The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-09-07
DON'T KNOW
WHO SLEW HIM
Verdict of Coroners Jury
"Shot By Parties Wholly
Unknown"

into the killing of Pete Malick,
held last Friday afternoon at the
county Jail by Coroner III. b.
Blake, the jury composed of c.
A. Parsons, j. W. Wilks, ID. H.
Sasenbery, j. A. Eldridge, Geo.
d. Smith, Il. w. Bales, George A.
Smith, John A. Hanson and Rob-
ert Jones, returned the following
verdict:
"We, the undersigned, the
jurors summoned to appear be-
fore Henry B. Blake, the coron-
er of the county of Idaho in the
state of Idaho aforesaid, at the
city of Grangeville, in the coun-
ty and state aforesaid, on the lst
day of September, 1911, to in
quire into the cause of the death
of Peter Mahck, having been
duly sworn according to law, and
having made such inquisition and
after viewing the body and hear
ing the testimony adduced, upon
our oaths, each and all do say:
"That we find the deceased
was named Peter Malick; that
he was a native of the United
States and half breed Indian; f;
that he was aged about thirty
years; that he came to his death
on the first day of September,
1911, at about the hour Of two
O'Clock in the morning, at the
county Jail in the city of Grange
vile, Idaho county, in the man
ner following, to-wit:
'By being shot to his death
and with firearms in the hands
of parties wholly unknown; and
we further find that no blame or
negligence can be attributed to
the officers guarding said Nal
lex, it being our opinion that
they were taking all necessary
means to safely keep said Malick
and were entirely overpowered.
"All of which is duly certified
by this inquisition, in writing, by
us signed, this 1st day of Septem-
ber, 1911"
The witnesses placed on the
stand were: Jailor j. F. Mclean
and Assistant Charles Waldum
and two of the prisoners, Bert
Frye, who plead guilty to burg,
larry at this term of court, and
Nathan Lott, the Nez Perce In
dian held under the charge OF
horse stealing. Sheriff Overmar
swas also placed on the stand al
his own request, to show wha1
precautions had been taken or
his part to protect the prisoner
A dozen black cloth masks,
rope with which the telephone
line had been pulled down and
handkerchief, were among thu
articles produced as having be
.longed to the lynchers.
1t was shown that part OF th'
lynchers were on horseback ant
a portion of them on foot, ant
that they hah assembled near tn
old brewery in the west part o
town, where footmarks wer
plainly shown in the road, a
though a consultation had bee1
held at that point. On A stree
between the barn of Mrs. Bake
and the residence of w. N. Seal
es, the marks in the road disclos
ed the fact that bunch of hors
es had been held by caretake
and the same evidence of horse
were shown in the street nea
the f. A. Carpenter residenc
some three blocks farther nortl
east.
The testimony of all the wit
nesses as to the manner OF pre-
ceedure on the part of the lyncf
ers and the action of the officer
was Just about as the Globe gav
it in it's extra last Friday, wit
the exception that it was the JUG
ment of the witnesses that thei
were not over fifteen person
connected with the killing at til
iail. The prisoners, as a matte
Sf course were all pretty badl
scared, Lott and Frye, the tw
called to testify, being the mo-
collected, and they admitted th'
things looked bad to them whe
they realized what the lynche'
were bent upon doing.
Undertaken w. E. Graham,
preparing the body of Malick + +
burial, found nineteen bull