The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-16
Lemhi County Sensation.

Lemhi County Sensation.
Last Friday morning a mysteri.
Gus affair occurred at North Fork
Mrs. Maggie Hull has been doing
the cooking at Thomas hotel, and
Thursday night Mr.. Thomas, Geo
Crogan and John Miller were all
three occupying a room in the
house and were quietly sleeping al
about 3 A. NJ, when 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 Mortified
to find Mrs. Hull in her night dress
with blood streaming down from
her left arm. They quickly placed
her in chair and on examining the
arm found an ugly looking wound
through the f1eshy part of the arm
and her head cut and bruised. They
bandaged the injured arm and put
her to bed. She was greatly excited
but finally made the following state
ment: She said that while she was
asleep in the room in the east end
of Thomas house, used as a kitch-
en-, two men came in and, after rem
dering her unconscious by the use
of an@sthetics, carried her away.
She says she did not regain con-
seriousness 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 in one place.
AS soon as daylight came three
gentlemen started out on tour OF
inspection. They easily tracked her
by the blood which they followed
across the bridges, and on arriving
at the spot described found quite a
pool of blood and a 80 calibre pis-
toll, from which one shot had been
fired. This weapon was identified
as one which Mrs. Hull had bor-
rowed from Johnny Rowe a few
days previous.
This party examined the ground
carefully and failed to discover
either man or horse tracks, although
they found the marks made by Mrs.
Hull's bare feet. from the point
where they struck into the trail 60
ing and leading beyond where the
shooting took place and along the
trail returning. There was no sign
of a struggle, and although she de-
clared that one of the men fell down
the bank to the creek no sign OF
this was seen. Her night clothes
were soaking wet up to her knees,
disproving the statement that she
was carried across the creek. 1t Is
the generally accepted theory by
those on the ground that the woman
in a fit of temporary insanity did
the shooting herself. She told Geo.
Thomas where to find the pistol.
which was picked up in the spot
indicated by her.
The affair is strange one, as no
motive can be assigned to any one
for the deed. The wound is painful
one but not serious. We understand
that party of men have been scour-
ing the neighboring mountains in
search of the midnight assassins
but with no success. Mrs. Hull is
the woman who was arrested last
winter on a charge of poisoning her
husband. but no evidence was found
on which to hold her.-Salmon City
Recorder.
The hunting party consisting OF
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