Show ADMITS GUN ASSAULT Does Not Know V hy He HeW W Wounded Rancher POCATELLO Ida Feb 21 I 1 I shot hot John Bird Saturday night but butI I dont don't know why I did it This statement has been made by John Graves 16 years old who Is Isnow Isnow isnow now confined in the Bannock cOunty county county coun cOun- ty Jail and clears cleats up the mystery surrounding the shooting hooting of John Bird which occurred Saturday evening evening eve eve- ning while Bird was en route from Pocatello to his ranch on North Korth Pocatello Pocatello Po- Po catello creek As Bird who was a team reached a point on the tho Pocatello creek road a short distance east of the high highway war he ile was fired upon upon from the mountainside mountain mountainside side the shot hOt from a a. shotgun perforating perforating perforating per per- the left jide- jide Ide of his bod body The Graves boy was paroled last May from the state industrial school lIe He has confessed to officers cers that he rObb robbed 1 the tho Standard l Furniture store In this city oh on Thursday evening of last week The shotgun used In the the- assault on Bird was part of the loot taken from the store GraveS faces a charge of burglary and attempted murder Bird is an inmate of a a. local hospital and Is reported to be recovering |