Show j I GRUBER DE DENIED Y NE'-Y NEW TRIAL Murderer of John Billings in Northern Idaho Must Pay the Penalty Boise Idaho The The supreme court of the state of Idaho overruled the motion of Fred Gruber convicted murderer of John Billings his companion com corn panion for lor a new trial and Gruber must pay the penalty for his deed th the gallows on The case is one of the most widely known in the northwest The crime was committed on D t mho r r 1 i nl n n I oJ ut 1 Both Gruber and Billings were employed em em- by th the Parker Carnival com corn pany When the company went Into winter quarters at Spokane Billings S 'S was given a ber her heavy time check Gruher Gruber Gru Gru- had been discharged prior to this thi time The two met in Spokane and using a ruse to induce to Billings to go I dAlene CU City to see a chicken 1 t ranch Gruber drew his the victim into J woods crushed his skull his heavy club an anH ani f f. f with a n p thick logs Jogs |