The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-09-01
SIoNEWALL BALLENGEE
SURRENDERS TO STROUD

. aus cS tluCe To conduct hi 10
.ehse' A hearing took place ba,o,a
Frooate Judge McCracken on W.
heSday when the prisoner was held 70
an" "er 70 the district conrt Thns
Vhe record stands Stone vail Ballsn-
gee was charged with mnrder Co.,,
ni' ted August %, 1915, for shootina
vivian HoSeV- Accused hid in rho
mountains till Thursday night fl.
lowing when, being Informed by his
hrother that blood hounds were 70
~ poG upon his trail, concluded n
surrender and did give himself nm 70
sherin Stroud, who safely landed tba
accused In jail August 25. on the
IourGh day after the crime. Sheri #
STROUD had been constantly directing
'he forces employed to find the man
and arrest him, the officer himseIf
spending nights and days in the VIC
u. At his instance, with the wiIlinp
cooperation Of County Com missioner
Ramey and Prosecuting Attorney
Rees, as we'll as the GoVernor of Jde.
no, large rewards we're made avail.
aole Tor the capture of the fugitiys
When the blood hounds were brought
IN so quickly and held In leash to he
SGT upon the tracks of the murderer
Ghe following morning, his successful
hiding any longer or the possibility
OF escape was hopeless for him, al
though The region comprises the
widest mountain gorges and canyons
in all America. Stonewall knew those
crags and peaks and valleys between
as they are known by no other man,
for he had made his home In that re-
gion Tor the many years of bis ealing
as tfapper of wild animals.
1t was all part of the proper sort
OF preparedness in having in on ce In
tue emergency the right kind of sher.
III, 40 officer of the proper mettle and
discretion, coolness and courage to
COW and dishearten any criminal.
Stonewall Blllengee knew Stroud
would get him sooner or later. That
Is why he surrendered
| There Is a question AS to where
will go the reward offered by the
Governor of Idaho and the County
Commissioners, $3.50 by the state aud
$500 by the county. Commissioners
Ramey, though not advised BY the le.
gal requirements that may be made.
says he is Of the opinion that the re-
ward cannot be demanded by any
body, for the reason that there was
practically no arrest at all but vol
untary surrender on the part of the
fugitive. County Attorney Rees
holds similar views on the matter
The brother of the accused seems TO
nave been In communication with
him and that would shut the brother
out of the getting the reward, in the
opinion of Mr. Rees.
1t was early in the third night after
his flight that St0newail Ballengee
determined to surrender and answer
to the law for Killing Vivian Hoyey.
1t was then that he met bis brother,
Jimmie Ballengee, and Ed Allen,
both employed in the forest service
near Indianola, with whom he re-
turned to the Allen camp later and
awaited the appearance there Of the
sheriff. The officer and his deputies
had been watching the openings for
Stonswall ever since few hours after
the commits sion of the crime charged
against StoneWall when he went intO
hiding. Word WAS carried to the man
iu hiding that the officer was deter
mined to Iout him and that blood
hounds were to be put on his trail.
When he met the sheriff Stone"ail
| told him ne had observed his move
ments the day before and would then
have surrendered II ne had recognized
the officer at the time The day after
his arrival in Salmon in cusotdy iis
two sisters and his blind brother
came to see if they could do anything
for him. They said their old father
VINO will be 80 years of age TINS
month, was apprised Of the killing al
once. The children would not permit
the old man to come 10 Salmon along
with them but he remained at North
Fork where he does' odd jobs for the
farmers, being remarkably active
The old man IS perhaps the Oldest
trapper in Idaho II it can be said that
he has auV calling. All his life ne
bas been a reader aud collector oi
books. His wife, who died years ago
was a full FLOODED Indian, to whom
the old man was entirely devoted ana
she to bin as long as she lived.
In the coroner's inquiry held 'e"
days ago two Of the children testlnea
that the family never had what you
wonId call a home bat Just camped
wherever fancy held them. The oIu
u-aI for n time in Missouri ana