Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-03-17

Lei Hsllstrom turned around once Of
twice. 10 about two steps. and fell
right here. | saw his eyes Sc, at once
and said: "The man is dead" When
] heard the shot l saw Lei Hsllstrom',
coat Was still MISUNDERSTANDING
from the shot. Louis stood BY him,
aud shot him from behi"d, shot him in
the back. H. WAS ~ close to him a
this Holding her hands about foot
apart Hallstrom says, as he fell,
VT! oh! obi" Louis then eaid
"l've fixed him!" This is how I,
happened. Only two shots were fred.
The FIRST up there, by job" He"del,
to scare. Tho second by Louis.
Louis himself said he had killed the
man. aud tina. he vas going to hun,
up the Sheriff aud give himself up.
Aud he told Sheriff Jackson, on giving
himself up, ,hst he had killed man.
In answer TO questions by jurors:
There WAS no one else in the house Ut
that time. DULY myself and Lei,
John Hendel aud LOUIS. All tho
others run away As soon as John
H. ndel came out bleeding aud showed
tight. ! stood here ia the door, John
tie",t-l about two feet nwa> from n e.
aud Louis that about y foot1 clos. 20
L. | ant about six feet from where
job" and | stood. Louis sa,d he had
killed the man, ard saw 1t done. |
almost saw the bullet 90 from his gun,
aud saw the n~"'s Goa, burning from
powder. l looked ut Lee as he fell
o" his face and saw his eyes set. /
said: ''Oh, John, the man 10 dead '"
The moment the shot was heard John
and | stood still, right there, in and
near the bedroom door. When nv
husband used forcible language to
get them to 60 Lei Halls,rom said:
ii won't 60 out. I'll kill you before
leave the house."
To a rep",tsr's question Mrs. Hem
del said: Only two shots were fired.
Louis shot Lei here Touching the
right side, back. above tie lumbar
r-eion].
Repl! ing to the Coroner she said:
The revolver my husband had was
handed to Sheriff Jackson. l would
r+rtai"lv know it again, as it was
mine. The one Louis used we did not
know he had at all. The little fellow,
after he shot Lei, went and thr~ W
Ills gun in the water closet. Charley
Sherry made him fish it out aud told
i'm he should give il to the Sheriff.
Charles Sherry-he can tell you good
Teal about it, % he was one of the |
irst here, and seemed to be cool aud
rot excited a bit.
THE "GUNs."
Sheriff Jackson was sent after the
runs, which he had placed in the safe
II bis Office for safe. keeping.
In his absence the jury examined
he rooms, searching for possible bull
ct holes, as the testimony conflicts
70 to the number of shots. The coat
md vest OF the murdered man were
ooked over. The fatal bullet entered
What tailurs call the right side body
If the GOAT, which is the par. betwee"
he front and hack. 1t came out
trough the heart and stopped on the
inside of the vest, tearing the lining
tut not the cloth of the vest, at a
'o,nt exactly eight inches above the
over edge of the vest. A juryman
" the sheriff found a bullet in the
J. wdust, under a table, about six
eet from where the dead body was
pread out on the tables, for Dr.. Fig
Pins to examine it. The bullet prob.
IDLY dropped unperceived and rolled
o where it was found, 90 Dr.. Higgins
,nbuttoning the vest.
When the sheriff returned tho re.
'olvers we're examined, and the hul.
cts tried. One, the larger, fitted tie
anger revolver Colts navy As
,alihre, long barrel-d. The other and
mailer bullet fitted the other revolver
a common British Bulldog, "A.
,slibre short barrel. The smaller bull
ct Was badly battered and torn at the
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