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Show FORMER SHERIFF COMMITS SUICIDE Special to The Tribune. T WI N FA LIS. Idaho, Feb. J fi. Worri was reeiv.i tills evening that C. Oyer of this city, former sheriff of Twin Ialls ronnl y for two terms, rornml t tei Milcl'ie by shot-finer hinisolf thronich the head in JUis tent In the mining c--jnp at JarMdge, Kev., ninety miles south of Twin Falls, about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Full particulars have not been received regarding the tragedy. Mr. Dyer's friends attribute the act to a mind temporarily unbalanced, probably because of financial troubles. Undertaker Grossman left this evening for the Nevada line to receive the body. Mr. Dyer leaves a widow, a son 16 years of age and a married daughter, Mrs. J. O. Blackstone. all living here. Mr. Dyer was 65 year,s of age and had resided here since .1905. coming here at that time from northern Idaho. He was a member of the Masonic and Elks lodges and well known throughout the southern part of Idaho. |