The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
MEXICANS THROW HIM OVER
CLIFF AS DEAD BUT HE
COMES ALIVE"
Battle With Robbers on
Three Creek
Walked Five Miles to Tell Story
-Assailants Arrested and Ad-
nit Crime -Misner Terribly Cut
but Not Dangerously Injured.

Assafled by three Mexicans, knocked
down, stabbed, kicked in the face.
beaten with a rock, shot in the back,
robbed and thrown over a high cliff
Monday evening, Charles Misner, a
telephone lineman, arose from the
base of Flat Creek bluff, walked five
miles to Three Creek in the night
and reported his case and was able to
stand the journey to this city Tuesday !
night and identify his assailants yes
terday morning These proved to be
Joe Galligoes, A. r. MAJ and Amente
Baldes Most of the $153 taken from
aim was found on them or companions
taken with them.
Misner left Jarbidge on the stage
Monday and on arriving at Rattle
snake, stopped to meet a friend, who,
however. failed to appear. From there
he went to the Hot Hole, walking,
thinking his friend might be there,
but found nobody except the women
in charge of the eating house, from
whom he purchased his supper and
proceeded Arriving on the top OF
Flat Greek bluff, he saw three men
ahead who proved to be Mexicans. He
asked them how far it was to Three
Greek and one of them replied: Il
don't know a damn thing about it,
AS he passed this man Mexican Joe,
Gallegos, struck him in the face
Misner was wearing two heavy coats
inside his overcoat and was handi-
capped, but he grappled with his as
sailant. A fierce battle followed. AT
first the Mexicans fought with their
hands, then with rocks. Finally he
broke away and started to run, when
one of them fired pistol at him,
striking him in the middle of the
hack. The bullet penetrated through
the three coats and through his vest,
stinging him, but not wounding him
At this juncture one of the Mexicans
again clinched him and Mexican
Joe, drew a knife and began cutting
him in the face and head, infltct1ng a
number of wounds which it required
sixty-six stitches to close, when he
finally got surgical aid. One of his
assailants locked his arms while the
others finally got him off his feet
kicking him in the face and finally
heating him to exhaustion. Then the,
took him and three him over the
cliff. Misner landed on a clump o
bushes about twelve feet from tn
top This saved him from falling owe
a deeper cliff to death on rocks be
low. as lie RIdSpcu anu ACAQ vi " III
bushes. The Mexicans then went t
Three Creek, where they were 1oine
by five others of there race and at
supper, paying for it with blood
five dollar bill They seem to hav
divided the money with some OF tn
others at this point, as part OF 1t wa
found on their companions.
In the meantime their victim lay o
the bench on the cliff for more tina
an hour At last he crawled out an
started for Three Creek where. n
arrived late at night
When he reported, J. L. Hoaglan
and R. l.. Hursh, local men star
ed in pursuit of the Mexicans, whol
they rounded up and arrested. The o
Tense was committed in Owyhee coul
ty, but the Mexicans were arrested
Twin Falls county. Deputy john y
Beck went out Tuesday and brougl
in the prisoners The three implicatt
and identified confessed that the
hay committed the crime, MAJ al
Baldes laying the blame principal
on Mexican Joe" though they a.
mitted helping him. They all assert'
that they were very drunk and did
know exactly what they were doin
though they seemed to have goo
recollection of some things. Mr. Mi
ner said that he doubted the theo
that they were drunk as they dld
act as If much intoxicated.
The Mexicans taken into custo'
with the robbers were:
~ Jesus Paschero, Joe Token, Per
Alexandra, S. Gille, C. Pachero.
1t has since been learned that t
same men attacked unsuccessfully
man named Smith, who drives
truck. Smith is expected here tf
afternoon. This attack must ma
taken place in the day time, as I
assault on Misner was made short
after 7 o'clock 1t was learned tod
that it was o'clock in the mornl
when he arrived at Three Creek
The sheriff and prosecuting ATTIC
ney of Owyhee county have been \
tifed and are expected here todi
They will probably try the Mexica
here on change of venue from th'
own county to save costs.
Though a telephone lineman, nj
aer has recently been employed as
Iineman for the Idaho Power co
pany. He says he has big gun
Jarbidge and actually strapped In
him when he started but later to
If off and left it behind as usele
He declares that had he brought
weapon there would have been 81
aral Mexican funerals on Three Gre
kbfo week