The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09

Fred Smith Beats Jacob Brinkerhoff
to Death in q Drunken Row.

Fred Smith Beats Jacob Brinkerho1
to Death in q Drunken Row.
WIN. FOX KILLS CHAS. FLEAK.
Last weeks murders in Alturas
county will cost the taxpayers
many hundreds of dollars. Two
men are now confined in the county
Jail at HALEY charged with murder
in the first degree, one Of whom, il
the story told of his crime be true,
is guilty of one of the most brutal
murders on record. The following
accounts are given of the two kill
ing scrapes by special corresp on
dent of the Statesman at Haley,
under the date of September 4th:
At Michael Fillert's ranch, Clyde
district, on Lost river, distant 100
miles from Haley, Saturday, Jacob
Brinkerhoff and Fred Smith, who
were intoxicated, had a dispute
when, it is alleged, Brinkerhoft
called Smith vile name and fight
ensued. Smith knocked Brinker-
hof down, held him and kicked
him about the lungs, heart and
groin until the victim became in
sensible. He then jumped on his
neck with both feet, standing some
time. Others now interfered and
took Smith away from his victim.
Brinkerhof died % hours later.
Dr.. Peters testified at the coroner's
inquest that Binkerhoff died of con-
jestion Of the lungs, caused by the
kicking sustained.
Settlers in the vicinity, Mortified
at Smiths brutality, would have
lynched him had he not been re-
moved by the officers before his vic
tim died.
Jacob Brinkerhoff was an old tim
er widely known. He formerly man
aged HALEY & Ish's stage line be-
tween Boise and Walla Walla. He
married into the Margetts family
in Salt Lake. He has a married
daughter in Park City and another
at Logan, Utah. During the past
8 or 10 years he has been opening
mines in the Clyde district. He
was aged 81 or 63 years.
Smith has been brought in and
lodged in the HALEY Jail charged
with the murder. He is German
aged A, and has been in the United
States II years. He does not seem
to realize the gravity of the crime
with which he is charged. He is
accused of shooting down cattle or
other stock that strayed onto Rog-
er's Ranch of which he has charge,
also with driving a pitch fork into
a valuable horse a few weeks ago.
For the last offense, which he de-
MED, he was put under $500 bonds
to keep the peace. He will be held
subject to the order of the Fourth
district court.
CHARLES FLEAK SHOT AND KILLED.
"About 10 o'clock yesterday
morning William Fox sought Sher-
IF Jackson in this city and gave
up, saying he had killed
Charles Fleak, of Soldier, on Skele-
on creek, tributary of South Boise
liver, Alturas county. The killing
occurred last Friday. The day i'm
preceding Fleak went to
skeleton creek, where Fox kept his
lock of sheep, assisted by herder.
Fleak said he would bring his
heep there the next day. Fox re-
died that, being there with his
heep, Fleak should 60 elsewhere
With his.
The next day, Friday, Fleak
brought his sheep to Skeleton
:reek and drove them in among
sox's. The latter demonstrated
When Fleak began driving the two
'ands of sheep unfortunately.
Fox objected and tried to pick his
sheep out from the Fleak band and
he latter shot at him with a rifle,
,ut missed him. Fox thereupon
discharged a rifle shot, killing
7leak.
Leaving his herder in charge.
Fox rode to Soldier, where he left |
word to have Fleak's brother in
ormed of what he had done. He
hen came to Haley to give himself
10. Fox is native of Illinois,
bout IS years old. He came to
his coast As years ago, in 1848,
md has followed the mining camps
'ver since. He has lived in Cali
ornia, Utah, Boise and elsewhere
n Idaho. He quit mining and
Fought band Of sheep with his
avings when getting too old to
york. He never had any trouble