The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

report and the amount claimed there
In have been approved by the Com
missioner of Reclamation of the STATE
of Idaho, and that the written opin-
ion of the Attorney General, that the
same can be legally allowed is SUBJ
mitted with the same, and that the
County Attorney has advised the board
that the same should be allowed as
prorated and assessed against the
patented lands owned by the parties
therein and made tax lien against
the patented lands of each party there
from her daughter Georgia, who was
in Nevada, asking for money to come
TO Salt Lake on; she sent the money
md WHEN the daughter appeared in
Salt Lake the defendant was with
her; upon the opportunities oe the
two, she consented to take Their -
the ranch on Antelope, stating that
she knew her husband would not ap-
prove of. the defendants being there
as he was afraid of him; that when
they arrived at the ranch she pleaded
with Currrn to allow them to stay.
which he finally consented to do; that
the fact that the shot gun held by
Curran during the rumpus was IN
loaded was known to only hers elf and
Curran.
The next witness called was little
Margaret Curran. daughter O. the slain
man. Her testimony practically cor
roborated that of her mother with
the exception that Curran said to the
defendant lust before the shooting
hat he would kill him if he didn't
give him the 22: (this was not brot
out in he direct e~arlina tion Of rIrs
Cl-ran, but was, thu cr1ss exarlin-
atom. The witness stated that her
mother pulled down the blinds after
Groves had left the house and her
mother and father were sitting in
the front room; after the shooting
she went to Miller's and upon her re-
turn to the home she saw Georgia in
the big rocker and Groves setting on
the footstool beside her; she heard
the defendant say Aunt Della (Mrs.
Curran) l am sorry l shot Curran."
Judge M. D. Kilgore. acting coroner,
told how he was called to the Curran
ranch and that he found Curran there
dead; that he took the body to Mac
kay and also the rife with which the
fatal shooting had been done. He sta !
ted that he found the rifle about II TT. !
from the house, that there were two !
shells in the magazine and one in the |
barrel.
DR., N. H. Farrell testified that he
was called to the Curran ranch on
the morning of January 11th., and !
that he was informed that a man had |
been shot nd was probably dead He, |
with Judge Kilgore, made the trip |
to the ranch, where he found Curran
dead Upon examination he found a
bullet wound in the upper left chest
and one on the left side of the head. /
the one on the head however, not be- /
ing the cause of death. Dr. Farrell !
stated that the defendant told him on
the way to town how the quarrel
started which ended in the death of
Curran; the witness testified that
Groves told him that Mr.. and Mrs.
Curran had been setting around the /
house since $3.50 the preceding after
noon. quarreling and drinking, the
quarrel being over their separation |!
md a division of the property; that
Re, Groves, had gone to bed when they
called him into the room to have a
rink with them; Mrs. Curran made
remark regarding the character of
he defendants mother whereon the
Defendant said she was as good as
Mrs. Curran; he told the doctor that
Mrs Curran asked Curran if he was
going to stand for that, when the I
lighting started After fighting for
ome time Curran left returning IN q
yery short time with shot gun; that
lie drove Georgia, who was mixed up
n the row, and her baby and himself
,ut of the house in their night gar
nents; it wasn't told how GeorCia
rot back into the house, but she did;
Groves said he ran around the house
md as he did Georgia tossed the rifle
o him and as he came to the corner
# the house he saw Curran standing
here and he said he pumped it to
lim." He was taken to Mackay by
he coroner and the doctor-and plas-
d in the custody of the Mackay mar
hall The witness stated that the
defendant told the same story at the
Clark law offices,
Counsel for the prosecution and for
he defense made able arguments to
he Judge, who, after hearing the evil
lence, bound the defendant over to
he district court on a charge of first
legree murder, and the prisoner was b
to the custody of the sher-
If without bail.
n deccrihed. If is further ordered s