The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-30

luhu unluuCl touAQ hAtN e-@s
awhile ago and refused to shake
hands with me; Immediately asked
the keeper to take him out which hei
did.
Such men are comical to look at,
but very disagreeable to converse
with; brainlessness is the malady
with which he is afflicted.
have just taken contract of
from one to ten years; went into
partnership with the state and they
are to put up the grub, provided the
savages don't get me before we get
up to the diggings; they have it In
for me because didn't kill the man
instead of treating him so well.
plead guilty to save the state any
unnecessary expense; the county treat
ed me right; | would soon starve to
death II ] had to stay here. They
keep me in neat little cage, and
Iall kinds queer looking things pass
along and scrutinize me as they have
never seen a real man before. They
are going to take me up and present
me to the officials at the capitol as
soon as the proper escort arrives
which suppose will be in a day or
1.-TWO.
I wish to express my sincere sym
lpathy for you in the loss of your
good wife. which acted the part or
q kind and loving mother to me; and
was loved BY everybody. would be
pleased to hear from you or any one
LOT the family who might care to
write.
With best wishes to you all, am,
Yours truly,
l.. M. Dean"
They forgot to bring me any
paper Is why am writing on this"
i was suggested that the tone of
this letter indicated that the person
addressed had previous knowledge Of
what Dean would be or had been ac-
|cused of, and that perhaps Taylor
was an accomplish or hacker of Dean
in his ventures, and an investigation
LOT the matter was started.
Layed for Boise Banker
During the long stay in camp, Dean
had told Empey that he had intended
kidnapping Robert Noble, wealthy
banker or Boise, who formerly owned
a large ranch infthe Bruneau country,
and frequently went back and forth
between Boise and the ranch. Dean
went out there and watched for Mr..
Noble for two weeks, and then learn
ed that he had died some time ago.
Dean then went to Wood river
and tried to line up somebody there,
but Empey has forgotten who he
mentioned. However, it did not come
out to suit him and he came to Bing-
ham county and began planning to
get somebody, and Employs, Coum-
|erilhs and others were considered.
The Sheriffs' Plans
Sheriff Mullner, of Bonneville, and
Sheriff Simmons, of Bingham confer
red at the outset, and decided that
las 1t was a citizen of Bonneville they
were trying to find and the kidnapping
was done in Bingham, that both
counties should act together and
share the expense, They got two
Pinkerton detectives from Salt Lake.
and about the time they arrived.
Sheriff Mullner went to Salt Lake and
remained there until the capture was
made, leaving Sheriff Simmons act
ing. He arranged for blood hounds
to be sent from Deer Lodge, Mon
tana, on the twenty-fourth, and
studied the geography of the country
to see where to deploy his forces to
make the capture if possible before
the delivery of the sack containing
the 25 pounds of iron washers in
the gold sack, and failing in that, to
capture them in the act of taking
the sack, or failing in that to run
them down with blood hounds or
intercept them in their flight through
certain passes
It was not known how many bri-
gands there were, or whether they
had explosives as claimed, or what
kind of place they were hiding in;
so they planned to place nine pairs
of armed men at nine different places
on Friday night under cover of the
darkness, with food to last until Sun
day, so they could lie in wait, watch
ing for any movement Of men. per
sons having The Idaho Republican
maps of Idaho can get the location
by looking in the northeast corner of
Bingham county. Find the words.
Willow creek, John Grays creek"
The place Of hiding was near the
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