The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-13
Another DeLamar Tragedy.
Ed Wood Shot in Ills Own House by Jack
Tremeliine

five pistol shots-first two and theI
three more fired rapidly, the last one
followed second later by the report
of a winchester rifle, awoke the people
in the upper end of town and a few
minutes later numbers of them were
on the street inquiring what it all
meant. 1t was soon learned tlat Ed
Wood, popular miner, had been shot
in his own house by John Trembling
another miner. Trembling, who had
been married less than a year, had come
to Woods house in search of his wife
who had left him that day, for beating
her, going to Silver City with her babe
during the day and returning in the
evening. She told that her husband
had frequently whipped her and threat
ened to kill her and she was afraid to
live with him any longer. He had fol-
lowed her to Silver City that day to
persuade her to return. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood had given her shelter for the
night and she had telephoned to her
brother, who works on Reynolds Creek,
to come for her. Trembling, knowing
his wife was stopping at Woods went
there in the night, first knocking and
kicking at the door, ahd when Wood
called out to ask what was wanted,
stepping to the window. Wood, fearing
trouble with the man, first dropped a
couple of cartri lges into the magazine
of his rifle, e,negiecting to throw one into
the barrel, set the rife against the wall
and went to the window to parley, up
braiding the man for his actions. The
window being close down to the floor,
both men had squatted down to see
each other. Wood asked Trembling
what he meant by such conduct and
Trembling replied by twice asking,
"How do you like it?" when seeing the
pistol in Tremelling's hand Wood said,
"No need of that Jack" when for an in
sant, Trembling dropped the pistol be-
and fired the five shots through the
window, the first shot striking Wood
on the upper right side Of the breast
bone and ranging back and downward
through the top of the lung. As soon
ae a shot was fred Wood reached for
his gun, but owing to the wound re-
received and the fact that he had to
throw cartridge into the barrel, did
not get shot until his assailant had
emptied his gun and started to run.
The shot went wild. Trembling had a
horse tied across the street, but as it
was in range of Woods rifle he aban-
doned it.
These are the circumstances as told
by Wood and his wife TO the persons
first on the ground.
When Trembling ran away he drop
ped so completely out of sight that not
a trace of him could be found, the next
morning. Deputy Sheriff Pascoe, as
soon as the tragedy occurred, telephon-
ed Sheriff Crocheron, who came down |
before daylight and at once called up
every telephone station in the neigh
borhood and notified them to look out |
for the man, but no clue could be found |
to trace him until Pascoe found him,
late in the evening, hiding in the brush |
on the mountain, and took him in, and
that same night Crocheron and Pascoe
took him to Silver City for safe keep
ing, the indignation being so strong
against him here among the miners,
with whom Wood was always popular
and Trembling had but few friends,
that the officers feared violence might
be done to him if he were held here.
The sheriff has not brought him back
for examination yet, deeming it advis
able to await the result Of Woods
John Trembling has been employed
as miner here for several years. He
has borne fair reputation for indus
try and has been good citizen except
that he has occasionally been quarrel
some and INDUCED in scrap" now
and then. A little less than a year
ago he married Miss May Kirkham,
formerly of Wood River, and is said to
have developed a very jealous disposi-
tion and his wife has complained that
he has whipped her several times. Her
reason for leaving him was on account
of whipping given her the day before
and of threats that he would kill her.
They have babe about two months
old.
Wood is miner who has been long
here and is a free-hearted
and popular man. He was married to
Miss Mary Cox, of Meridian, a few
months since, aud the two families
have been on friendly terms. J.