The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1916-12-19

clump of thick brush the man was
Searcy, the driver, who appeared to
have been dead for some time as there
was about two inches of snow over
him and the rest of the contents of
the wagon. Two mail sacks were
found about twenty feet from the wag
on, that contained mostly papers and
had been opened, these were put on
the wagon and the team driven to the
pOstoffice. No brass lock sack was
found in the wagon. The brass lock
sack was found the next day about
ten o'clock, about two hunderd feet
from the postoffice and across the riv-
er. 1t had been cut open and there
were no registered letters or pack
ages in it, while some of the letters
showed signs of having been examined
and some of them had bloody marks
on them. Most of the letters We're in
bundles and had not been disturbed
the loose letters had been looked over
and those from the bank had been
! opened. There was blood on the lock
sack and on two parcel post sacks and
on most of the way sacks. The drive"
had a bullet hole in the back OF his
head. The body wos found about II
o'clock p. m.
The next witness, Percy l.. Wood
gate, who said he worked for Crumley
& Walker, was bartender in the Sue
cess bar, that McGraw left gun with
! him Sunday and Monday, December 3,
and 4. about 1000 or 11:00 o'clock in
the forenoon. he got the gun Sunday
evening and returned it Monday
evening againg taking it out
Monday evening. He next saw the
gun in the Justices office. He itenti-
fled the gun but said the canvass
string was not on the handle when
the gun was left with him.
The next witness was /. c. Hill. who
said he was constable for Jarbidge
township, that Monday he went to
Kuh's tent with him and made a
search and found a gun in a suit case,
which gun Kuhl claimed was his, that
the gun had a canvass string on the
ring on the handle, that at that time
he left the gun in suit case, later went
and got the suit case and found a
blood spot on a shirt in the grip.
Hill was followed by B. E. Jennings,
who lived in tent with McGraw and
was arrested with McGraw, but who
was turned loose this morning. He
said that he had been here about a
month, that on Monday, December 4
about 10000 or HOO o'clock in the
morning he saw McGraw go to a box
in the tent and take out a gun, which
he said he was going to lend to two
fellows who were going deer hunting
that in the evening between 500 and
600 o'clock McGraw and he went up
town and met Beck. Beck said come
here minute McGraw". McGraw
went over to him and they talked a
!
/ Success saloon and McGraw spoke to
the bartender but l did not notice
whether he got anything, then Beck
went out and McGraw followed him
and | followed McGraw, they went
down the street to the lumber yard
where they stopped and l saw McGraw
draw something from his hip pocket
and hand it to Beck. ! was standing
a few feet away and did not see what
il was. Then Beck started down the
street and McGraw called me over and
told me that he had loaned a gun to
Beck and wanted me to be witness 10
it so the Swede would bring it back.
Saw Beck Tuesday evening about 500
O'Clock in the Palm saloon and talked
with HON. Asked him if he got deer
and he got mad at me and wanted to
fight me. Then he went to find Billy
McGraw and asked him why he mad
told me about the gun.
The gun was introduced as Elk
hibit A.
The next Witness. James Walker.
who said he lived in cabin about a
mile north of town near stage road,
came from Illinois, had been here
about five months, that Tuesday, De
cember 3 about 500 or $50 in the
afternoon he left the cabin to come
to town; that it was raining heavy
that a short distance from the cabin
he met person walking rapidly, but
could not tell who it was, but be
lieved it was a man, who had on 4
long dark OvercOat with the collar
turned up 1t was just getting dark.
Adjourned for lunch.
The next witness, Alexander CHS
holm, said he had been here about
two months and lived in tent near the
bridge with his wife; that he had
been quite active searching for ev,-
dence; that he went under the bridge
to see if he could find anything and
tucked up between two stringers lee
found a black coat, pulled it out and
saw blood on il so put il back and
left his wife to watch it and came to
town for the officers, this was about
one o'clock in the afternoon, a crowd
went back with him and saw the coat
which had considerable blood on the
bottom. then they searched more and
in the pier under the middle of the
bridge a small canvass money sack
was found with silver in it. which Mr.
Crumley took and saw that it was
opened and that SIS of the 5000, had
been taken out, they also found a
bunch of registered letters.
Next witness-Ed Kirby. who said
that he met Kuhl when he went to
work at the o. X. mine, that they
roomed together there for a short
time until Kuhl quit, then he used to
sleep in a tent across the river OPP
posite the centre of the town, with
Kuhl and Armstrong. he is still work
ing at the mine, about two weeks
after Kuhl left the mine Kirby came
down town one day and found Kuhl
preparing to move the tent down near
fho bridcp did not stay with him after