Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
KILLS CHILD
and HIMSELF
WILLIAM BLUME, IN FIT OF IN
SANITY COMMITS TERRIBLE
CRIME WEDNESDAY
FUNERAL WAS HELD SATURDAY
Large Attendance at Funeral of
Father and Baby Son.

A crime so horrible and appalling
that it could only have been con-
ceived and executed by crazed men
tality was committed just before
noon Wednesday when William
Blume shot his baby son and then
killed himself. The shooting took
place at the Blume home four miles
northeast of Boomers Ferry.
The shooting was done in the living
room of the Blume home. Mrs. Blume
as in a bedroom adjoining and at the
first shot tried to go to her husband.
He held the door until after he had
shot himself. Three shots were fired,
the first, at the baby which lay in
its crib, struck it just above the right
temple and passing through the skull
lodged in the floor. Blume then
fired two shots at himself, one miss
ing and lodging in the wall of the
room and the other taking effect
about two inches above the right
temple. The shots were fired from
a SO caliber revolver loaded with
steel encased bullets.
When her husband fell to the floor
Mrs. Blume rushed out of the bed
room. Half crazed with agony over
the killing of her child the woman
ran out Of the house and down the
hill to the home of her husbands
parents. On the way there she fell
many times. Accompanied by her
husbands parents and brothers she
returned to her home. One of the
brothers came to Boomers Ferry to
get a doctor. Upon the return it
was found that the baby was still
breathing and that Blume was vet
alive. In a few minutes more the
baby died. Blume lived until after
DR.. Keller arrived.
The morning before the shooting
Blume had been working about his
ranch which he purchased some time
ago from his father, Henry Blume.
He and his wife had quarreled and
at the time of the shooting Mrs.
Blume was gathering a few clothes
together preparatory to coming to
town to stay a few days until she
and her husband should forget their
differences. Of recent months Blume
had not been in good health and he
frequently complained of a pain in
his side. Of late he had been irrita-
BILE and highly nervous and was sub
ject to fits of anger which We're
aroused by trifles. His last act = is
generally credited to temporary in
sanity.
The funeral services were held Sat-
urday afternoon at two o'clock at
the Union church. Rev. f. R. Hen
derson preached the funeral sermon
and was assisted in the service by
Rev. G. H. Wilbur and Rev. U. S.
Crowder. The services were attended
by large crowd of the friends of the
deceased and the mourning family.
Interment was made in the Bonners
Ferry cemetery.
The pallbearers were Frank Davis,
Oliver Rabdau, H. B. CARAT, Mike
Miller, Vern Callahan and Hale Aid
rich. Mrs. Clara Schultz, a sister
of VIM. Blume, whose home is in
Portland, Greg, came here to attend
the funeral. Mrs. Coudre and her
son, Victor Coudre, mother and
brother of Mrs. Blume, were here
for the funeral and Mrs. Coudre will
remain here with her daughter for
a few days.
William Blume was SO years old
and is survived by his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Blume,
his wife; five brothers, Robert
Blume, Seattle, Wash, Allen Blume,