Show MOONSHINE CAUSES INDIAN TO SUICIDE tommy toni tom is IF a good indian now that ho be took his departure for the happy hunting ground of bl his a own freo free will was the decision reached by A coroners jury but moonshine played an active part jn in the tragedy tuesday morning a report reached milford that nn an indian had shot him self on the highway leading to P frisco about ten miles west of milford Ml lford the county attorney was waa notified ani and he h instructed justice of tho the peace bert nichols to impanel a jury a and ra hold an inquest practically all of bues tues day afternoon was devoted to the inquest with the result thattie th that atthe the jury returned retained a verdict of death from a gunshot wound self inflicted the facts as aa brought put lilithe ati the hearing were substantial substantially fy as follows tommy tom and his wife who resided at cedar city had been on a visit to ibapah and were returning home accompanied by a sister of toms wife the indian had been drinking the liquor having been purchased at baker according to the wife N ahen hen the party wore were ab about outten ten miles from I 1 milford their car sta stalled aled and the intoxicated indian became furious t threatening to kill his wife and sister inlaw in law striking his wife in the face and on the wrist with a gun then turned tho the weapon upon himself shooting himself through tho head tho the two iwo women attempted to start the car ca r the baw receiving broken arm in the tha attempt tiie they y thon then tied the body of tho abad lead indian anthe on the running board praed the car ar a short distance aate oter i r ibba abandoning it cloning it and walked eight miles to a sheep ahe i e p camp rethey re related abed what lisick haaf happened there were no other othar witness to the trag tragedy eity and both women told the W same story repeating aitto it to the she sheriff rift jury and other parties toms father brother and a number of other relatives came hero here from cedar for or the 16 inquest and ana were somewhat displeased with the jurys verdict insisting that mrs tom had done the chotin shooting but being unable to submit to substantiate their claim the jury decided it wa a clear ase case of suicide A half mi moonshine was found near the scene of the iho tragedy the body of the dead indian was wai taken to cedar for burial the jury investigating the fie case was composed ot of harry ward T B james atia and V J W with judge nichols conducting the afie hearing hearin ft attorney john U IL of milford re represented present edthe the state atthe athe hearing having been deputized by county attorney knox who was unable to leave beaver owing to court matters denver beaver county news |