| Show murdered man found the eagle rock bock idaho pe register gister contains the following on the fifth day of april last a man by we the name of nelson bump buo had bad tor for the past three years lived on the dennis small ranch in the medicine lodge settlement started with a team and duckboard tor for lo 10 lost t river to attend to some business he was well prepared lor for the trip provided with supplies blankets etc he expected to make the round trip in about five da days a after a a sufficient time had elapsed for zor his bis return and he be not having put tn in an appearance inquiries were made from parties coming tn in from lost lest river who reported that he had barndt nat been seen in that part of the coq country months passed and no word bein being received from him letters were wr written if aten to his children who live to la montana to ascertain whether he had gone there but nothing had been heard from f rom him it was then surmised that he had been foully dealt with and it was likely that if his team had run away from him they would have been seen by some one nothing was heard of et him from that time tin till the third day of the present month july when frank robson bobson who lives en an lodge creek rode across the valley and acal accidentally den dentally discovered the buck board in a shallow ravine with the body of nelson dump bump lying across the back end of it upon his bis face the lower portions of his le less a were banging han ng over the iron railing tte the let left arm doubled under the body the bead partially hanging over the side rail a bullet hole through the clothing I 1 tn in the right breast and one in the bead we the flesh had nearly all disappeared nothing being left but the c clothing and a ghastly skeleton he had on a pair of buckskin gloves rubber boots with moccasins inside a wide rimmed hat lay on the ground round where it had fallen f from rom gis his head the harness lay an in front ot of the buckboard all complete lust just as it had been taken from the horses the whip in hi the socket there was nothing nathin g to tip indicate that there had been a struggle agle of auy any kind coroner davis was notified and on 00 the jtb 6 proceeded to the place and held an inquest over the remains the verdict of the coro coroners nerve lury jury was that he had bad been foully muro murdered ered by some person or persons to the jury unknown mr rump bump was about 40 to 46 years of age was a member of the G AL A B R having served in the union army during the rebellion was wounded la in the rl right fo ht hand band also had bad his let left t eye shot out |
