Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-11-21

slept wen. He tried to get Mr.. VIII
son to take him to Boise, offering tC
pay for the gas and oil. The testi.
mony of Mr.. Wilson was corroborat.
ed by his wife.
]. H. Wilson, rancher at Mud
Spring stated that the defendant
came to his house on the morning
of the 2Sth about or 9 o'clock. He
stated that when he saw him COM
ing toward his home that he sus-
picioned him as being the party who
was involved in the murder on the
highway. He stated that he in COM
pany with three other men were on
their way to Denver and that he had
left the party and had to be in Nam
pa by the following Sunday night.
He tried to get Wilson to take him
to Nampa, but Wilson told him that
he was too busy to comply with his
request. Rohlfing then left. Will
SOM suspicious having been aroused
decided that he would keep the man
there until he could take the mat
ter up with the officers, so he drove
down and caught up with him and
asked him df he did not want job
herding turkeys, and took him back
to the ranch. After reaching the
ranch, Wilson asked him If he would
not like to make some sherbert and
while in this act the officers, who
had previously been summoned APP
peared and placed him under arrest.
w. w. Fountain, deputy sheriff,
who was the arresting officer asked
the defendant If he was the man
who was walking around the coun-
try carrying the suitcase and upon
receiving an affirmative reply he told
him to get into the car and take a |
ride. After they were on their way |
to Mountain Home, Rohlfing asked |
Fountain what was the big idea and |
Fountain told him that they were
.aking him as a witness in the muir
Ter that had been committed on the
the defendant told the Of
icer that he had no knowledge of
he affair. He said that he was from
Twin Falls and was going to a ranch
o work for man and that on the
way to the ranch the farmer had de-
ided that he would not want him
nd had turned him out of the wagon
nd that happened to be the cause of
i'm being there. After further ques-
ioning he stated that he had some
hing to tell the officer upon their
rival at Mountain Home. After
this city he told the officers
hat he had killed Mills, but that it
,as an accident. He stated that
hey were driving along the road
'hen the radiator on the machine
Dmenced to boil and they stopped.
ILLS told him to get his gun and
loot some rabbits, while he looked
lie car over. He said that as he
lrew the cartridge into the barrel
the As Colt automatic that 1t stuck
I'D the gun exploded and hit Mills.
hen questioned as to the where
bouts of the car, he said that it was
fl in a good place and would not
III the officers where it was. How
rer, little later he did take Sher-
I Stevens to where the car was The
IT was located on an old road run
ng northeast and southwest, about
lree or three and one half miles
ON the highway, about three or |
ur hundred feet from the trans
ission line. The car contained some
'oking utensils, bedding and tent |
he key was gone as we'll as the |
diator cap. When asked where |
o bedding was Rohlfing told the |
icers that 1t had apparently been
olen. In few days Mr.. and Mrs. |
ray came to the jail to question
e slayer of Mrs. Gray's father and /
told them that he would tell them
here the bedding was but that ne
anted to talk with them before
aking known the whereabouts as
had been leading the officers in |
circle until they could get there. |
} also directed the officers to the
ring where the hand bag was
ind. The testimony of the Deputy |
eriff was corroborated by Alec |
,Intyre, who accompanied him on Is
E trip, as we'll as Charles Gilmore.
Ben Hobbs, of Payette, was the
xt witness and he stated that he