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Show Unarmed Ranger Captures Indian Who Has Rifle Aborigine Murderer Surrenders Sur-renders When Told Blood- ! hounds Are on Trail. Sr-cial to The Tribune. SALMON. Idaho. Au;'. .V. Stonewall Jackson HaKer.tree. the haif-hreed Indian who shot and Instantly killej Vivian Hoey last Tuesday morning. 6-:rrcndcre-l himself on Thursday nipht to Ed Allan, forest raniter at Indianola. Pallenpe was brought to Salmon by Sheriff Stroud and lodced in Die county Jail. Vivian Hovey, Zl years of ape, accompanied accom-panied by his brother, Cecil, ased I vears, was drivine a small bunch of cattle cat-tle to their runte op Sn-e Creek, thirty miles down the river fi.un Salmon. m 'oniinc to the Ballensec fen-e across tee trail they were met by Stonewall Ja' kson Halien-ee, who objected to their passing that wav. Susan Hallennee. Ike HaHen-Eee HaHen-Eee sister and blind bro; her of Stonewall Stone-wall and a young boy named John Moore were with Stonewall'. Susan Batleno states that she heard Stonewall tell Hovey three times to take his hand away from a pun he was carrying in a .saddle scabbard. She alleees that she saw Vivian partly draw his Run. All who were prt-scnt acree that what was said was spoken in a low tone of voi'-e and that there did not appear to be violent quarreling. quar-reling. S-t one wall, who was carrying rifle, then shot Hovey through the head. Immediately after the kil'dn" Stonewall Stone-wall made for the mountains, taking two rifles with him. The locality is very rough and sparselv settled. It is about thirt v miles north of Salmon among mountain ranges. Sheriff Stroud, with a posse, started in pursuit as soon as possi- j hie. The county commissioners offered a j reward of $.".ir. to which was added t'2-' offered through ' Governor Alexander. Bloodhounds from the Montana peniten- tiary at I'eer Lodce were bn"ught from i Dillon by auto stace. Put. before they could do any work. Stonewall surrendered to Allan, who, with Jlmmie Ballencee. j Stonewall's brother, both unarmed, had cone to look for the fugitive. Stonewall stated that he had been within a quarter of a mile of Sheriff Stroud and would have Riven himself up to that officer. Tho sheriff was riding one of the Hovey horses, which was reonized by Hallen-tree. Hallen-tree. When the sheriff arrived at Allan's i ranger station Ballengee gave up his j rifles, which he had kept up to that time. Allan and Jlmmie Ballengee had told Stonewall that bloodhounds were being put on his trail. Vivian Hovey was the son of C. B. Hovev, a rancher near Northtork, thirty miles down the Salmon river. About four vears ago the partner of Hovey, Henry Brown, was shot by Guy Buster on the j road near the ranch. Buster Is now out on1 hail awaiting a retrial of the case. Recently Vivian Hovey broke his arm In an automobile accident. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A. George of the Episcopal church on Thursday at the residence of , J. J. Donnelly. j A verdict of wilful murder was re- i turned a era Inst Stonewall Ballengee by ; the coroner's jury. |