Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-10-08
Tragedy AT Elk
| ENDS IN DOUBLE
| KILLING
.rps FRANK HYE AND HUGH
xrNNEDY KILLED BY WON
ANS HUSBAND.
|AcT DONE SUNDAY EVENING
Alleged The Man and Woman Found
Together the Shooting Hye
Gave Himself Up to the Law.

The Elk City community was stunned
last Sunday evening by the news that
Frank Hye, well known mining man
of the Elk City district and the owner
of the Elk City and Sites Stage line,
had shot and killed his wife and Hugh
Kennedy, who has been in Hye's en-
ploy as stage driver.
1t is reported that Hye, who had
just returned from a visit to Spokane,
had reason to suspect certain irregular
tiles and came home Sunday evening
unexpected and went to his home in
Elk City where he found his wife in
bed and the other party disrobing. In
the scene which followed and of which
nothing is known, the shooting oc-
cured which resulted in the death of
both of the victims. After the shoot
ing, Hye took his eight months old
babe and left it in the care of Mrs.
Parr, the proprietress of the Elk City
hotel where he told what he had done
and Immediately took steps to give
himself up.
He at once started for Grangeville
in the custody of "Slivers' Thompson.
Sheriff Eimers, who was at Sites at
the time started for Elk City as soon
as he heard the news and met the two
on the Switchback and brought them
on into Grangeville from there, Deputy
Sheriff William Webb started for Elk
City from Grangeville Monday morning
as soon as he heard the news but
Sheriff Eimers had already taken the
steps indicated to bring the prisoner
| in.
Hye is in Jail here at present and un-
der the advice Of his attorney, Wallace
IN. Scales has nothing whatever to say
concerning the affair. The house was
locked by Elk City citizens soon after
the shooting So that an investigation
could be made by the county officers
when the proper time arrived.
Coroner Blake, county attorney M.
~ Hattabaugh and b. Anger, county
stenographer have gone to Elk City to
investigate the affair and to hold an
inquest and Hye is held in Jail pending
the Investigations and until further
steps can re determined upon after
'ne county attorney returns from Elk
City.
frank Hye is man of splendid re-
putatlon in the Elk City country and
.S well known in mining circles, COM
Ing 10 the county some time ago for
'ne purpose of engaging in mining and
" oeVelop some properties which he
owned in the Elk City district. He has
.onducted a store in the camp for
''ne and was saloon keeper there for
While. Some short time ago he took
.ne mail contract between Sites and
n'h olty and bought the interests of
rettlbone in the stage line.
hye is 40 years old and was married
W Miss Alma Litchfield two or three
.eafs ago. She is about 27 years old
aau comes from well known and
Alenly respected family who have
resided in the Elk City district and
Idaho county for long time.
nugh Kennedy, the man killed, was
just ~ years, IL months and three days
" aye at the time of his death and was
n'pioyed by Hye as stage driver be-
"eeh Elk City and Sites. Kennedy
Yiniefiy resided with his parents in
:. 'ngeViile and he is well known in
s,, e community having attended the
i' schools here. His father died
n aefe about IL years ago in 1909 and is
,e. a IN the Grangeville cemetery.
'ef the death of the father the de.
,, sasea removed with his mother and
ei TO Sites. The brother A. d.
eunedy' removed from Sites to Croft
ns.. "nefe he is a highly respected bust
v;ua nan a. D. Kennedy is in Grange
n. 'oday and has arranged to have
hr..y D'ay brought in from Elk City for
,oa., i with the deceased father in the
mo-; cemetery. The arrival Of the re-
'nS is expected today and will be