The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-22

OrmSDy nad engaged council to look |
after the rights of the boys c. c. |
Vance told with great care of finding
the body doubled up with feet under
meath and hands doubled. He thought
that the skull had been crushed He
said that he had met man while go
ing to Rogerson to warn the officials |
and that the stranger had promised to
go back and stay with the body but
had not done so. He thought the
wound in the head of Hamill might |
have been made by a soft nosed bull
let.
Mrs. w. c. Smith proved the most |
interesting witness. She said that the
boys came to her grandmother place |
Monday They remained for a short |
time and then left, returning about
o'clock. When they came back they
went with her little boy to the creek
to fish They stayed all night and |
again fished in the morning. Late in |
the morning a shot was heard near the |
creek and she told her little boy to
come home as it was dangerous The |
other boys stayed by the creek. |
About II o'clock Hamill arrived with |
the dog and asked if it belonged to the
Smiths. The visitors said mo, it's our
dog" Then Hamill accused them of
stealing his guns, fishing tackle and
provisions, mentioning in particular a
can of condensed milk He then told
the boys that they must hunt up his
stolen stuff and they consented Her
grandmother then told them not to
come back The pistol which they had
fired was found on the bank at this
time and Hamin recognized it as be-
| longing to Frank Phillips, another
neighbor. Hamill said that the boys
had thrown the contents of his vial of
rattlesnake medicine into the tea ket-
tie and had taken the needle from the
! hypodermis syringe used to inject the
medicine after a snake bite. Later
Hamill returned and said that the
boys had given him the slip. He talk
ed about what should be done, and
said that he had with him some medi-
cine which he failed to leave when
there first He borrowed can of
evaporated milk to take the place of
what he had lost. On leaving he re-
marked that the boys had told him
that they had left rope that they had
stolen at the end of a log near the
Smith home, and going over to the log
indicated he found it and held it up,
as he was bidding them goodbye That
was the last she had seen of him.
When Mr.. Smith was on the stand
/ counsel for the boys questioned him
in regard to whether there was feeling
- on the part of the cattlemen against
r the settlers. Mr.. Smith said that he
had heard so, but the matter had
never been mentioned to him by any
1 of the COW men and none of them had
| indicated any i'll will in his presence.
Deputy Sheriff HERMAN then took
the stand and testified in regard to
finding several pieces of bone and an
| empty shell near the place where the
i body had fallen. He said they learned
that the boys tried to sell the horse at
1 the San JacintO ranch and when
| asked jOcularly by a cowboy if they
had stolen it. denied the charge and
drove away. He described tremen-
dOus canyons into which the wagon
had been followed The Cedar creek
embankment was over 300 feet deep
! Perry Moon testified along the same
| line and told about the finding of the
old straw hat worn by Hamill It was
| torn on one side. He also found the
can of milk near where the body was
discovered. This was on the occasion
of the first visit with the coroner.
DR.. COughlin described the wounds
in the head. The right eye was gone
There was a small hole in the back
OF the cavity which was made by some
foreign substance The right side Of
the head was terribly torn and par
of the bones were gone, while others
were mashed to pulp. The brain wa.
completely gone. The jaw bone wa:
broken. Asked as to what caused it
he said violence not inflicted by the
hand of the person on whom the VIC
lence was done. Asked if it might bs
done by soft nosed bullet, he saiC
that it might.
DR.. Morgan, who followed testified
to the same facts and stated the sam
conclusion with reference to the pos
sible effect of a soft nosed bullet.
Probation Officer Ormsby told 0
the confession of the boys. Asked t,
illustrate how they said that they he'll,
the gun, he started to show, remark
ing that there was a bullet stuck in il
After some cOmmotion he was askei
to forego the illustration. The riff
is of the Winchester make and a 30-3
calibre.
The jury then went to view tn
body
We the jury empanelled and sworl
in this inquest find the name of tn
deceased to be F. Thomas Hamil
aged 80 years, and that he came t
his death on or about the 18th of Au
VI gust, 1916, from a gun shot wound b