, 1888-02-16
The Dispute Over . Worthless
Piece of Land.
The Result Of Indulging In
Claim Jumping.
The Shocking Suicide After Re.
ceiving u Serious Wound.

MOI until IL % cioCk iusJ nIgnJ Wneh
H. w. Greenberg, the REVIEW repre-
sentative, returned from his trip TO
Newman lake, the scene Of the late
terrible tragedy, was the least particu.
lars known Of the shooting, and his
report goes To show that al! statements
heretofore made in regard to the af-
fray have been far from expressing the
facts. The tragedy is of far more
shocking character than our people
had any idea Of, and instead of two
deaths, three lives have been lost over
piece of land not really worth the
lead used in this fearful destruction of
life. A the reports published have
been so inaccurate We may as well be-
gin Mt the beginning, so to spea'. The
scene of the triple killing is located
on the eastern shore Of Newman lake,
only about four miles from the IdabO
line, and some eight miles almost di-
rectly north of Cowley's bridge. The
hand is unsurveyed, and only two or
three families live in the neighbor-
hood. The country is a wilderness,
without roads, and almost impossible
for teams. 1t is also very broken,
with dense growth OF timber. All
the participants in the affray have TAX
en- up claims in the neighborhood, and
the shooting grew out of the Clark
brothers. Andrew and Henry, jumping
a claim undoubtedly owned by w. Il.
Mills.
The party that left here "Wednesday
afternoon consisting of Deputy Sheriff
Duncan, III. w. Greenberg and L.
Randolph, reached Cowleys bridge
about o'clock. Coroner Penfield not
being present Sheriff Duncan proceed
cd to empannel jury, which consist
cd of ii. w. Greenberg, NJ. M. Cow
ley, Z. Randolph, VIM. Pringle, p. j.
Allen and J. w. Gilbraith. Here the
party met Lewis N. Muzzy, who was a
participant in the tragedy, and arrang-
ing for guide to convey Coroner Pen
field TO the grounds upon his arrival,
the officer, jury and witness left ut
once for L. N. Muzzy's place ut the
head of Newman lake, where they ar.
rived about IL O'Clock at night. After
putting up their horses, the party Sc
cured lanterns and returned to the
scene OF the shooting, which was about
one and quarter miles southeast of
Muzzy's house, where search was
at once made for the bodies.
Before starting upon this unpleasant
labor it was decided to commence the
earch ut the foundation of the house
Just laid by the Clarks, where Muzzy
was supposed to have seen one of the
men after the last shots were fired
This was considered especially neces-
gary as Muzzy insisted that one man
had onlybeeu wounded. and he sas
ufraid the injured party would take a
shot at him. From this point the party
proceeded toward the spot where the
oldest brother WAS supposed to have
stood when shot. On the way, and
half way up the hill. the body of An
drew Clark, the eldest brother was
found lying ON his back across dead
tree. He was stone dead. Following
the trail made by the wounded man
as be dragged himself through the
snow down the ridge, the place was
reached where he received his death
wounds. Here WAS found an ux. n
pair of nittens, the dead mans hat
and gun, the hammer down and cart
ridge undischnrged. Muzzy was ut a
loss in the dark to place the position
where Mills was seen To fall. The
party hunted up and down the hill
and back and forth over the ground
for at least ten minutes before Mills
body WAS found. AT last the remains
wers discovered, the body pitched for
ward on the face aud the arms and
legs drawn up, one hand covering his
face. EyidenLly his death. was almost
Instant neous. His gun was some
four fee, away down the hill, where it
had been pitched as he fell. The
search WIS carefully renewed for The
other CLARK hut no trace could be
found, ami, suI,posing that even il
wounded, he had escaped, the two
bodies were picked up aud conveyed
10 Mrizzy's house. During the night
= couple of shots were heard in the lt,-
cality of where the niiray took place,
one about midnight and the other
shout 3 O'clock A, the time it was
,,,.,a.ed tiiey weic fired by bclatvd