The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-16
Murder Runs Rampant at DeLamar and
Yale this Week.
COLLEGE ENTERTAINMENT
Republican Primaries TO.day-Death
Of A. T. Drake-COntest at Middle.
tOn-Other Notes Of Interest.

Crime seems to travel in waves.
For months the country will be quiet
and peaceable, when suddenly every
body is shocked by crime after crime,
following upon each other in rapid
succession. A few years ago several
killings occurred on Succor creek, and
so rapidly did one tragedy follow an
mother, that that country became
known as "bloody succor." Suddenly
all discord seemed to cease, and more
quiet, peace-loving community cannot
be found. This spring the entire
country within radius of sixty miles
of Caldwell seems to be afflicted by the
contagion of crime, and a day not
marked by the commission of some
bold crime is hardly worthy Of place
on the calendar. The killing of Sam.
Pritchard, at Oreana, seemed to open
the ball. Then followed shooting and
cutting scrapes of more or less impor-
tence at Caldwell, Mountain Home,
Glenn's Ferry, and Boise City, to say
nothing of several bold burglaries.
Here are three more chapters.
Last Friday week, at DeLamar, in
Tommy Halls saloon, John Morrison,
lately from Texas, and L. F. Reed had
some words over awoman of ill-repute
Words soon turned to pistols, and the
battle opened. Morrison got in the
way of two bullets, one striking him
in the neck narrowly escaping the Jug
ular vein, and the other passing through
the muscles of the left arm. Reed
managed to stop bullet with his left
leg, below the knee. Nine shots in all
were fired. Morrison will probably
die. Reed has quite hard reputation
but Morrison was generally known as
quiet fellow.
DeLamar's second tragedy occurred
last Tuesday evening at o'clock p. m.
Peter Medlin and W. A. Steele were
neighbors, and had some little dispute
over piece of ground. Medlin order
ed Steel off of the ground in contro-
versy, and upon the failure of the lat
ter to comply with his preemptory or
ders, he stepped into his house, return
ed with shot gnn, took deliberrte aim
and fired the charge into Steels side
Assistance soon arrived and the
wounded man carried for, while the
murderer was taken into custody. In
spite of all efforts Steele died two
hours later, while Medlin was hurried
to Silver City to escape lynching. The
wives of both mon witnessed the quar-.
rel and murder.
VIM. Humbert was returning home
from primary election at Vale, last
Tuesday. 1t seems that during the
day he had had some disagreement
with other parties. When within q
few rods of his home and in sight OF
his wife and children. two men sud
denly rode up behind, fired five or siS
shots, put spurs to their horses anG
disappeared over the hill. The muir
dered mans little girl ran to where he
had fallen from his horse, but the faith
err was corpse. Four gaping bullet
holes in his back and one through hi.
hat told the viciousness of the assault
The frenzied wife summoned assistanc,
and man by the name of VIM. Bale,
appeared on the scene, and took charg,
of the body. He went to the store ant
purchased a suit of clothes for the
murdered man, helped lay out an(
wash the body, stayed with the CORPSE
most of the night, and consoled with
the heart broken widow and children
The next morning both he and hi.
brother John were arrested for tn,
murder, and the chain of evidence il
conclusive. Threats of lynching be
came so pronounced that a company O.
militia from Baker City was ordered