| Show tiie the labelle tragedy the eagle rock kerister gives the following additional particulars particular of the double murder and suicide committed by george ferkins at labelle idaho ou on wednesday may 23 of which brief brici mention has been made several years ago ferkins took up up a homestead in utah and before proving up on it abandoned it and came to this part of the country where he took up another one after a year or two he began to think he might get found out and wrote to a brother in law his cifes brother named chas talbot who was then living near cottonwood canon utah asking him to te come up and preempt pre empt the land and he would put in all the improvements and they would divide it talbot came up a few mouths months ago and from that time everything has seemed to go wrong several weeks ago ferkins and his wile wife parted but he was in the habit of visiting the place frequently and about as often having a quarrel talbot and hla his family consisting of a wile wife and five children were ving living li I 1 on the place and ferkins was there a portion of the time sometimes stopping at a cabin about a mile away on sunday night ferkins came and was talking to mrs talbot he showed her a revolver saying he was going to kill all of them she remonstrated with himi him asking if he would kill her yes then all the trouble would be ever she finally got the revolver away from him and he went away on wednesday wednesday VV ednes day he borrowed a shot gun ef i a mrs scott saying he be was going kill a couple of geese and would give xe her one when he arrived at the house the family were eating supper an er talbot looked up and said deeo hello george have some supper he answered no and raising the gun said look out and fired the shot struck talbot in the forehead killing him instantly As the murderer raised the gun mrs mr L ferkins jumped past him through td atre house bouse AS soon as he be fired the shot at talbot he run after her nearly overtaking her and fired the charge striking her in the back mrs talbot and two or three of her children were running down the road by this time screaming murder he then went to where his wife lay dead and sitting down beside her he crossed lis his feet placed the muzzle of the gun u over his heart and reaching with alu his left hand band pushed bushed the trigger and fell over on hla his back eack dead among his effects was aund a will dated may 22 the day before stating what he intended tended iu to do and leaving all his effects to his sister in salt lake city his entire effects however will no more than pay his debts |
