The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
KUHL GUILTY OF MURDER

borrow it. McGraw is said to have
turned over the gun. about 8 o'clock
at night Kuhl and Beck came together
to the saloon and are said to have APP
peared anxious to have people notice
that they were there. About o'clock.
as the stage did not appear a search
was instituted, resulting in the discov
cry of the body of Searcy sitting up
right in his wagon on the old trail
On this statement of facts, the men
were held for murder They elected
to be tried separately, and the first
trial resulted as above indicated
The following is the story of the tes-
timony regarding the finger prints
found on the letters in the mail bags,
as written by r. M. Stanninger. editor
Of the Elko Free Press to whom the
TIMES wishes to acknowledge thanks.
The Jarbidge murder trial in the
district court that has been going on
for more than two weeks past, has
been one of the most interesting cases
ever held in this county, due not only
to the fact that the evidence was most
ly circumstantial, but also that a line
of evidence was introduced new to the
Nevada courts and to the courts of
the United States, that of palm
prints
Due to the fact that three men were
arrested charged with the crime, Kuhl.
Beck and McGraw, and that the court
granted them a separate trial. the evil
dence being practically alike for each
case the court requested the Free
Press to refrain from publishing the
/ happenings and evidence in the first
I 10 dc a.
would make it almost impossible 10
get jury for the two cases after the
| first was held. This is the reason
why almost nothing has been printed
in these columns.
But as the evidence of the first case
is now all in and the palm print evil
dence will be used only in the Kuhl
case against that defendant. we have
/ secured from the testimony of the two
experts. and in interviews with them
the following interesting article:
While searching through the sacks
/ the murderers bloody hand print was
| left on an envelope. which was dis
covered by the postal authorities when
/ they reached the scene of the crime
This was placed in charge of Sheriff
/ Harris who promptly got into com
} NluultdLlon WIN I. II. stone, SQUeTin-
tendent of the bureau of Identification
of the police department at Bakers
/ field, Cal, and who was formerly con
nected with the Nevada state police.
where he had charge of the bureau of
identification at Carson City. Mr..
Stone is recognized on the Pacific
coast as one of the foremost finger
print experts, and on the receipt of
the envelope containing the bloody
prints. wrote Sheriff Harris that it
was a portion of the left palm and
that if he would send the prints of
the three men suspected of the crime
he would make a comparison.
This was done in the month Of
January, and after a thorough exam
inatiOn Mr.. Stone replied that the
bloody palm print on the envelope was
that of the prisoner Kuhl. and not OF
Beck and McGraw.
When the district attorneys office
decided to introduce this testimony in
the Kuhl case. Mr.. Stone was instruct
ed to have pictures made of the palm
print, and this part of the work he as
signed to o. w. Bottorff. superintea-