The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-06-12
Amanda Gould, Aged 80 Years
Found With Bullet Hole
Through Head.
BOY OF IL CONFESSES
Was Afraid to Tell Truth when
Reporting Shooting
To Coroner.

Coroner A. ]. Maugg was called TO
Sites Tuesday at the request of Nm
dertaker Geo. Trenary of Kooskia. to
investigate the death of an Indian wo-
man named Amanda Gould, who had
been found dead in her home about a
mile above Sites on the Sites side
Of the river, earlier in the day by a
young Indian lad.
Coroner Maugg left Immediately af
ter noon for the scene of the shooting
and after arriving there found that
the woman, who is reported to be so
years of age, had been shot through
the head the bullet from a 80 calibre
revolver entering her head Just behind
ana below the right ear and emerging
under the left ear piercing the lobe
and had apparently been dead about an
hour when found by the boy.
The gun with which the killing was
done was found lying on the floor and
contained one empty shell. Two loaded
shells were found on the floor nearby.
AT the time of her death the woman
was working on buckskin glove which
she held in one hand and a pair of
shears in the other
Deceased leaves grandson, Owen
Gould, residing at Kamiah who inst
lately returned from overseas duty
with the American Expeditionary
forces
An inquest was held by Coroner
Maugg and the jury returned a YER
dict that "Amantha Gould had come
to her death from a gunshot wound
from 81 calibre revolver in the hands
of person unknown
The following men composed the
jury: ID. Z. Howard. August Scheel
r. II. Leeper, f. r. Flynn, J. w. Phil
lips, and J. r. Leeper.
At the time the coroner was called
Sheriff Eiler and both deputies were
out of town, with Jailer Byron in
charge of the office. and it was not
until last evening that Sheriff Eller
was enabled to go to the scene to make
an investigation in the hope that the
guglty person or PERSONS might be
brought to justice.
Sheriff Secures Confession.
Sheriff Eller was joined at the scene
or the shooting the following morn
ing by County Attorney Il. Anger. In
conversation with the hoy David Cor
bett, who is II years of age. who first
reported the shooting. he was induced
10 tel the officers the complete story.
which is as follows:
Stites, Idaho, June 12. 1919.
David Corbett, - years of age. he
ing duly sworn before J. Il. Rurney. n
justice of the peace, in the presence
of w. H. Eller sheriff Of Idaho conn
ty, State of Idaho, deposes and saws
Wn1nnGflnx. h,N
June, 1919. / went to the home of
Amanda Gould about II o'clock and
was sitting down talking to her. she
was sewing: | saw revolver hanging
on the wall and | took il down and
was playing with it: did not know
that ii was loaded. | pulled back the
hammer and my thumb slipped off
and discharged the gun. She groaned
and fell over. l broke the gun omen
and the cartridges fell on the floor
but the empty shell stuck in the gun
was afraid when / saw what I had
done and ran home CRYING. told nv
mother, Mrs. Ellen Corbett, that Mrs
Gould had been shot and lying on the
| floor of her house. ! thought she would
Whlp me II | told her | had done it
and that they would put me in iail
w. "iiHih ~ ltil tllt tFuII.
am sorry that done this: it was
an accident: she was always good to
me and gave me apples and other
! things ! often eat dinner with her and
went fishing.
When the coroner asked what |
| knew. ] WAS afraid tu tell him the
truth. | wish / had told the truth at
first. but | was afraid
DAVID CORBETT
The affidavit was signed in the pres
ence of Sheriff w. Ii. Eller, H. NJ. vii.
liams and II. $. Miilard. the latter be-
ing residents of Sites -
! In the opinion of all who have been
connected with the case the boy told
the truth regarding the shooting. and
no arrest was made.
| Coroner Maugg stated there was alb.
solutely no clue to the perpetrator of
the deed evidenced at the inquest, OF
any suspicious circumstances which
might lead 10 a clue.
Amanda Gould was land owner
her property being under lease TO one
of the HaZelbaker boys
Undertaken Geo. Trenary Of Kooskia
had charge of the burial arrangements
which had not been made known at
| rho tiYnA he Lon 4.