The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-10-30
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Details Of a Revolving Crime in Long
Valley.
MAN MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
A Cold BlOOded Fiend -Drags His Viz
tim Behind Wagon Into the Sage
Brush-Strong Talk Of Lynching
Bee.

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A special to the Statesman says:
An atrocious murder is reported from
Van Wyck in Long Valley. Details
respecting it are lacking Such infor,
nation as has been secured about the
crime was brought in last evening by
John Ireton and Mr.. Marsh. The
name of the victim is lacking, but the
man who committed the crime, as
supposed, is person known as Doc"
St. Clair.
1t seems that love of money is re-
sponsible for the tragedy, the murdered
man having been killed for some $500
that he carried on his person. From
the meager details at hand, the crime
appears to be of the most cold blooded
character. Murder is never more nor
than when one man Stays another with
whom he is journeying, and the black
ness of the crime is increased when it
is committed for the purpose of rob.
bling the one who has trusted the muir
derer to the extent of becoming / is
companion on such a journey.
1t seems that these two men were
coming out from Warrens. Some
where near Van Wyck they camped in
a cabin. The next day, or soon there
after, st. Clair appeared in Van Wyck
alone. He became somewhat intoxi-
Gated and INDUCED in statements
which aroused the suspicious of per
sons who had seen the two together.
This led to an investigation.
The party that set out to find the
missing man visited the cabin that had
been occupied by the pair. They found
evidence of something haying been
dragged from the cabin door toward a
gulch, the trail was followed up and at
some distance up the gulch they came
upon the body of the man whose life
had been ruthlessly taken by his com
panion. st. Clair was, thereupon
placed under arrest, and the local
authorities proceeded with the neces-
sary investigation of the crime.
The man who brought the informa-
ton to Marsh was young man named
Conyers, son or a Long Valley resi-
dent. Some days before, while on the
way to Van WYck.. with a load of
freight, he broke down near Marsh
and borrowed a portion of wagon
from Marsh Il Ir6ton. He returned
with the borrowed property yesterday,
arriving just before Messrs. Marsh Il
Ireton left for Boise. He told of the
murder, stating, among other things,
that he had camped with the two men
while in the valley He there saw the
victim of the murder count the money
which he had in his possession. This
is Mr.. IretOn's recollection of the
statement, though it is possible that he
said some one else saw the money
counted At any rate, the money had
been seen and its amount was known.
1t was not found upon the dead body,
nor was it discovered on the person of
st. Clair, The latter had only $40 or
Sis about him when he was taken in
to custody.
Further sinformation respecting the
murder in Long Valley furnishes ad-
ditional sproof of its having been a
most revolving crime Tom Mahan
came up from Ontario yesterday. He
met there a party of mining men, one
of whom was Joe Morton, who we're
at Van ,,Wyck at the time of the trag.
edy. They gave the name of the MUIR
dered man, but Mr.. Mahan was not
able to recall it. 1t was something
like Dale.
1t appears that st. Clair and his
victim were at Van Wyck last Friday
night. They spent some money, but it
was all furnished by the man, after
ward killed. When they left for-theIr
camp they took a bottle of whiskey
with them. The next day st. Clair
reappeared at Van NyCk with plenty