The Idaho recorder., 1922-02-10
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS
BIRTHDAY FROLIC
WHEN EARL WALKER is SHOT
AND KILLED BY TULL DUN
LAP, ACTING DEP. SHERIFF.

WHEN EARL WALKER Is SHOT
! AND KILLED BY TULL DUN
| LAP, ACTING DEP. SHERIFF.
Salmon people were astir at an ear
4 ly hour last Saturday morning when
it became known that Tull Dunlap,
night watchman of Salmon and acting
as a deputy sheriff at the time, had
one Of Bert Macnab's sheep-herders.
1 The tragedy occurred out on the Ba-
ker road, half a mile from Baker. At
the Baker school house disturbance
had been reported to call Sheriff
Stroud and he had been accompanied
to the scene by Dunlap, whom he had
deputized for the trip. On the way
back to Salmon in the Jack McFrea-
erik car Dunlap is said to have been
attacked by the two men, who were
handcuffed together in the back seat
while Dunlap rode with the driver,
Sheriff Stroud remaining at Baker to
be brought home later. Being taken
to the Hammer hospital Walker died
next day.
According to a jury, summoned by
| Coroner Doebler, Dunlap was acquit-
aed 9of all blame for the killing. The
jury was made up of +. NJ. Yearian,
I }. l.. Lehr, r. w. White, w. S. Vir-
| den, +. ]. Noddings and Charles S.
Miller and held its session on Monday
at the circuit court room, which was
well, filed with citizens.
On Saturday Mr.. Macnab swore to
6 complaint charging Dunlap with fell
oniols assault and on this warrant
Probate Judge Hall had held the ac-
bail, which was furnished by Arthur
Greene and E. X. Abbott.
Z. H. Casterlin was retained as
counsel for Dunlap but did not take
any part in the examination of wit
nesses at the inquest, who were ques-
toned by County Attorney Burleigh.
The jury's verdict which was signed
by all the members was as follows:
Officer Exonerated.
We, the Jury in the above entitled
inquest, being duly empannelled and
sworn according to law, find the name
of the deceased to be Earl Walker,
that he came to his death on the 5th
day of February, 1922, by means of a
gunshot wound inflicted by the hand
of Officer t. p. Dunlap while in the
proper performance of his official re-
spongibility.
The members of the jury are men
+. of high staining in the community.
I They save patient hearing to all the
testimony offered but did not call
Dunlap to the stand. Jack McFred-
ericks and Bert Cooper, the prisoner
handcuffed with Walker, were the on
ly witnesses TO the shooting. Accord
ing to his own statement Cooper was
too drunk to remember what happen
ed. McFredericks described a violent
struggle between Walker and Dunlap,
in which the windshield was broken,
Dunlap being pulled over to the back
seat with the two prisoners. Then the
pistol sounded and Walker called out
to be taken to town as fast as Nc
Fredericks could drive, as he was
shot.
/ Ante Mortem Statement.
Maker made a statement which
was duly signed, in which he said
Me and Bert Cooper went over
and had a few drinks-don't matter
where-we were coming 10 o'clock on
towards the dance, and we are singing
and talking pretty loud as we come
across through the lane when we met
Stroud and Dunlap. They were COM
ing to take care of US, guess. Well,
they put US under arrest, then they
handcuffed US together. | went to
jollying them-wanted to shake hands
with them. They took our booze away
from us-we had a couple of bottles.
They had US walk ahead of them to-
wards the school house-put US in
the car, and started to Salmon. On
the road we was singing and having
a good time, and somehow, Cooper
and Dunlap--they wasn't friends no.
way-they got into a jangle. Dunlap
tried to make him shut up and acted
as if he was going to hit him, and that
made me mad. never liked Dunlap,
nohow. ! scrouged over and got be-
tween them to protect him from hit
ting Birch, and Dunlap says: an put
you out of the way, you S. of a
D and then he shot me, tnen
we come to Salmon. That is as near
the truth as ! can tell it. was pret-
ty well lit up"
II make the above and fore
going statement in the full be-
lief and with the positive convic-
ton that | will not survive and
that | cannot live. EARL WAL
KER."
The Only Eye Witnesses.
Jack MeFredericks, whose garage
has the contract for auto service for
the sheriff's department, was in
charge of the car in which the trag-
edy occurred. He was also the only
eye witness except Cooper, Walkers
companion. who was so badly intoxi-
Gated, however, according TO his own
testimony. that he couldn't remember
exactly what occurred in the car but
recalled the circumstances attending
the arrest. Cooper said they were 90