Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-15
LEMal COUNTY SENSATION,
salmon CITY Recorder.


Salmon City Recorder
Last Friday morning ) mysterious
affair occurred at North Fork. Mrs.
Maggie Hull has been doing the cook
ing At Thomas hotel, and Thursday
night Mr.. Thomas, George Crogah
and John Miller were al three occd-
py,ng . room in the house and were
quietly sleeping st about 3 a. NJ.
whom the door WAS burst open and
Mrs. Hull entered screaming, "Oh,
I'm murdered! I'm murdered! I'm
shot!' The three men sprang from
their beds and on making light they
were horri6ed to find Mrs. Hull in her
night dress with blood streaming
from her left arm. They quickly
placed her on q chair and On examin-
ing the arm found an ugly looking
wound through the fleshy part of the
left arm and her head cut and bruised.
They bandaged the injured arm and
put her to bed. She was greatly ex-
cited but finally made the following
statement: She said while she was
asleep in the room IN the east end Of
Thomas house, used as a kitchen,
two men came in, and after render
ing her unconscious by the use of an
esthetics. carried her away. She
said she did not regain consciousness
until they were carrying her across
the North Fork, wading the stream.
After crossing they struck into the
old trail on the east side of the stream
and when they arrived at point
nearly opposite the house they shot
her through the arm and went away
and left her. She was barefooted,
but managed to walk back to the
house via the old trail and bridges,
although she was so faint from loss OF
blood that she was obliged to sit
down and rest for half an hour 10 one
place.
As soon as daylight came three
gentlemen started out Oh a tour ol
inspection. They easily tracked heI
by the blood which they followed
across the bridges and OIL arriving al
the spot described found quite poo
of blood and 80 calibre pistol, from
which one shot had been fred. Thi.
weapon was identified as one which
Mrs. Hull had borrowed from Johnny
Rowe few days previous.
| This party examined the ground
carefully and failed to discover eth
er man OF horse tracks, although they
found the marks made by Mrs. Hull
bare feet, from the point where the,
struck into the trail going and lead
ing beyond where the shooting tool
place and along the trail returning
There was no sign of a struggle, ant
although she declared that one of tn
men fell down the bank to the creeI
no sign of this was seen. Her nigh
clothes we're soaking wet up to he
knees, disproving her statement tina
she was carried across the creek. !
is the generally accepted theor
among those on the ground that tn
woman in fit of temporary insanity
, did the shooting herself. She tol
. Geo. Thomas where to find the pisto
which was picked up in the spot ind
l Gated by her.
The affair is strange one, as n
: motive can be assigned to any on
for the deed. The wound is a pain
full one but not serious. We under
stand that a party of men have bee
securing the neighboring mountain
in search of the midnight assassin
but with no success. Mrs. Hull
the woman who was arrested la:
= winter on charge of poisoning he
husband, but no evidence was foun
on which to hold her.
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!, THE Democrat says R. E. Wake