn's Ferry,
on October 10Th, has not yet been
recovered, although constant search
was made for twelve days. The
particulars of the drowning as men
toned in the dispatches were erro-
neous. Messrs. Homer Call and
T. B. Barnes, who were with Jensen
at the time Of his drowning, passed
through Albion last Sunday on their
way home, having given up search
for the body. We learned from
those gentlemen that instead of
spearing fish, as was reported in
the dispatches, hejwas engaged with
others SEEMING, and at the time Of
drowning had hold of the end of d
rope attached to the seine. All OF
a sudden he let loose Of the rope
and called for Mr.. Barnes for help
Before Mr.. Barnes could reach him,
he sank. The water was only about
five feet deep and it is yet mys.
terry to those present how he could
have drowned. The supposition is
that he either became entangled IN
the rope or was taken with cramps
and sinking was carried off with
the current. Three brothers of the
deceased from Bingham City, Utah
and one brother from Almo, this
county, were present and assisted
in the search for the. body. De
ceased was young man about 2(
years of age, and leaves a wife and
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