, 1888-02-16

morning Sheriff Duncan with Thos.
Allen repaired to the house OF Andrew
Clark who owned u ranch about two
miles west of Muzzy's and across the
lake where his wife ana child ard the
youngest brother Of the three were
living, with the intention cf arresing
Henry Clark, il there, and informing
Andrews wife Of the terrible death of
her husband, while the balance Of the
jury concluded to return to the bloody
grounds and make more thorough
search to see If any trace could be
found of the missing man, and follow
up the trail. Upon arriving at the
gro ind the party spiead out in order
to leave no point uncovered. Mr..
Gilbraith had not gone more than
four or five rods until ne ran upon the
body lying on the back in dense
growth of very small fir trees. The
body was left in the position djscov-
! cred and the party returned to Muzzy's
until Sheriff Duncan returned, who in
the meantime had visited the family
of the dead man Clark There no in
timation had been received of the diff
| ficulty. VIM. Clark was found in the
barn. Duncan asked him il his BROTH
ers were at home. He stated that
they had been gone to their claim for
II couple of days. Then Duncan
asked II he knew there had been any
trouble over there. The brother said
no. Then Duncan broke the news of
the shooting saying that Andrew had
been found dead and that Henry was
missing and supposed To be wounded.
The young man said il Andrew is dead
you will find Henry not far off from
the body of his brother, as he would
never leave him AS long rs he was alive.
They then went t. neighbcrs and
| made arrang ments with him to con-
vey Mrs. Clark and child to her
father, Mr.. Gardner, living on Pleas
ant Prairie, while VIM. Clark should
drive around the lake acd get the
| bodies, to be- also taken to Pleasant
Prairie for int.rment. At this time
the jury was considerably wrought up
over The non-arrival Of the coroner,
and decided to make a thorough inves-
| tigation OF the entile grounds
upon which the shooting Was done,
! and also to examine the body of
| Henry Clark. AS stated the body
was lying at full length ON the back
with the right arm bent i'll and II
pistol between the hand and body. In
this shape it was left until the arrival
OF DIR. Penfeld, who reached the
ground about 3 80 yes terduy afternoon.
| Prior to the arrival OF the coroner the
jury went over the ground for the
purpose Of ascertaining how many
shots were fired 1t was plainly
| evident that Andrew Clark had not
discharged his gun. Where Mills
| stood two cartridge shells were found,
but from the testimony aiterward
adduced he must have fired ut least
half dozen shots. Where Muzzy
stood three discharged cartridges
were found, which corresponded with
his statement of the shots he fired.
Henry Clark's pistol had three empty
| chambers Again the party returned
| to Muzzy's house to await Ponheld's
arrival, where it was decided that ii he
did not arrive by 3 O'Clock the bodies
| would be taken to the Idaho Line
to meet him and there eold
the inquest. AT ) o'clock just
as the party was preparing to
move, the doctor was seen across the
lake, about two miles away. AS two
bodies were at the house and one
where it had fallen, point about
| half way between the house and
| where the coroner was seen, the bodies
were loaded in'o wagon and con.
| veyed to the scene Of the murderous
affair SO that the inquest could
be held dir, city where the
fatal wounds We're received.
| Upon meeting, the preliminaries were
quickly arranged. Henry Clark had
not been moved and he was the
| first examined, when most
shocking. discovery was made.
1t was plainly evident that the unfor-
tunate man had taken his own life
after suffering for hours from his
wound and exposure, and the two
shots heard during the previous night
were those fired by his own hand,
hurling his soul into eternity. 1t IL
supposed that when first shot, the ball
taking effect under the right shoulder
aud passing through 10 the skin ON
the back, that ne fell, just after
firing tho shot that killed Mills,
MS it would be n physical impos-iblity
for Mills to have fired after receiving
| MS dchth "ounu, as the oul'ec passed
directly through the heart it shows
that Mills IN this case as in
that of Andrew. fired first. Also
proof that Henry CLARK fired the fatal
shot, rs the bullet killing Mills was Il
pistol ball. and his pistol being
the only Que discharged. But
this shot in the sh ulder was not
the one that cut short the llie
iOf young Clark. There were two other
frightful wounds in the face, one cut
ting open the forehead and the other
striking directly in the eye. The pis-