Show A brutal murder A dispatch to the butts butte miner hiner dated spokane falls W T august 19 says say a A terrible murder occurred here this mornine morla lug at i 4 A man named jarres ward keeping a chicken ranch in the southern part of this city killed a neighbor named jno Tnora dyke y first shooting hru bm with a musket charged with wilh buckshot and afterward beating his head into almont an unrecognizable mass with a hammer there has been some slight trouble in regard to business matters between the two wen men for some tice ti oe out lothing that was considered ol of a serious consequence from appearances ward called at Thorn dykes house at the early hour wen timed this morning fur for the bole purpose of murder thorndike had just started skirted to milk his hid cows he having a mils milk route in town A few borus passed between tue menso it is alleged by the prisoner and the deceased kicked ward ward tired loarina to tear arina iniz the scalp from the back of his victims head this not killing him ward waid struck him with a club the club broke and then ward went into thy the hoube aud ami 6 curing a hammer sunk it three times limes in thorn dykes nead up to the handle ward afterwards gave himself up A great gj cat deal of excitement has bas been caused by the crime the deed was such a brutal horrible hor ribe affair that the wore more are to the belief that ward is insane |