| Show OAKLEY HOMICIDE particulars OF THE SHOOTING AND DEATH OF THE NEGRO GOBO from a private letter written by bya a reliable citizen of oakley cassia county idaho we are permitted to cull the following facts concerning a murder which recently occurred at that place which we have bea before ore mentioned the letter la is dated the lith dinst there was a murder committed here a few days ago which has eveah eve ay iy appearance pe arance of beins being cold blooded and premeditated about three ago the nero negro gobo fanga fango and walter matthews took thomas potions sheep on shares and they have been herding them in the vicinity v of the little basin at the time of the the camp was on top of the main between laud land ranch a and nd little basin last sunday morning ath dinst about 9 k frank bed kie and andone one jones from wood river kiver country came ri riding iding up to the negro and ordered him off of that part of the range the negro who had a gun on his arm ref abed to go beckie then bot ot on off his horse left the animal for lones jones to hold told the negro he wanted to reason jesson the matter with him gob sad all right beakle then got close bobilin to him bilin knocked the gun wit olt of bis big hand band pulled out a deriuter deri uger and opened tire alre gobo fell and tried to get up again but beckie knocked him over with the pistol at every attempt that he made to get up finally grbo gobo told him he be would get even with him then beckie fired on him again jones then told bednie to stop lie he had punished him enough beckie said no by G d I 1 will kill fill him right herel here he then shot the negro in the head and the latter knew no more for a few moments to beckie and jones were some distance away he heard beckie say he will die right there jones asked what are you going to do with toe the gun beckie said lets throw it on the side till bill 11 tile the negro got up and walked to walter matthews place about four miles distant at the afternoon meeting last laai sunday the requested me to 10 CO up and see that his bis deposition dep war wao taken which I 1 did and tile the above I 1 if the negros 0 I 1 8 story tuesday the alb 1 was sg sent t for or to come and make the negros will as he was not expected to five sros ve which I 1 did he has two bullet holes boles in his bis body one in the right eight bide of the navel and the other on the left side in the abdomen one bullet had struck the skull over the left eye and glanced off and one had struck hamlon him on the likht side of thy tho head near the top and ranged down and lodged the lisbet ear near the augu both wo wounds ands in the abdomen were mortal he died about 10 yest yesterday erda mor morning alig this act is the result of bitter beelin feeling between cattle and sheep menan men and I 1 1 fear it if something is not done to recon recen cile the differences between teem that other acts of a similar will follow most of the sheep owners in this county axe are mormons cormons Mor mons and I 1 must say some of them act as though they had bad no consideration for other peoples rights the town of oakley is surrounded with thousands of she sheep ep they dome come right up to our enclosures and eat on off and kill oat the feed so that in a snort shortt time line it will not be possible pos stole for any ol of us to keep any stock only what we can feed the whole of the year TU does not JW violence ot course but the ref results aits nits will be disastrous arous trous i to our people if something la is not done to check it I 1 have been thus explicit as I 1 presume you will have had conflicting re ports poris in regard to the matter |
