Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-12-17

ence to me" Hardy died while he
was being carried to the depot.
Beside the rifle which had been
stolen from Bnrrell & Tniel's store.
a stolen revolver was also found in
Hardy's clothes, in addition to the
one which he pulled on Sherrod.
Believing that there were more
than one implicated in the robbery
Officers Hitler, who had been called
from his home, and Buck continued
search in the railroad yards. At the
break of day they discovered fresh
tracks in the snow leading east along
the tracks, from the east end of the
yards. Buck followed the tracks and
when about five miles east of town
he came upon three fellows, and pull
ing his gun on them they submitted
to arrest. Finding several revolvers
on them, he hired D team to bring
the prisoners to town. The guns
were all recognized by AL Thiel, VIM.
McLennan and All Jones as belonging
to the Burrel & Thiel stock.
AS soon as the killing of Hardy
was noised about town, many people
called at the city hall, to which place
Hardy's body had been taken, to get
sight of the dead robber. He was
recognized by one man who had
served a term in the Boise prison.
He said that he knew the dead man
there as Jimmy, the Athlete. =
Sheriff Athay Immediately wrote to
Warden Shook, giving a description
of Hardy and asked if any one of
that description had ever been an in
mate of the prison. In looking up
the records, Warden Shook found
that Hardy's description Tailed with
that of James McCenstry' who was
paroled from the prison on the 9th
of last May. He was sent up from
Bingham county in November, 1905
under q sentence Of from one to Il
years for grand larceny. He twice
escaped from the PENN july
and November, 1911. He was quick.
ly re-captured both times. After
his second capture, Hardy. or McCen
stry, as he was known in prison. de
cided to be good and succeeded II
obtaining a parol on the date above
stated. He violated his parol OF
July 1st, since which time Warder
Shook had not heard from him.
Coroner Ashley conducted an in
quest over Hardy's body Friday
After hearing all the evidence in tn,
case the jury, which was composet
of j. K. Brennan, Charlie King, Il
B. Whitman, J.. G. Merrill. e. [
Burgoyne, ]. w. Crockett and M. B
Cherry. returned the following yer
dict:
We. the jury, find that the nam
of the deceased was James Hardy
that he came to his death from
Igun shot wound at the hands 0
: James Sherrod, a watchman in th
Oregon Short Line yards, and tha
the homicide was justifable, and W
hereby exonerate the said Jane
: Sherrod from all blame In connectio
with said shooting, as same was don
] while in the performance Of b
duty"
Hardy's body was held until MOI
z day morning, when it was buried
2 the Montpelier cemetery at the coul
. TVS expense.
The other three men who were in
plicated in the robbery gave Il
names Of ID. l. Ferguson, Leo Gill
! and Ed Anderson. the last name
2 being a lad only Is years old. Fe
Q guson had been around here for se
q eraI months and had worked for di
: ferent parties. He accompanied L
g Strong last summer when the latt
> made tour OF the fairs with
race horses. Ferguson's brOthe
IS who resides at Loveland. Colo, "
le notified and he arrived here Mond
N morning, at which time the prelimi
d ary hearing Of the three men "
ID held before Justice Barrett. The I
n PENDANTS, especially Ferguson, we
ia represented before the court by
ae torney Bagley, while Prosecuti
1t Attorney Glenn looked after