The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-25

RIVALS or TIE BDMDR FAMILY.
Hsrribls Dstchsriss ef The sta1 ebaaan
n senfAeaatsf1 xaniaA
Not since tn hoerible esjmee e -
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apoa vsagsasos = whsa ~ bleody
butchsriss committed b. H. Std sbaek
fanily ct Galsoa, Kaasas, were rsesstiy
brought to light By H. ooassasioas a.
two Of IL msmbefs, Oofs aad 0eosRe
HtaMsback, in thsir trial It Columbas
let vssk for the nurdsr a Ftaak Gal.
breath in Jsly, whoa thsy killed and
robbed, thea threw his body into - Old
abandoaed miaisg shaft asar By.
The Stadleback family cossists of tAsse
soas, mother and step- fathes and the wife
Of one of the soss, George stahlshack,
who with bis mother, Nm. Charles Wilsoa,
wss convicted Of murder In the Arss Do.
gree in the Galbraith case.
Dnr,sg the trial both George and Cora
6tufieback broke down and coafeased to
the horrible butchsrias that hsve besa
committed BY the family It varioas times.
At that time Mrs. Charles .Wilsoo,
mother Of the 6tadleback boys, kept
questionable resort in the four-Eoom log
cabin where these crimes were committed.
Two girls, whose names George Stafle-
back could not give, were living with
Nike and Ed Stafleback ct the time, and
saw the peddlsr murdered. They wsrs
threatened with dire vengeance if they
should ever reveal what they Jaw. A few
nights later Mixes paramount quarreled
with him and threatened to leave the
hoase. Fearing she would bstray him no
seized her By the throat and choked her
to death in the presence of Ed 6tadleback
and the other girl. The latter attempted
to save the girl from Mixes murderous
clutches, when Ed crushed her skull With
= six shooter. The dead bodies were then
wrapped In . sheet and put under the
bed until late ct night, when they were
thrown into the same shaft where the
peddlers body had been dumped. Then .
lot o. Loose earth and rocks were thrown
into the shaft to keep the bodies from
coming to the surface, q Galbreathb body
had done.
Cora 6ia6leback was taken to Galena
and she pointed out the shaft where the
bodies we're thrown. A steam pump was
put to work to pump out the water Of the
three shafts near the Stameback house. !
From one of the shafts pair Of mems
drawers, with particles Of human hesh
thereto, was ashed out, and .
portion Of Q womans waist was also
found there.
All day great crowds Of angry men
stood about these shafts, waiting to see
The remains Of the bodies 80 long hidden
here. Fully 400 men were there ready
% 60 to Columbus to lynch the Static.
packs as soon a. these bodies we're found
The searchers for the remains of some
If the victims we're rewarded by the find-
ng Of two punches of human hair and
zones, one supposed to be womanI rib
md another portion of . human arm
Other fragments we're found in the shaft
to be portions of . human skull.
)ne OF the punches of hair was sent to .
'arber and washed, after which micro
copic examination was made BY two
|octors, who pronounced it human hair.
his hair was long, black and silky and
the statement Of Cora Static
Jack to the effect that one Of the girls
rhom Ed and Mike stufaeback murdered
nd threw into the old mining shaft had
Hack hair.
At last accounts the sheriff had strong
orce of guards and deputies ready to
esist any attempt at lynchinz.
So far, evidence Of six murders believed
. have been committed BY the Static
acks has been secured, and under press.
70 Of investigation there ID scarcely .
~ that does not add to this ftishtfui
ecord. These murders extend over a
eriod Of about four years. All were of
ae most brutal character imaginable.
desire for triAing gain was the
lotive; again the thirst for blood WAS
ppermost. X
The entire family possess the lowest
sstincts and most brutal impulses, they
ave been reared in crime and bred in
,fsmy. The mother, who il now 65
ears Of age, has been their preceptor and
10 inclter of their crimes. Of her Is ID
hildren, not one has led 40 upright life.
While the Bsnders murdered, robbed \
nd buried their victims, the Sta faebacks I
murdered and robbed their victims ana
Jumped the bodies into some convenient 4
lining shaft. In
lRAilroad Over WAits Pass. (
New York and Seattle men have 4
nbscribed the capital necessary to 4
uild . narrow-gauge railway from \
kaguay over the White pass to y
AXE Bennett. In the avndicafa ara II