The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-12-07

Received at 3 p. m.
William McGraw and a man named
Jennings, his partner were arrested
this afternoon by Constable l. c. Hill
and Dep. Sheriff David Marquardson
on charge of completely in the muir
der of Fred NJ Searcy. The men are
friends of Ben Kuhl, who was arrest
ed yesterday, and are said to be round
ers. Kuhl is not a miner as at first
reported. A gambler called Poker
George" identified the pistol found in
the Kuhl cabin as one which McGraw
borrowed from him a month ago. This
led to the arrest of the men. An ex-
animation of the ground around wher~
the team was found seemed to some
to indicate the presence of two men
with different sized shoes. The ar
rested men say nothing, except that
Kuhl has acknowledged the ownership
of the overcoat which he at first de-
MED. He did not explain his denial
When arrested he said that he had
but $3.50 but today further search OF
the cabin revealed a clean shirt having
marks that looked like blood spots,
and having $3.50 wrapped in it. Kuhl
did not explain his former statement.
Kuhl took active part in the search
when the alarm was given Tuesday
night
JARBIDGE=Ben Kuhl a miner, who
lived in the outskirts of Jarbidge, was
arrested yesterday afternoon on sus-
picion, chardg%d with the murder of
Fred Searcy, who was shot to death
I Tuesday evening. The coroner's in
quest conducted by Justice of the
Peace Jewell yesterday. simply found
that Searcy. came to his death through
a gunshot wound inflicted by parties
unknown. The circumstances which
/ led to the arrest of Kuhl were the
! finding of an overcOat believed by
some to have been his under the bridge
across the river in which there was a
cash sack containing $1S2. The sack
which originally contained 5000 n
change had been opened and $40 taken
out, as if for spending money. 1t is
reported that a knife was found by the
sack, which is said to have been owned
by the accused man. Kuhl lived in a
cabin not far from the bridge His
premises were searched when lie WAS
taken into custody and a "A calibie C
pistol found in which one cartridge
was empty and one cartridge showed
that the hammer had been snapped
on it without causing it to explode. q
shirt found near the river showed NJ
signs of bloodstains, but contained
the laundry marks said to be like that
which were found on other laundry
belonging to Kuhl.
Kuhl denied all knowledge of the
shooting and said that the overcoat
was not his A former partner, called
Curly" who was brought in from
the mines where he was working, sale
that Kuhl at one time owned the coat
and had given it to him. He sale
that when he went to his mine he lef
the overcoat in the cabin in which
they both lived and which has since
been occupied by Kuhl.
Kuhl has been regarded unfavorabl,
here since he attempted to Jump" th'
claim of Hayne brothers to a lot in thl
middle of town last summer The,
had a house on the lot and moved /
off to put up a pool hall During th'
nlSnl NUM- liOf C1i DllA'h Oh II elli'
attempted to hold it. In the litigation
which followed, and in which he final,
lost, Kuhl was fined for contempt @
court for having insulted the tria
judge. The pool hall has since beel
erected by Hayne brothers.
The $4,000 in small bills which wer
to have been delivered to Crumley
Walker for their saloon and restauran
where many checks were cashed ha
not been recovered nor has any othe
money been found except the balanc
of the 5000 taken from the sack. Thi
, was change intended for Crumley I
Walker. A man named Browning los
a cashiers check for $1,000 which wa
in the mail but will not lose anything
thereby as it will be made good, OWN
to the inability of the robber to cas-
it. The total amount taken will prob
ably fall short of $4,000, allowing TO
the cashiers check belonging t
Browning.
The First Report
IN the middle of a fierce blizzard
accompanied by binding snow, Ere
NJ Searcy. mail carrier from Thre
Creek to Jarbidge, was shot dead Tues