Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-03-03
ID. ID. Wright is Shot and
Instantly Killed.
HE FALLS In THE PUBLIC STREET.
Special Agent Rose Charged With The
Murder. He is Held to the Grand
Jury In Bond Of $1,000.


est grief and keenest remorse has just
been witnessed in Blackfoot. David
d. Wright, pioneer of the town and
widely known in Idaho and Utah was
shot and instantly killed, as alleged,
by A. o. Rose, q special agent for the
idaho Division of the U. p. System.
The shooting was done Monday night,
near the hour of 10 o'clock on north
Main street.
The facts in the case are substan-
TALLY as follows:
Special Agent Rose was travelling
that evening on coal train from
Pocatello to Lima, Montana. When
the train reached Blackfoot and stop
ped for orders, the conductor who
had been out on the platform re-en-
tered the caboose and told the
special agent that number Of coal
thieves were robbing his train and
had already thrown off several tons.
Mr.. Rose left the caboose, walked
oyer to the court house and called up
on Sheriff Woodin for assistance in
making arrests. Mr.. Woodin, Dep
uties Winn, Deyinney and Mr.. Dineen,
returned with Mr.. Rose to the train.
When near the scene, the officers
separated, WoodIn, Winn and Devin-
ney going in one direction and Rose
and Dineen together in another direc-
tien. AS they approached the car
which was being robbed, the parties
fed and Messrs Woodin, Winn and
Deyinney began firing their guns,
some shots IN the air, and others in
the ground. In the mean time one Of
the party fed before the agent and
Mr.. Dineen, (Mr. Dineen was unarmed)
and after commanding a halt, one
time or more, Mr. Rose fred and the
fleeing party fell, about 80 feet away.
The party shot proved to be David D.
Wright. The ball a 3s caliber, Colts
patent, entered the left arm and pass
ed through the left shoulder into the
body. Death was instantaneous.
The remains of the deceased were
taken to the Pioneer drug store, where
they were kept until Tuesday after
noon, when Coroner Keefer held an
inquest. Hon. j. w. Eden, assistant
attorney for the Union Pacific, repre-
sented the defense and F. S. Dietrich
Esq, the state. The jury consisting
of Messrs Rogers, Bergman, Biethan,
Killingsworth, West, Fernish, Hopkins
and McTucker, after hearing testimony
returned verdict, in substance, that
the deceased came TO his death from
a pistol shot fred by the hand of A.
o. Rose.
This case is a peculiarly sad, sad
one, viewed from every standpoint.
It has robbed a home of a husband
and father, it has made disc0nsolate
widow and nine children fatherless.
1t has shocked whole town because
one of its pioneers, one of its first
settlers was shot in the back in the
darkness and upon its principal street,
and it has carried into the bosom OF
him who did the shooting the keenest
remorse and the bitterest regret for
the fatal shot.
The News is not disposed to pass
Judgment in the case and upon him
whom the court is so soon to judge,
Preparations for preliminary hear
ing are being made as we write this
and the fullest investigation will be
made of all the facts in the case
Should the accused be held for the
grand jury, that body will be in ses
sion within three weeks, and we know
OF no reasons why the case should
not be disposed of at this March term
of the court. In view Of these facts
it is proper that THE News should
withhold its Judgment.