Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-01

Long, on the odd day of August,
1899, and that said knife wounds
were inflicted with criminal intent.
JAMES A. ELDRIDGE,
X. G. Bishop,
JAMES GIRToN,
FRANK BRowN,
II. g. RUPP,
X. M. SHERMAN,
d. L. DAVIS.
The post norton examination
was made by DR.. T. W. Nickel,
coroner, in the presence of the jury
and disclosed the following facts
That two knife wounds had b ell
inflicted, which were as follows
one in left side, penetrating the
abdomen aud cutting the intestincs,
the second wound entering the alb
dominal cavity above the navel.
between the navel and the sterum
and little to the right Of the
media, thence penetrating the alb
dominal cavity, causing internal
hemorrhage. The inquiry was
commenced at s o'clock a. IN. on
Sunday and was concluded at 10
p. m, The same night. About ten
witnesses were examined, all of
whom corroberated each other in
the main points of the testi-
mony, which was substan-
TALLY as has been told in THE
PRESS heretofore. Both men were
intoxicated and had been playing
cards, when Long arose, at the
same time showing the chips over
to Larabee, and remarked, "I'm
no fighting man." Long then left
the saloon, returning in about one
and One-half hours, and asked
Larabee for a settlement of his ac-
count, over which there had been
some discussion. There was a man
named ALIVE Fields working there
as cook and general roustabout,
and he remarked ut the time, "YOu
fellows are both drunk, and you
had better leave this settlement
until you get sober" to which
Long replied, ~ guess the lad is
right" at the same time turning to
go out, seemingly in good humor.
Larabee presently came from be-
hind the bar and the two went out
in front of the tent, at which time
Long was heard to again repeat the
statement, 81 am not a fighting
man. to which Larabee is alleged
to have made answer, "No, I
should say not, | could lick a forty
acre lot OF people like YOU" They
then went outside and the next
thing heard was u blow, and Lara
bee saying, what are you trying
to do to me ?' The different
witnesses vary as to how far the
two men were apart when next
seen, some saying 20 feet and
others so feet, but they all concur.
in the statement that when found
Larabee was turning as if to go
into his tent and that Long was
going into William Childs' saloon
The only two witnesses who saw
the actual fight were Thomas Nc
Evoy and Lew Virgins. McEvoy
was sitting on a log near the fracas
and Virgins was 800 feet away.
The latter witness could not say
more than that he saw the fight,
but was too far away to ascertain
who struck the first blow, the fail
ing light obscuring his vision.
From the testimony adduced so far,
it seems that the fight was more or
less forced on Long by Larabee, but
the coroner alleges that public
opinion was about evenly divided
as to the trouble and the horrible
thereof.
Coroner Nickel says that the
body was in splendid condition
when he arrived, and that Larabee
must have had wonderful vitality
to live as long as he did, with the
wounds inflicted.
The funeral services were held
on Monday by Judge Erb, of Lew
iston, and Charles Rice of Warren,
Florence and Buffalo, under the
rites of the Knights of Pythias,
Judge Erb performing the services
They then sang the hymn, "Nearer
my God to Thee" and the body was
inferred. DIR. Nickel says that the
were very impressive.
The examination before Judge
Hartman will be commenced on
September 4th.
The testimony at the coroner's
inquest and the iuquisition of the
Jury were to-day filed before JUS
tice Hartman, before whom a com-
plant had already been made, and
a warrant thereon issued. AS soon
as the occurrence was known the
warrant was issued on a complaint
made W. W. Fairburn.
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