Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-07-07
ORAPER'S Gun
DID: THE WORK
His Unerring Aim Put
End to Chase Of
Robbers


r,sd g. Bloom, came { to his death
Nv a gun shot wound inflicted by
u.rrv Draper Of Spokane acting under
..o authority Of Sheriff r. H. Rich
ards and that the wound was inflicted
.fter stank had been ordered to matt |
to the verdict Of the coroner's jury OF
.sotin The inquest was held last
,,ght The finding of the jury at
.oohes no blame to Draper.
The capture Of Stang and his two
oopnanions Mike Burns and FRANK
1,-o,xn was the climax OF a lively
.noso IN which Sheriff R. H. Richards,
Don,tv sheriff Nose Martin, Deputy
rssr,ff H. Babendorf of Asottn
county. Harry Draper Of Spokane and
exo-;ff w H. Dixon of Garfield county
took part
Fuoitivss Ars Loeassd.
Sheriff Richards told the 1oi'o"i"s
account Of the capture:
quarry Draper and went through
-,or, lewiston to Riparia, arriving
.h.re at 3 O'Clock in the morning,
MAILING the nine hour trip from Lew
teton in a row boat. Early that morn
inc Thursday. we received word from
aro ~ the deputies working his way
aowr the river that he had trace OF
.ha three men and thought they were
ohout 10 miles ahead Of him. At that
t,me the deputy was 20 miles up the
.,,,o- so we knew the men were be-
tween US.
1--WE came to the conclusion that
thew were on Goose island a. tna'
.eemed to offer the best hiding place
Two of us got saddle horses and start
ed IN the south bank while the otne'
two went up the north bank part o.
the way on a hand car and part o.
the way on a work train.
when we got opposite the island
10 miles above Riparia we called II
william Brown who lives on tn
island, who came over after US witt
a row boat and then brought one
the men from the other side. we pea
all over the island, but could not nm
them. They were not camped there
Make Capture At Dusk.
I'VE finished the search just at dusi
about 8 o'clock and were on the lowe
end Of the island bathing our head
as we were all of us almost In.
"Just at that time Martin who wa
left on the north bank of the rive
yelled, halt and an instant later be
gan to shoot Looking up we sa
three men in boat coming TOWARD
us. Instead Of hating they were row
ing with all their might and we a
opened fire. fired three shots and {
not know how many the others fire
I'VE were Just putting Off in a bo
to take up the chase and had not 60
ten out OF the eddy yet when star
was seen to fall. This ended the figi
The other two men immediate
turned the boat towards us and 4
shooting stopped.
Conscious to the Last
"Stane was shot tust above I
heart He was conscious to the ls
and died tust as the boat was pulli
into Almota Yesterday Before he d,
he told US his true name was Fl
Bloom and that he lived in Frt
erickstad. Norway"
BEFORE Burns and Brown W
locked uu last night at Asotin II
were carefully searched. When
soles OF their shoes were ripued O,
complete set Of fine saws was foy
in each. This IL the way the n
smu~vled in their saws to make tn
tail break
Calls Special Jury.
special jury has been called
Judge Miller to meet on the 24th
this month to try the two men Blu
and Brown on the robber and
breaking chargep to avoid their be
held over during the warm sumr
months before the November sess
OF the superior court.