Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-22

il r. Boyle, postmaster ana met
liant ait Regina 25 miles north
rest, Of Mountain Home, was MUIR
cred and robbed Sunday afternoon
8r evening". Mr. Boyle conducted
small general store at the postof-
ice on the highway and lived alone
Ia the building, Tuesday morning
.lfs Rigby who lives on nearby
slnch went to the store to get sack
1T -four and found the place locked
ID. After waiting some time she
vent to the warehouse ON the other
side of the road and looked in the
window to see If theirs was any flour
III stock. She saw Boyles body
orumpled down on sack of -four in
position that would show he was
lead, and Immediately gave an
alarm. NleGghbors called the sher-
ifs Office and Deputy Walter Foun-
ain went to the scene of the crime.
rho door oE the warehouse was
locked and he first discovered that
murder had been dome after he had
unlocked the door with one Of the
eys he carried and picking UP the
aged mans hat saw the bullet hole
in it. Boyle had been shot in the
back of the head ais he bent down
10 draw a measure of oil from a
tank and his pockets had been
iifled. The murder or murdcrers
took the keys, locked the warehouse
nd went to the store and postoffice
where they robbed the cash drawel
nd then locked the building care
fully to make it look as though the
place had been closed by the owner,
and left leaving no trace behind
Them but a number of finger prints.
These were developed by W. FL.
Hyatt of the state constabulary and
will possibly Head to the apprehen-
gion cf the murderer.
Sheriff Fountain sent in a call for
the coroner and IT, II. Eaton i'm
mediately went to the scene of the
occurance where he impanneled a
jury of nine neighbors and held an
inquest. The jury found that Boyle
had been murdered by unknown
persons.
Mr.. Boyle had been operating his
store at Regina for about ten years
and was 70 years old. He came
from New York where he spent
many years following the trade Of a
oookbinder. He has no relatives in
this part OF the country, but rela-
tives in New York have been noti-
lied.
The murder and robbery are be-
lieved to illave been committed some
time Sunday afternoon or before it
became dark that night. The store
was closed and locked and there
was no light Sunday might; when
the mail carrier arrived Monday he
found the place closed, or the first
lime in his experience and was
obligd to carry the mail on for later
delivery. Numbers of people who
came to the store Monday found it
closed and concluded that Mr.. Boyle
had locked up to call on some of his
neighbors and no one gave any
thought to foul play.
There is said to be one set Of
dnger prints secured in such a man
uer as to make it probable that they
were left by the murderer that
have been developed SO plainly as to
make them valuable for identifca-
lion, and 1T is also believed by Sher-
fn Stevens who made careful in
yestigation Wednesday, that the
crime was the work OF some one
familiar with Boyle's place and ha-
bits. The store was not ransacked
but the robLer went directly to the
money box where Boyle was in the
habit of keeping his surplus cash.
Sheriff Stevens believes he has evil
dence that will lead to the arrest
OF the murderer within a short time.
The crime at Regina is said by
the officers to be the most cold
5looded and brutal committed in
this county for the past 25 years,
when the murder of John Kennsler
took place, and the first one since
the organization of the county in
which a human life was taken with
robbery as the only motive.