Show PAUL LAWSON WILL HANG george W watsons murderer convicted at cli challis allis bolso boise juno june 15 paul lawson was convicted of murder in the first degree at challis chains for the murder murde of geo W watson and sentenced to be hanged on july the tragedy occurred at houston may alay and was peculiarly brutal the victim was shot in the back with buckshot and the murderer stood over the corpse tor for fourteen hours refusing to permit any one to come near then an inquest was held by a friendly justice and it was found that the d deed sell was done in self defense this was quickly overruled when the authorities got at the matter the trial of lawson began last saturday and was concluded thursday evening the jury returning a verdict at I 1 yesterday morning after being out less than an hour lawson was a member of the legislature two years ago an interesting feature of reporting th the e result ot at the trial was the utilization of a bicycle to carry the news A special dispatch to the statesman was carried over the mountain mount aln range from challis to ketchum on a wheel a distance of eighty miles in less than twelve hours hour |