Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-17
BERT WINSLOW
FATALLY SHOT
Killed in His Office at Seat.
tie by Discharge of a
Revolver.

HldhE lFlehds mere the sad intelligence
or the death of man we'll known in
Nez Perez and Latah counties, where
he had lived for many years prior to
the time he left for the coast tn en-
gage in business. He lived in tha
Nez Perez country and was agent for
the kettenbach Grain company for two
years, stationed at the Tramway ware
house to receive and transfer their
grain Prior to that time he worked
for the Kerr Clifford company in a
similar capacity He is married and
has one child The following detailed
account of the accident is from the
Seattle Times:
AS he was signing his name to
legal document on his desk in his Of
tice at Georgetown Tuesday night, B.
0. Winslow of the Leasure & Winslow
/ Cream company was accidentally shot
and fatally wounded. C. w. Leisure
his business partner, dropped .3S cal
ibre Colt revolver. The pistol ex-
ploded as it struck the floor. The pen
dropped from Winslow's nerveless fin
gers as the bullet struck him and he
sank to the floor with a groan, leaving
his name half written on the page be-
fore him. He died soon after
police Justice Herman F. Cory of
, Georgetown, Attorney l. H. Randolph
and Police officer Tim Finn were in
the Office at the time OF the fatal acct
! dent
hIVG nrfp
the closest of friends, were at their Of
fee last night preparing some legal
papers. They were arranging to attach
some stock of a man who owed them
a feed bill. The police justice was
there in his official capacity.
Placed Gun on a Chair.
Just before Leasure signed his name
to one of the papers a man entered
the office and settled a small account
Leasure took the money to the safe.
When he returned to the front of the
office he took the big Colt revolver
from his overcoat and laid it upon a
high swivel chair. After he had sign
ed his name to second paper on the
desk he stepped back to allow his part
ner to attach his signature to the
document AS he did so he started to
sit down on the swivel stool on which
he had laid the revolver a few seconds
before. He felt the weapon on the
chair and slipped to the floor, intend
ing to take the gun and place it in a
drawer of the desk where 1t Is kept
except when one of the partners has
to carry any considerable amount OF
money with him.
CAS- he got to his feet either the seat
tipped and allowed the pistol to fall
to the floor or his coat caught the gun
and dragged it off the chair. The re-
volver struck on the hammer between
Leasure's feet. There was an explo.
sion and Winslow fell backward will
groan. ooh, my God" he moaned a:
he sank back into the arms of his part
ner.
. Dies in Hospital.
The bullet had struck him at thu
base of the spinal column and hat
ranged upward. 1t lodged somewhere
: in the abdominal cavity.
"The wounded man was placed in
q conveyance and removed to the coun
ty hospital, but a short distance away
He died a few minutes after his ar
rival H S. Noicc & Co. will TAX
g charge of the body, which will be re
4 moved to the family home, 236 DIVA
l. survived by a widow and one son,
= years old.
Policeman Finn of Georgetown no
e titled the coroner of the accident, an
4 Deputy John Honeycut made an in
vestigation. He will report to DR..
NJ. Carroll this morning when tn
question of holding an inquest will b
decided.
!" Partner Nearly crazed.
&C. w. Leasure was nearly craze
over the shooting last night, after hi
partner had passed away in the hos
- pital. He and winslow had not onl
70 been business partners but very clos
u friends for years. He could hardl
N restrain his grief as he told his stor
u of the affair to the deputy coroner. n
e was corroborated in every detail b
II three witnesses to the accident.
"B. o. winslow was formerly treas
y urer of Latah county, Idaho, the cour
g ty seat of which is Moscow. He we
10 very well known in that country, hay
ing been in business there for abol
II 16 years before coming to Washing
N ton. He arrived at Georgetown fro
L Nez Perez a year ago last Februal
and engaged in business with Leasur
Is The store is situated at the nori
$ boundary of Georgetown, just at IL
ID intersection of the interurban and II