Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-16
QUARREL ENDS
IN MURDER
Austrian Named Urls Plunges But
cher Knife Into Enemy

lies dead at the Lemmer & Gross
morgue today from wounds inflicted
nv a knife in the hands of Joe Urls,
another Austrian laborer. The muir
der was committed this morning
about the hour of 1 O'Clock, and was
caused by an i'll feeling that had ex-
Isted for some time between the two
men, and which was famed to its
full height by the Indulgence in intOx-
icants, until it had reached the muir
der passion.
The examination of the body dis
closed a deep knife wound in the left
side, one on the shoulder and third
one in the back. The cut in the side
severed an artery to the lungs and
the man bled to death in few min
utes after receiving the wound.
Besides the participants, two other
persons witnessed the tragedy, which
was enacted in the sleeping apart
ments of the home of Urls. They
we're John GTyniski, a friend of both
parties, and a woman who passes to
the public as the wife of Urls, but
who, it is said, has never been le-
gally married to him.
The story of last nights carousal,
which finally terminated in the muir
der seems to be that Perston and Ur-
Is were in the city yesterday, and
while here more or less INDUCED in
intoxicants, and when they departed
for their individual homes both were
badly under the influence of liquor.
While drinking in the city they met
Gryniski, who it seems has been
working over at Rathdrum lately on
farm, and he joined them in their
drinking bout. 1t seems that Cry
niski had, last summer or late in the
fall, been employed by the Lewis
Lumber company as a labOrer at the
same time that Urls and Perston
we're employed as such, and that Urls
and several other Austrian laborers
were indebted to him for money
loaned them. He had, so he says,
came over from Rathdrum to collect
from these loans, and then cOntem-
plated going to Spokane.
The three left town together and
after arriving at the Urls home, Cry
hski went on with Perston to his
home which is but short distance
from that of Urls and had supper
with him. AS they left the Urls
home, Urls had extended an invita-
ton to Gryniski to come over and
visit him after supper. After Gyr-
niski and Perston had finished their
evening meal, the former started to
go over and pay his visit to Urls.
When he was about to go Perston
said to him, Il would like to go with
You, but there exists an i'll feeling
between myself and Urls and were
to go over / would probably become
involved in a fight with him and kill
that this ill feeling was occassioned
by the fact that Urls and his wife
had accused his wife of having
stolen some plums at some time in
the past. At the same time mat this
theft is alleged to have occurred
Urls and his wife are said tC
have laid it TO the wife of Perston
however, he finally decided to accom-
pany Gryniski and the two went oyel
to the Urls home.
Cause of the Murder.
After their arrival there, the thret
men played cards for a while and
then they were joined in their game
by some other laborers living near by
They were Joe Motk, John -vargo
John Morsk, and a brother of tn
latter by the name of, Jack. The!
played cards and freely INDUCED II
mtoxicants, the woman drinking will
them, until a late hour at night
when all of them were in a safe o
lntoxication. Between midnight an,
one o'clock the other laborers wen
home, but Pension and Gryniski re
manned at the Urls home and con
unued the carousal. Along abou
this time it seems that Perston wa
In complete state of intoxieatio
and he and Urls renewed the oil
trouble existing between them. UI
Is seems to have been so intoxicate
that he does not remember much @
what was said or done, neither doe
Gryniski. Gryniski stated that tn
woman had retired and that he Ia